The Coral Trophy is a Grade 3 Handicap
National Hunt
In horse racing in the United Kingdom, France and Republic of Ireland, National Hunt racing requires horses to jump fences and ditches. National Hunt racing in the UK is informally known as "jumps" and is divided into two major distinct branches: ...
steeplechase
Steeplechase may refer to:
* Steeplechase (horse racing), a type of horse race in which participants are required to jump over obstacles
* Steeplechase (athletics), an event in athletics that derives its name from the steeplechase in horse racing ...
in Great Britain which is open to
horses
The horse (''Equus ferus caballus'') is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of ''Equus ferus''. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million yea ...
aged five years or older. It is run at
Kempton Park over a distance of about 3 miles (), and during its running there are eighteen fences to be jumped. It is a
handicap race, and it is scheduled to take place each year in late February.
The race was first run in 1949, but in 1988 it was rebranded as the Racing Post Chase and increased in value. The sponsorship by the
Racing Post
''Racing Post'' is a British daily horse racing, greyhound racing and sports betting publisher which is published in print and digital formats. It is printed in tabloid format from Monday to Sunday. , it has an average daily circulation of 6 ...
continued until 2011. In the 2012 the sponsorship was taken over by rival weekend newspaper Racing Plus who backed the race until 2013, and in 2014 the sponsorship passed to
BetBright
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. It was sponsored by Betdaq in 2018, 888sport in 2019, Betway in 2020 and Close Brothers Group in 2021. In 2022 Ladbrokes Coral took over the sponsorship. The race often serves as a trial for the Grand National, and two horses have won both races in the same year. Both of these horses, Rhyme 'n' Reason (1988) and Rough Quest (1996), also competed in the Cheltenham Gold Cup between their victories.
Records
Most successful horse (2 wins):
* Docklands Express – ''1991, 1992''
* Nacarat – ''2009, 2012''
Leading jockey (5 wins):
* Richard Johnson (jockey), Richard Johnson – ''Gloria Victis (2000), Young Spartacus (2001), Gunther McBride (2002), Farmer Jack (2005), Quinz (2011)''
Leading Horse trainer, trainer (4 wins):
* Peter Cazalet (racehorse trainer), Peter Cazalet- ''Lochroe (1958), The Rip (1965), Kapeno (1966), Different Class (1968)''
* Philip Hobbs – ''Dr Leunt (1999), Gunther McBride (2002), Farmer Jack (2005), Quinz (2011)''
Winners
* ''Weights given in stone (unit), stones and pound (mass), pounds.''
See also
* Horse racing in Great Britain
* List of British National Hunt races
References
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Racing Post
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pedigreequery.com– ''Racing Post Chase – Kempton.''
* {{cite book, title=Ladbrokes Pocket Companion 1990/91, year=1990, publisher=Aesculus Press, isbn=1-871093-21-X, page=54
External links
* Race Recording
National Hunt races in Great Britain
Kempton Park Racecourse
National Hunt chases
Recurring sporting events established in 1949
1949 establishments in England