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Peterborough Chase: Past Winners, Stats & History

Peterborough Chase Day
Course:
Huntingdon
Grade:
Grade 2
Length:
2m 4f
Last Winner:
Pic D'Orhy @ 9/4
Prize Money:
£75,000 (2022)

The Peterborough Chase is Huntingdon’s most important race of the jump season, celebrating it’s 50th anniversary in 2019. First run as a handicap back in 1969, this Grade 2 has been a key fixture for some of the sport’s greats with winners including Desert Orchid, Wayward Lad, Edredon Bleu and Monet’s Garden.

Henrietta Knight’s treble Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Best Mate won this race in 2002 before going on to take the King George VI Chase and Cheltenham showpiece in the same season. In 2019 the race sponsors put up £500,000 for any horse who could repeat this accomplishment.

Peterborough Chase Course Map

Huntingdon Jumps Racecourse Map

Peterborough Chase Past Winners

Year Winner SP Trainer Jockey
2022 Pic D'Orhy 9/4 Paul Nicholls Harry Cobden
2021 First Flow 12/1 Kim Bailey David Bass
2020*** Mister Fisher 9/2 Nicky Henderson Nico de Boinville
2019 Top Notch 15/8 Nicky Henderson Daryl Jacob
2018 Charbel 13/8 Kim Bailey Noel Fehily
2017** Top Notch 4/9 Nicky Henderson Daryl Jacob
2016 Josses Hill 7/4 Nicky Henderson Noel Fehily
2015 Al Ferof 9/4 Dan Skelton Harry Skelton
2014 Wishful Thinking 13/2 Philip Hobbs Richard Johnson
2013 Riverside Theatre 9/4 Nicky Henderson Barry Geraghty
2012* Menorah 7/2 Philip Hobbs Richard Johnson
2011 Gauvain 15/2 Nick Williams Noel Fehily
2010 Tartak 11/4 Tom George Paddy Brennan
2009 Deep Purple 12/1 Evan Williams Paul Moloney
2008 Monet's Garden 5/1 Nicky Richards Davy Condon
2007 Racing Demon 1/4 Henrietta Knight Tony McCoy
2006 Racing Demon 13/8 Henrietta Knight Graham Lee
2005 Impek 5/1 Henrietta Knight Tony McCoy
2004 Le Roi Miguel 15/8 Paul Nicholls Ruby Walsh
2003 Jair du Cochet 100/30 Guillaume Macaire Jacques Ricou

***2020 race was run at Cheltenham due to Huntingdon abandonment due to flooding.
**2017 race was run at Taunton due to Huntingdon abandonment due to snow.
*2012 race was run at Kempton due to a frozen track at Huntingdon. 

About the Peterborough Chase: Huntingdon’s Highlight

The Winner's Enclosure at Huntingdon Racecourse after the 2019 Peterborough Chase

Set in the rolling Cambridgeshire countryside, and featuring a lake in the centre of the track, Huntingdon racecourse is just one of the many picturesque racecourses that British racing has to offer, and it is a track that is well worth a visit.

For fans of high class National Hunt action, the best time to attend would undoubtedly be December, as the 12th month of the year sees the course stage its one and only Graded contest of the season. A Grade 2 chase event open to runners aged four years and older, and held over a distance of 2m4f, the Peterborough Chase is by some way the standout highlight of the season at the track.

The earliest version of this contest took place in 1969, but differed significantly from the event we know today – being run under handicap conditions over a trip of three miles. It wasn’t until the 1978 renewal of the race that the modern version of the contest was truly born, with this being the year in which the event was first held as a non-handicap affair, and was run over the reduced distance of 2m4f.

Bleu Is The Colour

There have been a number of returning heroes in this event over the years, with Racing Demon (2006, 2007), Top Notch (2017, 2019) Travado (1993, 1995) and three time King George VI winner Wayward Lad (1981, 1983) all doing the double here.

Way out in front when it comes to equine achievement in the race though is the Henrietta Knight-trained Queen Mother Champion Chase and King George VI winner, Edredon Bleu.

Chart Showing the Horses That Have Won Multiple Peterborough Chases Between 1978 and 2022

In addition to those big Grade 1 successes, the popular bay proved just about unstoppable around here, winning an incredible four consecutive editions between 1998 and 2001.

Nicky and Knight Out In Front

Unsurprisingly it is the trainer of four-time hero Edredon Bleu who jointly heads the trainer table in this race as of 2022. Henrietta Knight was far from a one horse wonder in the event though – racking up eight wins in total, including with the greatest horse she ever trained: the three time Cheltenham Gold Cup winner, Best Mate, who took this in 2002.

Chart Showing the Top Peterborough Chase Trainers Between 1978 and 2022

As impressive as that total of eight is, Henrietta Knight is retired now, and may soon find herself falling behind at the head of affairs. Hot on Henrietta’s heels for a number of years has been one the most successful trainers in the game: Nicky Henderson. Having first landed the prize with Arkle Chase and Queen Mother Champion Chase winner Remittance Man in 1992, by the time Mister Fisher came home in front in 2020, Henderson was winning the race for a eighth time.

Happy Hunting Ground for Favourite Backers

Another notable feature of this event is just how well the market leaders have performed. Of the 44 editions to have been held since the race took its current form in 1978, no fewer than 24 have been landed by the favourite. An impressive record over what is a relatively long period of time.

Chart Showing the Percentage of Peterborough Chase Winning Favourites Between 1978 and 2022

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