The Brown Advisory Novices' Chase is a Grade 1

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in Great Britain which is open to

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aged five years or older. It is run on the Old Course at

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over a distance of about 3 miles and half a

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(3 miles and 110 yards, or 4,928 metres), and during its running there are twenty fences to be jumped. The race is for

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chasers, and it is scheduled to take place each year during the

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in March.

History

The event was originally known as the Broadway Novices' Chase, and this became the race's registered title in 2021, but since the mid-1960s it has been run under various sponsored titles. From 1964 to 1973 it was sponsored by the Tote, and it was called the Totalisator Champion Novices' Chase. From 1974 to 2020 it was backed by the

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, and its predecessors Sun Alliance (1974–1996) and Royal & SunAlliance (1997–2008). Since 2021 the race has been sponsored by Brown Advisory and Meriebelle Stable. Several winners of the race have subsequently achieved victory in the most prestigious chase in the National Hunt calendar, the

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. The most recent was

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, the winner of the latter event in 2014.

Records

Leading jockey since 1946 (5 wins): * Pat Taaffe – ''Coneyburrow (1953), Solfen (1960), Grallagh Cnoc (1961), Arkle (1963), Proud Tarquin (1970)'' Leading trainer since 1946 (7 wins): *

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– ''Florida Pearl (1998), Rule Supreme (2004), Cooldine (2009), Don Poli (2015), Monkfish (2021), Fact To File (2024), Lecky Watson (2025)''

Winners

* ''Separate divisions of the race indicated by (1) and (2).''

References

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External links

* Race Recordings (1980-2004
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History

Records

Winners

See also

References

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