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Great Yorkshire Handicap Chase: Past Winners, Stats & History

Great Yorkshire Chase Weekend
Course:
Doncaster
Jumps Course
Grade:
Premier Handicap
Length:
3m
Last Winner:
Docpickedme @ 9/1
Prize Money:
£100,000 (2025)

The Great Yorkshire Handicap Chase was first run in 1948. Running at the end of January at Doncaster, this tough three mile handicap chase is not for the faint hearted.

This race makes up part of an excellent Saturday of National Hunt action, and whilst Trials Day at Cheltenham may attract much of the attention, the fare on offer at Doncaster isn’t too bad either, with the excellent seven-race card headlined by this valuable chase contest.

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Great Yorkshire Handicap Chase Course Map (Jumps Course)

Doncaster Jumps Racecourse Map

Great Yorkshire Handicap Chase Past Winners

Year Winner SP Trainer Jockey
2025 Docpickedme 9/1 Richard Hobson Charlie Maggs
2024 Annual Invictus 16/1 Chris Gordon Freddie Gordon
2023 Cooper's Cross 16/1 Stuart Coltherd Sam Coltherd
2022 Windsor Avenue 40/1 Brian Ellison Sean Quinlan
2021 Takingrisks 40/1 Nicky Richards Sean Quinlan
2020 Ok Corral 9/1 Nicky Henderson Derek O'Connor
2019 Go Conquer 8/1 Nigel Twiston-Davies Tom Bellamy
2018 Wakanda 8/1 Sue Smith Henry Brooke
2017 Ziga Boy 10/1 Alan King Tom Bellamy
2016 Ziga Boy 8/1 Alan King Brendan Powell
2015 If In Doubt 4/1 Philip Hobbs Tony McCoy
2014 The Rainbow Hunter 25/1 Kim Bailey Nick Schofield
2013 Abandoned (frost) - - -
2012 Calgary Bay 12/1 Henrietta Knight Dominic Elsworth
2011 Abandoned (frost) - - -
2010 Abandoned (frost) - - -
2009 Big Fella Thanks 9/2 Paul Nicholls Christian Williams
2008 An Accordion 11/2 David Pipe J W Farrelly
2007 Simon 7/1 John Spearing Andrew Thornton
2006 A Glass in Thyme 16/1 B N Pollock Andrew Thornton

About the Great Yorkshire Chase: A January Handicapping Highlight

Flag of Yorkshire

The North Yorkshire track of Doncaster might be more commonly associated with the flat racing sphere – largely due to the fact that it stages the longest running British Classic in the form of the St Leger Stakes. But the Town Moor venue is also an avid supporter of the National Hunt game, laying on high quality contests throughout the winter months.

Of the notable National Hunt events to be held at the track, one of the most popular – at least from a betting perspective – is this late January Premier Handicap affair. Going under the registered title of the Great Yorkshire Chase, the inaugural edition of the race took place back in 1948. With a three mile trip, and regularly testing ground at the track, stamina is very much the number one requirement for success in this one.

Weather the First Fence to Negotiate

Ground Snow

In common with most contests taking placed in the UK at this time of year, the wonderful British weather has proven to be an impossible obstacle to negotiate in this event on a number of occasions.

The first of the 17 abandonments of the race to date – as of 2025 – was actually due to the death of King George VI ahead of the 1952 edition, but each of the subsequent 16 cancelations have been a result of some combination of snow and frost. But for Southwell stepping in to stage the race in both 2006 and 2007, the number of missing editions would be even greater.

Double Ziga

Such is the competitive nature of this event, that to land the prize once is a notable achievement. To do so twice therefore merits plenty of respect. As of 2025 just the one horse has managed feat, namely Ziga Boy from the yard of Alan King. He was three and a quarter lengths too good for the field in 2016, and he defied a four pound higher mark in 2017 to score in grand style by three and a half lengths.

Ziga Boy’s Sky Bet Chase Victories

Position 2016 Race 2017 Race
Horse Weight Odds Horse Weight Odds
First Ziga Boy 10st 0lbs 8/1 Ziga Boy 10 st 11lbs 10/1
Second Coologue 10st 6lbs 9/1 Looking Well 10st 1lbs 18/1
Third Buywise 11st 4lbs 8/1 Another Hero 10st 10lbs 8/1
Fourth Pass The Hat 9st 13lbs 10/1 Out Sam 10st 10lbs 8/1

As impressive as Ziga Boy was, he isn’t the most talented runner to have come home in front here. That honour is shared by Knock Hard (1953) and Bregawn (1983) who both went on to claim top spot in the Cheltenham Gold Cup. E.S.B. (1957) and Nicolaus Silver (1961) meanwhile each took this on the back of a win in the previous seasons Grand National at Aintree.

Rimell Leads The Way

No trainer has really managed to compile a truly formidable record in his event over the years – a testament to just how competitive the race invariably is – but we do have ten previous multiple winners of the contest, including a handful of real legends of the training game.

Chart Showing the Most Successful Great Yorkshire Chase Winning Trainers Between 1948 and 2025

It is four-time Grand National winner Fred Rimell who leads the way having also registered a quartet of successes in this event. Gordon Richards won’t be catching Rimell now, but the likes of Nigel Twiston-Davies, Alan King and Paul Nicholls just might, with the trio likely having a good few years of success ahead of them yet.

Nine The Magic Number

Chart Showing the Ages of Great Yorkshire Chase Winners Between 1948 and 2025

We have a familiar pattern emerging when it comes to the age of winner of this contest, with the middle ground seemingly being the place to be. Possibly due to younger performers lacking a little in the way of experience for a race of this nature, and those in double figures likely to have very little room for manoeuvre from a handicapping perspective, it is the eight and nine year olds who are out in front when it comes to number of winners. The nine year olds were just shading it as of 2025 with 21 wins in total.

Other Races of Note at Doncaster

  • Cammidge Trophy
  • Champagne Stakes
  • Doncaster Cup
  • Futurity Trophy Stakes
  • Great Yorkshire Handicap Chase
  • Lincoln Handicap
  • St Leger Stakes

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