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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| Arkle Challenge Chase 1994 | Grade 1 | 2 miles | ||
| Pos. | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
| 1 | NAKIR | Jamie Osborne | Simon Christian | Jim Lewis 9/1 |
| 2 | BAYDON STAR | Adrian Maguire | David Nicholson | Mrs Shirley Robins 5/2 fav |
| 3 | SOUTHOLT | David Bridgwater | Ferdy Murphy | Geoff Hubbard 33/1 |
| 4 | ATONE | K O'Brien | J R Cox | Robert Sinclair 5/1 |
| 5 | MUBADIR | Paul Carberry | Noel Meade Ire | Liam Keating 20/1 |
| 6 | COUNTRY LAD | Simon McNeill | Mrs S D Williams | S A Douch 12/1 |
| BD | THUMBS UP | Charlie Swan | Nicky Henderson | Michael Buckley 6/1 |
| F | COONAWARA | Brendan Powell snr | Tim Forster | Simon Sainsbury 7/2 |
| PU | KIBREET | Steve Earle | Robert Alner | Terry Warner 100/1 |
| PU | ONE MORE DREAM | Graham Bradley | Toby Balding | Michael Jackson Bloodstock 16/1 |
| Over round 115% | ||||
| This race was staged on Tuesday 15th March 1994 when Nakir beat Baydon Star and Southolt by 8 lengths and 1 1/2 lengths | ||||
