December Novices' Chase

The December Novices' Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Doncaster over a distance of about 3 miles (2 miles 7 furlongs and 214 yards or 4,828 metres), and during its running there are eighteen fences to be jumped. The race is for novice chasers, and it is scheduled to take place each year in December.

December Novices' Chase
2019
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The race was first run in 1988. Prior to 2014 it was run at Lingfield Park and was the only National Hunt event run at the course with graded status. It was transferred to Doncaster by Arena Racing Company, the owner of both courses. The Summit Juvenile Hurdle used to be contested on the same day at Lingfield but was transferred to Doncaster in 2010 – the two races are now both run at the same meeting again.[1]

Winners
Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
1988 Nick the Brief 6 Tom Costello John Costello
1989 no race 1989
1990 Sparkling Flame 6 John White Nicky Henderson
1991 River Bounty 5 Robbie Supple John Upson
1992 Midnight Caller 6 Mark Richards Simon Sherwood
1993 Martomick 6 Norman Williamson Kim Bailey
1994Abandoned due to unsafe state of chase course
1995Abandoned due to snow
1996 Foodbroker Star 6 Leighton Aspell Josh Gifford
1997 Fiddling the Facts 6 Norman Williamson Nicky Henderson
1998 Executive King 7 Andrew Thornton Geoff Hubbard
1999 Be My Mot 7 Jamie Goldstein Gardie Grissell
2000Abandoned due to waterlogged state of course
2001Abandoned due to frost
2002 no race 2002
2003 Lord Sam 7 Andrew Thornton Victor Dartnall
2004 L'Ami 5 Dean Gallagher François Doumen
2005 no race 2005–06 [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2]
2007 Verasi 6 Jamie Moore Gary L. Moore
2008 no race 2008 [lower-alpha 2]
2009 Burton Port 5 Tony McCoy Nicky Henderson
2008 no race 2010–11 [lower-alpha 3] [lower-alpha 1]
2012 Court in Motion 7 Leighton Aspell Emma Lavelle
2013 Black Thunder 6 Nick Scholfield Paul Nicholls
2014 Virak 5 Nick Scholfield Paul Nicholls
2015 Southfield Royale 5 Wayne Hutchinson Neil Mulholland
2016 Present Man 6 Jack Sherwood Paul Nicholls
2017 Keeper Hill 6 Gavin Sheehan Warren Greatrex
2018 Rocky's Treasure 7 David Bass Kim Bailey
2019 Sam Spinner 7 Joe Colliver Jedd O'Keeffe
  1. The 2005 and 2011 runnings were abandoned because of frost
  2. The 2006 and 2008 editions were abandoned due to waterlogging
  3. The 2010 running was abandoned due to snow
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See also

References
  1. "Arc move Grade Two Chase". racinguk.com. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  • pedigreequery.com – December Novices' Chase – Lingfield.
  • rte.ie – "Lingfield abandoned due to frost" (2005).
  • breakingnews.ie – "Lingfield abandoned" (2006).
  • rte.ie – "Cheltenham and Lingfield abandoned" (2008).
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