{{Short description|Steeplechase horse race in Great Britain}} {{EngvarB|date=April 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}} {{for|the race at Cheltenham|St James's Place Foxhunter Chase}} {{Jockey colours header | name = Randox Health Fox Hunters' Chase }} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2026 | image1 = File:Owner The Mmi Partnership.svg | alt1 = Yellow, maroon cross belts and sleeves, orange cap | caption1 = Barton Snow | image2 = File:Owner Knockeen Stables Ltd.svg | alt2 = Pink, white seams, striped cap | caption2 = Lets Go Champ | image3 = File:Owner Mrs Martine Scott.svg | alt3 = White and dark blue diabolo, dark blue sleeves and cap | caption3 = Take All }} |} {{Jockey colours collapsible header}} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2025 | image1 = File:Owner Mr D A Malam.svg | alt1 = Dark blue and light blue stripes, hooped sleeves and cap | caption1 = Gracchus De Balme | image2 = File:Owner Mr N W Lake.svg | alt2 = Red, white sash, emerald green sleeves, emerald green and red check cap | caption2 = Jet Plane | image3 = File:Owner Mr Roger O'byrne.svg | alt3 = Maroon, yellow sleeves, maroon cap, yellow spots | caption3 = Lifetime Ambition }} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2024 | image1 = File:Owner Mr John P McManus.svg | alt1 = Emerald green, yellow hoops, white cap | caption1 = Its On The Line | image2 = File:Owner Mezzone Family.svg | alt2 = Red, white sleeves, black stars, white cap | caption2 = Bennys King | image3 = File:Owner P W Mullins and paul Kelleher and cian Kiely.svg | alt3 = Dark green, white hooped sleeves, dark green cap, white spots | caption3 = Annamix }} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2023 | image1 = File:Owner Biddiscombe, Rousell, Collins and Rogers.svg | alt1 = Maroon, white star, dark blue sleeves, maroon cap, white star | caption1 = Famous Clermont | image2 = File:Owner Mezzone Family.svg | alt2 = Red, white sleeves, black stars, white cap | caption2 = Bennys King | image3 = File:Owner Catherine Murphy and Bernice Murphy.svg | alt3 = Emerald green and orange check, white and emerald green hooped sleeves, white cap | caption3 = Lough Derg Spirit }} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2022 | image1 = File:Owner Mrs P A Ellis.svg | alt1 = White, red chevron, striped sleeves | caption1 = Latenightpass | image2 = File:Owner David Maxwell Racing Limited.svg | alt2 = Red, brown sleeves and cap | caption2 = Cat Tiger | image3 = File:Owner Mr John Studd.svg | alt3 = Red, dark blue hoops and armlets, quartered cap | caption3 = Porlock Bay }} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2021 | image1 = File:Owner Mr P A Clifton.svg | alt1 = White, yellow star, black and white check sleeves, yellow cap | caption1 = Cousin Pascal | image2 = File:Owner Mrs P A Ellis.svg | alt2 = White, red chevron, striped sleeves | caption2 = Latenightpass | image3 = File:Owner David Maxwell Racing Limited.svg | alt3 = Red, brown sleeves and cap | caption3 = Cat Tiger }} {{Jockey colours no footer}} {{Jockey colours named collapsible header | name = 2020-2010 }} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2019 | image1 = File:Owner Mr J R Weatherby.svg | alt1 = Black, white cross belts, diabolo on sleeves | caption1 = Top Wood | image2 = File:Owner Jl Atkinson.svg | alt2 = Red and black diamonds, black sleeves and cap | caption2 = Burning Ambition | image3 = File:Owner D Maxwell.svg | alt3 = Red, brown sleeves, red cap, brown hoop | caption3 = Road To Riches }} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2018 | image1 = File:Owner Mrs M E Hagan.svg | alt1 = Emerald green, red braces and diamonds on cap | caption1 = Balnaslow | image2 = File:Owner Mr G B Barlow.svg | alt2 = Royal blue, red and royal blue striped sleeves, black and red hooped cap | caption2 = Bear's Affair | image3 = File:Owner