The Webster Cup Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt chase in Ireland which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Navan over a distance of 2 miles and 4 furlongs (4,023 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late March or early April.
The race was first run in 2000, as the Navan Commercials Truck Importers Chase. From 2003 until 2010 it was known as the An Uaimh Chase (An Uaimh is Irish for Navan) and was awarded Grade 3 status in 2004.
The race was awarded Grade 2 status in 2011 and renamed as the Webster Cup Chase.
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