Freebooter_Handicap_Chase

Freebooter Handicap Chase

Freebooter Handicap Chase

Steeplechase horse race in Britain

Betway Handicap Chase
2022
Black, red disc, sleeves and cap Royal blue and yellow (quartered), royal blue sleeves, yellow spots, royal blue cap Yellow, dark blue braces
Sam Brown Shan Blue Killer Kane
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The Freebooter Handicap Chase, currently run as the William Hill Handicap Chase, is a Premier Handicap National Hunt Grade 3 handicap chase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Aintree over a distance of about 3 miles and 1 furlong (3 miles and 210 yards, or 5,020 metres), and during its running there are 19 fences to be jumped. It is scheduled to take place each year at the Grand National meeting in April.

The race was raised from Listed to Grade Three status from 2018.[1]

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

  • Duke of Lucca – 2014,2015

Leading jockey (4 wins):

  • Richard Johnson - From Dawn To Dusk (2010), Duke of Lucca (2014, 2015), Thomas Patrick (2018)

Leading trainer (4 wins):

Winners since 1988

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  1. The 2020 running was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Jump Pattern Book Blog 2017/18". BHA. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Coronavirus: Horse racing in Great Britain suspended until end of April". BBC Sport. 17 March 2020.
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