Arkle Challenge Chase (Cotswold Chase)
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The Arkle Challenge Trophy is a Grade 1 race open to 5-year-olds and above and is run on the Old Course over 2 miles and 13 fences. The race, named in honour of the Gold Cup winner Arkle, is for novices and is traditionally run as the second race on the opening day of the Festival, but was first introduced into the Festival programme in 1969 as a replacement for the Cotswold Chase, a race which was first run at the Festival in 1923 and still exists today, but is no longer part of the Festival programme. |
| Early history:-The inaugural running of the Arkle Challenge Chase took place on Wednesday 19th March 1969 and was won by Chatham (10/1) trained by Fred Rimell and ridden by Terry Biddlecombe, beating Straight Fort (5/1) and King Dolphin (20/1) by 2 lengths and 8 lengths. | |
Over the entire history of the race 28% of favourites have been successful, placing the race 12th of the 28 current races. |
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| Cotswold Chase 1968 | Grade 1 | 2 miles | ||
| Pos. | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
| 1 | THE HUSTLER | Barry Brogan | Earl Jones | Mrs D E Crouch 20/1 |
| 2 | MONKS MEAD | G W Robinson | Fulke Walwyn | Mrs Dermot Daly 8/1 |
| 3 | GET STEPPING | Jeff King | Bob Turnell | Mr A B Mitchell 7/1 |
| 4 | STEVIE BOY | D Sunderland | Derek Ancil | Mr E C Adkins 20/1 |
| 5 | BOSSY | Josh Gifford | Ken Cundell | Mrs J E Jackson 7/2 fav |
| 6 | AUTOBIOGRAPHY | Brian Fletcher | Denys Smith | Mr Joe Lisle 9/2 |
| 7 | VULGAN'S PALACE | C Finnegan | A Watson Ire | Mr Archie Watson 6/1 |
| 8 | PADDYNOGGIN | J Morrissey | Ken Cundell | Mrs D Crossley Cooke 33/1 |
| 9 | ARCTIC POOL | David Nicholson | W Stephenson | Mr L Ensten 25/1 |
| 10 | SUNDEW'S NEPHEW | Terry Biddlecombe | Fred Rimell | Mr W R Porter 15/2 |
| 11 | SAILOR'S COLLAR | W Palmer | Toby Balding | Mrs E W Wetherill 100/7 |
| Over round 115% | ||||
This race was staged on Wednesday 20th March 1968 when The Hustler beat Monks Mead and Get Stepping by 5 lengths and 5 lengths |
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