Queen Mother Champion Chase 1982

Queen Mother Champion Chase

	The Queen Mother Champion Chase, a Grade 1 race for 5-year-olds and over, run over 2 miles and 13 fences of the Old Course, was first run in 1959 as the National Hunt Two-Mile Champion Chase. In 1980 it was renamed in honour of the Queen Mother for her contribution and support of National Hunt racing. It was sponsored between 2008 and 2010 by Seasons Holidays before BetVictor followed on.
Early history:-The inaugural running of the National Hunt Two-Mile Champion Chase, forerunner of the Queen Mother Chase, took place on Wednesday 4th March 1959 when won by Quita Que (4/9 fav) owned by Mrs D R Brand and ridden by Mr J Cox, beating Top Twenty (100/9) and Double Star (13/2) by 6 lengths and 15 lengths.
Over the entire history of the race 33% of favourites have been successful, placing the race 7th of the 28 current races. Over the entire history of the race a level stake bet of £10 on every favourite would have resulted in a £170 loss, placing the race 22nd of the current 28 races. Over the entire history of the race the Irish have been successful 36% of occasions, placing the race 11th of the 28 current races.

Queen Mother Champion Chase 1982			Grade 1	2 miles
Pos.	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Owner
1	RATHGORMAN	K Whyte	Michael Dickinson	Mr J Lilley 100/30
2	CHINRULLAH	Peter Scudamore	Mick O'Toole (Ire)	Mrs R Eastwood 12/1
3	DRUMGORA	Fran Berry	Arthur Moore (Ire)	Mr D Monahan 9/4 fav
4	SPINNING SAINT	Mr N Babbage	Mrs M Babbage	Mr B Babbage 33/1
5	COMBS DITCH	Colin Brown	David Elsworth	Mr R Tory 33/1
6	NEWS KING	John Francome	Fred Winter	Mr T Foreman 7/2
7	HILLY WAY	Mr P O'Connor	P O'Connor	Mr S Swann 66/1
8	CLAYSIDE	Jonjo O'Neill	M H Easterby	Mrs D Grant 14/1
9	THE MIGHTY MAC	Niall Madden	T Costello (Ire)	Mrs M Skelly 5/1
				Over round 114%
This race was held on Wednesday 17th March 1982 when Rathgorman beat Chinrullah and Drumgora by 20 lengths and 8 lengths