The Manifesto Novices' Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt

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in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Aintree over a distance of about 2 miles and 4 furlongs (2 miles, 3 furlongs and 200 yards, or ), and during its running there are sixteen fences to be jumped. The race is for

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chasers, and it is scheduled to take place each year during the Grand National meeting in early April. The event is named after

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, a horse which ran eight times in the Grand National between 1895 and 1904. He won the race twice, finished third on three occasions and was fourth once. The Manifesto Novices' Chase was established in 2009 as a Grade 2 race, and it features horses which ran previously in the

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and the

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. In 2012 the race was promoted to Grade 1 status.

Records

Leading jockey (2 wins): * Richard Johnson – ''Wishfull Thinking (2011), Menorah (2012)'' * Barry Geraghty – ''Mad Max (2010), Captain Conan (2013)'' Leading trainer (2 wins): *

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– ''Wishfull Thinking (2011), Menorah (2012)'' * Nicky Henderson – ''Mad Max (2010), Captain Conan (2013)''

Winners

References

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Records

Winners

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