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The Towton Novices' Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Wetherby over a distance of about 3 miles (3 miles and 45 yards, or 4,869 metres), and during its running there are nineteen fences to be jumped. The race is for novice chasers, and it is scheduled to take place each year in late January or early February.

The event is named after the village of Towton, which is located several miles to the south of Wetherby. It was first run in 1996, and the inaugural winner, Mr Mulligan, went on to win the following year's Cheltenham Gold Cup.

In April 2023 the British Horseracing Authority announced that the race would be moved to mid-January and run over a reduced distance of two and a half miles. [1]

Winners

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
1996 Mr Mulligan 8 Richard Johnson Noel Chance
1997Abandoned due to snow
1998 Escartefigue 6 Richard Johnson David Nicholson
1999 Kadou Nonantais 6 Jamie Osborne Oliver Sherwood
2000 Arctic Camper 8 Adrian Maguire Venetia Williams
2001Abandoned due to waterlogged state of course
2002Abandoned due to waterlogged state of course
2003 Keen Leader 7 Liam Cooper Jonjo O'Neill
2004 Royal Emperor 8 Dominic Elsworth Sue Smith
2005 Ollie Magern 7 Carl Llewellyn Nigel Twiston-Davies
2006 Halcon Genelardais 6 Wayne Hutchinson Alan King
2007 Heltornic 7 Graham Lee Michael Scudamore
2008Abandoned due to frost
2009 Kornati Kid 7 Tom O'Brien Philip Hobbs
2010 Weird Al 7 Paddy Brennan Ian Williams
2011 Wayward Prince 7 Dougie Costello Ian Williams
no race 2012 [lower-alpha 1]
2013 Goulanes 7 Tom Scudamore David Pipe
2014 Ely Brown 9 Noel Fehily Charlie Longsdon
2015 Ned Stark 7 Denis O'Regan Alan King
2016 Blaklion 7 Ryan Hatch Nigel Twiston-Davies
2017Baywing8Ryan Day Nicky Richards
2018Ballyoptic9Tom Bellamy Nigel Twiston-Davies
no race 2019 [lower-alpha 2] [2]
2020Newtide7David BassKim Bailey
no race 2021
2022Ahoy Senor7 Derek Fox Lucinda Russell
2023City Chief6James Bowen Nicky Henderson
2024Colonel Harry7Gavin SheehanJamie Snowden
  1. The 2012 running was abandoned due to frost
  2. The 2019 running was abandoned due to frost

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References

  1. "Package of changes agreed to help strengthen performance of British Jump racing". British Horseracing Authority. 27 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  2. "William Hill Towton Novices' Chase". racingbetter.co.uk. 2 February 2019.