Queen Mother Champion Chase

The Queen Mother Champion Chase is the biggest race on the second day of the Cheltenham Festival. A prize purse of over £300,000 is available for the winner and placed horses and hundreds of thousand of pounds are taken in bets on the race.

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Queen Mother Champion Chase Details

There are a variety of Queen Mother Champion Chase details that are unique only to this race. The race is two miles long with a total of 12 fences placed at different intervals running anti-clockwise around the Cheltenham racecourse.

The Queen Mother Champion Chase details for horses are equally specific and unique with a minimum weight of 11 stone and ten pounds and a seven pound allowance for mares.

The Queen Mother champion Chase is the biggest minimum distance National Hunt race.

History of the Queen Mother Champion Chase

The history of the Queen Mother Champion chase started in 1959 when the race was established as the National Hunt Two-Mile champion Chase. The name of the race was changed in 1980 to coincide with the birthday of the late Queen Mother.

The history of the Queen Mother Champion Chase opened commercial doors in 2007 when the race was sponsored for the very first time. Sportingbet will be the sponsor of the race until 2015.

Winners of the Queen Mother Champion Chase

A variety of horses, jockeys and trainers have all enjoyed success in this race and been winners of the Queen Mother Champion Chase. Winners of the Queen Mother Champion Chase seal their place in the history of National Hunt racing.

Some of the oldest winners of the Queen Mother Champion Chase still hold records in the modern day. Tom Dreaper trained six winners in the race between 1960 and 1970 which is a feat that hasnít closely been challenged since.

Winners of the Queen Mother Champion Chase are always held in high esteem because of the link the race has to royalty.

Betting on the Queen Mother Champion Chase

Betting on the Queen Mother Champion Chase has always been popular because firstly, the Queen Mother was a National Hunt fanatic herself and secondly, the race is in the middle of the second day.

The Queen Mother often attended this race and was a successful owner of many National Hunt horses. The Queen Mother was also very popular and widely known for having a flutter on the race that was named after her.

There are few other races at the Cheltenham Festival that can rival the Cheltenham Betting on the Queen Mother Champion Chase. Only the Champion Hurdle on the first day and the Gold Cup on the last day see potentially bigger spending.

Queen Mother Champion Chase Horse to Beat

Big Zeb is the Queen Mother horse to beat as the horse from the Colm Murphy stables holds the current title in this race. Big Zeb is one of the oldest winners of the race at nine-years-old but is the Queen Mother Champion Chase horse to beat for the challengers.