Mrs Sarah Easterby.svg | alt3 = Royal blue, brown epaulets, orange cap | caption3 = Greensalt }} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2017 | image1 = File:Owner Mr Gwilym J Morris.svg | alt1 = Red, white epaulets, emerald green sleeves, white armlets and cap | caption1 = Dineur | image2 = File:Owner Mrs M E Hagan.svg | alt2 = Emerald green, red braces and diamonds on cap | caption2 = Balnaslow | image3 = File:Owner Mr T R George.svg | alt3 = Dark blue, red hoop and collar, red cap | caption3 = Big Fella Thanks }} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2016 | image1 = File:Owner Mr John P McManus.svg | alt1 = Emerald green, yellow hoops, white cap | caption1 = On The Fringe | image2 = File:Owner Mr Gwilym J Morris.svg | alt2 = Red, white epaulets, emerald green sleeves, white armlets and cap | caption2 = Dineur | image3 = File:Owner David Maxwell Racing Limited.svg | alt3 = Red, brown sleeves and cap | caption3 = Mendip Express }} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2015 | image1 = File:Owner Mr John P McManus.svg | alt1 = Emerald green and yellow hoops, white cap | caption1 = On The Fringe | image2 = File:Owner The Stewart Family.svg | alt2 = Black and white (halved), red sleeves and cap | caption2 = Pacha Du Polder | image3 = File:Owner Fontstown Syndicate.svg | alt3 = Dark blue and orange diamonds, halved sleeves, quartered cap | caption3 = Last Time D'albain }} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2014 | image1 = File:Owner R Waley-cohen and sir Martin and S Broughton.svg | alt1 = Brown, orange seams and sleeves, orange and brown quartered cap | caption1 = Warne | image2 = File:Owner Whitemoss Golf Syndicate.svg | alt2 = Grey and red (halved), striped sleeves and striped cap | caption2 = Tartan Snow | image3 = File:Owner Mr Barry Connell.svg | alt3 = Yellow, dark blue sash, dark blue cap, yellow star | caption3 = Mossey Joe }} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2013 | image1 = File:Owner Whitemoss Golf Syndicate.svg | alt1 = Grey and red (halved), striped sleeves and striped cap | caption1 = Tartan Snow | image2 = File:Owner Mr Stephen Evason.svg | alt2 = Dark blue and yellow (quartered), light blue sleeves, yellow cap | caption2 = Cool Friend | image3 = File:Owner Mr K Hutsby.svg | alt3 = Pale blue, scarlet cap | caption3 = Rash Move }} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2012 | image1 = File:Owner Mr Trevor Hemmings.svg | alt1 = Emerald green and yellow (quartered), white sleeves and cap | caption1 = Cloudy Lane | image2 = File:Owner Mr Robert Waley-Cohen.svg | alt2 = Brown, orange sleeves, quartered cap | caption2 = Roulez Cool | image3 = File:Owner Mr John Halley.svg | alt3 = Maroon, white epaulets, chevrons on sleeves, quartered cap | caption3 = Herons Well }} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2011 | image1 = File:Owner Mr N A Twiston-Davies.svg | alt1 = Black, white sleeves, yellow cap | caption1 = Baby Run | image2 = File:Owner William Murray and keith Murray.svg | alt2 = White, brown chevrons, striped cap | caption2 = Boxer Georg | image3 = File:Owner Mr N Sutton.svg | alt3 = Royal blue, pink stars, pink and royal blue diabolo on sleeves, white cap | caption3 = Offshore Account }} {{Jockey colours no footer}} {{Jockey colours named collapsible header | name = 2010-2003 }} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2010 | image1 = File:Owner C E Stedman and R J Corsan.svg | alt1 = Light blue, brown cross of lorraine, brown and light blue striped sleeves, light blue cap, brown star | caption1 = Silver Adonis | image2 = File:Owner Mr John P McManus.svg | alt2 = Emerald green, yellow hoops, white cap | caption2 = Moncadou | image3 = File:Owner Mrs Caroline Staddon and Mr David Staddon.svg | alt3 = red and yellow check, halved sleeves | caption3 = Blu Teen }} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2009 | image1 = File:Owner Lord Daresbury.svg | alt1 = Light Blue, Dark Blue chevrons, dark blue chevrons on sleeves, Light Blue cap, White spots | caption1 = Trust Fund | image2 = File:Owner Mr M Mann.svg | alt2 = Red, yellow sash, white sleeves, royal blue armlets, red and royal blue quartered cap | caption2 = Christy Beamish | image3 = File:Owner Mr John P McManus.svg | alt3 = Emerald green, orange hoops, white cap | caption3 = Having A Cut }} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2008 | image1 = File:Owner Mr M Mann.svg | alt1 = Red, Yellow sash, White sleeves, Royal Blue armlets, Red and Royal Blue quartered cap | caption1 = Christy Beamish | image2 = File:Owner Mr Robert Waley-Cohen.svg | alt2 = Brown, Orange sleeves, quartered cap | caption2 = Katarino | image3 = File:Owner Mrs J Scarisbrick.svg | alt3 = Primrose, Cherry cross belts and cap | caption3 = Holy Joe }} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2007 | image1 = File:Owner Mr W H Ponsonby.svg | alt1 = White, red seams, red and white quartered cap | caption1 = Scots Grey | image2 = File:Owner Glencoe Inv.svg | alt2 = Beige, light blue armlets | caption2 = Pak Jack | image3 = File:Owner Karl Casey.svg | alt3 = Red, Grey sleeves, Yellow cap | caption3 = Where Now }} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2006 | image1 = File:Owner Mr Robert Waley-Cohen.svg | alt1 = Brown, orange sleeves, quartered cap | caption1 = Katarino | image2 = File:Owner Mr M Mann.svg | alt2 = Red, yellow sash, white sleeves, royal blue armlets, red and royal blue quartered cap | caption2 = Christy Beamish | image3 = File:Owner Mr I J Keeling.svg | alt3 = WHITE, green cross-belts, quartered cap | caption3 = Beachcomber Bay }} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2005 | image1 = File:Owner Mr Robert Waley-Cohen.svg | alt1 = Brown, orange sleeves, quartered cap | caption1 = Katarino | image2 = File:Owner M H Weston.svg | alt2 = Maroon, Light Blue sleeves, Light Blue and White quartered cap | caption2 = Caught at Dawn | image3 = File:Owner Mrs A E Fulton.svg | alt3 = Emerald green and white check, emerald green sleeves, white armlets and star on cap | caption3 = Montifault }} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2004 | image1 = File:Owner Mr John Gilsenan.svg | alt1 = White, red braces, black sleeves, red cap | caption1 = Forest Gunner | image2 = File:Owner The Grand National Racing Club.svg | alt2 = Green, black stars, light blue sleeves, green cap, black star | caption2 = Sikander A Azam | image3 = File:Owner Lady Clarke.svg | alt3 = Black and white stripes, emerald green and white striped sleeves | caption3 = Gun'N Roses II }} {{Jockey colours row | year = 2003 | image1 = File:Owner Mr Ian Hamilton.svg | alt1 = Emerald green, red chevrons, quartered cap | caption1 = Divet Hill | image2 = File:Owner Mr Mark Gichero.svg | alt2 = White, black seams, dark blue and white halved sleeves, dark blue cap | caption2 = General Wolfe | image3 = File:Owner Marco Syndicate.svg | alt3 = Yellow, blue cross-belts and sleeves, red cap | caption3 = I'm The Man }} {{Jockey colours footer}} The '''Foxhunters' Open Hunters' Chase''' is a [[National Hunt racing|National Hunt]] [[Steeplechase (horse racing)|steeplechase]] in Great Britain for amateur riders which is open to horses aged six years or older. It is run at [[Aintree Racecourse|Aintree]] over a distance of about 2 miles and 5 [[furlong]]s (2 miles, 5 furlongs and 19 yards, or {{convert|4639|yd|m|0|disp=out|abbr=off}}), and it is scheduled to take place each year in April.
The Foxhunters' is one of only three races run over the Grand National fences at the Aintree Festival, the other two races being the [[Topham Chase]] and the [[Grand National]] itself. The race is currently sponsored by [[Randox Laboratories]].
The race was originally run over the full Grand National distance.
