Peterborough Chase

The Peterborough Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt chase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Huntingdon over a distance of about 2 miles and 4 furlongs (2 miles, 3 furlongs and 189 yards, or 3,995 metres), and during its running there are sixteen fences to be jumped. The race is currently scheduled in December. In 2019, the race's total prize fund was £65,000.

Peterborough Chase

2020
Mister Fisher	Kalashnikov	Clondaw Castle

Previous years
2019
Top Notch	Kauto Riko	La Bague Au Roi
2018
Charbel	God's Own	Tea For Two
2017
Top Notch	Josses Hill	Ptit Zig
2016
Josses Hill	Tea For Two	More of That
2015
Al Ferof	Pepite Rose	Wishfull Thinking
2014
Wishfull Thinking	Eduard	Wonderful Charm
2013
Riverside Theatre	Champion Court	Captain Chris
2012
Menorah	Hunt Ball	Ghizao
2011
Gauvain	Somersby	Mr Moonshine

2010-2001
2010
Tartak	Breedsbreeze	Herecomesthetruth
2009
Deep Purple	Tartak	Albertas Run
2008
Monet's Garden	Snoopy Loopy	Mister McGoldrick
2007
Racing Demon	Natal	Only two ran
2006
Racing Demon	Thisthatandtother	Monkerhostin
2005
Impek	Monkerhostin	Thisthatandtother
2004
Le Roi Miguel	Farmer Jack	Hot Shots
2003
Jair Du Cochet	Best Mate	Valley Henry
2002
Best Mate	Douze Douze	Geos
2001
Edredon Bleu	Geos	Young Spartacus

2000-1991
2000
Edredon Bleu	Fadalko	The Outback Way
1999
Edredon Bleu	Or Royal	Mulligan
1998
Edredon Bleu	Bertone	Or Royal
1997
One Man	Viking Flagship	Camitrov
1996
Dublin Flyer	Gales Cavalier	Kadi
1995
Travado	Martha's Son	Docklands Express
1994
Martha's Son	Deep Sensation	Egypt Mill Prince
1993
Travado	Deep Sensation	Brandeston
1992
Remittance Man	Emsee-H	Sirrah Jay
1991
Sabin Du Loir	Norton's Coin	Desert Orchid

1990-1987
1990
Pegwell Bay	Comandante	Cuddy Dale
1989
Clever Folly	Repington	Southernair
1988
Townley Stone	Clay Hill	Only two finished
1987
Very Promising	Townley Stone	Kathies Lad

A race called the Peterborough Handicap Chase, over three miles, was first run on Tuesday 2 December 1969. It was a new meeting with Huntingdon's fixture allocation having been increased from six days to nine days for the 1969/70 season. It remained a three-mile handicap chase until 1977, after which it became a conditions chase over 2½ miles.

The first running as a 2½ mile conditions chase was in 1978 when it was run as the F A Standen Chase. It was first run under the name of the Peterborough Chase in 1979.

From its inception in 1969 it was always run on a Tuesday until 1997. It was moved to a Saturday in 1998 and remained so until 2007. In 2008 it was first run on a Thursday. The race was on a Sunday for the first time in 2014.

The only year the race was not run was in 1982 when the meeting was abandoned due to fog. In 1985 it was run as the Waterloo Meadows Centenary Chase.

The most successful horse in the race's history is Edredon Bleu, who won four consecutive runnings between 1998 and 2001. Wayward Lad (1981, 1983), Travado (1993, 1995),Racing Demon (2006, 2007) and Top Notch (2017, 2019) are the only other multiple winners of the race. The 2018 running was titled the Edredon Bleu Chase to honour the horse, who died in October 2018.

Courtesy of Edredon Bleu's four wins, Racing Demon's two victories and additional successes from triple-Gold Cup winner Best Mate (2002) and Impek (2005), Henrietta Knight is the joint most successful trainer of the Peterborough Chase, winning a total of eight renewals. Nicky Henderson has also trained eight winners, while Captain Tim Forster has trained four winners.

Desert Orchid, lining-up in the penultimate race of his long career, finished third in the 1991 Peterborough Chase. Ridden by Richard Dunwoody, the 12-year-old veteran finished third to Sabin Du Loir, beaten four lengths.