The Peter Marsh Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt chase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Haydock Park over a distance of about 3 miles 1½ furlongs (3 miles 1 furlong and 125 yards, or 5,144 metres), and during its running there are nineteen fences to be jumped. It is a limited handicap race, and it is scheduled to take place each year in January. It was first run in 1981.
In April 2023 the British Horseracing Authority announced that the race would become a full weight-range Premier Handicap from the 2023/24 season.
Records Most successful horse (2 wins): Jodami – 1993,1997 Royale Pagaille - 2021, 2022
Leading jockey (4 wins): Danny Cook – Our Vic (2010), Cloudy Too (2016), Wakanda (2019), Vintage Clouds (2020)
Leading trainer (5 wins): Sue Smith – The Last Fling (2000), Artic Jack (2004), Cloudy Too (2016), Wakanda (2019), Vintage Clouds (2020)
Winners Weights given in stones and pounds. Year Winner Age Weight Jockey Trainer 1981 Little Owl 7 11-03 Jim Wilson Peter Easterby 1982 Bregawn 8 10-07 Robert Earnshaw Michael Dickinson 1983 Ashley House 9 10-07 Robert Earnshaw Michael Dickinson 1984 no race 1984–85 1986 Combs Ditch 10 11-08 Colin Brown David Elsworth 1987 The Thinker 9 11-10 Ridley Lamb Arthur Stephenson 1988 no race 1988 1989 Bishops Yarn 10 10-12 Richard Guest Toby Balding 1990 Nick the Brief 8 10-09 Martin Lynch John Upson 1991 no race 1991 1992 Twin Oaks 12 11-10 Neale Doughty Gordon W. Richards 1993 Jodami 8 11-02 Mark Dwyer Peter Beaumont 1994 Zeta's Lad 11 10-10 Robbie Supple John Upson 1995 Earth Summit 7 10-04 Tom Jenks Nigel Twiston-Davies 1996 Scotton Banks 7 11-06 Russ Garritty Peter Easterby 1997 Jodami 12 11-10 Norman Williamson Peter Beaumont 1998 General Wolfe 9 10-10 Norman Williamson Tim Forster 1999 General Wolfe 10 10-12 Norman Williamson Venetia Williams 2000 The Last Fling 10 10-12 Seamus Durack Sue Smith 2001 no race 2001 2002 Red Striker 8 11-01 Richard Guest Norman Mason 2003 Truckers Tavern 8 10-09 Davy Russell Ferdy Murphy 2004 Artic Jack 8 10-06 Dominic Elsworth Sue Smith 2005 Lord Transcend 8 10-04 Graham Lee Howard Johnson 2006 Ebony Light 10 09-13 Stephen Craine Ginger McCain 2007 The Outlier 9 10-03 Paul O'Neill Venetia Williams 2008 no race 2008 2009 Cloudy Lane 9 11-10 Jason Maguire Donald McCain, Jr. 2010 Our Vic 12 11-03 Danny Cook David Pipe 2011 no race 2011 2012 According To Pete 11 11-02 Harry Haynes Malcolm Jefferson 2012 no race 2013 2014 Wychwoods Brook 8 11-07 Conor Ring Evan Williams 2015 Samstown 8 10-05 Brian Harding Alistair Whillans 2016 Cloudy Too 10 10-04 Danny Cook Sue Smith 2017 Bristol De Mai 6 11-02 Daryl Jacob Nigel Twiston-Davies 2018 The Dutchman 8 10-06 Harry Cobden Colin Tizzard 2019 Wakanda 10 10-10 Danny Cook Sue Smith 2020 Vintage Clouds 10 10-11 Danny Cook Sue Smith 2021 Royale Pagaille 7 11-10 Tom Scudamore Venetia Williams 2022 Royale Pagaille 8 11-10 Charlie Deutsch Venetia Williams 2023 no race 2023–24 2025 Mr Vango 9 10-02 Jack Tudor Sara Bradstock 2026 Imperial Saint 8 10-07 Callum Pritchard Philip Hobbs & Johnson White
See also Horse racing in Great Britain List of British National Hunt races
References
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pedigreequery.com – Peter Marsh Handicap Chase – Haydock.
External links Race Recordings (1981–2003) youtube.com