RSA Chase
| Grade 1 race | |
| Location | Cheltenham Racecourse Cheltenham, England |
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| Race type | Chase |
| Sponsor | RSA Insurance Group |
| Website | Cheltenham |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 3m ½f (4,929 metres) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Five-years-old and up |
| Weight | 11 st 2 lb (5yo); 11 st 4 lb (6yo+) Allowances 7 lb for mares |
| Purse | £150,000 (2014) 1st: £85,425 |
| 2015 | ||
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| Don Poli | Southfield Theatre | Wounded Warrior |
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| 2014 | ||
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| O'Faolains Boy | Smad Place | Morning Assembly |
| 2013 | ||
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| Lord Windermere | Lyreen Legend | Hadrian's Approach |
| 2012 | ||
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| Bobs Worth | First Lieutenant | Call The Police |
| 2011 | ||
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| Bostons Angel | Jessies Dream | Wayward Prince |
| 2010-2001 | ||
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| 2010 | ||
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| Weapon's Amnesty | Burton Port | Long Run |
| 2009 | ||
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| Cooldine | Horner Woods | Massini's Maguire |
| 2008 | ||
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| Albertas Run | Roll Along | Battlecry |
| 2007 | ||
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| Denman | Snowy Morning | According To John |
| 2006 | ||
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| Star De Mohaison | Idle Talk | Darkness |
| 2005 | ||
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| Trabolgan | Comply Or Die | Cornish Rebel |
| 2004 | ||
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| Rule Supreme | Royal Emperor | Our Vic |
| 2003 | ||
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| One Knight | Jair Du Cochet | Barrow Drive |
| 2002 | ||
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| Hussard Collonges | Iznogoud | Chives |
| 2000-1991 | ||
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| 2000 | ||
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| Lord Noelie | Alexander Banquet | Toto Toscato |
| 1999 | ||
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| Looks Like Trouble | Lord Of The River | Billingsgate |
| 1998 | ||
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| Florida Pearl | Escartefigue | Fulip |
| 1997 | ||
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| Hanakham | Eudipe | Djeddah |
| 1996 | ||
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| Nahthen Lad | Mr Mulligan | Do Rightly |
| 1995 | ||
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| Brief Gale | Harcon | Banjo |
| 1994 | ||
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| Monsieur Le Cure | Martomick | Crystal Spirit |
| 1993 | ||
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| Young Hustler | Superior Finish | Its A Cracker |
| 1992 | ||
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| Miinnehoma | Bradbury Star | Run For Free |
| 1991 | ||
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| Rolling Ball | Esha Ness | What's The Crack |
| 1990-1988 | ||
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| 1990 | ||
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| Garrison Savannah | The Committee | Chatam |
| 1989 | ||
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| Envopak Token | Nick The Brief | Brown Windsor |
| 1988 | ||
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| The West Awake | Bob Tisdall | Yeoman Broker |
The RSA Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt chase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run on the Old Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 3 miles and 110 yards (4,929 metres), and during its running there are nineteen fences to be jumped. The race is for novice chasers, and it is scheduled to take place each year during the Cheltenham Festival in March.
History
The event was formerly known as the Broadway Novices' Chase, but since the mid-1960s it has been run under various sponsored titles. From 1964 to 1973 it was sponsored by the Tote, and it was called the Totalisator Champion Novices' Chase. Since then it has been backed by its present sponsor, RSA Insurance Group, and its predecessors Sun Alliance (1974–1996) and Royal & SunAlliance (1997–2008).
Several winners of the race have subsequently achieved victory in the most prestigious chase in the National Hunt calendar, the Cheltenham Gold Cup. The most recent was Lord Windermere, the winner of the latter event in 2014.
Records
Leading jockey since 1946 (5 wins):
- Pat Taaffe – Coneyburrow (1953), Solfen (1960), Grallagh Cnoc (1961), Arkle (1963), Proud Tarquin (1970)
Leading trainer since 1946 (4 wins):
- Fulke Walwyn – Mountain Prince (1948, div. 2), On View (1951), Glenbeigh (1954), Mandarin (1957)
- Willie Mullins – Florida Pearl (1998), Rule Supreme (2004), Cooldine (2009), Don Poli (2015)
Winners since 1946
- Amateur jockeys indicated by "Mr".
- Separate divisions of the race indicated by (1) and (2).
1 The 1947 edition was abandoned due to snow and frost.
2 The 2001 running was cancelled because of a foot-and-mouth crisis.
See also
References
- cheltenham.co.uk – Media information pack (2010).
- pedigreequery.com – Royal & SunAlliance Chase – Cheltenham.
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Race Recordings [1]
