John Francome Novices' Chase
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| Elegant Escape | Black Corton | Sir Ivan |
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| 2016 | ||
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| Thistlecrack | Bigbadjohn | Ibis Du Rheu |
| 2015 | ||
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| Native River | Un Temps Pour Tout | Port Melon |
| 2014 | ||
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| Carraig Mor | Southfield Theatre | My Silver Cloud |
| 2013 | ||
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| Just A Par | Third Intention | Ardkilly Witness |
| 2012 | ||
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| Harry Topper | Benefficient | Highland Lodge |
| 2011 | ||
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| Grands Crus | Sonofvic | Viking Blond |
| 2010 | ||
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| Aiteen Thirtythree | Voramar Two | Be There in Five |
| 2009 | ||
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| Michel Le Bon | Bench Warrent | Pettifour |
| 2008 | ||
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| Gone To Lunch | Tartak | Hold Em |
| 2007 | ||
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| Joe Lively | Here's Johnny | Only two finished |
| 2006 | ||
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| Boychuk | Gungadu | Wee Robbie |
| 2005 | ||
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| Darkness | Iris's Gift | Unleash |
| 2004 | ||
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| Cornish Rebel | Distant Thunder | St Matthew |
| 2003 | ||
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| Ballycassidy | Native Emperor | Celestial Gold |
The John Francome Novices' Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt chase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Newbury over a distance of about 3 miles (4,828 metres), and during its running there are eighteen fences to be jumped. The race is for novice chasers, and it is scheduled to take place each year in late November or early December.
The race was first run in 1990 and was formerly held at Worcester, where it was contested over distances of up to 2 miles and 7½ furlongs and run as the Worcester Novices' Chase. It was transferred to Newbury and extended to its present length in 2000.
From 2017 the race was renamed in honour of John Francome, with the press release explaining that the race "was transferred from Worcester racecourse 17 years ago, so the geographical connection with the Pitchcroft is no longer relevant."[1]
Winners
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Killbanon | 8 | Simon Earle | Chris Trietline |
| 1991 | Captain Dibble | 6 | Peter Scudamore | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 1992 | Barton Bank | 6 | Richard Dunwoody | David Nicholson |
| 1993 | See More Indians | 6 | Graham Bradley | Paul Nicholls |
| no race 1994 | ||||
| 1995 | Betty's Boy | 6 | Richard Dunwoody | Kim Bailey |
| 1996 | Pleasure Shared | 8 | Chris Maude | Philip Hobbs |
| 1997 | Ottowa | 7 | Timmy Murphy | Paul Nicholls |
| 1998 | Ocean Hawk | 6 | Carl Llewellyn | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 1999 | Connor Macleod | 6 | Norman Williamson | Mark Pitman |
| 2000 | Shotgun Willy | 6 | Joe Tizzard | Paul Nicholls |
| 2001 | Valley Henry | 6 | Timmy Murphy | Paul Nicholls |
| 2002 | Lucky Bay | 6 | Jim Culloty | Henrietta Knight |
| 2003 | Ballycassidy | 7 | Richard Johnson | Peter Bowen |
| 2004 | Cornish Rebel | 7 | Tony McCoy | Paul Nicholls |
| 2005 | Darkness | 6 | Barry Fenton | Charles Egerton |
| 2006 | Boychuk | 5 | Richard Johnson | Philip Hobbs |
| 2007 | Joe Lively | 8 | Joe Tizzard | Colin Tizzard |
| 2008 | Gone to Lunch | 8 | Tony McCoy | Jeremy Scott |
| 2009 | Michel Le Bon | 6 | Tony McCoy | Paul Nicholls |
| 2010 | Aiteen Thirtythree | 6 | Noel Fehily | Paul Nicholls |
| 2011 | Grands Crus | 6 | Tom Scudamore | David Pipe |
| 2012 | Harry Topper | 5 | Timmy Murphy | Kim Bailey |
| 2013 | Just A Par | 6 | Daryl Jacob | Paul Nicholls |
| 2014 | Carraig Mor | 6 | Noel Fehily | Alan King |
| 2015 | Native River | 5 | Brendan Powell | Colin Tizzard |
| 2016 | Thistlecrack | 8 | Tom Scudamore | Colin Tizzard |
| 2017 | Elegant Escape | 5 | Harry Cobden | Colin Tizzard |
See also
References
- ↑ "Jump Pattern Book Blog 2017/18". BHA. 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
- pedigreequery.com – Worcester Novices' Chase – Newbury.