Saturday 8 February 2025
Kingmaker Chase Day
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Taking place on Saturday 8 February 2025, The Kingmaker Novice Chase Day is one of the highlights of the Jump season at Warwick Racecourse.
Not only is it a fantastic fixture in its own right, but it's also targeted by many top-quality horses as they attempt to secure a place in history at the Cheltenham Festival and the Randox Grand National at Aintree.
The Kingmaker Chase Day is renowned for creating winners, and a testament to the quality of the race is the success of the 2022 Winner Edwardstone who went on to win the 2022 Sporting Life Arkle Challenge Trophy Novices' Chase at Cheltenham.
GATES OPEN
11:10am
FIRST RACE
1:10pm
LAST RACE
4:40pm
Start Times |
Race |
Distance |
Type |
TV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:10pm | THE FGD AGGREGATES & WASTE REMOVAL MAIDEN HURDLE RACE (CLASS 3) |
3m2f | Hurdle | |
| 1.45pm | THE JCB HANDICAP HURDLE RACE (CLASS 4) |
1m 7f | Hurdle | ITV |
| 2.20pm | THE TRUSTATRADER WARWICK MARES' HURDLE RACE (CLASS 1) |
2m5f | Hurdle | ITV |
| 2.55pm | THE UNIBET MIDDLE DISTANCE SERIES VETERANS' HANDICAP STEEPLE CHASE (CLASS 2) |
2m4f | Chase | ITV |
| 3.30pm | THE FGD KINGMAKER NOVICES' STEEPLE CHASE (CLASS 1) |
2m 76y | Chase | |
| 4.05pm | THE DEREK THOMAS HANDICAP HURDLE RACE (CLASS 2) | 2m 4f | Hurdle | |
| 4.40pm | THE BIRMINGHAM BRUMMIES SPEEDWAY MARES' OPEN NATIONAL HUNT FLAT RACE (CLASS 2) | 1m 7f | NH Flat |
THE MAKING OF THE KINGMAKER
The Grade 2 Kingmaker Novice Chase is the feature race and ran over two miles.
The race was first competed for in 1991 for horses aged five and older. Back in 1991, it was run in May over a distance of 2m 4½f, then moved to February from 1996. Since 1996, it's run over a distance of about 1m 7f 199yds with 12 fences jumped.
Why is it called the Kingmaker? The race is named after the 16th Earl of Warwick, who was known as the Kingmaker during the War of the Roses.
WATCH PREVIOUS RENEWALS
2023 RENEAL 2022 RENEWAL 2020 RENEWAL 2019 RENEWAL
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer |
| 1991 | Anti Matter | 6 | Peter Scudamore | Martin Pipe |
| 1992 | Milford Quay | 9 | Peter Scudamore | Martin Pipe |
| 1993 | Flashthecash | 7 | Adrian Maguire | Toby Balding |
| 1994 | Boscean Chieftain | 10 | Richard Dunwoody | Jackie Retter |
| 1995 | Wasn't raced | |||
| 1996 | Arctic Kinsman | 8 | Carl Llewellyn | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 1997 | Mulligan | 7 | Adrian Maguire | David Nicholson |
| 1998 | Lake Kariba | 7 | Richard Johnson | Paul Nicholls |
| 1999 | Flagship Uberalles | 5 | Robert Thornton | Paul Nicholls |
| 2000 | Cenkos | 6 | Jimmy McCarthy | Oliver Sherwood |
| 2001 | Whitenzo | 5 | Joe Tizzard | Paul Nicholls |
| 2002 | Armaturk | 5 | Timmy Murphy | Paul Nicholls |
| 2003 | Abandoned due to frost | |||
| 2004 | Abandoned due to frost | |||
| 2005 | Kadount | 7 | Robert Thornton | Alan King |
| 2006 | Voy Por Ustedes | 5 | Robert Thornton | Alan King |
| 2007 | Ursis | 6 | Dominic Elsworth | Steve Gollings |
| 2008 | Kruguyrova | 5 | Jimmy McCarthy | Charles Egerton |
| 2009 | Gauvain | 7 | Noel Fehily | Charlie Mann |
| 2010 | Long Run | 5 | Sam Waley-Cohen | Nicky Henderson |
| 2011 | Finian's Rainbow | 8 | Andrew Tinkler | Nicky Henderson |
| 2012 | Abandoned due to a frozen track | |||
| 2013 | Majala | 7 | Jason Maguire | Tom George |
| 2014 | Balder Succes | 6 | Wayne Hutchinson | Alan King |
| 2015 | Vibrato Valtat | 6 | Sam Twiston-Davies | Paul Nicholls |
| 2016 | Violet Dancer | 6 | Jamie Moore | Gary Moore |
| 2017 | Flying Angel | 6 | Willy Twiston-Davies | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 2018 | Saint Calvados | 5 | Aidan Coleman | Harry Whittington |
| 2019 | Glen Forsa | 7 | Jonathan Burke | Mick Channon |
| 2020 | Rouge Vif | 6 | Gavin Sheehan | Harry Whittington |
| 2021 | Allmankind | 5 | Harry Skelton | Dan Skelton |
| 2022 | Edwardstone | 8 | Tom Cannon | Alan King |
| 2023 | Jonbon | 7 | Aidan Coleman | Nicky Henderson |
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