(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
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.
Verdict
CROSS COUNTRY CHASE PREVIOUS WINNERS
| 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
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
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.