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Queen Mother Champion Chase

2018
Altior	Min	God's Own

Previous years
2017
Special Tiara	Fox Norton	Sir Valentino
2016
Sprinter Sacre	Un De Sceaux	Special Tiara
2015
Dodging Bullets	Somersby	Special Tiara
2014
Sire De Grugy	Somersby	Module
2013
Sprinter Sacre	Sizing Europe	Wishfull Thinking
2012
Finian's Rainbow	Sizing Europe	Big Zeb
2011
Sizing Europe	Big Zeb	Captain Cee Bee

2010-2001
2010
Big Zeb	Forpadydeplasterer	Kalahari King
2009
Master Minded	Well Chief	Petit Robin
2008
Master Minded	Voy Por Ustedes	Fair Along
2007
Voy Por Ustedes	Dempsey	River City
2006
Newmill	Fota Island	Mister McGoldrick
2005
Moscow Flyer	Well Chief	Azertyuiop
2004
Azertyuiop	Flagship Uberalles	Tiutchev
2003
Moscow Flyer	Native Upmanship	Cenkos
2002
Flagship Uberalles	Native Upmanship	Cenkos

2000-1991
2000
Edredon Bleu	Direct Route	Flagship Uberalles
1999
Call Equiname	Edredon Bleu	Direct Route
1998
One Man	Or Royal	Lord Dorcet
1997
Martha's Son	Ask Tom	Viking Flagship
1996
Klairon Davis	Viking Flagship	Sound Man
1995
Viking Flagship	Deep Sensation	Nakir
1994
Viking Flagship	Travado	Deep Sensation
1993
Deep Sensation	Cyphrate	Katabatic
1992
Remittance Man	Katabatic	Waterloo Boy
1991
Katabatic	Waterloo Boy	Nos Na Gaoithe

1990-1981
1990
Barnbrook Again	Waterloo Boy	Feroda
1989
Barnbrook Again	Royal Stag	Beau Ranger
1988
Pearlyman	Desert Orchid	Very Promising
1987
Pearlyman	Very Promising	Desert Orchid
1986
Buck House	Very Promising	Kathies Lad
1985
Badsworth Boy	Far Bridge	Kyoto
1984
Badsworth Boy	Little Bay	Artifice
1983
Badsworth Boy	Artifice	News King
1982
Rathgorman	Chinrullah	Drumgora
1981
Drumgora	Anaglogs Daughter	Stopped

1980-1978
1980
Another Dolly	King Weasel	Hilly Way
1979
Hilly Way	Dramatist	Young Arthur
1978
Hilly Way	Menehall	Kilmakilloge

The Queen Mother Champion Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. As part of a sponsorship agreement with the online betting company Betway, the race is now known as the Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase. It is run on the Old Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 2 miles (1 mile 7 furlongs and 199 yards, or 3,199 metres), and during its running there are twelve fences to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year during the Cheltenham Festival in March.

It is the leading minimum-distance chase in the National Hunt calendar, and it is the feature race on the second day of the Festival.

History

The event was established in 1959, and it was originally called the National Hunt Two-Mile Champion Chase. It was given its present title in 1980 – the year of the Queen Mother's 80th birthday – in recognition of her support to jump racing. The Queen Mother was a successful owner of National Hunt horses, particularly chasers, and among these was Game Spirit – the runner-up in this race in 1976.

The Queen Mother Champion Chase was not sponsored before 2007, and between 2008 and 2010 it was backed by Seasons Holidays.
The sponsor from 2011 until 2013 was online gambling firm Sportingbet. BetVictor held naming rights for the 2014 season before the current sponsor, sports betting company Betway, took over.^[1]

Records

Most successful horse (3 wins):

• 
  Badsworth Boy – 1983, 1984, 1985
  

Leading jockey (5 wins):

• Pat Taaffe – Fortria (1960, 1961), Ben Stack (1964), Flyingbolt (1966), Straight Fort (1970)
  


• Barry Geraghty – Moscow Flyer (2003, 2005), Big Zeb (2010), Finian's Rainbow (2012), Sprinter Sacre (2013)
  

Leading trainer (6 wins):

• Tom Dreaper – Fortria (1960, 1961), Ben Stack (1964), Flyingbolt (1966), Muir (1969), Straight Fort (1970)
  

Leading owner (3 wins):

• George Ansley – Fortria (1960, 1961), Straight Fort (1970)
  


• Doug Armitage – Badsworth Boy (1983, 1984, 1985)
  

Winners

• Amateur jockeys indicated by "Mr".

¹ Chinrullah finished first in 1980, but he was subsequently disqualified after testing positive for a banned substance.

² The 2001 running was cancelled because of a foot-and-mouth crisis. A substitute race at Sandown was won by Edredon Bleu.

See also

• Horseracing in Great Britain


• List of British National Hunt races


• 
  Recurring sporting events established in 1959 – this race is included under its original title, National Hunt Two-Mile Champion Chase.
  

References

• 
  Racing Post:
  
  
  
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    1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
    
  
  
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    1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
    
  
  
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    2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
    
  
  
  
  

• 
  bbc.co.uk – "Royalty absent and present" (2003).
  


• 
  cheltenham.co.uk – Media information pack (2010).
  


• 
  pedigreequery.com – Queen Mother Champion Chase – Cheltenham.
  


• 
  sportingchronicle.com – Queen Mother Champion Two Mile Steeple Chase Past Winners.
  


• 
  The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. 1993. p. 231. ISBN 1-873626-15-0..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
  

External links

• Race Recordings [1]