The Queen Mother Champion Chase is a grade 1 Steeplechase.
The Champion chase is the most prestigious 2 mile steeplechase in the whole calendar and is run for the fastest steeplechasers over two miles and is the main event of the second day of the Cheltenham festival.
First Run in 1959 this is the race that all top class two mile chasers are aimed at all season.
The race is open to all horses of the age 5 years and over.
Queen Mother Champion Chase Winners
Year | Winner | Age | Trainer | Jockey |
2016 | Sprinter Sacre | 10 | Nicky Henderson | Nico de Boinville |
2015 | Dodging Bullets | 8 | Paul Nicholls | Sam Twiston-Davies |
2014 | Sire Du Grugy | 8 | Gary Moore | Jamie Moore |
2013 | Sprinter Sacre | 7 | Nicky Henderson | Barry Geraghty |
2012 | Finian's Rainbow | 9 | Nicky Henderson | Barry Geraghty |
2011 | Sizing Europe | 9 | Henry de Bromhead | Andrew Lynch |
2010 | Big Zeb | 9 | Colm Murphy | Barry Geraghty |
2009 | Master Minded | 6 | Paul Nicholls | Ruby Walsh |
2008 | Master Minded | 5 | Paul Nicholls | Ruby Walsh |
2007 | Voy Por Ustedes | 6 | Alan King | Robert Thornton |
2006 | Newmill | 8 | John Joseph Murphy | Andrew J. McNamara |
2005 | Moscow Flyer | 11 | Jessica Harrington | Barry Geraghty |
2004 | Azertyuiop | 7 | Paul Nicholls | Ruby Walsh |
2003 | Moscow Flyer | 9 | Jessica Harrington | Barry Geraghty |
2002 | Flagship Uberalles | 8 | Philip Hobbs | Richard Johnson |
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2000 | Edredon Bleu | 8 | Henrietta Knight | Tony McCoy |
1999 | Call Equiname | 9 | Paul Nicholls | Mick Fitzgerald |
1998 | One Man | 10 | Gordon W. Richards | Brian Harding |
1997 | Martha's Son | 10 | Tim Forster | Rodney Farrant |
1996 | Klairon Davis | 7 | Arthur Moore | Francis Woods |
1995 | Viking Flagship | 8 | David Nicholson | Charlie Swan |
1994 | Viking Flagship | 7 | David Nicholson | Adrian Maguire |
1993 | Deep Sensation | 8 | Josh Gifford | Declan Murphy |
1992 | Remittance Man | 8 | Nicky Henderson | Jamie Osborne |
1991 | Katabatic | 8 | Andrew Turnell | Simon McNeill |
1990 | Barnbrook Again | 9 | David Elsworth | Hywel Davies |
1989 | Barnbrook Again | 8 | David Elsworth | Simon Sherwood |
1988 | Pearlyman | 9 | John Edwards | Tom Morgan |
1987 | Pearlyman | 8 | John Edwards | Peter Scudamore |
1986 | Buck House | 8 | Mouse Morris | Tommy Carmody |
1985 | Badsworth Boy | 10 | Monica Dickinson | Robert Earnshaw |
1984 | Badsworth Boy | 9 | Michael Dickinson | Robert Earnshaw |
1983 | Badsworth Boy | 8 | Michael Dickinson | Robert Earnshaw |
1982 | Rathgorman | 10 | Michael Dickinson | Kevin Whyte |
1981 | Drumgora | 9 | Arthur Moore | Frank Berry |
1980 | Another Dolly [1] | 10 | Fred Rimell | Sam Morshead |
1979 | Hilly Way | 9 | Peter McCreery | Mr Ted Walsh |
1978 | Hilly Way | 8 | Peter McCreery | Tommy Carmody |
1977 | Skymas | 12 | Brian Lusk | Mouse Morris |
1976 | Skymas | 11 | Brian Lusk | Mouse Morris |
1975 | Lough Inagh | 8 | Jim Dreaper | Sean Barker |
1974 | Royal Relief | 10 | Edward Courage | Bill Smith |
1973 | Inkslinger | 6 | Dan Moore | Tommy Carberry |
1972 | Royal Relief | 8 | Edward Courage | Bill Smith |
1971 | Crisp | 8 | Fred Winter | Paul Kelleway |
1970 | Straight Fort | 7 | Tom Dreaper | Pat Taaffe |
1969 | Muir | 10 | Tom Dreaper | Ben Hannon |
1968 | Drinny's Double | 10 | Bob Turnell | Frank Nash |
1967 | Drinny's Double | 9 | Bob Turnell | Frank Nash |
1966 | Flyingbolt | 7 | Tom Dreaper | Pat Taaffe |
1965 | Dunkirk | 8 | Peter Cazalet | Dave Dick |
1964 | Ben Stack | 7 | Tom Dreaper | Pat Taaffe |
1963 | Sandy Abbot | 8 | George Owen | Stan Mellor |
1962 | Piperton | 8 | Archie Thomlinson | Dave Dick |
1961 | Fortria | 9 | Tom Dreaper | Pat Taaffe |
1960 | Fortria | 8 | Tom Dreaper | Pat Taaffe |
1959 | Quita Que | 10 | Dan Moore | Bunny Cox |