December Novices' Chase

December Novices' Chase
2015
Southfield Royale Coologue Weather Babe

The December Novices' 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 Doncaster over a distance of about 3 miles (4,828 metres), and during its running there are eighteen fences to be jumped. The race is for novice chasers, and it is scheduled to take place each year in December.

The race was first run in 1988. Prior to 2014 it was run at Lingfield Park and was the only National Hunt event run at the course with graded status. It was transferred to Doncaster by Arena Racing Company, the owner of both courses. The Summit Juvenile Hurdle used to be contested on the same day at Lingfield but was transferred to Doncaster in 2010 - the two races are now both run at the same meeting again.[1]

Winners

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
1988 Nick the Brief 6 Tom Costello John Costello
no race 1989
1990 Sparkling Flame 6 John White Nicky Henderson
1991 River Bounty 5 Robbie Supple John Upson
1992 Midnight Caller 6 Mark Richards Simon Sherwood
1993 Martomick 6 Norman Williamson Kim Bailey
no race 1994–95
1996 Foodbroker Star 6 Leighton Aspell Josh Gifford
1997 Fiddling the Facts 6 Norman Williamson Nicky Henderson
1998 Executive King 7 Andrew Thornton Geoff Hubbard
1999 Be My Mot 7 Jamie Goldstein Gardie Grissell
no race 2000–02
2003 Lord Sam 7 Andrew Thornton Victor Dartnall
2004 L'Ami 5 Dean Gallagher François Doumen
no race 2005–06 [1] [2]
2007 Verasi 6 Jamie Moore Gary L. Moore
no race 2008 [2]
2009 Burton Port 5 Tony McCoy Nicky Henderson
no race 2010–11 [3] [1]
2012 Court in Motion 7 Leighton Aspell Emma Lavelle
2013 Black Thunder 6 Nick Scholfield Paul Nicholls
2014 Virak 5 Nick Scholfield Paul Nicholls
2015 Southfield Royale 5 Wayne Hutchinson Neil Mulholland

1 The 2005 and 2011 runnings were abandoned because of frost.
2 The 2006 and 2008 editions were abandoned due to waterlogging.
3 The 2010 running was abandoned due to snow.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Arc move Grade Two Chase". racinguk.com. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
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