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Saturday 17 January 2026

The Road To Cheltenham  

 

Join us for an exciting day of Jump racing where clues for the big Spring festivals are in plentiful supply. The feature race is the Grade Two Sky Bet Peter Marsh Handicap Chase, which takes a top-level staying chaser to win it and boasts recent winners like Bristol De Mai (2017), Vintage Clouds (2020) and 2021's hugely impressive Royal Pagaille.

 

That race is one of four Grade Two contests on the card and future stars have a habit of coming to fore in both the Altcar Novices' Chase and the Supreme Trial Novices' Hurdle.

 

 

 

Gates Open 10:40am

First Race 12:10pm

Last Race 3:40pm

Subject to change.

 

 

 

Gates Open 10:40am

First Race 12:10pm

Last Race 3:40pm

START TIME RACE DISTANCE
12:10

THE SKY BET BUILD A BET HANDICAP STEEPLE CHASE

2m abt 4f
12:45 THE SKY BET ACCA FREEZE HANDICAP HURDLE RACE 1m 7f
1:20 THE SKY BET CLUB HANDICAP HURDLE RACE 2m 5f
1:55

THE SKY BET SUPREME TRIAL ROSSINGTON MAIN NOVICES' HURDLE RACE

1m 7f

                                

2:30

THE SKY BET PETER MARSH HANDICAP STEEPLE CHASE

3m 1f
3:05 THE SKY BET, FOR THE FANS HANDICAP HURDLE RACE

3m 

3:40 THE SKY BET EXTRA PLACES EVERY DAY HANDICAP STEEPLE CHASE abt 2m

The feature race of the day is the Grade 2 Peter Marsh Chase first introduced in 1981. It's run over a distance of 3m 1½f 125yds, with 19 fences to jump, and open to horses aged five and older. 

 

PREVIOUS WINNERS

1981 Little Owl 7 11-Mar Jim Wilson[a] Peter Easterby
1982 Bregawn 8 10-Jul Robert Earnshaw Michael Dickinson
1983 Ashley House 9 10-Jul Robert Earnshaw Michael Dickinson
  no race 1984–85 [b]        
1986 Combs Ditch 10 11-Aug Colin Brown David Elsworth
1987 The Thinker 9 11-Oct Ridley Lamb Arthur Stephenson
  no race 1988 [c]        
1989 Bishops Yarn 10 10-Dec Richard Guest Toby Balding
1990 Nick the Brief 8 10-Sep Martin Lynch John Upson
  no race 1991 [b]        
1992 Twin Oaks 12 11-Oct Neale Doughty Gordon W. Richards
1993 Jodami 8 11-Feb Mark Dwyer Peter Beaumont
1994 Zeta's Lad 11 10-Oct Robbie Supple John Upson
1995 Earth Summit 7 10-Apr Tom Jenks Nigel Twiston-Davies
1996 Scotton Banks 7 11-Jun Russ Garritty Peter Easterby
1997 Jodami 12 11-Oct Norman Williamson Peter Beaumont
1998 General Wolfe 9 10-Oct Norman Williamson Tim Forster
1999 General Wolfe 10 10-Dec Norman Williamson Venetia Williams
2000 The Last Fling 10 10-Dec Seamus Durack Sue Smith
  no race 2001 [b]        
2002 Red Striker 8 11-Jan Richard Guest Norman Mason
2003 Truckers Tavern 8 10-Sep Davy Russell Ferdy Murphy
2004 Artic Jack 8 10-Jun Dominic Elsworth Sue Smith
2005 Lord Transcend 8 10-Apr Graham Lee Howard Johnson
2006 Ebony Light 10 Sep-13 Stephen Craine Ginger McCain
2007 The Outlier 9 10-Mar Paul O'Neill Venetia Williams
  no race 2008 [d]        
2009 Cloudy Lane 9 11-Oct Jason Maguire Donald McCain, Jr.
2010 Our Vic 12 11-Mar Danny Cook David Pipe
  no race 2011 [b]        
2012 According To Pete 11 11-Feb Harry Haynes Malcolm Jefferson
  no race 2013 [c]        
2014 Wychwoods Brook 8 11-Jul Conor Ring Evan Williams
2015 Samstown 8 10-May Brian Harding Alistair Whillans
2016 Cloudy Too 10 10-Apr Danny Cook Sue Smith
2017 Bristol De Mai 6 11-Feb Daryl Jacob Nigel Twiston-Davies
2018 The Dutchman 8 10-Jun Harry Cobden Colin Tizzard
2019 Wakanda 10 10-Oct Danny Cook Sue Smith
2020 Vintage Clouds 10 10-Nov Danny Cook Sue Smith
2021 Royale Pagaille 7 11-Oct Tom Scudamore Venetia Williams
2022 Royale Pagaille 8 11-Oct Charlie Deutsch Venetia Williams
  no race 2023–24 [b]        
2025 Mr Vango 9 10-Feb Jack Tudor Sara Bradstock

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