Warwick Racecourse
The Agetur Kingmaker Chase Day
Saturday 13 February 2021
The Agetur Kingmaker Novice Chase is one of the highlights of the season and is targeted by horses as a stepping stone as they attempt to secure a place in history at The Festival™ at Cheltenham and the Randox Health Grand National at Aintree.
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.
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Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
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1991 |
Anti Matter |
6 |
Peter Scudamore |
Martin Pipe |
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1992 |
Milford Quay |
9 |
Peter Scudamore |
Martin Pipe |
|
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1993 |
Flashthecash |
7 |
Adrian Maguire |
Toby Balding |
|
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1994 |
Boscean Chieftain |
10 |
Richard Dunwoody |
Jackie Retter |
|
| 1995 |
Wasn't raced |
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1996 |
Arctic Kinsman |
8 |
Carl Llewellyn |
Nigel Twiston-Davies |
|
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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 |
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2004 |
Abandoned due to frost |
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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 |
|
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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 |
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Who do you think will win the 2021 renewal? Have your say by tweeting us your favourite to @warwickraces.
Watch all the action via RacingTV on Saturday 13 February and don't miss the 2:05 Kingmaker Novices' Steeple Chase.
