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.
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 1990 Paddyboro 12 11–13 Richard Rowe Josh Gifford 1991 New Halen 9 09-12 Eamon Tierney Paul James 1992 Nodform 7 10–12 Declan Murphy Josh Gifford 1993Abandoned due to frost 1994 Southern Minstrel 11 10-06 Adrian Maguire Peter Cheesbrough 1995Abandoned due to frost 1996Abandoned due to frost 1996Abandoned 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 2001Abandoned due to frost 2002Abandoned 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 2013 no race 2013 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 2021 no race 2021 2022 Vienna Court 7 10-06 Sam Twiston-Davies Nigel Twiston-Davies 2023 Midnight River 8 11-04 Harry Skelton Dan Skelton 2024 Shakem Up'Arry 10 10-02 Ben Jones Ben Pauling 2025 Springwell Bay 8 11-03 Jonjo O'Neill Jr Jonjo O'Neill 2026 Matata 8 11-12 Sam Twiston-Davies Nigel Twiston-Davies & Willie Twiston-Davies
See also Horse racing in Great Britain List of British National Hunt races
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