Ladbrokes Champion Chase
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The Ladbrokes Champion Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt chase in Ireland which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Down Royal over a distance of about 3 miles (4,828 metres), and during its running there are fifteen fences to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year in late October or early November.
Grade 1 race | |
Location | DOwn Royal, County Down Northern Ireland |
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Inaugurated | 1999 |
Race type | Chase |
Sponsor | Ladbrokes |
Website | Down Royal |
Race information | |
Distance | 3 miles (4,828 metres) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Five-years-old and up |
Weight | 11 st 10 lb Allowances 7 lb for mares |
Purse | €125,000 (2020) 1st: €73,750 |
2023 | ||
Gerri Colombe | Envoi Allen | Conflated |
2000-1999 | ||
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2000 | ||
Looks Like Trouble | Dorans Pride | Inis Cara |
1999 | ||
Florida Pearl | Dorans Pride | Ferbet Junior |
The event was established in 1999, and it was initially contested over 3 miles and 1 furlong. It was cut to its present distance in 2000, and given Grade 1 status in 2002.
The Ladbrokes Champion Chase is now the first Grade 1 event of the Irish National Hunt season. It was sponsored by JNwine.com (James Nicholson Wine Merchant) from its inception until the 2018 running. Ladbrokes took over the sponsorship in 2019.[1]