Fairlawne Handicap Chase
Steeplechase horse race in Britain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Fairlawne Handicap Chase, currently run under the sponsored title of the Paddy Power New Year's Day Handicap Chase, is a Grade 3 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run on the New Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 2 miles and 4½ furlongs (2 miles 4 furlongs and 127 yards, or 4,139 metres) and during its running there are 17 fences to be jumped. It is a handicap race, and is scheduled to take place each year on New Year's Day.
This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (September 2015) |
2024 | ||
Shakem Up'arry | Frero Banbou | Al Dancer |
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2023 | ||
Midnight River | Stolen Silver | Nassalam |
2022 | ||
Vienna Court | Simply The Betts | Alnadam |
The race was first run in 1990 as the Cleeve Hill Handicap Chase and was awarded Grade 3 status in 2009.
From 2014 the race became officially known as the Fairlawne Chase, a name previously associated with a three-mile conditions chase run at Windsor until 1997.