Silver Trophy Handicap Chase

The Silver Trophy Handicap Chase is a Grade 2 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 seventeen fences to be jumped. It is a limited handicap race. It is scheduled to take place each year in mid April.

The event was established in 1986, and its original distance was 2 miles and 4 furlongs. It was given Grade 2 status in 1991, and it was extended to its present length in 1993. For a period it was a conditions race, but it became a limited handicap in 2003.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

• Norton's Coin – 1989,1991
• Riskintheground - 2025,2026

Leading jockey (3 wins):

• Tony McCoy – Upgrade (2000), Seebald (2004), Quazar (2005)
• Ruby Walsh – Poliantas (2003), Nycteos (2007), Poquelin (2011)

Leading trainer (4 wins):

• Martin Pipe – Beau Ranger (1988), Upgrade (2000), Seebald (2004), Our Vic (2006)
• Paul Nicholls – Fadalko (2002), Poliantas (2003), Nycteos (2007), Poquelin (2011)

Winners

• Weights given in stones and pounds.

See also

• Horse racing in Great Britain
• List of British National Hunt races

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• – Silver Trophy Chase – Cheltenham.
• Ladbrokes Pocket Companion 1990/91. Aesculus Press. 1990. p. 70. ISBN 1-871093-21-X.

External links

• Race Recordings (1980, 1987-2004)