Fairlawne Handicap Chase
The Fairlawne Handicap Chase, currently run under the sponsored title of the Paddy Power New Year's Day Handicap Chase, is a Grade 3 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run on the New Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 2 miles and 4½ furlongs (2 miles 4 furlongs and 127 yards, or 4,139 metres) and during its running there are 17 fences to be jumped. It is a handicap race, and is scheduled to take place each year on New Year's Day.
2023 | ||
Midnight River | Stolen Silver | Nassalam |
Previous years | ||
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2022 | ||
Vienna Court | Simply The Betts | Alnadam |
2020-2011 | ||
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2020 | ||
Oldgrangewood | Saint Calvados | Lalor |
2019 | ||
Aso | Happy Diva | Ballyhill |
2018 | ||
Ballyhill | Shantou Flyer | Sametegal |
2017 | ||
Shantou Flyer | Village Vic | Top Gamble |
2016 | ||
Village Vic | Tenor Nivernais | Top Gamble |
2015 | ||
Splash of Ginge | Hunt Ball | Caid Du Berlais |
2014 | ||
Double Ross | Cedre Bleu | Kumbeshwar |
2012 | ||
Calgary Bay | Hector's Choice | Matuhi |
2011 | ||
Tartak | Carole's Legacy | Mahogany Blaze |
2010-2001 | ||
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2010 | ||
Can't Buy Time | Private Be | Mister McGoldrick |
2009 | ||
Stan | Fier Normand | Hold Em |
2008 | ||
Vodka Bleu | Patman Du Charmil | Model Son |
2007 | ||
Too Forward | Nozic | Le Volfoni |
2006 | ||
Fondmort | Too Forward | Made in Japan |
2005 | ||
Le Duc | Redemption | Kandjar D'allier |
2004 | ||
Whereareyounow | Spring Grove | Foly Pleasant |
2003 | ||
Ballinclay King | Katarino | Grey Abbey |
2000-1990 | ||
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2000 | ||
The Outback Way | Storm Damage | Northern Starlight |
1999 | ||
Eirespray | Mr Strong Gale | Jathib |
1998 | ||
Pete The Parson | Unguided Missile | Nahthen Lad |
1994 | ||
Southern Minstrel | Lake Teereen | Only two finished |
1992 | ||
Nodform | Wigtown Bay | Another Coral |
1991 | ||
New Halen | Al Hashimi | Iron Gray |
1990 | ||
Paddyboro | Private Views | Dudie |
The race was first run in 1990 as the Cleeve Hill Handicap Chase and was awarded Grade 3 status in 2009.
From 2014 the race became officially known as the Fairlawne Chase, a name previously associated with a three-mile conditions chase run at Windsor until 1997.
Winners
Year | Winner | Age | Weight | Jockey | Trainer |
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1990 | Paddyboro | 12 | 11–13 | Richard Rowe | Josh Gifford |
1991 | New Halen [lower-alpha 1] | 9 | 09-12 | Eamon Tierney | Paul James |
1992 | Nodform [lower-alpha 1] | 7 | 10–12 | Declan Murphy | Josh Gifford |
1993 | Abandoned due to frost | ||||
1994 | Southern Minstrel | 11 | 10-06 | Adrian Maguire | Peter Cheesbrough |
1995 | Abandoned due to frost | ||||
1996 | Abandoned due to frost | ||||
1996 | Abandoned due to frost | ||||
1998 | Pete The Parson | 9 | 10-02 | Mick Fitzgerald | Jim Old |
1999 | Eirespray | 8 | 10-07 | Seamus Durack | Sue Smith |
2000 | The Outback Way | 10 | 11-10 | Norman Williamson | Venetia Williams |
2001 | Abandoned due to frost | ||||
2002 | Abandoned due to frost | ||||
2003 | Ballinclay King | 9 | 10–11 | Davy Russell | Ferdy Murphy |
2004 | Whereareyounow | 7 | 10-01 | Carl Llewellyn | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
2005 | Le Duc | 6 | 10-08 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
2006 | Fondmort | 10 | 11–12 | Mick Fitzgerald | Nicky Henderson |
2007 | Too Forward | 11 | 11-04 | Timmy Murphy | Carl Llewellyn |
2008 | Vodka Bleu | 9 | 10–13 | Timmy Murphy | David Pipe |
2009 | Stan | 9 | 11-00 | Aidan Coleman | Venetia Williams |
2010 | Can't Buy Time | 8 | 11-00 | Tony McCoy | Jonjo O'Neill |
2011 | Tartak | 8 | 11-08 | Paddy Brennan | Tom George |
2012 | Calgary Bay | 9 | 10-04 | Dominic Elsworth | Henrietta Knight |
no race 2013 [lower-alpha 2] | |||||
2014 | Double Ross | 8 | 11-05 | Sam Twiston-Davies | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
2015 | Splash of Ginge | 7 | 11-02 | Jamie Bargary | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
2016 | Village Vic | 9 | 10-10 | Richard Johnson | Philip Hobbs |
2017 | Shantou Flyer | 7 | 11-02 | Aidan Coleman | Rebecca Curtis |
2018 | Ballyhill | 7 | 10-02 | Jamie Bargary | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
2019 | Aso | 9 | 11-12 | Charlie Deutsch | Venetia Williams |
2020 | Oldgrangewood | 9 | 10-07 | Harry Skelton | Dan Skelton |
no race 2021 [lower-alpha 3] | |||||
2022 | Vienna Court | 7 | 10-06 | Sam Twiston-Davies | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
2023 | Midnight River | 8 | 11-04 | Harry Skelton | Dan Skelton |
- The 1991 and 1992 runnings took place on New Year's Eve of the preceding year
- The 2013 running was abandoned due to a waterlogged course
- The 2021 running was abandoned due to a waterlogged course