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Does He Know | Some Scope | Only two finished |
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Moroder | Undersupervision | Windsor Avenue |
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Undersupervision | Mister Malarky | Cloth Cap |
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Red Infantry | Special Prep | Canelo |
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Damers Cavalry | The Langholm Dyer | Glenside Jerry |
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Shepherd's Hymn | Woodside Road | Tarconey |
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Deep South | Sam Wrekin | West Tip |
The Grimthorpe Handicap Chase is a National Hunt handicap steeplechase in England which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Doncaster over a distance of about 3 miles and 2 furlongs (3 miles, 2 furlongs and 1 yard or 5,231 metres) and during the race there are 19 fences to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year in late February or early March.
Prior to the early 1980s the Grimthorpe Chase was run over two miles and 150 yards. The distance was then nearly doubled to a stamina testing four miles and 100 yards.
The distance was changed again to the current trip in the 1990s, when it was run as the Velka Pardubicka Grimthorpe Chase, a reference to Velká pardubická, a famous race run in the Czech Republic over varied obstacles. The race is now considered to be a trial for the Grand National.
The race is named in honour of the Grimthorpe family who have been involved in racing for many years. Ralph Beckett, 3rd Baron Grimthorpe owned Fragrant Mac (winner 1952 Scottish Grand National) and Fortina (winner 1947 Cheltenham Gold Cup). Christopher Beckett, the fourth Baron, was a member of the Jockey Club and director of Thirsk Racecourse, [1] and the current Baron Grimthorpe, Teddy Beckett, has been chairman of York Racecourse and racing manager to Khalid Abdullah.
Year | Winner | Age | Weight | Jockey | Trainer |
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1985 | Immigrate | 12 | 10-02 | Neale Doughty | Gordon W Richards |
1986 | Abandoned due to frost | ||||
1987 | Hardy Lad | 10 | 11-00 | Micky Hammond | Jumbo Wilkinson |
1988 | Deep South | 9 | 11-08 | Mark Dwyer | Jimmy FitzGerald |
1989 | Shepherd's Hymn | 8 | 11-02 | Reg Crank | Paul Blockley |
1990 | Damers Cavalry | 7 | 11-00 | B Dowling | Richard Lee |
1991 | Mirage Day | 8 | 11-02 | Norman Williamson | John Edwards |
1992 | Damers Cavalry | 9 | 10-03 | P McLoughlin [a] | Richard Lee |
1993 | Damers Cavalry | 10 | 11-07 | Rodi Greene | Richard Lee |
1994 | Shraden Leader | 9 | 10-06 | Norman Williamson | Kim Bailey |
1995 | Meleagris | 11 | 10-11 | Adrian Maguire | David Nicholson |
1996 | No race | ||||
1997 | Father Sky | 6 | 10–11 | Jamie Osborne | Oliver Sherwood |
1998 | The Toiseach | 7 | 10-08 | Tony Dobbin | James Fanshawe |
1999 | Abandoned due to snow | ||||
2000 | Knight Templar | 7 | 10-00 | Barry Fenton | Paul Nicholls |
2001 | Abandoned due to Foot and Mouth outbreak | ||||
2002 | Skillwise | 10 | 10-00 | David O'Meara | Tim Easterby |
2003 | Tom's Prize | 8 | 10–11 | Marcus Foley | John Spearing |
2004 | Grey Abbey | 10 | 11–12 | Alan Dempsey | J Howard Johnson |
2005 | Run For Paddy | 9 | 10-05 | Noel Fehily | Mark Pitman |
2006 | No race: Course closed for redevelopment | ||||
2007 | No race: Course closed for redevelopment | ||||
2008 | Cloudy Lane | 8 | 11-09 | Jason Maguire | Donald McCain |
2009 | Out The Black | 11 | 10-00 | Tom O'Brien | Philip Hobbs |
2010 | Wogan | 10 | 10-02 | Andrew Tinkler | Nicky Henderson |
2011 | Always Right | 9 | 10-10 | James Reveley | John Wade |
2012 | Ikorodu Road | 9 | 10-00 | Charlie Poste | Matt Sheppard |
2013 | Quentin Collonges | 9 | 10-00 | Andrew Tinkler | Henry Daly |
2014 | Night in Milan | 8 | 10–12 | James Reveley | Keith Reveley |
2015 | Wayward Prince | 11 | 10-04 | Robert Dunne | Hilary Parrott |
2016 | The Last Samuri | 8 | 11–12 | David Bass | Kim Bailey |
2017 | Definitly Red | 8 | 11–00 | Danny Cook | Brian Ellison |
2018 | Abandoned due to snow | ||||
2019 | Chidswell | 10 | 10-04 | Craig Nichol | Nicky Richards |
2020 | Captain Chaos | 9 | 10-13 | Harry Skelton | Dan Skelton |
2021 | Red Infantry | 11 | 09-11 | Charlie Todd | Ian Williams |
2022 | Undersupervision | 6 | 10-11 | Sam Twiston-Davies | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
2023 | Moroder | 9 | 10-02 | James Best | Seamus Mullins |
2024 | Does He Know | 9 | 12-00 | David Bass | Kim Bailey |
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