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The Great Yorkshire Chase is a Premier Handicap National Hunt handicap chase in England which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Doncaster over a distance of 3 miles (4,828 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in January.
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| Annual Invictus | Forward Plan | Charlie Uberalles |
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| Cooper's Cross | Cap Du Nord | Elvis Mail |
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| Windsor Avenue | Storm Control | Cap Du Nord |
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| Takingrisks | Aye Right | Cap Du Nord |
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| 2020 | ||
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| Ok Corral | Fingerontheswitch | Chidswell |
| 2019 | ||
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| Go Conquer | Monbeg River | Calipto |
| 2018 | ||
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| Wakanda | Warriors Tale | L'Ami Serge |
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| Ziga Boy | Looking Well | Another Hero |
| 2016 | ||
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| Ziga Boy | Coologue | Buywise |
| 2015 | ||
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| If in Doubt | Baileys Concerto | Night in Milan |
| 2014 | ||
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| The Rainbow Hunter | Baile Anrai | Unioniste |
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| Calgary Bay | Shakalakaboomboom | Fruity O'Rooney |
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| Big Fella Thanks | Ungaro | Native Coral |
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| An Accordion | Ungaro | Ma Yahab |
| 2007 | ||
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| Simon | Ardaghey | Mount Clerigo |
| 2006 | ||
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| A Glass in Thyne | Europa | Keltic Bard |
| 2005 | ||
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| Colourful Life | Tikram | Run For Paddy |
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| Tyneandthyneagain | Magical Bailiwick | Gottabe |
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| Barryscourt Lad | Ryalux | Tonoco |
| 2002 | ||
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| Moor Lane | Kit Smartie | Frenchman's Creek |
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| Heidi III | Inn at the Top | King on the Run |
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| Beau | Niki Dee | Village King |
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| Major Bell | Mr Strong Gale | Cab on Target |
| 1998 | ||
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| Speaker Weatherill | In Truth | Linton Rocks |
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| General Command | King Lucifer | Golden Spinner |
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| Addington Boy | Merry Master | Pims Gunner |
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| Carbisdale | Avonburn | Gnome's Tycoon |
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| Young Hustler | Otterburn House | Rowlandsons Jewels |
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| Dalkey Sound | Team Challenge | Docklands Express |
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| Man O'Magic | Fleming | Rowlandsons Jewels |
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| Proverity | Dinny Walsh | Roll-A-Joint |
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| Bob Tisdall | Sir Jest | Fair Child |
The race was first run in 1948. Until 2023 it was sponsored by Sky Bet and known as the Sky Bet Handicap Chase. The race held Listed status until 2022 and was re-classified as a Premier Handicap from the 2023 running when Listed status was removed from handicap races.[1]
Most successful horse (2 wins):
- Ziga Boy – 2016, 2017
Most successful jockey (3 wins):
- Tim Molony – Arctic Gold (1951), Knock Hard (1953), ESB (1957)
Most successful trainer (4 wins):
- Fred Rimell – Old Morality (1949), ESB (1957), Nicolaus Silver (1962), Rough House (1975)
| Year | Winner | Age | Weight | Jockey | Trainer |
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| 1948 | Cool Customer | 9 | 12-07 | P Murphy | J Fawcus |
| 1949 | Old Morality | 7 | 10-01 | Bob Turnell | Fred Rimell |
| 1950 | Freebooter | 9 | 11-11 | J Power | Bobby Renton |
| 1951 | Arctic Gold | 6 | 11-00 | Tim Molony | G Balding |
| 1952 | Abandoned due to death of King George VI | ||||
