Cotswold Chase

The Cotswold Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt chase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run on the New Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 3 miles and 1½ furlongs (5,130 metres), and during its running there are nineteen fences to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year in January.

The event serves as a trial for the Cheltenham Gold Cup, which takes place at the same venue in March. It is held during Festival Trials Day, which features several other trials for races at the Cheltenham Festival. The event is registered as the Cotswold Chase, but it is usually known by a sponsored title. The wine merchant Bibendum began supporting the race in 2010, and its current title – the Argento Chase – promotes Argento, an Argentinian wine brand. ^[1]

Winners since 1988

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer
1988	Twin Oaks	8	Paul Croucher	David Murray Smith
1989	Deep Moment	7	Dermot Browne	Mercy Rimell
1990	Toby Tobias	8	Mark Pitman	Jenny Pitman
1991	Celtic Shot	9	Peter Scudamore	Charlie Brooks
1992	no race 1992
1993	Sibton Abbey	8	Steve Smith Eccles	Ferdy Murphy
1994	Dubacilla	8	Dean Gallagher	Henry Cole
1995	Master Oats	9	Norman Williamson	Kim Bailey
1996	no race 1996
1997	One Man	9	Richard Dunwoody	Gordon W. Richards
1998	See More Business	8	Timmy Murphy	Paul Nicholls
1999	Cyfor Malta	6	Tony McCoy	Martin Pipe
2000	Looks Like Trouble	8	Norman Williamson	Noel Chance
2001	See More Business	11	Mick Fitzgerald	Paul Nicholls
2002	Rince Ri	9	Ruby Walsh	Ted Walsh
2003	Behrajan	8	Richard Johnson	Henry Daly
2004	Jair du Cochet	7	Jacques Ricou	Guillaume Macaire
2005	Grey Abbey	11	Graham Lee	Howard Johnson
2006	See You Sometime [1]	11	Andrew Thornton	Seamus Mullins
2007	Exotic Dancer	7	Tony McCoy	Jonjo O'Neill
2008	Knowhere	10	Paddy Brennan	Nigel Twiston-Davies
2009	Joe Lively	10	Joe Tizzard	Colin Tizzard
2010	Taranis	9	Nick Scholfield	Paul Nicholls
2011	Neptune Collonges	9	Tony McCoy	Paul Nicholls

¹ The 2006 running took place at Wincanton.

References

1. ^ "Argento Sponsors Highlight of Festival Trials Day". cheltenham.co.uk. January 19, 2010. http://www.cheltenham.co.uk/library/pdfs/argento.pdf. Retrieved 2010-02-05. 

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• Racing Post:
  • 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999
  • 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
  • 2010, 2011

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• pedigreequery.com – Cotswold Chase – Cheltenham.

See also

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