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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| Cotswold Chase 1929 | Grade 1 | 2 miles | ||
| Pos. | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
| 1 | CURTAIN RAISER | Powell | Burns | Miss E Leake 5/1 |
| 2 | OXCLOSE | Elliott | Renton | Mr R Renton 10/1 |
| 3 | PISHOGUE | Keogh | F Hartigan | Baron F de Tuyll 6/1 |
| 4 | ORBED | A Waudy | Pollock | W Thorpe 6/1 |
| 5 | THE DRUCE MACHINE | W Gurney | R Payne | Mr R Gray 10/1 |
| 6 | PHARMACIST | T Cullinan | Beeby | Mr V Smith 100/6 |
| 7 | SHREWD KING | J Bisgood | Jack Anthony | Captain E Speed 10/1 |
| 8 | FAVOURITE STAR | D Williams | Hastings | Mr F Clark 100/6 |
| 9 | BONAR BRIDGE | F Brookes | Forwood | Mr W Duckworth 100/6 |
| 10 | JOE BAGSTOCK | Stott | Coulthwaite | Miss M Laidlaw 7/4 fav |
| 11 | FELCOURT | T O'Sullivan | Poole | Mr R McAlpine 100/6 |
| 12 | PIXIE | Mr W Bissill | Foljambe | Colonel G Foljambe 100/6 |
| Over round 135% | ||||
This race was staged on Thursday 14th March 1929 when Curtain Raiser beat Oxclose and Pishogue by 1 1/2 lengths and 1 1/2 lengths |
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