Champion Chase
16:00 Cheltenham Festival
2026-03-11
Winner: £225,080
Runners: 0
Going:
No. of hurdles: 13
Distance:
The BetMGM Queen Mother Champion Chase is one of four championship races held at the Cheltenham Festival and is the feature race on day two of the meeting. It is the most prestigious race for two-mile chasers in the jumps season and has been landed by greats of the division such as Viking Flagship, Moscow Flyer, Master Minded, Sprinter Sacre and Altior.
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Verdict
CHAMPION CHASE PREVIOUS WINNERS
| Year | Horse | Previous Form | Age | Price | Trainer | Jockey |
| 2025 | Marine Nationale | 15-232 | 8 | 5-1 | Barry Connell | Sean Flanagan |
| 2024 | Captain Guinness | 22-1P3 | 9 | 17-2 | Henry de Bromhead | Rachael Blackmore |
| 2023 | Energumene | 113 | 9 | 6-5F | Willie Mullins | Paul Townend |
| 2022 | Energumene | 111-12 | 8 | 5-2 | Willie Mullins | Paul Townend |
| 2021 | Put The Kettle On | 211-13 | 7 | 17-2 | Henry de Bromhead | Aidan Coleman |
| 2020 | Politologue | 422-25 | 9 | 6-1 | Paul Nicholls | Harry Skelton |
| 2019 | Altior | 11-111 | 9 | 4-11F | Nicky Henderson | Nico de Boinville |
| 2018 | Altior | 1111-1 | 8 | EvensF | Nicky Henderson | Nico de Boinville |
| 2017 | Special Tiara | 3-6315 | 10 | 11-1 | Henry de Bromhead | Noel Fehily |
| 2016 | Sprinter Sacre | 2P2-11 | 10 | 5-1 | Nicky Henderson | Nico de Boinville |
| 2015 | Dodging Bullets | 45-311 | 7 | 9-2 | Paul Nicholls | Sam Twiston-Davies |
CHAMPION CHASE KEY TRENDS AND STATS
Key trends
- Won over at least 2m1f, 10/10
- No more than 10lb off RPR top-rated, 10/10 (four were top-rated)
- Adjusted RPR of at least 174, 8/10
- Grade 1 chase winner, 7/10
- Won Graded chase within last two starts, 7/10
- No older than nine, 9/10
Other factors
- Six winners had previously won at the festival.
- In the past ten years 38 French-breds have run, yielding four wins, nine seconds and six thirds.
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WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR - CHAMPION CHASE 2025
Marine Nationale ran out a convincing winner of the day two feature last year. The 5-6 favourite Jonbon made a bad mistake at the ninth fence and was on the back foot from that point on. He did well to finish second but there were no dangers to the Barry Connell-trained winner, who scored by 18 lengths under Sean Flanagan.