| 1953 | Knock Hard | 9 | 11-07 | Tim Molony | Vincent O'Brien |
| 1954 | Abandoned because of frost | ||||
| 1955 | Bramble Tudor | 7 | 11-03 | R Curran | J Wight |
| 1956 | Abandoned because of snow and frost | ||||
| 1957 | ESB | 11 | 11-10 | Tim Molony | Fred Rimell |
| 1958 | Hall Weir | 8 | 10-10 | Bill Rees | Frank Cundell |
| 1959 | Abandoned because of frost | ||||
| 1960 | Knightsbrook | 8 | 11-01 | G Slack | W Hall |
| 1961 | Chavara | 8 | 10-07 | Stan Mellor | G Owen |
| 1962 | Nicolaus Silver | 10 | 11-09 | Bobby Beasley | Fred Rimell |
| 1963 | Abandoned because of frost | ||||
| 1964 | King's Nephew | 10 | 11-10 | Stan Mellor | Frank Cundell |
| 1965 | King of Diamonds | 7 | 10-04 | J Kenneally | G Vergette |
| 1966 | Freddie | 9 | 11-07 | P McCarron | R Tweedie |
| 1967 | Spear Fir | 8 | 10-06 | J Leech | R Fairbairn |
| 1968 | Sixty Nine | 8 | 12-00 | Brian Fletcher | Denys Smith |
| 1969 | Playlord | 8 | 11-06 | Ron Barry | Gordon W. Richards |
| 1970 | Freddie Boy | 9 | 11-03 | Richard Pitman | Fred Winter |
| 1971 | Two Springs | 9 | 10-10 | R Edwards | G Owen |
| 1972 | Slaves Dream | 8 | 10-06 | Michael Dickinson | R Hall |
| 1973 | Charlie Potheen | 8 | 11-10 | Terry Biddlecombe | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1974 | Cuckolder | 9 | 10-01 | Andy Turnell | Bob Turnell |
| 1975 | Rough House | 9 | 10-05 | John Burke | Fred Rimell |
| 1976 | Abandoned because of frost | ||||
| 1977 | Abandoned because of frost | ||||
| 1978 | Autumn Rain | 7 | 10-02 | Colin Tinkler | Tony Dickinson |
| 1979 | Abandoned because of snow | ||||
| 1980 | Jer | 9 | 10-00 | Phil Tuck | P Bevan |
| 1981 | Tragus | 9 | 10–13 | Bob Davies | David Morley |
| 1982 | Bregawn | 8 | 11-06 | John Francome | Michael Dickinson |
| 1983 | Get Out of Me Way | 8 | 10-00 | Paul Barton | Graham Thorner |
| 1984 | Abandoned because of snow | ||||
| 1985 | Abandoned because of snow and frost | ||||
| 1986 | Abandoned because of frost | ||||
| 1987 | Abandoned because of frost | ||||
| 1988 | Bob Tisdall | 9 | 12-05 | Tom Morgan | John Edwards |
| 1989 | Proverity | 8 | 11-08 | Tom Morgan | John Edwards |
| 1990 | Man O'Magic | 9 | 11-10 | Mark Perrett | Kim Bailey |
| 1991 | Dalkey Sound | 8 | 10-09 | Peter Niven | Mary Reveley |
| 1992 | Abandoned due to frost | ||||
| 1993 | Young Hustler | 6 | 10-00 | David Bridgwater | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 1994 | Carbisdale | 8 | 11-04 | Peter Niven | Mary Reveley |
| 1995 | Abandoned due to snow | ||||
| 1996 | Addington Boy | 8 | 10-08 | Mark Dwyer | Gordon W. Richards |
| 1997 | General Command | 9 | 11-10 | Paul Carberry | Gordon W. Richards |
| 1998 | Speaker Weatherill | 9 | 11-11 | Mark Brennan | Owen Brennan |
| 1999 | Major Bell | 11 | 10-00 | Adrian Maguire | A Whillans |
| 2000 | Beau | 7 | 11-00 | Tom Jenks | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 2001 | Heidi III | 6 | 10-02 | Dean Gallagher | Mickey Hammond |
| 2002 | Moor Lane | 10 | 10-04 | Barry Fenton | Ian Balding |
| 2003 | Barryscourt Lad | 9 | 10-01 | Rodi Greene | Martin Pipe |
| 2004 | Tyneandthyneagain | 9 | 10-04 | Henry Oliver | Richard Guest |
| 2005 | Colourful Life | 9 | 10–12 | Joe Tizzard | Paul Nicholls |
| 2006 | A Glass in Thyne [lower-alpha 1] | 8 | 10–12 | Andrew Thornton | B N Pollock |
| 2007 | Simon [lower-alpha 1] | 8 | 11-02 | Andrew Thornton | John Spearing |
| 2008 | An Accordion | 7 | 10-08 | J W Farrelly | David Pipe |
| 2009 | Big Fella Thanks | 7 | 11-02 | Christian Williams | Paul Nicholls |
| 2010 | Abandoned due to frost | ||||
| 2011 | Abandoned due to frost | ||||
| 2012 | Calgary Bay | 9 | 11-11 | Dominic Elsworth | Henrietta Knight |
| 2013 | Abandoned due to frost | ||||
| 2014 | The Rainbow Hunter | 10 | 10-09 | Nick Scholfield | Kim Bailey |
| 2015 | If in Doubt | 7 | 10–11 | Tony McCoy | Philip Hobbs |
| 2016 | Ziga Boy | 7 | 10-01 | Brendan Powell Jr | Alan King |
| 2017 | Ziga Boy | 8 | 10–11 | Tom Bellamy | Alan King |
| 2018 | Wakanda | 9 | 11–00 | Henry Brooke | Sue Smith |
| 2019 | Go Conquer | 10 | 11–10 | Tom Bellamy | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 2020 | Ok Corral | 10 | 11–12 | Derek O'Connor[lower-alpha 2] | Nicky Henderson |
| 2021 | Takingrisks | 12 | 11–02 | Sean Quinlan | Nicky Richards |
| 2022 | Windsor Avenue | 10 | 11–01 | Sean Quinlan | Brian Ellison |
| 2023 | Cooper's Cross | 8 | 10–06 | Sam Coltherd | Stuart Coltherd |
| 2024 | Annual Invictus | 9 | 10–12 | Freddie Gordon | Chris Gordon |
- The 2006 and 2007 runnings took place at Southwell
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