|}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.
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 miles.
The first running as a -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.
Most successful horse (4 wins):
Leading jockey (4 wins):
Leading trainer (8 wins):
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| Year | Winner | SP | Jockey | Trainer | ||
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| 1978 | Purdo | 2/7f, 3 ran | Bob Davies | Nick Gaselee | ||
| 1979 | Chumson | 100/30, 4 ran | Oliver Sherwood | Fred Winter | ||
| 1980 | Border Incident | 4/7f, 8 ran | Ron Barry | Richard Head | ||
| 1981 | Wayward Lad | 1/4f, 4 ran | Robert Earnshaw | Michael Dickinson | ||
| 1982 | Abandoned due to fog | |||||
| 1983 | Wayward Lad | 4/11f, 4 ran | Robert Earnshaw | Michael Dickinson | ||
| 1984 | Carved Opal | 5/1, 5 ran | John Francome | Fred Winter | ||
| 1985 | The Mighty Mac | 6/4, 6 ran | Graham Bradley | Mrs Monica Dickinson | ||
| 1986 | Western Sunset | 7/2, 3 ran | Hywel Davies | Tim Forster | ||
| 1987 | Very Promising | 2/7f, 3 ran | Richard Dunwoody | David Nicholson | ||
| 1988 | Townley Stone | 4/5f, 3 ran | George Mernagh | John Webber | ||
| 1989 | Clever Folly | 5/4f, 3 ran | Neale Doughty | Gordon W. Richards | ||
| 1990 | Pegwell Bay | 11/10f, 3 ran | Jamie Railton | Tim Forster | ||
| 1991 | Sabin du Loir | 4/7f, 4 ran | Peter Scudamore | Martin Pipe | ||
| 1992 | Remittance Man | 1/5f, 4 ran | Richard Dunwoody | Nicky Henderson | ||
| 1993 | Travado | 8/13f, 4 ran | Jamie Osborne | Nicky Henderson | ||
| 1994 | Martha's Son | 2/1, 4 ran | Rodney Farrant | Tim Forster | ||
| 1995 | Travado | 5/2, 7 ran | Richard Dunwoody | Nicky Henderson | ||
| 1996 | Dublin Flyer | 4/9f, 6 ran | Brendan Powell | Tim Forster | ||
| 1997 | One Man | 13/8f, 6 ran | Richard Dunwoody | Gordon W. Richards | ||
| 1998 | Edredon Bleu | 5/1, 6 ran | Jim Culloty | Henrietta Knight | ||
| 1999 | Edredon Bleu | 11/8f, 4 ran | Jim Culloty | Henrietta Knight | ||
| 2000 | Edredon Bleu | 100/30, 5 ran | Jim Culloty | Henrietta Knight | ||
| 2001 | Edredon Bleu | 10/11f, 4 ran | Norman Williamson | Henrietta Knight | ||
| 2002 | Best Mate | 8/15f, 5 ran | Jim Culloty | Henrietta Knight | ||
| 2003 | Jair du Cochet | 100/30, 6 ran | Jacques Ricou | Guillaume Macaire | ||
| 2004 | Le Roi Miguel | 15/8f, 8 ran | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls | ||
| 2005 | Impek | 5/1, 11 ran | Tony McCoy | Henrietta Knight | ||
| 2006 | Racing Demon | 13/8f, 5 ran | Graham Lee | Henrietta Knight | ||
| 2007 | Racing Demon | 1/4f, 2 ran | Tony McCoy | Henrietta Knight | ||
| 2008 | Monet's Garden | 5/1, 10 ran | Davy Condon | Nicky Richards | ||
| 2009 | Deep Purple | 12/1, 7 ran | Paul Moloney | Evan Williams | ||
| 2010 | Tartak | 11/4, 7 ran | Paddy Brennan | Tom George | ||
| 2011 | Gauvain | 15/2, 8 ran | Noel Fehily | Nick Williams | ||
| 2012 | 7/2, 5 ran | Richard Johnson | Philip Hobbs | |||
| 2013 | Riverside Theatre | 9/4f, 7 ran | Barry Geraghty | Nicky Henderson | ||
| 2014 | Wishfull Thinking | 13/2, 6 ran | Richard Johnson | Philip Hobbs | ||
| 2015 | Al Ferof | 9/4, 5 ran | Harry Skelton | Dan Skelton | ||
| 2016 | Josses Hill | 7/4F, 5 ran | Noel Fehily | Nicky Henderson | ||
| 2017 | Top Notch | 4/9F, 4 ran | Daryl Jacob | Nicky Henderson | ||
| 2018 | Charbel | 13/8F, 9 ran | Noel Fehily | Kim Bailey | ||
| 2019 | Top Notch | 15/8F, 6 ran | Daryl Jacob | Nicky Henderson | ||
| 2020 | Mister Fisher | 9/2, 8 ran | Nico de Boinville | Nicky Henderson | ||
| 2021 | First Flow | 12/1, 6 ran | David Bass | Kim Bailey | ||
| 2022 | Pic D'Orhy | 9/4, 7 ran | Harry Cobden | Paul Nicholls | ||
| data-sort-value="2023" | no race 2023 | |||||
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