Normally, staged at Huntingdon racecourse over 2m 4½f the Peterborough Chase is a Grade Two chase run in December each year. The contest often attracts some decent names from the jumping world, with horses like Edredon Bleu, Best Mate, Racing Demon and Monet’s Garden all recent previous winners of the valuable race.
The event has also been a fair guide for that season’s Ryanair Chase, run at the Cheltenham Festival, with seven winners going onto finish 7th or better in that contest – including the 2019 winner – Josses Hill, who ended up 5th in the Ryanair Chase.
Trainer Henrietta Knight, who is now retired, has dominated the race in recent times with a staggering 8 victories since 1998, while Nicky Henderson landed the spoils four times back in the nineties, and more recently in 2013 with Riverside Theatre, in 2016 with Josses Hill and in 2017 & 2019 with Top Notch.
However, Henderson added to those successes 12 months ago too and equalled Knight’s haul of 8 Peterborough Chase wins, when the 6 year-old, Mister Fisher won the prize, with the race re-routed to Cheltenham.
Here at TQ, we look back at recent winners and highlights the key trends ahead of the 2021 renewal – this year run on Sunday 5th December.
Recent Peterborough Chase Winners
2020 - Mister Fisher (9/2)
2019 – Top Notch (15/8 fav)
2018 – Charbel (13/8 fav)
2017 – Top Notch (4/9 fav)
2016 – Josses Hill (7/4 fav)
2015 – Al Ferof (9/4)
2014 – Wishfull Thinking (13/2)
2013 – Riverside Theatre (9/4 fav)
2012 – Menorah (7/2)
2011 – Gauvain (15/2)
2010 – Tartak (11/4)
2009 – Deep Purple (12/1)
2008 – Monet’s Garden (5/1)
2007 – Racing Demon (1/4 fav)
2006 – Racing Demon (13/8 jfav)
2005 – Impek (5/1)
2004 – Le Roi Miguel (15/8 fav)
2003 – Jair du Cochet (10/3)
2002 – Best Mate (8/15 fav)
Peterborough Chase Betting Trends
17/19 – Had won a race at Grade 2 or higher before
17/19 – Came from the first three in the betting
17/19 – Had won (fences) over at least 2m4f before
16/19 – Aged 9 or younger
16/19 – Had raced within the last 8 weeks
16/19 – Priced 5/1 or shorter in the betting
16/19 – Officially rated 155 or higher
15/19 – Winners that went onto run at that season’s Cheltenham Festival
15/19 – Either Irish (8) or French (7) bred
14/19 – Placed fifth or better last time out
14/19 – Placed favourites
13/19 – Had won at least 4 times over fences before
13/19 – Had between 1-2 previous runs already that season
10/19 – Aged 6 or 7 years-old
9/19 – Winning favourites (1 joint)
8/19 – Former Grade 1 chase winners
8/19 – Went onto finish 7th or better (no winners) in that season’s Ryanair Chase
7/19 – Won last time out
5/19 – Trained by Nicky Henderson (8 wins in total)
3/19 – Ran at Aintree in the Old Roan Chase last time out
2/19 – Trained by Philip Hobbs
1/19 – Went onto win at that season’s Cheltenham Festival (2002 Best Mate, Gold Cup)
The average winning SP in the last 19 years is 10/3
Note: The 2010 renewal was staged at Newbury, the 2020 running was staged at Cheltenham
Note: 2012 renewal was staged at Kempton and the 2017 running was at Taunton
BEST BET: ALLMANKIND
DANGER: FUNAMBULE SIVOLA
