Saturday 17 January 2026
The Sky Bet Peter Marsh Chase Day
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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.
Subject to change.
| 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
|
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Weight |
Jockey |
Trainer |
|
1981 |
Little Owl |
7 |
11-03 |
Jim Wilson |
Peter Easterby |
|
1982 |
Bregawn |
8 |
10-07 |
Robert Earnshaw |
Michael Dickinson |
|
1983 |
Ashley House |
9 |
10-07 |
Robert Earnshaw |
Michael Dickinson |
| 1984 & 1985 | abandoned due to frost | ||||
|
1986 |
Combs Ditch |
10 |
11-08 |
Colin Brown |
David Elsworth |
|
1987 |
The Thinker |
9 |
11-10 |
Ridley Lamb |
Arthur Stephenson |
| 1988 | abandoned due to snow | ||||
|
1989 |
Bishops Yarn |
10 |
10-12 |
Richard Guest |
Toby Balding |
|
1990 |
Nick the Brief |
8 |
10-09 |
Martin Lynch |
John Upson |
| 1991 | abandoned due to frost | ||||
|
1992 |
Twin Oaks |
12 |
11-10 |
Neale Doughty |
Gordon W. Richards |
|
1993 |
Jodami |
8 |
11-02 |
Mark Dwyer |
Peter Beaumont |
|
1994 |
Zeta's Lad |
11 |
10-10 |
Robbie Supple |
John Upson |
|
1995 |
Earth Summit |
7 |
10-04 |
Tom Jenks |
Nigel Twiston-Davies |
|
1996 |
Scotton Banks |
7 |
11-06 |
Russ Garritty |
Peter Easterby |
|
1997 |
Jodami |
12 |
11-10 |
Norman Williamson |
Peter Beaumont |
|
1998 |
General Wolfe |
9 |
10-10 |
Norman Williamson |
Tim Forster |
|
1999 |
General Wolfe |
10 |
10-12 |
Norman Williamson |
Venetia Williams |
|
2000 |
The Last Fling |
10 |
10-12 |
Seamus Durack |
Sue Smith |
| 2001 |
abandoned due to frost |
||||
|
2002 |
Red Striker |
8 |
11-01 |
Richard Guest |
Norman Mason |
|
2003 |
Truckers Tavern |
8 |
10-09 |
Davy Russell |
Ferdy Murphy |
|
2004 |
Artic Jack |
8 |
10-06 |
Dominic Elsworth |
Sue Smith |
|
2005 |
Lord Transcend |
8 |
10-04 |
Graham Lee |
Howard Johnson |
|
2006 |
Ebony Light |
10 |
09-13 |
Stephen Craine |
Ginger McCain |
|
2007 |
The Outlier |
9 |
10-03 |
Paul O'Neill |
Venetia Williams |
| 2008 | abandoned due to waterlogging | ||||
|
2009 |
Cloudy Lane |
9 |
11-10 |
Jason Maguire |
Donald McCain, Jr |
|
2010 |
Our Vic |
12 |
11-03 |
Danny Cook |
David Pipe |
| 2011 | abandoned due to frost | ||||
|
2012 |
According To Pete |
11 |
11-02 |
Harry Haynes |
Malcolm Jefferson |
| 2013 |
abandoned due to snow |
||||
|
2014 |
Wychwoods Brook |
8 |
11-07 |
Conor Ring |
Evan Williams |
|
2015 |
Samstown |
8 |
10-05 |
Brian Harding |
Alistair Whillans |
|
2016 |
Cloudy Too |
10 |
10-04 |
Danny Cook |
Sue Smith |
|
2017 |
Bristol De Mai |
6 |
11-02 |
Daryl Jacob |
Nigel Twiston-Davies |
|
2018 |
The Dutchman |
8 |
10-06 |
Harry Cobden |
Colin Tizzard |
|
2019 |
Wakanda |
10 |
10-10 |
Danny Cook |
Sue Smith |
|
2020 |
Vintage Clouds |
10 |
10-11 |
Danny Cook |
Sue Smith |
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