Rowland Meyrick Handicap Chase
2023
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2022
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2021
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2020-2011
2020
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2019
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2018
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2017
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2016
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2014
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2013
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2012
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2011
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2010-2001
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2007
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2006
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2005
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2004
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2003
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2001
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2000-1991
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1997
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1994
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1993
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1991
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1990-1987
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1989
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1988
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1987
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Yahoo The Langholm Dyer Only two finished
 

The Rowland Meyrick Handicap Chase is a Premier Handicap National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Wetherby over a distance of about 3 miles (3 miles and 45 yards or 4,869 metres), and during its running there are nineteen fences to be jumped. It is a handicap race, and it is scheduled to take place each year on Boxing Day.

The event is named in honour of Rowland Meyrick, who was appointed Clerk of the course at Wetherby in 1920. At this time Meyrick was also a member of the Wetherby Race Company, an organisation which was formed to purchase the lease of the racecourse. The Rowland Meyrick Handicap Chase held Grade 3 status from 2005, though it arguably reached its peak in the 1980s when Forgive 'n Forget and The Thinker both won it in the same season they would win the Cheltenham Gold Cup. The race was re-classified as a Premier Handicap from the 2022 running when Grade 3 status was renamed by the British Horseracing Authority.[1]

Winners

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Weight
 Jockey
 Trainer
1957Symaethis Nephew710-00B WilkinsonBobby Renton
1958Dondrosa610-09T KellettF Taylor
1959Pendle Lady910-06M TowersA Watson
1960Merryman II912-06Gerry ScottNeville Crump
1961Abandoned due to frost
1962Abandoned due to frost
1963Abandoned due to frost
1964Abandoned due to frost
1965Abandoned due to frost
1966Tudor Fort610-04P BuckleyNeville Crump
1967Abandoned because of foot and mouth epidemic
1968Chaucer609-13P VaughanW Hall
1969Chesapeake Bay610–13P BuckleyNeville Crump
1970Excess810-09Stan MellorHarry Thomson Jones
1971Great Noise709-07D TaylorW Hall
1972Jomon611-06Tommy StackHarry Thomson Jones
1973Tartan Ace610-05Tommy StackArthur Stephenson
1974Glen Owen710-02P BuckleyNeville Crump
1975The Gent710-09Tommy StackArthur Stephenson
1976Irish Tony810-09D AtkinsNeville Crump
1977Set Point911-05D MunroLady Herries
1978Rambling Artist810–11David GouldingA Gillam
1979 Ballet Lord 8 11-10 Colin Hawkins Neville Crump
1980 Sunset Cristo 6 10–11 Chris Grant Ray Hawkey
no race 1981 [lower-alpha 1]
1982 Richdee 6 10-06 Colin Hawkins Neville Crump
1983 Phil the Fluter 8 10-00 Shaun Keightley H. Wharton
1984 Forgive 'n Forget 7 11-07 Mark Dwyer Jimmy FitzGerald
1985 Fortina's Express 8 11-01 R. Hawkins Arthur Stephenson
1986 The Thinker 8 11-06 Richard Dunwoody Arthur Stephenson
1987 Yahoo 7 10-04 Tom Morgan John Edwards
1988 Whats What 9 10-01 Peter Niven Brian Bousfield
1989 Durham Edition 11 10-06 Alan Merrigan Arthur Stephenson
1990 Bluff Knoll 7 10-00 Geoff Harker Bobby Brewis
1991 Stay on Tracks 9 10-00 Chris Grant Arthur Stephenson
1992Abandoned due to frost
1993 General Pershing 7 10–13 Neale Doughty Gordon W. Richards
1994 Cogent 10 10-08 Chris Bonner[lower-alpha 2] Jeremy Glover
1995Abandoned due to frost
1996Abandoned due to frost
1997 Strath Royal 11 10-10 Martin Brennan Owen Brennan
1998 Random Harvest 9 09-11 Alan Dempsey Mary Reveley
1999Abandoned due to frost
2000Abandoned due to frost
2001 Behrajan 6 11-10 Mark Bradburne Henry Daly
no race 2002 [lower-alpha 3]
2003 Gunner Welburn 11 10-00 Richard McGrath Andrew Balding
2004 Truckers Tavern 9 11-02 Keith Mercer Ferdy Murphy
2005 Therealbandit 8 09-10 Andrew Glassonbury Martin Pipe
2006 Leading Man 6 10-00 Graham Lee Ferdy Murphy
2007 Lothian Falcon 8 10-07 Robert Walford Peter Maddison
2008 Nozic 7 10-08 Harry Skelton Paul Nicholls
no race 2009–10 [lower-alpha 4]
2011 According to Pete 10 09-11 Harry Haynes Malcolm Jefferson
2012 Cape Tribulation 8 11-10 Jack Doyle Malcolm Jefferson
2013 Cloudy Too 7 11-00 Jonathan England Sue Smith
2014 Dolatulo 7 11-04 Dougie Costello Warren Greatrex
no race 2015 [lower-alpha 5]
2016 Definitly Red 7 11-00 Henry Brooke Brian Ellison
2017 Get On The Yager 7 10-07 Henry Brooke Dan Skelton
2018 Lake View Lad 8 11-10 Henry Brooke Nick Alexander
2019 Top Ville Ben 7 11-11 Thomas Dowson Philip Kirby
2020 Canelo 7 11-06 Tom Bellamy Alan King
2021 Good Boy Bobby 8 11-08 Sam Twiston-Davies Nigel Twiston-Davies
2022 Into Overdrive 7 10-11 Jamie Hamilton Mark Walford
2023 Fontaine Collonges 8 10-03 Shane Quinlan Venetia Williams
  1. ↑ The 1981 running was abandoned due to snow and frost
  2. ↑ amateur jockey
  3. ↑ The race was cancelled in 2002 due to waterlogging
  4. ↑ The race was abandoned in 2009 because of snow and in 2010 because of frost
  5. ↑ The race was abandoned in 2015 because of waterlogging

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Jump Pattern Committee update 22/23 season". British Horseracing Authority. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  • pedigreequery.com – Rowland Meyrick Handicap Chase – Wetherby.
  • greyhoundderby.com – Brief history of Wetherby Racecourse.
  • Ladbrokes Pocket Companion 1990/91. Aesculus Press. 1990. p. 47. ISBN 1-871093-21-X.
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