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Charlie Hall Chase

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Inaugurated
  
1969

Sponsor
  
Bet365

Distance
  
3m 1f (5,029 metres)

Race type
  
Chase

Website
  
Wetherby

Charlie Hall Chase

Location
  
Wetherby Racecourse Wetherby, England

The Charlie Hall Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt chase in England which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Wetherby over a distance of about 3 miles and 1 furlong (5,029 metres), and during its running there are 18 fences to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year in late October or early November.

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The event was established in 1969, and it was originally called the Wetherby Pattern Chase. It replaced the Emblem Handicap Chase, a handicap named after Emblem, the winner of the Grand National in 1863.

The race became known as the Charlie Hall Memorial Wetherby Pattern Chase in 1978, in memory of the trainer Charlie Hall. This was shortened to the present title in 1990.

The Charlie Hall Chase has been sponsored by Bet365 since 2003.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

  • Wayward Lad – 1983, 1985
  • Celtic Shot – 1990, 1991
  • Barton Bank – 1993, 1995
  • One Man – 1996, 1997
  • See More Business – 1999, 2000
  • Ollie Magern – 2005, 2007

    • Leading jockey (3 wins):

  • Graham Bradley – Righthand Man (1982), Wayward Lad (1985), Celtic Shot (1991)
  • Carl Llewellyn – Tipping Tim (1992), Young Hustler (1994), Ollie Magern (2005)
  • Mick Fitzgerald – See More Business (1999, 2000), Marlborough (2002)

    • Leading trainer (4 wins):

  • Gordon W. Richards – Tamalin (1974), Set Point (1976, dead-heat), One Man (1996, 1997)
  • Nigel Twiston-Davies – Tipping Tim (1992), Young Hustler (1994), Ollie Magern (2005, 2007)

    • Earlier winners

    * The 1976 race was a dead-heat and has joint winners.

    References

    Charlie Hall Chase Wikipedia
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