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(ABANDONED) Cross Country Chase

16:10 Cheltenham Festival

2024-03-13

Winner: £39,022.5

Runners: 0

Going: Abandoned

No. of hurdles: 31

Distance: 3m5f56y

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The Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase, run over 3m6f on day two of the Cheltenham Festival, is a one-of-a-kind race at the festival as the runners face a series of unique fences and obstacles on the cross-country course before rejoining the main track for the stamina-sapping closing stages.

Race abandoned!

Verdict

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CROSS COUNTRY CHASE PREVIOUS WINNERS

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Year Horse Previous Form Age Price Trainer Jockey
2023 Delta Work -136 10 11-10F Gordon Elliott Keith Donoghue
2022 Delta Work U3-466 9 5-2F Gordon Elliott Jack Kennedy
2021 Tiger Roll 52-6PU6 11 9-2 Denise Foster Keith Donoghue
2020 Easysland 1-1111 6 3-1 David Cottin Jonathan Plouganou
2019 Tiger Roll 511-41 9 4-1F Gordon Elliott Davy Russell
2018 Tiger Roll 1P-2P5 8 7-1 Gordon Elliott Keith Donoghue
2017 Cause Of Causes P-5P05 9 4-1 Gordon Elliott Jamie Codd
2016 Josies Orders 1-8119 8 15-8F Enda Bolger Nina Carberry
2015 Rivage D’Or 4172F 10 16-1 Tony Martin Davy Russell
2014 Balthazar King 0P-111 10 4/1 Philip Hobbs Richard Johnson

CROSS COUNTRY CHASE KEY TRENDS AND STATS

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Key trends

  • Won over at least 3m, 10/10
  • At least 14 chase runs, 9/10
  • Trained in Ireland, 8/10
  • Top-three finish with last two completed starts, 8/10
  • Won or placed in a cross country race at Cheltenham or Punchestown, 6/10

Other factors

  • The last eight winners were owned by either Gigginstown (five) or J P McManus (three).
  • Two winners since 2008 had landed the PP Hogan at Punchestown in February,  while 2013 winner Big Shu was runner-up in that event.
  • Only nine British-trained runners have made the first four, although in 2014 the home team had first, second and fourth.
  • Ireland has had the first four on three occasions and in 2009 had the first nine.

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WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR - CROSS COUNTRY CHASE 2023

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The Irish domination of this race continued with DELTA WORK, who took the Tiger Roll route by warming up for this in the Boyne Hurdle at Navan. He had the soft ground he relishes and followed up last year’s victory by out battling stablemate Galvin up the run in, the two pulling well clear of the field.