==Records== '''Most successful horse since 1946 (3 wins):''' * Credit Call – ''1972, 1975, 1976''
'''Leading jockey since 1946 (3 wins):''' * [[Sam Waley-Cohen]] – ''Katarino (2005, 2006), Warne (2014)''
'''Leading [[Horse trainer|trainer]] since 1946 (4 wins):''' * Arthur Stephenson – ''Sea Knight (1963, 1965), Credit Call (1972, 1975)''
==Winners== * ''All amateur jockeys.'' {| class = "sortable" | border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size:90%" |- bgcolor="#77dd77" align="center" ! style="width:36px" | '''Year''' ! style="width:160px" | '''Winner''' ! style="width:30px" | '''Age''' ! style="width:180px" | '''Jockey''' ! style="width:180px" | '''Trainer''' |- |1947||Lucky Purchase||9||J Nichols||S Banks |- |1948||San Michele||8||Guy Cunard||Guy Cunard |- |1949||Ballyhartfield||10||John Straker||J Makin |- |1950||Hillmere||17||Peter Brookshaw||L Dalton |- |1951||Candy II||9||R Brewis||R Brewis |- |1952||Pampeenne II||9||H Alexander||H Alexander |- |1953||Solo Call||9||M Brewis||M Brewis |- |1954||Dark Stranger||9||John Bosley||L Colville |- |1955||Happymint||10||Andrew Moralee||J Wight |- |1956||Mr Shanks||9||J Everitt||J Keith |- |1957||Colledge Master||7||[[Lawrence Morgan|Laurie Morgan]]||[[Lawrence Morgan|Laurie Morgan]] |- |1958||Surprise Packet||9||T Johnson||Mrs S Richards |- |1959||Merryman II||8||Charlie Scott||Neville Crump |- |1960||April Queen||9||John Daniell||Mervyn Fear |- |1961||Colledge Master||11||[[Lawrence Morgan|Laurie Morgan]]||[[Lawrence Morgan|Laurie Morgan]] |- |1962||Dominion||10||Bill Foulkes||K Beeston |- |1963||Sea Knight||8||P Nicholson||Arthur Stephenson |- |1964||Aerial III||8||John Daniell||Roddy Armytage |- |1965||Sea Knight||10||P Nicholson||Arthur Stephenson |- |1966||Sulbaltern||12||[[John Oaksey|John Lawrence]]||C Alexander |- |1967||Minto Burn||11||B Surtees||Miss B Johnson |- |1968||Juan||12||Peter Wills||Peter Wills |- |1969||Bitter Lemon||8||V Rowe||V Rowe |- |1970||Lismateige||7||A Wates||P Wates |- |1971||Bright Willow||10||Robert Chugg||Alan Cure |- |1972||[[Credit Call]]||8||Chris Collins||Arthur Stephenson |- |1973||Bullock's Horn||10||[[John Oaksey|Lord Oaksey]]||Bob Turnell |- |1974||Lord Fortune||11||D Edmunds||Mrs J Brutton |- |1975||[[Credit Call]]||11||Joey Newton||Arthur Stephenson |- |1976||[[Credit Call]]||12||Joey Newton||Mrs R Newton |- |1977||Happy Warrior||10||[[Nicky Henderson]]||[[Fred Winter]] |- |1978||Spartan Missile||6||John Thorne||John Thorne |- |1979||Spartan Missile||7||John Thorne||John Thorne |- |1980||Rolls Rambler||9||[[Oliver Sherwood]]||[[Fred Winter]] |- |1981||[[Grittar]]||8||Dick Saunders||Frank Gilman |- |1982||Lone Soldier||10||[[Peter Greenall, 4th Baron Daresbury|Peter Greenall]]||J Docker |- |1983||Atha Cliath||8||[[Willie Mullins]]||[[Paddy Mullins]] |- |1984||Gayle Warning||10||Sandy Dudgeon||John Dudgeon |- |1985||City Boy||10||Tim Thomson Jones||Mrs J Mann |- |1986||Eliogarty||11||[[Caroline Beasley (jockey)|Caroline Beasley]]||David Murray Smith |- |1987||Border Burg||10||Alan Hill||James Delahooke |- | 1988 | Newnham | 11 | Simon Andrews | Michael A Johnson |- | 1989 | Call Collect | 8 | Raymund Martin | Raymund S Martin |- | 1990 | Lean Ar Aghaidh | 13 | Denis Gray | [[Stan Mellor]] |- | 1991 | Double Turn | 10 | P Harding-Jones | John Jenkins |- | 1992 | Gee-A | 13 | Paul Murphy | Geoff Hubbard |- | 1993 | Double Silk | 9 | Ron Treloggen | Reg Wilkins |- | 1994 | Killeshin | 8 | G Brown | John Manners |- | 1995 | Sheer Jest | 10 | Alan Hill | W J Warner |- | 1996 | Rolling Ball | 13 | Richard Ford | Steve Brookshaw |- | 1997 | Blue Cheek | 11 | [[Robert Thornton (jockey)|Robert Thornton]] | J Mahon |- | 1998 | Cavalero | 9 | A Charles-Jones | John Manners |- | 1999 | Elegant Lord | 11 | Philip Fenton | Enda Bolger |- | 