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 2017 | Grade 1 | 2 miles | ||
| Pos. | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
| 1 | ALTIOR | Nico de Boinville | Nicky Henderson | Mrs Patricia Pugh 1/4 fav |
| 2 | CLOUDY DREAM | Brian Hughes | Malcolm Jefferson | Trevor Hemmings 12/1 |
| 3 | ORDINARY WORLD | Davy Russell | Henry De Bromhead | C Jones 25/1 |
| 4 | ROYAL CAVIAR | Ruby Walsh | Willie Mullins Ire | Mrs Susannah Ricci 6/1 |
| 5 | FOREST BIHAN | Aidan Coleman | Brian Ellison | Phil & Julie Martin 12/1 |
| 6 | SOME PLAN | David Mullins | Henry De Bromhead Ire | R S Brookhouse 20/1 |
| 7 | A HARE BREATH | Richard Johnson | Ben Pauling | Mrs S N Embiricos 25/1 |
| F | CHARBEL | David Bass | Kim Bailey | David & Mrs Julie Martin 9/1 |
| PU | THREE STARS | Robbie Power | Henry De Bromhead Ire | Robert Finnegan 66/1 |
| Over round 134% | ||||
| This race was staged on Tuesday 14th March 2017 when Altior beat Cloudy Dream and Ordinary World by 6 lengths and 9 length | ||||
