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Turners Novices’ Chase: Past Winners, Stats & History

Cheltenham Festival
Course:
Cheltenham
New Course
Grade:
Grade 1
Length:
2m 4f
Last Winner:
Bob Olinger @ 6/5
Prize Money:
£175,000 (2022)

The Turners Novices’ Chase, formerly the Marsh and JLT Novices’ Chase, is one of the newer races at the Cheltenham Festival. The Day 3 opener has been dominated by the Irish since its inaugural running in 2011, our friends from the Emerald Isle winning all but three of the editions to date.

Registered as the Golden Millar Novices’ Chase, this race is named in honour of the legendary chaser who won five consecutive Cheltenham Gold Cups in the 1930’s along with a Grand National victory which came in 1934.

Turners Novices’ Chase Course Map (New Course)

Cheltenham New Course Map

Turners Novices’ Chase Past Winners

Year Winner SP Trainer Jockey
2022 Bob Olinger 6/5 Henry de Bromhead Rachael Blackmore
2021 Chantry House 9/1 Nicky Henderson Nico de Boinville
2020 Samcro 4/1 Gordon Elliott Davy Russell
2019 Defi Du Seuil 3/1 Philip Hobbs Barry Geraghty
2018 Shattered Love 4/1 Gordon Elliott Jack Kennedy
2017 Yorkhill 6/4 Willie Mullins Ruby Walsh
2016 Black Hercules 4/1 Willie Mullins Ruby Walsh
2015 Vautour 6/4 Willie Mullins Ruby Walsh
2014 Taquin Deu Seuil 7/1 Jonjo O’Neill Tony McCoy
2013 Benefficient 20/1 Tony Martin Bryan Cooper
2012 Sir Des Champs 3/1 Willie Mullins Davy Russell
2011 Noble Prince 4/1 Paul Nolan Tony McCoy

About the Turners Novices’ Chase: The Day 3 Opener

Chestnut Racehorse and Jockey

Leading horses will often have multiple different options going into the Cheltenham Festival. That is most certainly the case with novice chasers who are often entered into a couple of the big novices’ races including the Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase and the Turners Novices’ Chase.

Comparison of Turners & Brown Advisory Novices’ Chases

Turners Novices’ Chase Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase
Distance 2 Miles 4 Furlongs 3 Miles ½ Furlong
Fences 16 20
Prize Fund £175,000 (2022) £175,000 (2022)
First Run 2011 1946
Course New Old
Ages 5 Years Old+ 5 Years Old+
Grade Class 1, Grade 1 Class 1, Grade 1

The most obvious difference between the two races is the distance. At two miles and four furlongs the Turners Novices’ Chase is around half a mile shorter and it has four fewer fences with a total of 16. The Turners Chase is a considerably younger race having been introduced to the Festival in 2011. Those factors combined mean that the Turners Novices’ Chase isn’t held in quite the same regard as the Brown Advisory Chase but don’t think for a second that this is unimportant.

Like many major horse races, the Turners Novices’ Chase has had a number of changes in title due to sponsorship, although the race is officially registered as the Golden Miller Novices’ Chase.

Golden Miller Novices’ Chase Title Changes: 2011 – 2022

Race Name Sponsor Year From Year To
Turners Novices’ Chase Turners Transport 2022 Present
Marsh Novices’ Chase Marsh Insurance 2020 2021
JLT Novices’ Chase Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group 2014 2019
Jewson Novices’ Chase Jewson Builders’ Merchants 2011 2013

Race Holds Prestige

Connections of Yorkhill took home a then record £89,275 when he won the 2017 renewal. This dropped slightly since with the 2021 winner collecting £73,854 but the 2022 winner will collect over £100,000. That a race which is just over 10 years old can have such a sizeable prize pot is no mean feat and shows that the Turners Novices’ Chase is a popular contest, as does the fact that it was promoted from Grade 2 to Grade 1 level for the 2014 renewal.

Chart Showing the Prize Money in the Golden Miller Novices' Chase Between 2011 and 2022

Another way of ascertaining the quality of a race is by looking at the list of previous winners. Some high calibre types have claimed the race including Sir Des Champs and Vautour but the most impressive list is that of the winning trainers. Willie Mullins has more wins in the biggest Cheltenham races than most and he wasted little time getting off the mark in the Turners Novices’ Chase, training Sir Des Champs to victory in the second edition.

Mullins then went on to secure an impressive hat-trick of successive wins from 2015 to 2017 in between wins for other top drawer trainers, Jonjo O’Neill and Gordon Elliott. Similarly, some of the most successful National Hunt jockeys of recent times including Davy Russell, Ruby Walsh and Tony McCoy have ridden the winner of the Turners Novices’ Chase.

Named After A Great

When you look through the records of those big names you may not immediately see the Turners Novices’ Chase in their list of wins. That’s because the race is officially registered as the Golden Miller Novices’ Chase in honour of a true legend of the Cheltenham Festival. Among Golden Miller’s achievements include being the most successful Cheltenham Gold Cup horse in history (winning it five times!) and being the only horse to win both the Gold Cup and the Grand National in the same year (1934).

Chart Showing Golden Miller's Major Race Wins by Year

We won’t see the likes of Golden Miller again but future winners of the Turners Novices’ Chase will doubtless go on to big things. Vautour, arguably the most impressive winner of the race, went on to win the Ryanair Chase the following year which is often a target. The Cheltenham Gold Cup is also sometimes a target (Sir Des Champs finished second in 2013) but the form doesn’t always hold up as Yorkhill struggled badly in the season following his Golden Miller Chase win. Shattered Love, who won this race in 2018, finished 9th and last of the finishers in the 2019 Gold Cup.

Other Races of Note at Cheltenham

  • Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle
  • Arkle Chase
  • Arkle Trial Novices' Chase
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  • Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle
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  • Stayers’ Hurdle
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  • Triumph Hurdle Trial
  • Turners Novices’ Chase

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