- Betfair Chase
The Betfair Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt horse race in the
United Kingdom for five-year-old and above horses. It is run over a distance of 3mile s (4,828 metres) atHaydock Park Racecourse in November. There are eighteen fences to be jumped in the race.The race was introduced in 2005, and with prizemoney totalling £200,000 for the 2006 race, it soon became the fourth most valuable chase of the season, behind the
Grand National ,Cheltenham Gold Cup andQueen Mother Champion Chase , and equal with theKing George VI Chase .Sponsored by the online betting company
Betfair , it is the first race in the Betfair Million series, the format of which was changed ahead of the 2008/09 season. A bonus prize of £1,000,000 can be won by any horse finishing in the first three in the Betfair Chase, who later in the season finishes first or second in any race at theCheltenham Festival and subsequently wins the Grand National.Prior to this change of format the Betfair Million was awarded to any horse who followed victory in the Betfair Chase with a win in either the King George VI Chase at Kempton or the
Lexus Chase at Leopardstown, and then won the Gold Cup at Cheltenham. Kauto Star won the bonus in 2006/07 by winning the King George and Gold Cup as well as the Betfair Chase.Winners
References
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Racing Post :
** [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=393809&r_date=2005-11-19 2005] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=419121&r_date=2006-11-18 2006] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=443618&r_date=2007-11-24 2007]ee also
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Horseracing in Great Britain
*List of British National Hunt races
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