{{short description|Steeplechase horse race in Britain}} {{Use British English|date=February 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}} {{Jockey colours header | name = Denman Chase }} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2026 | image1 = File:Owner Conyers, McDermott And Prowting.svg | alt1 = Orange, white collar and sleeves | caption1 = Haiti Couleurs | image2 = File:Owner DFA Racing.svg | alt2 = Dark green, white sleeves, dark green seams, white cap, dark green star | caption2 = L'Homme Presse | image3 = File:Owner Mr Richard and Mrs Carol Cheshire.svg | alt3 = Light blue, large royal blue spots, royal blue cap, light blue spots | caption3 = Leave Of Absence }} |} {{Jockey colours collapsible header}} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2025 | image1 = File:Owner Mr P Davies.svg | alt1 = Dark blue, brown chevrons, dark blue sleeves and cap | caption1 = Djelo | image2 = File:Owner Sir Alex Ferguson.svg | alt2 = Red, white stars on sleeves | caption2 = Hitman | image3 = File:Owner Bryan Drew.svg | 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Hales.svg | alt1 = Yellow, red star, yellow sleeves, white armlets, yellow cap, red star | caption1 = Noland | image2 = File:Owner Mr Ged Mason.svg | alt2 = White, royal blue epaulets, white sleeves, red spots, royal blue cap | caption2 = What A Friend | image3 = File:Owner Mr Alan Peterson.svg | alt3 = Black and light blue (quartered), black sleeves, white cap | caption3 = Fair Along }} {{Jockey colours no footer}} {{Jockey colours named collapsible header | name = 2010-2000 }} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2010 | image1 = File:Owner Mr Chris Giles.svg | alt1 = Pink, large purple spots, hooped sleeves | caption1 = Tricky Trickster | image2 = File:Owner Mr G Regan.svg | alt2 = Orange and royal blue (quartered), hooped sleeves | caption2 = Niche Market | image3 = File:Owner Mr Brian Walsh (Co Kildare).svg | alt3 = Black, light blue star, light blue sleeves, black stars, light blue cap | caption3 = Air Force One }} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2009 | image1 = File:Owner Mr R Stanley.svg | alt1 = Purple, yellow triple diamond, yellow sleeves, red armlets, red cap | caption1 = Madison Du Berlais | image2 = File:Owner Mrs M Findlay_2nd.svg | alt2 = Purple, grey hooped sleeves | caption2 = Denman | image3 = File:Owner Mr Trevor Hemmings.svg | alt3 = Emerald green and yellow (quartered), white sleeves and cap | caption3 = Albertas Run }} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2008 | image1 = File:Owner Mr Paul K Barber.svg | alt1 = Dark Green, White chevron, Light Green sleeves, Dark Green and White check cap | caption1 = Denman | image2 = File:Owner Mrs Janet Heler.svg | alt2 = Yellow, Dark Green stars, Yellow cap, Dark Green star | caption2 = Regal Heights | image3 = File:Owner Mr D A Johnson.svg | alt3 = Royal blue, emerald green sleeves, white cap, emerald green spots | caption3 = Celestial Gold }} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2007 | image1 = File:Owner Mr Clive D Smith.svg | alt1 = Emerald green, yellow spots, yellow and emerald green halved sleeves, purple cap | caption1 = Kauto Star | image2 = File:Owner Mr John P McManus.svg | alt2 = Emerald green and yellow hoops, white cap | caption2 = L'ami | image3 = File:Owner Mr Clive D Smith_yellow_cap.svg | alt3 = Emerald green, yellow spots, yellow and emerald green halved sleeves, yellow cap | caption3 = Royal Auclair }} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2005 | image1 = File:Owner Mr Peter Partridge.svg | alt1 = Light Blue, Red chevrons, halved sleeves, quartered cap | caption1 = Farmer Jack | image2 = File:Owner B C Marshall.svg | alt2 = Orange, black epaulets, hooped sleeves and star on cap | caption2 = Strong Flow | image3 = File:Owner Mr D A Johnson.svg | alt3 = Royal blue, emerald green sleeves, white cap, emerald green spots | caption3 = Celestial Gold }} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2004 | image1 = File:Owner J M Brown.svg | alt1 = Red, Purple sleeves, Red armlets, Black cap, Yellow star | caption1 = Shooting Light | image2 = File:Owner Major Christopher Hanbury.svg | alt2 = Yellow, maroon cap | caption2 = Irish Hussar | image3 = File:Owner Mrs Stewart Catherwood.svg | alt3 = Claret, grey disc and armlets, quartered cap | caption3 = Keen Leader }} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2003 | image1 = File:Owner Mr Paul K Barber.svg | alt1 = Dark green, white chevron, light green sleeves, dark green and white check cap | caption1 = Valley Henry | image2 = File:Owner Mr Trevor Hemmings.svg | alt2 = Emerald green and yellow quartered, white sleeves and cap | caption2 = Chives | image3 = File:Owner Mrs M B Scholey.svg | alt3 = Light blue and yellow (halved), sleeves reversed, light blue and yellow striped cap | caption3 = Truckers Tavern }} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2002 | image1 = File:Owner Lady Lloyd-Webber.svg | alt1 = Pink and grey diamonds, pink cap | caption1 = Bacchanal | image2 = File:Owner R and E H Investments Ltd.svg | alt2 = Light blue, orange diamonds on body, star on cap | caption2 = Native Emperor | image3 = File:Owner Axom.svg | alt3 = Dark blue, white sleeves, dark blue diamonds, white cap, dark blue diamonds | caption3 = Deano's Beeno }} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2001 | image1 = File:Owner Mr C G Roach.svg | alt1 = Red, white cross belts, hooped sleeves and star on cap | caption1 = Shotgun Willy | image2 = File:Owner Mr John P McManus.svg | alt2 = Emerald green and yellow hoops, white cap | caption2 = First Gold | image3 = File:Owner Sir R. Ogden.svg | alt3 = Mauve and pink check, white sleeves, pink cap | caption3 = Kingsmark }} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2000 | image1 = File:Owner Sir R. Ogden.svg | alt1 = Mauve and pink check, white sleeves, pink cap | caption1 = See More Business | image2 = File:Owner Mr and Mrs J H Watson.svg | alt2 = Light blue and royal blue stripes, light blue sleeves, royal blue armlets, quartered cap | caption2 = Macgeorge | image3 = File:Owner Mr Joe Moran.svg | alt3 = Purple, yellow chevron, diabolo on sleeves, purple cap | caption3 = Tresor De Mai }} {{Jockey colours footer}} The '''Denman Chase''' is a Grade 2 [[National Hunt racing|National Hunt]] [[steeplechase (horse racing)|steeplechase]] in Great Britain which is open to [[Horse racing|horses]] aged five years or older. It is run at [[Newbury Racecourse|Newbury]] over a distance of about 2 miles and 7½ furlongs (2 miles 7 furlongs and 86 yards, or 4,706 metres), and during its running there are eighteen fences to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year in February.
The event was originally named the Aon Chase, after its first sponsors [[Aon (company)|Aon Group Ltd]], and it was first run in 2000. It was promoted to Listed status in 2002, and to Grade 2 level in 2003. The planned running in 2009 was abandoned at Newbury because of [[February 2009 Great Britain and Ireland snowfall|snow]], and so the race was switched to an alternative venue, [[Kempton Park Racecourse|Kempton Park]]. The rearranged event was titled the Levy Board Chase. In 2012 the sponsorship was taken over by [[Betfair]] and renamed the Denman Chase in honour of [[Denman (horse)|Denman]], who won the race in 2008 and also won two [[Ladbrokes Trophy|Hennessy Gold Cup]]s at Newbury.
The race serves as one of the principal trials for the [[Cheltenham Gold Cup]] in March. Four horses have won both events in the same year – [[Kauto Star]] (2007), Denman (2008), [[Coneygree]] (2015) and [[Native River]] (2018).
==Records== {{refbegin}} '''Most successful horse (3 wins):''' * [[Native River]] – ''2017, 2018, 2020''
'''Leading [[jockey]] (4 wins):''' * [[Richard Johnson (jockey)|Richard Johnson]] – ''Shooting Light (2004), Farmer Jack (2005), Coneygree (2015), Native River (2018)''
'''Leading [[Horse trainer|trainer]] (10 wins):''' * [[Paul Nicholls (horse racing)]] – ''See More Business (2000), Shotgun Willy (2001), Valley Henry (2003), Kauto Star (2007), Denman (2008), Tricky Trickster (2010), Noland (2011), Silvianaco Conti (2013), Clan Des Obeaux (2019), Secret Investor (2021)'' {{refend}}
