Cheltenham Queen Mother Champion Chase
It was not unheard of in the 1960s and 1970s for only five horses to race whilst the largest field was thirteen in 1999.
Cheltenham queen mother champion chase. It is run on the old course at cheltenham over a distance of about 2 miles 1 mile 7 furlongs and 199 yards or 3 199 metres and during its running there are thirteen fences to be jumped. Politologue has won the queen mother champion chase at the cheltenham festival. The queen mother champion chase is the feature race on day two of the cheltenham festival held on the wednesday of the four day meeting and is a grade 1 chase run officially over just shy of two miles 1 mile 7 furlongs and 199 yards. This was politologue s third victory in g1 company and nicholls sixth win in the betway queen mother champion chase joining nicky henderson and tom dreaper as the winning most trainer in the race s history.
1m 7f 199y old prize. Compared to the other big four races of the cheltenham festival the queen mother champion chase tends to run with a smaller field. Betway queen mother champion chase grade 1 1 distance. The champion chase is a grade 1 contest run over 2m on the second day of the cheltenham festial the race is open to five year old horses and older.
As part of a sponsorship agreement with the online betting company betway the race is now known as the betway queen mother champion chase. Dynamite dollars came in second and bun doran third in the 3 30pm race.