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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| Arkle Challenge Chase 1995 | Grade 1 | 2 miles | ||
| Pos. | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
| 1 | KLAIRON DAVIS | F Woods | Arthur Moore Ire | C Jones 7/2 fav |
| 2 | SOUND MAN | Charlie Swan | Eddie O'Grady Ire | David Lloyd 6/1 |
| 3 | CAMITROV | Jamie Osborne | Simon Christian | Jim Lewis 16/1 |
| 4 | DANCING PADDY | Richard Dunwoody | Ken Cunnigham-Brown | Bychance Racing 6/1 |
| 5 | MORCELI | Norman Williamson | Howard Johnson | Hon Mrs J Corbett 4/1 |
| 6 | MEDINAS SWAN SONG | A Tory | Ron Hodges | C A G Perry 66/1 |
| 7 | MONDAY CLUB | S McNeill | J C Tuck | J C Tuck 33/1 |
| F | IN TRUTH | Jason Titley | Steve Gollings | Mrs E Houlton 14/1 |
| PU | JIMMY THE GILLIE | Guy Upton | Simon Christain | N Robinson 100/1 |
| PU | SOUND REVEILLE | Graham Bradley | Charlie Brooks | Mrs G Abercassis 6/1 |
| PU | GALES CAVALIER | Mark Dwyer | David Gandolfo | T J Whitley 7/1 |
| Over round 116% | ||||
| This race was staged on Tuesday 14th March 1995 when Klairon Davis beat Sound Man and Camitrov by 1/2 length and 9 lengths | ||||
