Peterborough Chase

Steeplechase horse race in Britain

Peterborough Chase  2024

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Djelo  | Protektorat  | Ginny's Destiny
Previous years

2022
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Pic D'Orhy  | Millers Bank  | First Flow
2021
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First Flow  | Funambule Sivola  | Eldorado Allen
2020-2011

2020
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Mister Fisher  | Kalashnikov  | Clondaw Castle
2019
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Top Notch  | Kauto Riko  | La Bague Au Roi
2018
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Charbel  | God's Own  | Tea For Two
2017
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Top Notch  | Josses Hill  | Ptit Zig
2016
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Josses Hill  | Tea For Two  | More of That
2015
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Al Ferof  | Pepite Rose  | Wishfull Thinking
2014
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Wishfull Thinking  | Eduard  | Wonderful Charm
2013
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Riverside Theatre  | Champion Court  | Captain Chris
2012
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Menorah  | Hunt Ball  | Ghizao
2011
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Gauvain  | Somersby  | Mr Moonshine
2010-2001

2010
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Tartak  | Breedsbreeze  | Herecomesthetruth
2009
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Deep Purple  | Tartak  | Albertas Run
2008
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Monet's Garden  | Snoopy Loopy  | Mister McGoldrick
2007
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Racing Demon  | Natal  | Only two ran
2006
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Racing Demon  | Thisthatandtother | Monkerhostin
2005
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Impek  | Monkerhostin  | Thisthatandtother
2004
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Le Roi Miguel  | Farmer Jack  | Hot Shots
2003
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Jair Du Cochet  | Best Mate  | Valley Henry
2002
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Best Mate  | Douze Douze  | Geos
2001
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Edredon Bleu  | Geos  | Young Spartacus
2000-1991

2000
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Edredon Bleu  | Fadalko  | The Outback Way
1999
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Edredon Bleu  | Or Royal  | Mulligan
1998
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Edredon Bleu  | Bertone  | Or Royal
1997
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One Man  | Viking Flagship  | Camitrov
1996
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Dublin Flyer  | Gales Cavalier  | Kadi
1995
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Travado  | Martha's Son  | Docklands Express
1994
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Martha's Son  | Deep Sensation  | Egypt Mill Prince
1993
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Travado  | Deep Sensation  | Brandeston
1992
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Remittance Man  | Emsee-H  | Sirrah Jay
1991
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Sabin Du Loir  | Norton's Coin  | Desert Orchid
1990-1987

1990
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Pegwell Bay  | Comandante  | Cuddy Dale
1989
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Clever Folly  | Repington  | Southernair
1988
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Townley Stone  | Clay Hill  | Only two finished
1987
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Very Promising  | Townley Stone  | Kathies Lad

The Peterborough 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 Huntingdon over a distance of about 2 miles and 4 furlongs (2 miles, 3 furlongs and 189 yards, or 3,995 metres), and during its running there are sixteen fences to be jumped. The race is currently scheduled for December. In 2019, the race's total prize fund was £65,000.

A race called the Peterborough Handicap Chase, over three miles, was first run on Tuesday 2 December 1969. It was a new meeting with Huntingdon's fixture allocation having been increased from six days to nine days for the 1969/70 season. It remained a three-mile handicap chase until 1977, after which it became a conditions chase over 2+1⁄2 miles.

The first running as a 2+1⁄2-mile conditions chase was in 1978 when it was run as the F A Standen Chase. It was first run under the name of the Peterborough Chase in 1979.

From its inception in 1969 it was always run on a Tuesday until 1997. It was moved to a Saturday in 1998 and remained so until 2007. In 2008 it was first run on a Thursday. The race was on a Sunday for the first time in 2014.

The only year the race was not run was in 1982 when the meeting was abandoned due to fog. In 1985 it was run as the Waterloo Meadows Centenary Chase.

The most successful horse in the race's history is Edredon Bleu, who won four consecutive runnings between 1998 and 2001. Wayward Lad (1981, 1983), Travado (1993, 1995),Racing Demon (2006, 2007) and Top Notch (2017, 2019) are the only other multiple winners of the race. The 2018 running was titled the Edredon Bleu Chase to honour the horse, who died in October 2018.

Courtesy of Edredon Bleu's four wins, Racing Demon's two victories and additional successes from triple-Gold Cup winner Best Mate (2002) and Impek (2005), Henrietta Knight is the joint most successful trainer of the Peterborough Chase, winning a total of eight renewals. Nicky Henderson has also trained eight winners, while Captain Tim Forster has trained four.

Desert Orchid, lining-up in the penultimate race of his long career, finished third in the 1991 Peterborough Chase. Ridden by Richard Dunwoody, the 12-year-old veteran finished third to Sabin Du Loir, beaten four lengths.

