The John Francome Novices' Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt chase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Newbury...
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The John Francome Novices' Chase at Newbury was named after him in 2017. Great Britain Cheltenham Gold Cup - Midnight Court (1978) Sun Alliance Chase -...
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The Kauto Star Novices' Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Kempton...
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The Worcester Novices' Chase, later run as the John Francome Novices' Chase, was a Grade 2 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain open to horses...
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The Brown Advisory Novices' 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...
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The Scilly Isles Novices' Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain, which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at...
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List of British National Hunt races (redirect from Byrne Group Handicap Chase)
conditions, novice or juvenile races worth £50,000 or more, or £40,000 or more and are of historical importance. Any sales race. Other conditions, novice or juvenile...
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The Hurst Park Novices' Chase was a National Hunt novice chase in England. It was run at Ascot over a distance of 2 miles (3,218 metres), and it was scheduled...
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The Reynoldstown Novices' Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at...
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The Lightning Novices' Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Lingfield...
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the early 20th century, and was the idea of a leading Kingsclere trainer, John Porter, who realised that the flat meadows beside the railway and the River...
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The Pendil Novices' Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Kempton...
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in March. The event was originally known as the National Hunt Handicap Chase, but its title has included the name of a sponsor from the early 1980s....
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The TrustATrader Plate Handicap Chase is a Premier Handicap National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older...
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Brown Chamberlin. He was ridden by Phil Tuck as his regular jockey, John Francome, had been claimed to ride Brown Chamberlin. Burrough Hill Lad produced...
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Novices' Hurdle, 1984 Foxhunter Chase), Roller-Coaster (1979 Cathcart Chase), Stopped (1980 Grand Annual Chase), Rolls Rambler (1980 Foxhunter Chase)...
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The Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase is a Premier Handicap National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older...
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Triumph Hurdle, Ryanair Chase, Supreme Novices' Hurdle, Ballymore Novices' Hurdle, Arkle Challenge Trophy, Brown Advisory Novices' Chase, Champion Hurdle, Stayers'...
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his first season, winning on each occasion with John Francome in the saddle. All the runs came in novice hurdle company. After comfortable victories at...
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winning the Beech Open Novices Chase over two and a half miles at Sandown Park in March. Ridden by his regular jockey John Francome, he delivered his challenge...
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Cheltenham Gold Cup (category National Hunt chases)
Denman and Mill House. The Gold Cup is the most valuable non-handicap chase in Britain, and in 2023 it offered a total prize fund of £625,000. The first...
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favourite for the Sun Alliance Chase, the leading race for staying novice chasers. In a field of eighteen runners, John Francome, filling in for the injured...
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Earnshaw, who were both attached to the Dickinson yard. At Doncaster John Francome was aboard. Bregawn started the 11/8 favourite on the strength of his...
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National Hunt Chase Challenge Cup Wednesday Gallagher Novices' Hurdle Brown Advisory Novices' Chase Coral Cup Queen Mother Champion Chase Glenfarclas Cross...
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Cathcart Challenge Cup (category National Hunt chases)
The Cathcart Challenge Cup was a Grade 2 National Hunt chase in Great Britain which was open to horses aged five years or older. It was run on the New...
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National Hunt Chase Challenge Cup Wednesday Gallagher Novices' Hurdle Brown Advisory Novices' Chase Coral Cup Queen Mother Champion Chase Glenfarclas Cross...
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versions of the event, and two seasons later she won the most prestigious chase in National Hunt racing, the Cheltenham Gold Cup. She remains the only horse...
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defeated the previous year's winner, Voy Por Ustedes, by 19 lengths. John Francome said that on that form, Master Minded could have won any race in the...
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