Desert Orchid Chase

The Desert Orchid Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt chase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Kempton Park over a distance of about 2 miles (3,219 metres), and during its running there are twelve fences to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year in late December.

The race was first run on December 27, 2006, and it is named in memory of Desert Orchid, a popular racehorse who died several weeks earlier. Desert Orchid won Kempton's most prestigious event, the King George VI Chase, four times between 1986 and 1990. His ashes were scattered at the racecourse on the day of this race's inaugural running. The event has replaced the Castleford Chase in the National Hunt calendar as a Grade 2 chase over 2 miles.

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer
2006	Voy Por Ustedes	5	Robert Thornton	Alan King
2007	Voy Por Ustedes	6	Robert Thornton	Alan King
2008	Fiepes Shuffle	8	Jamie Moore	Christian von der Recke
2009	Petit Robin	6	Barry Geraghty	Nicky Henderson
2004	no race 2010 [1]

¹ The 2010 running was abandoned because of frost.

References

• Racing Post:
  • 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

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• pedigreequery.com – Desert Orchid Chase – Kempton.

See also

• Horseracing in Great Britain
• List of British National Hunt races