## Records

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Most successful horse (4 wins):

* Edredon Bleu – 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001

Leading jockey (4 wins):

* Richard Dunwoody – Very Promising (1987), Remittance Man (1992), Travado (1995), One Man (1997)
* Jim Culloty – Edredon Bleu (1998, 1999, 2000), Best Mate (2002)

Leading trainer (8 wins):

* Nicky Henderson – Remittance Man (1992), Travado (1993, 1995), Riverside Theatre (2013), Josses Hill (2016), Top Notch (2017, 2019), Mister Fisher (2020)
* Henrietta Knight \- Edredon Bleu (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001), Best Mate (2002), Impek (2005), Racing Demon (2006, 2007)

## Winners since 1978

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Year
| Winner
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| Jockey
| Trainer

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1978  | Purdo | 2/7f, 3 ran  | Bob Davies | Nick Gaselee
1979  | Chumson | 100/30, 4 ran  | Oliver Sherwood[a] | Fred Winter
1980  | Border Incident | 4/7f, 8 ran  | Ron Barry | Richard Head
1981  | Wayward Lad | 1/4f, 4 ran  | Robert Earnshaw | Michael Dickinson
1982| Abandoned due to fog
1983  | Wayward Lad | 4/11f, 4 ran  | Robert Earnshaw | Michael Dickinson
1984  | Carved Opal | 5/1, 5 ran  | John Francome | Fred Winter
1985  | The Mighty Mac | 6/4, 6 ran  | Graham Bradley | Mrs Monica Dickinson
1986  | Western Sunset | 7/2, 3 ran  | Hywel Davies | Tim Forster
1987  | Very Promising | 2/7f, 3 ran  | Richard Dunwoody | David Nicholson
1988  | Townley Stone | 4/5f, 3 ran  | George Mernagh | John Webber
1989  | Clever Folly | 5/4f, 3 ran  | Neale Doughty | Gordon W. Richards
1990  | Pegwell Bay | 11/10f, 3 ran  | Jamie Railton | Tim Forster
1991  | Sabin du Loir | 4/7f, 4 ran  | Peter Scudamore | Martin Pipe
1992  | Remittance Man | 1/5f, 4 ran  | Richard Dunwoody | Nicky Henderson
1993  | Travado | 8/13f, 4 ran  | Jamie Osborne | Nicky Henderson
1994  | Martha's Son | 2/1, 4 ran  | Rodney Farrant | Tim Forster
1995  | Travado | 5/2, 7 ran  | Richard Dunwoody | Nicky Henderson
1996  | Dublin Flyer | 4/9f, 6 ran  | Brendan Powell | Tim Forster
1997  | One Man | 13/8f, 6 ran  | Richard Dunwoody | Gordon W. Richards
1998  | Edredon Bleu | 5/1, 6 ran  | Jim Culloty | Henrietta Knight
1999  | Edredon Bleu | 11/8f, 4 ran  | Jim Culloty | Henrietta Knight
2000  | Edredon Bleu | 100/30, 5 ran  | Jim Culloty | Henrietta Knight
2001  | Edredon Bleu | 10/11f, 4 ran  | Norman Williamson | Henrietta Knight
2002  | Best Mate | 8/15f, 5 ran  | Jim Culloty | Henrietta Knight
2003  | Jair du Cochet | 100/30, 6 ran  | Jacques Ricou | Guillaume Macaire
2004  | Le Roi Miguel | 15/8f, 8 ran  | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls
2005  | Impek | 5/1, 11 ran  | Tony McCoy | Henrietta Knight
2006  | Racing Demon | 13/8f, 5 ran  | Graham Lee | Henrietta Knight
2007  | Racing Demon | 1/4f, 2 ran  | Tony McCoy | Henrietta Knight
2008  | Monet's Garden | 5/1, 10 ran  | Davy Condon | Nicky Richards
2009  | Deep Purple | 12/1, 7 ran  | Paul Moloney | Evan Williams
2010  | Tartak[b] | 11/4, 7 ran  | Paddy Brennan | Tom George
2011  | Gauvain | 15/2, 8 ran  | Noel Fehily | Nick Williams
2012  | Menorah [c] | 7/2, 5 ran  | Richard Johnson | Philip Hobbs
2013  | Riverside Theatre | 9/4f, 7 ran  | Barry Geraghty | Nicky Henderson
2014  | Wishfull Thinking | 13/2, 6 ran  | Richard Johnson | Philip Hobbs
2015  | Al Ferof | 9/4, 5 ran  | Harry Skelton | Dan Skelton
2016  | Josses Hill  | 7/4F, 5 ran  | Noel Fehily | Nicky Henderson
2017  | Top Notch[d] | 4/9F, 4 ran  | Daryl Jacob | Nicky Henderson
2018  | Charbel  | 13/8F, 9 ran  | Noel Fehily | Kim Bailey
2019  | Top Notch  | 15/8F, 6 ran  | Daryl Jacob | Nicky Henderson
2020  | Mister Fisher[e] | 9/2, 8 ran  | Nico de Boinville | Nicky Henderson
2021  | First Flow  | 12/1, 6 ran  | David Bass  | Kim Bailey
2022  | Pic D'Orhy  | 9/4, 7 ran  | Harry Cobden | Paul Nicholls
[f] | no race 2023 |  |  |
2024  | Djelo  | 1002 2/1, 5 ran  | Charlie Deutsch | Venetia Williams

1. ^ amateur jockey
2. ^ The 2010 running took place at Newbury
3. ^ The 2012 running took place at Kempton Park after the original Huntingdon fixture was abandoned due to a frozen track
4. ^ The 2017 running took place over 2m 5½f at Taunton after the original fixture was abandoned due to snow
5. ^ The 2020 running took place at Cheltenham after the original fixture was abandoned due to flooding
6. ^ The 2023 running was abandoned due to a watelogged course

## See also

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* Horse racing in Great Britain
* List of British National Hunt races

## References

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* Racing Post:
* 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
* 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
* 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017
* 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024

## External links

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* Race Recordings (1991-2004) youtube.com
* pedigreequery.com – Peterborough Chase – Huntingdon.