The Denman Chase is a Grade 2

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in Great Britain which is open to

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aged five years or older. It is run at Newbury over a distance of about 2 miles and 7½ furlongs (2 miles 7 furlongs and 86 yards, or 4,706 metres), and during its running there are eighteen fences to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year in February. The event was originally named the Aon Chase, after its first sponsors Aon Group Ltd, and it was first run in 2000. It was promoted to Listed status in 2002, and to Grade 2 level in 2003. The planned running in 2009 was abandoned at Newbury because of

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, and so the race was switched to an alternative venue, Kempton Park. The rearranged event was titled the Levy Board Chase. In 2012 the sponsorship was taken over by

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and renamed the Denman Chase in honour of

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, who won the race in 2008 and also won two

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s at Newbury. The race serves as one of the principal trials for the

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in March. Four horses have won both events in the same year –

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(2007), Denman (2008),

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(2015) and

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(2018).

Records

Most successful horse (3 wins): *

– ''2017, 2018, 2020'' Leading

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(4 wins): *

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– ''Shooting Light (2004), Farmer Jack (2005), Coneygree (2015), Native River (2018)'' Leading trainer (10 wins): *

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– ''See More Business (2000), Shotgun Willy (2001), Valley Henry (2003), Kauto Star (2007), Denman (2008), Tricky Trickster (2010), Noland (2011), Silvianaco Conti (2013), Clan Des Obeaux (2019), Secret Investor (2021)''

Winners

References

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– ''Aon Chase – Newbury.''

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* Race Recording

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Records

Winners

See also

References

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