The Grand Annual Chase is a Grade 3 race for horses aged 5 years or older. It is run on Cheltenham’s New Course and runners have to jump 14 fences.
4.50 Grand Annual Chase (RTV)
Type: Grade 3 Steeplechase Race
Distance: 2m 1/2f
Age: 5 year olds +
Weight: Handicap
Prize Fund: £115,000
2009-2018 Stats
Trainers:
- Paul Nicholls has won this twice, and the remaining races have gone to eight different trainers
Age:
- Winners of the race have been aged 6 to 9yo, all winning at least twice
SP:
- One favourite (3/1) has won in ten years, winning prices of non-favourites range from 7/1 to 40/1
Festival appearances:
- Seven winners had previously run at the Festival
Form pointers:
- All ten winners had won over the distance, one C&D
- Only one runner had won its previous race, and only one other winner had won a race that season
- Six winners had won at Cheltenham