==Winners== {| class = "sortable" | border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size:90%" |- bgcolor="#77dd77" align="center" ! width="36px" | '''Year'''<br> ! width="160px" | '''Winner'''<br> ! width="40px" | '''Age'''<br> ! width="180px" | '''Jockey'''<br> ! width="180px" | '''Trainer'''<br> |- | 2000 | [[See More Business]] | 10 | [[Mick Fitzgerald]] | [[Paul Nicholls (horse racing)|Paul Nicholls]] |- | 2001 | [[Shotgun Willy]] | 7 | [[Joe Tizzard]] | [[Paul Nicholls (horse racing)|Paul Nicholls]] |- | 2002 | [[Bacchanal (horse)|Bacchanal]] | 8 | [[Mick Fitzgerald]] | [[Nicky Henderson]] |- | 2003 | [[Valley Henry]] | 8 | [[Barry Geraghty]] | [[Paul Nicholls (horse racing)|Paul Nicholls]] |- | 2004 | [[Shooting Light]] | 11 | [[Richard Johnson (jockey)|Richard Johnson]] | [[Martin Pipe]] |- | 2005 | [[Farmer Jack (horse)|Farmer Jack]] | 9 | [[Richard Johnson (jockey)|Richard Johnson]] | [[Philip Hobbs]] |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" | <span style="display:none">2006</span> | ''no race 2006'' {{efn|The race was abandoned in 2006 because of frost}} || || || | |- | 2007 | [[Kauto Star]] | 7 | [[Ruby Walsh]] | [[Paul Nicholls (horse racing)|Paul Nicholls]] |- | 2008 | [[Denman (horse)|Denman]] | 8 | [[Sam Thomas (jockey)|Sam Thomas]] | [[Paul Nicholls (horse racing)|Paul Nicholls]] |- | 2009 | [[Madison du Berlais]] {{efn|The 2009 running took place at [[Kempton Park Racecourse|Kempton Park]]}} | 8 | [[Tom Scudamore]] | [[David Pipe (racehorse trainer)|David Pipe]] |- | 2010 | [[Tricky Trickster]] | 7 | [[Ruby Walsh]] | [[Paul Nicholls (horse racing)|Paul Nicholls]] |- | 2011 | [[Noland (horse)|Noland]] | 10 | [[Tony McCoy]] | [[Paul Nicholls (horse racing)|Paul Nicholls]] |- | 2012 | [[Long Run (horse)|Long Run]] | 7 | [[Sam Waley-Cohen]]{{efn|amateur jockey}} | [[Nicky Henderson]] |- | 2013 | [[Silviniaco Conti]] | 7 | [[Ruby Walsh]] | [[Paul Nicholls (horse racing)|Paul Nicholls]] |- | 2014 | [[Harry Topper]] | 7 | [[Jason Maguire]] | [[Kim Bailey (racehorse trainer)|Kim Bailey]] |- | 2015 | [[Coneygree]] | 8 | [[Richard Johnson (jockey)|Richard Johnson]] | [[Mark Bradstock]] |- | 2016 | Houblon des Obeaux | 9 | [[Aidan Coleman]] | [[Venetia Williams]] |- | 2017 | [[Native River]] | 7 | [[Aidan Coleman]] | [[Colin Tizzard]] |- | 2018 | [[Native River]] | 8 | [[Richard Johnson (jockey)|Richard Johnson]] | [[Colin Tizzard]] |- | 2019 | Clan Des Obeaux{{efn|The 2019 race took place at [[Ascot Racecourse|Ascot]] after the original Newbury fixture was cancelled because of an [[equine influenza]] outbreak}} | 7 | [[Harry Cobden]] | [[Paul Nicholls (horse racing)|Paul Nicholls]] |- | 2020 | [[Native River]] |10 | Jonjo O’Neill Jr | [[Colin Tizzard]] |- | 2021 | Secret Investor | 9 | [[Bryony Frost]] | [[Paul Nicholls (horse racing)|Paul Nicholls]] |- | 2022 | Eldorado Allen | 8 | Brendan Powell | [[Colin Tizzard]] |- | 2023 | Zanza | 9 | [[Tom O'Brien (jockey)|Tom O'Brien]] | [[Philip Hobbs]] |- | 2024 | [[Shishkin (horse)|Shishkin]] | 10 | [[Nico de Boinville]] | [[Nicky Henderson]] |- | 2025 | Djelo | 7 | [[Charlie Deutsch]] | [[Venetia Williams]] |- | 2026 | Haiti Couleurs | 9 | [[Sean Bowen]] | Rebecca Curtis |} {{notelist}}
==See also== * [[Horse racing in Great Britain]] * [[List of British National Hunt races]]
==References== * [[Racing Post]]: ** {{Racing Post|276562|2000|02|12|36}}, {{Racing Post|296329|2001|02|10|36}}, {{Racing Post|311277|2002|02|09|36}}, {{Racing Post|327171|2003|02|08|36}}, {{Racing Post|344774|2004|02|14|36}}, {{Racing Post|370127|2005|02|12|36}}, {{Racing Post|423653|2007|02|10|36}}, {{Racing Post|448299|2008|02|09|36}}, {{Racing Post|475372|2009|02|07|28}}, {{Racing Post|497858|2010|02|13|36}} ** {{Racing Post|524756|2011|02|18|36}}, {{Racing Post|548275|2012|02|17|36}}, {{Racing Post|571268|2013|02|09|36}}, {{Racing Post|594416|2014|02|08|36}}, {{Racing Post|617407|2015|02|07|36}}, {{Racing Post|642891|2016|02|13|36}}, {{Racing Post|667306|2017|02|11|36}}, {{Racing Post|692534|2018|02|10|36}}, {{Racing Post|723179|2019|02|16|2}}, {{Racing Post|748616|2020|02|08|36}} ** {{Racing Post|778254|2021|02|21|36}}, {{Racing Post|802315|2022|02|12|36}}, {{Racing Post|830540|2023|02|11|36}}, {{Racing Post|858285|2024|02|10|36}} ---- * [http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?search_bar=stakes&query_type=stakes&field=view&id=7058 pedigreequery.com] – ''Aon Chase – Newbury.''
==External links== * Race Recordings (1987-2004) [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfn5x2SD03q6qQR6aGGBZys3s8ARcLiZw youtube.com]
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