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 1996 | Grade 1 | 2 miles | ||
| Pos. | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
| 1 | VENTANA CANYON | Richard Dunwoody | Eddie O'Grady | Philip Myerscough 7/1 |
| 2 | ARCTIC KINSMAN | Carl Llewellyn | Nigel Twiston-Davies | Mrs R E Hambro 13/2 |
| 3 | SUPER COIN | P McLoughlin | Richard Lee | George Brooks 66/1 |
| 4 | INCHCAILLOCH | G Upton | J S King | F J Carter 100/1 |
| 5 | SEEK THE FAITH | Brendan Powell snr | Matt Shephard | R H F Matthews 66/1 |
| 6 | ASK TOM | Peter Niven | Tom Tate | B T Stewart-Brown 10/1 |
| 7 | NO PAIN NO GAIN | Philip Hide | Josh Gifford | The Marvellous Partnership 50/1 |
| 8 | CABLE BEACH | Graham Bradley | Michael Cunningham | Herb M Stanley 25/1 |
| F | CUMBRIAN CHALLENGE | Lorcan Wyer | Tim Easterby | Cumbrian Industrials 25/1 |
| F | PIMBERLEY PLACE | Tom Jenks | Nigel Twiston-Davies | William Alan Jones 100/1 |
| F | DOUBLE SYMPHONY | Charlie Swan | Aidan O'Brien Ire | Jet Syndicate 11/1 |
| PU | TRYING AGAIN | Jamie Osborne | David Gandolfo | W H Dore 9/1 |
| PU | KING WAH GLORY | Conor O'Dwyer | P Burke Ire | John P McManus 15/2 |
| PU | DRABORGIE | David Bridgwater | Martin Pipe | Darren Mercer 7/2 fav |
| UR | CAPTAIN KHEDIVE | A PMcCoy | Paul Nicholls | R W Lewis 20/1 |
| UR | MANHATTAN CASTLE | F Woods | Arthur Moore Ire | Mrs P M Pile 6/1 |
| Over round 121% | ||||
| This race was staged on Tuesday 12th March 1996 when Ventana Canyon beat Arctic Kinsman and Super Coin by 20 lengths and 8 lengths | ||||
