National Hunt Juvenile Chase

The National Hunt Juvenile Chase, a 4-year-old race over 2 miles and 100 yards was staged at the inaugural Festival meeting in 1911 when won by Asteroid (7/1) owned by Mr W Tyrwhitt-Drake. It was a race won by Grand National winners and Gold Cup winners in its 37-year history, with 1931 Grand National winner Grackle, 1942 Gold Cup winner Medoc II, and 1956 Grand National winner ESB earning their place on the winners board. The race was not always popular, so it was most appropriate that the final time it was run in 1958 it was won by Bee Off ridden by Lord Oaksey, who at the time was known as John Lawrence. Its place in the Festival programme was taken by the National Hunt Two-Mile Champion Chase, known now as the Queen Mother Champion Chase.
Early history:- The inaugural running of the National Hunt Juvenile Chase over 2 miles 100 yards was staged on Wednesday 8th March 1911 when Mr W Tyrwhitt-Drake's Asteroid (7/1) trained by Emerson and ridden by H W Drake beat Little Pitcher (100/7) and Long Water (100/7) by 4 lengths and 5 lengths.
National Hunt Juvenile Chase Grade 1 2 miles
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1911 ASTEROID Mr H Drake Emerson Mr Tyrwhit-Drake 7/1
1912 SLAVE OF THE RING Mr H Drake Pullen Mr H Trimmer 7/2
1913 TENBURY Alf Aylin F Hartigan Mr C B Ismay 5/1
1914 REAL GRIT Alf Aylin F Hartigan Baron F de Tuyll Evens fav
1915 VARIETY R Gordon R Gordon Mr C Newton 4/1
1916-19 Race not staged due to the First World War
1920 CATAMARAN A Escott F Hunt Mr A B Beauchamp 3/1
1921 GALLESIAN B Ellis Mather Jackson Mr F N Lloyd 8/1
1922 TEST MATCH L'Estrange Martin Mr H Mosenthal 2/1 jt fav
1923 EUPHONY Mr M Blair Gurney Mr M Blair
1924 MOUNT RIVERS Mr M Blair Kirk Major Noel Furlong
1925 GREAT SPAN L Rees M Blair Mr M Blair 10/1
1926 GRAKLE Foster Coulthwaite Mr T Laidlaw 9/2
1927 PATRON SAINT Mr Bellamy Colonel Foljambe Colonel G Foljambe 6/1
1928 MOUNTAIN SLIP Ted Leader Ted Leader Mr F C Parker 11/2
1929 SPRING BLOSSOM P Powell Davey Mr Johnstone 7/1
1930 BLACK MINSTREL W Stott Tom Rimell Lord Coventry 100/8
Race not held due to severe frost causing postponment of entire Festival
1932 MACS CHOICE D McCann M Blair Mr Walls 5/1
1933 LE FORTIUM F Gurney Hurt Mr Goldsmith 100/8
1934 CAPTAIN'S CHOICE T F Rimell Tom Rimell Mr W J Rimell
1935 KHRIS KINGLE H Nicholson W Nightingall Mrs V Wilkinson 11/4 jt fav
1936 MARCONI D Morgan Barrett Lord Derby 6/1
1937 Race not staged due to snow and floods
1938 MEDOC II H Nicholson H Brown Lord Sefton 9/4 jt fav
1939 STRAW BOSS Mr A Jones Ivor Anthony Mr L E Stoddard 7/1
1940 MUCH TOO DEAR T McNeill Tabor (Ire) Mrs Learmouth 6/5 fav
1941 Race failed to fill and was abandoned
1942 URAMBO H Sprague Reardon Mr J Reardon 2/1 fav
Race not held in 1943, 1944 or 1945 due to Second World War
1946 MARY STUART B O'Neill Gerry Wilson Mr A Jones 5/4 fav
1947 Race was not held due to frost and snow
1948 LE JACOBIN R Bates John Goldsmith Mr P G Thompson 3/1 fav
1949 ROYAL OAK IV R Bates John Goldsmith Mrs R McAlpine 9/4 fav
1950 ESB M Moloney T F Rimell Mrs Leonard Carver 5/1
1951 GORSE H Cross T Cross Mrs H M Gosheren 25/1
1952 SIGNAL PRINCE Michael Scudamore T F Rimell Mr W R Porter 100/8
1953 TRAVINA Bob Turnell C Mitchell Mrs E Joice 5/1
1954 FLEET AIR ARM J A Bullock Fulke Walwyn Mrs M de Pret-Roose 7/1
1955 SPATE Bryan Marshall Fulke Walwyn Duke of Norfolk 7/2 jt fav
1956 SEGNOR IV Michael Scudamore Fulke Walwyn Mrs C L Lloyd 11/10 fav
1957 COLONISED P Major Hollinshead Mr M Ford 9/2
1958 BEE OFF Mr John Lawrence Ken Cundell Mr R B Potter 100/30