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 2014 | Grade 1 | 2 miles | ||
| Pos. | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
| 1 | WESTERN WARHORSE | Tom Scudamore | David Pipe | R S Brookhouse 33/1 |
| 2 | CHAMPAGNE FEVER | Ruby Walsh | Willie Mullins Ire | Mrs Susannah Ricci 11/4 jt fav |
| 3 | TRIFOLIUM | B J Cooper | C Byrnes Ire | Gigginstown House Stud 11/4 jt fav |
| 4 | DODGING BULLETS | Daryl Jacob | Paul Nichols | Martin Broughton et al 6/1 |
| 5 | VALDEZ | Robert Thornton | Alan King | Riverdee Stable 10/1 |
| 6 | GRANDOUET | Barry Geraghty | Nicky Henderson | Simon Munir 9/1 |
| 7 | BRICK RED | Aidan Coleman | Venetia Williams | Julian Taylor, Andrew Brooks 66/1 |
| 8 | ROCK ON RUBY | Noel Fehily | Harry Fry | The Festival Goers 5/1 |
| F | TED VEALE | Davy Russell | Tony Martin Ire | John Breslin 25/1 |
| Over round 112% | ||||
| This race was staged on Tuesday 11th March 2014 when Western Warrior beat Champagne Fever and Trifolium by a head and 4 lengths | ||||
