Dipper Novices' Chase

The Dipper Novices' Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt chase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run on the New Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 2 miles and 5 furlongs (4,225 metres), and during its running there are seventeen fences to be jumped. The race is for novice chasers, and it is scheduled to take place each year on New Year's Day.

Before 2005 the event was usually run at Newcastle in mid January. Its distance at this venue was 2 miles and 4 furlongs (4,023 metres), and there were sixteen fences to jump. Prior to the 1990–91 season it took place in November.

Winners since 1988

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer
1988	Cool Strike	7	Brian Storey	George M. Moore
1989	Blazing Walker	5	Chris Grant	Arthur Stephenson
1991	Meritmoore	8	Jason Callaghan	George M. Moore
1992	Gale Again	5	Chris Grant	Arthur Stephenson
1993	Dawson City	6	Lorcan Wyer	Peter Easterby
1994	no race 1994
1995	Morceli	7	Neale Doughty	Howard Johnson
1996	Avro Anson	8	Peter Niven	Maurice Camacho
1997	no race 1997
1998	Celestial Choir	8	Brian Storey	Les Eyre
1999	Bobby Grant	8	Robbie Supple	Chris Grant
2000	Donnybrook	7	Brian Harding	Bob Woodhouse
2001	Red Striker	7	Richard Guest	Norman Mason
2002	Barton	9	Tony Dobbin	Tim Easterby
2003	no race 2003–04 [1] [2]
2005	My Will	5	Ruby Walsh	Paul Nicholls
2006	The Listener	7	Andrew Thornton	Robert Alner
2007	My Way de Solzen	7	Robert Thornton	Alan King
2008	Lead On	7	Richard Johnson	Philip Hobbs
2009	Calgary Bay	6	Tony McCoy	Henrietta Knight
2010	Seven Is My Number	8	Timmy Murphy	David Pipe
2011	Hell's Bay	9	Joe Tizzard	Colin Tizzard

¹ The race was abandoned twice in 2003 – firstly at Newcastle (waterlogging), and then at Haydock Park (frost).
² The 2004 running at Newcastle was cancelled because of frost.

References

• Racing Post:
  • 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000
  • 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

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• pedigreequery.com – Dipper Novices' Chase – Cheltenham.
• bbc.co.uk – Haydock racing abandoned (January 4, 2003).
• telegraph.co.uk – Weather forecast unfavourable (January 2, 2004).

See also

• Horseracing in Great Britain
• List of British National Hunt races