2000 | Bells Life | 11 | David O'Meara | [[Philip Hobbs]] |- | 2001 | Gunner Welburn | 9 | J M Pritchard | Caroline Bailey |- | 2002 | Torduff Express | 11 | Polly Gundry | [[Paul Nicholls (horse racing)|Paul Nicholls]] |- | 2003 | Divet Hill | 9 | Dale Jewett | Ann Hamilton |- | 2004 | Forest Gunner | 10 | Carrie Ford | Richard Ford |- | 2005 | Katarino | 10 | [[Sam Waley-Cohen]] | [[Robert Waley-Cohen]] |- | 2006 | Katarino | 11 | [[Sam Waley-Cohen]] | [[Robert Waley-Cohen]] |- | 2007 | Scots Grey | 12 | Richard Burton | [[Nicky Henderson]] |- | 2008 | Christy Beamish | 11 | Joshua Guerriero | Paul Jones |- | 2009 | Trust Fund | 11 | Tom Greenall | Richard Barber |- | 2010 | Silver Adonis | 9 | T Weston | [[Richard Newland (racehorse trainer)|Richard Newland]] |- | 2011 | Baby Run | 11 | Willie Twiston-Davies | [[Nigel Twiston-Davies]] |- | 2012 | Cloudy Lane | 12 | Richard Harding | Donald McCain |- | 2013 | Tartan Snow | 13 | Jamie Hamilton | Stuart Coltherd |- | 2014 | Warne | 10 | [[Sam Waley-Cohen]] | Brian Hamilton |- | 2015 | On The Fringe | 10 | [[Nina Carberry]] | Enda Bolger |- | 2016 | On The Fringe | 11 | [[Jamie Codd]] | Enda Bolger |- | 2017 | Dineur | 11 | James King | Mickey Bowen |- | 2018 | Balnaslow | 11 | Derek O'Connor | Graham John McKeever |- | 2019 | Top Wood | 12 | Tabitha Worsley | Kelly Morgan |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" | data-sort-value="2020" | | ''no race 2020'' {{efn|The 2020 running was cancelled because of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Coronavirus: Horse racing in Great Britain suspended until end of April |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/51930209 |website=BBC Sport |date=17 March 2020}}</ref>}} || || || | |- | 2021 | Cousin Pascal | 9 | James King | Joe O'Shea |- | 2022 | Latenightpass | 9 | Gina Andrews | Tom Ellis |- | 2023 | Famous Clermont | 8 | William Biddick | Chris Barber |- | 2024 | Its On The Line | 7 | Derek O'Connor | [[Emmet Mullins]] |- | 2025 | Gracchus De Balme | 9 | Huw Edwards | Joe O'Shea |- | 2026 | Barton Snow | 9 | Henry Crow | Joe O'Shea |} {{notelist}}
==See also== *[[Horse racing in Great Britain]] *[[List of British National Hunt races]]
==References== {{Reflist}} *[[Racing Post]] ** {{Racing Post|23738|1988|04|08|32}}, {{Racing Post|29303|1989|04|07|32}}, {{Racing Post|34693|1990|04|06|32}}, {{Racing Post|51697|1993|04|02|32}}, {{Racing Post|57565|1994|04|08|32}}, {{Racing Post|62940|1995|04|07|32}}, {{Racing Post|200365|1996|03|29|32}}, {{Racing Post|235721|1997|04|04|32}}, {{Racing Post|249285|1998|04|03|32}}, {{Racing Post|264219|1999|04|08|32}} **{{Racing Post|278342|2000|04|06|32}}, {{Racing Post|298398|2001|04|05|32}}, {{Racing Post|313341|2002|04|04|32}}, {{Racing Post|329482|2003|04|03|32}}, {{Racing Post|347289|2004|04|01|32}}, {{Racing Post|380081|2005|04|07|32}}, {{Racing Post|403616|2006|04|06|32}}, {{Racing Post|427879|2007|04|12|32}}, {{Racing Post|452103|2008|04|03|32}}, {{Racing Post|477251|2009|04|02|32}} **{{Racing Post|501779|2010|04|08|32}}, {{Racing Post|526574|2011|04|07|32}}, {{Racing Post|550012|2012|04|12|32}}, {{Racing Post|573891|2013|04|04|32}}, {{Racing Post|597050|2014|04|03|32}}, {{Racing Post|620671|2015|04|09|32}}, {{Racing Post|645545|2016|04|07|32}}, {{Racing Post|670162|2017|04|06|32}}, {{Racing Post|695657|2018|04|12|32}}, {{Racing Post|724106|2019|04|04|32}} **{{Racing Post|779524|2021|04|08|32}}, {{Racing Post|806333|2022|04|07|32}} * {{cite book|title=Timeform Chasers & Hurdlers Statistical Companion 1992–93|year=1993|publisher=Portway Press|page=170}}
==External links== * Race Recordings (1978, 1979, 1981-2010) [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfn5x2SD03q5jTL6_e56Nvskdlux4j29t youtube.com]
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