Worcester Novices' Chase

Worcester Novices' Chase

2016
Thistlecrack	Bigbadjohn	Ibis Du Rheu

Previous years
2015
Native River	Un Temps Pour Tout	Port Melon
2014
Carraig Mor	Southfield Theatre	My Silver Cloud
2013
Just A Par	Third Intention	Ardkilly Witness
2012
Harry Topper	Benefficient	Highland Lodge
2011
Grands Crus	Sonofvic	Viking Blond
2010
Aiteen Thirtythree	Voramar Two	Be There In Five
2009
Michel Le Bon	Bench Warrent	Pettifour
2008
Gone To Lunch	Tartak	Hold Em
2007
Joe Lively	Here's Johnny	Only two finished
2006
Boychuk	Gungadu	Wee Robbie
2005
Darkness	Iris's Gift	Unleash
2004
Cornish Rebel	Distant Thunder	St Matthew
2003
Ballycassidy	Native Emperor	Celestial Gold

The Worcester 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 Newbury 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 late November or early December.

The race was first run in 1990 and was formerly held at Worcester, where it was contested over distances of up to 2 miles and 7½ furlongs. It was transferred to Newbury and extended to its present length in 2000.

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer
1990	Killbanon	8	Simon Earle	Chris Trietline
1991	Captain Dibble	6	Peter Scudamore	Nigel Twiston-Davies
1992	Barton Bank	6	Richard Dunwoody	David Nicholson
1993	See More Indians	6	Graham Bradley	Paul Nicholls
	no race 1994
1995	Betty's Boy	6	Richard Dunwoody	Kim Bailey
1996	Pleasure Shared	8	Chris Maude	Philip Hobbs
1997	Ottowa	7	Timmy Murphy	Paul Nicholls
1998	Ocean Hawk	6	Carl Llewellyn	Nigel Twiston-Davies
1999	Connor Macleod	6	Norman Williamson	Mark Pitman
2000	Shotgun Willy	6	Joe Tizzard	Paul Nicholls
2001	Valley Henry	6	Timmy Murphy	Paul Nicholls
2002	Lucky Bay	6	Jim Culloty	Henrietta Knight
2003	Ballycassidy	7	Richard Johnson	Peter Bowen
2004	Cornish Rebel	7	Tony McCoy	Paul Nicholls
2005	Darkness	6	Barry Fenton	Charles Egerton
2006	Boychuk	5	Richard Johnson	Philip Hobbs
2007	Joe Lively	8	Joe Tizzard	Colin Tizzard
2008	Gone to Lunch	8	Tony McCoy	Jeremy Scott
2009	Michel Le Bon	6	Tony McCoy	Paul Nicholls
2010	Aiteen Thirtythree	6	Noel Fehily	Paul Nicholls
2011	Grands Crus	6	Tom Scudamore	David Pipe
2012	Harry Topper	5	Timmy Murphy	Kim Bailey
2013	Just A Par	6	Daryl Jacob	Paul Nicholls
2014	Carraig Mor	6	Noel Fehily	Alan King
2015	Native River	5	Brendan Powell	Colin Tizzard
2016	Thistlecrack	8	Tom Scudamore	Colin Tizzard

See also

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

References

• Racing Post:
  • "1990"., "1991"., "1992"., "1993"., "1995"., "1996"., "1997"., "1998"., "1999"., "2000".
  • "2001"., "2002"., "2003"., "2004"., "2005"., "2006"., "2007"., "2008"., "2009"., "2010".
  • "2011"., "2012"., "2013"., "2014"., "2015"., "2016".

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• pedigreequery.com – Worcester Novices' Chase – Newbury.