Celebration Chase
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| Class | Grade One |
|---|---|
| Location | Sandown Park Esher, England |
| Inaugurated | 2001 |
| Race type | Steeplechase |
| Sponsor | Bet365 |
| Website | Sandown Park |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1m 7f 99yd (3,108 metres) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | Five-years-old and up |
| Weight | 11 st 10 lb Allowances 7 lb for mares |
| Purse | £175,000 (2025) 1st: £99,663 |
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| 2026 | ||
| Dark blue, light blue sleeves, dark blue spots, beige cap, dark blue spots | Black, yellow triple diamond, diabolo on sleeves and diamond on cap | Dark green, white hoop and sleeves |
| Edwardstone | JPR One | Solness |
| Previous years | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ||
| Yellow, purple stars, purple cap, yellow star | Emerald green, yellow hoops, white cap | Royal blue, white seams, white and royal blue hooped cap |
| Il Etait Temps | Jonbon | Energumene |
| 2024 | ||
| Emerald green, yellow hoops, white cap | Emerald green, dark green sleeves, dark green cap, emerald green spots | Dark blue, light blue sleeves, dark blue spots, beige cap, dark blue spots |
| Jonbon | El Fabiolo | Edwardstone |
| 2023 | ||
| Emerald green, yellow hoops, white cap | Beige, royal blue triple diamond, diamonds on sleeves, striped cap | Pink, large purple spots, hooped sleeves |
| Jonbon | Captain Guinness | Greaneteen |
| 2022 | ||
| Pink, large purple spots, hooped sleeves | Emerald green, dark green sleeves, dark green and emerald green quartered cap | White, red stripe |
| Greaneteen | Sceau Royal | Nube Negra |
| 2021 | ||
| Pink, large purple spots, hooped sleeves | Black, dark green and grey striped sleeves | Emerald green, dark green sleeves, dark green and emerald green quartered cap |
| Greaneteen | Altior | Sceau Royal |
The Celebration Chase is a Grade One National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Sandown Park over a distance of about 1 mile 7½ furlongs (1 mile, 7 furlongs and 99 yards, or 3,108 metres), and during its running there are thirteen fences to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year in late April.
History
The event has its origins in 2001, when the Cheltenham Festival was cancelled due to a foot-and-mouth crisis. Replacements for some of the Festival's races were held at Sandown in late April, and the equivalent of the Queen Mother Champion Chase was a Grade 1 event called the Championship Chase.
The following year the race returned as the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Celebration Chase, in memory of the Queen Mother (1900–2002), who frequently attended racing at Sandown. The event was downgraded to Class B level, but it continued to attract high quality chasers. It was promoted to Grade Two status in 2005, and at this point its title was shortened to the Celebration Chase.
The race is currently sponsored by Bet365, and it takes place at a meeting which features both jump and flat races. Other events at this meeting include the Bet365 Gold Cup, the Gordon Richards Stakes and the Sandown Mile. The Celebration Chase was upgraded to Grade One by the British Horseracing Board from its 2014 running.[1]
Records
Most successful horse (3 wins):
- Altior - 2017, 2018, 2019
Leading jockey (5 wins):
- Nico de Boinville - Sprinter Sacre (2016), Altior (2017, 2018, 2019), Jonbon (2024)
Leading trainer (7 wins):
- Paul Nicholls – Cenkos (2002, 2004), Andreas (2008), Twist Magic (2009), Sanctuaire (2012), Greaneteen (2021,2022)
- Nicky Henderson - French Opera (2011), Sprinter Sacre (2016), Altior (2017, 2018, 2019), Jonbon (2023, 2024)
Winners
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- ^ The 2020 running was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom[2]
See also
- Horse racing in Great Britain
- List of British National Hunt races
- Recurring sporting events established in 2001 – this race is included under its original title, Championship Chase.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."British Horseracing Authority Announces Upgrades to Jump Pattern Races for 2013/14". Archived from the original on 2 August 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Coronavirus: Horse racing in Great Britain suspended until end of April". BBC Sport. 17 March 2020.
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- pedigreequery.com – Celebration Chase – Sandown.
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