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The Queen Mother Champion Chase is the two-mile chasing championship, the fastest and most spectacular championship race at the Cheltenham Festival. This is the full roll of honour from 1970 to 2026 - every winning horse with its age, starting price, jockey and trainer - and the trends that emerge across the whole history.
Every row is source-verified against two independent records; unsourced cells are left blank rather than guessed. The 2001 running is shown as not run, the Festival lost to the foot-and-mouth outbreak.
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Every winner since 1970, newest first. SP is the official returned price, with the favourite marker where it applied.
Queen Mother Champion Chase: Roll of Honour
| Year | Winner | Age | SP | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | |||||
| 2026 | Il Etait Temps | 8 | 5/2 | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins |
| 2025 | Marine Nationale | 8 | 5/1 | Sean Flanagan | Barry Connell |
| 2024 | Captain Guinness | 9 | 17/2 | Rachael Blackmore | Henry de Bromhead |
| 2023 | Energumene | 9 | 6/5f | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins |
| 2022 | Energumene | 8 | 5/2 | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins |
| 2021 | Put The Kettle On | 7 | 17/2 | Aidan Coleman | Henry de Bromhead |
| 2020 | Politologue | 9 | 6/1 | Harry Skelton | Paul Nicholls |
| 2010s | |||||
| 2019 | Altior | 9 | 4/11f | Nico de Boinville | Nicky Henderson |
| 2018 | Altior | 8 | evens f | Nico de Boinville | Nicky Henderson |
| 2017 | Special Tiara | 10 | 11/1 | Noel Fehily | Henry de Bromhead |
| 2016 | Sprinter Sacre | 10 | 5/1 | Nico de Boinville | Nicky Henderson |
| 2015 | Dodging Bullets | 7 | 9/2 | Sam Twiston-Davies | Paul Nicholls |
| 2014 | Sire De Grugy | 8 | 11/4f | Jamie Moore | Gary Moore |
| 2013 | Sprinter Sacre | 7 | 1/4f | Barry Geraghty | Nicky Henderson |
| 2012 | Finian's Rainbow | 9 | 4/1 | Barry Geraghty | Nicky Henderson |
| 2011 | Sizing Europe | 9 | 10/1 | Andrew Lynch | Henry de Bromhead |
| 2010 | Big Zeb | 9 | 10/1 | Barry Geraghty | Colm Murphy |
| 2000s | |||||
| 2009 | Master Minded | 6 | 4/11f | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
| 2008 | Master Minded | 5 | 3/1 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
| 2007 | Voy Por Ustedes | 6 | 5/1 | Robert Thornton | Alan King |
| 2006 | Newmill | 8 | 16/1 | Andrew McNamara | John Joseph Murphy |
| 2005 | Moscow Flyer | 11 | 6/4f | Barry Geraghty | Jessica Harrington |
| 2004 | Azertyuiop | 7 | 15/8 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
| 2003 | Moscow Flyer | 9 | 7/4f | Barry Geraghty | Jessica Harrington |
| 2002 | Flagship Uberalles | 8 | 7/4f | Richard Johnson | Philip Hobbs |
| 2001 | Not run — Entire Cheltenham Festival abandoned due to the 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth disease outbreak; a substitute Gold Trophy Chase was run at Sandown in April | ||||
| 2000 | Edredon Bleu | 8 | 7/2 | Tony McCoy | Henrietta Knight |
| 1990s | |||||
| 1999 | Call Equiname | 9 | 7/2 | Mick Fitzgerald | Paul Nicholls |
| 1998 | One Man | 10 | 7/2 | Brian Harding | Gordon Richards |
| 1997 | Martha's Son | 10 | 9/1 | Rodney Farrant | Tim Forster |
| 1996 | Klairon Davis | 7 | 9/1 | Francis Woods | Arthur Moore |
| 1995 | Viking Flagship | 8 | 5/2f | Charlie Swan | David Nicholson |
| 1994 | Viking Flagship | 7 | 4/1 | Adrian Maguire | David Nicholson |
| 1993 | Deep Sensation | 8 | 11/1 | Declan Murphy | Josh Gifford |
| 1992 | Remittance Man | 8 | evens f | Jamie Osborne | Nicky Henderson |
| 1991 | Katabatic | 8 | 9/1 | Simon McNeill | Andy Turnell |
| 1990 | Barnbrook Again | 9 | 11/10f | Hywel Davies | David Elsworth |
| 1980s | |||||
| 1989 | Barnbrook Again | 8 | 7/4f | Simon Sherwood | David Elsworth |
| 1988 | Pearlyman | 9 | 15/8f | Tom Morgan | John Edwards |
| 1987 | Pearlyman | 8 | 13/8f | Peter Scudamore | John Edwards |
| 1986 | Buck House | 8 | 5/2 | Tommy Carmody | Mouse Morris |
| 1985 | Badsworth Boy | 10 | 11/8 | Robert Earnshaw | Monica Dickinson |
| 1984 | Badsworth Boy | 9 | 8/13f | Robert Earnshaw | Michael Dickinson |
| 1983 | Badsworth Boy | 8 | 2/1 | Robert Earnshaw | Michael Dickinson |
| 1982 | Rathgorman | 10 | 100/30 | Kevin Whyte | Michael Dickinson |
| 1981 | Drumgora | 9 | 25/1 | Frank Berry | Arthur Moore |
| 1980 | Another Dolly | 10 | 33/1 | Sam Morshead | Fred Rimell |
| 1970s | |||||
| 1979 | Hilly Way | 9 | 7/1 | Ted Walsh | Peter McCreery |
| 1978 | Hilly Way | 8 | 7/1 | Tommy Carmody | Peter McCreery |
| 1977 | Skymas | 12 | 7/2 | Mouse Morris | Brian Lusk |
| 1976 | Skymas | 11 | 8/1 | Mouse Morris | Brian Lusk |
| 1975 | Lough Inagh | 8 | 100/30 | Sean Barker | Jim Dreaper |
| 1974 | Royal Relief | 10 | 6/1 | Bill Smith | Edward Courage |
| 1973 | Inkslinger | 6 | 6/1 | Tommy Carberry | Dan Moore |
| 1972 | Royal Relief | 8 | 15/8 | Bill Smith | Edward Courage |
| 1971 | Crisp | 8 | 3/1 | Paul Kelleway | Fred Winter |
| 1970 | Straight Fort | 7 | 7/4f | Pat Taaffe | Tom Dreaper |
The trends
Winning age
- 8yo
- 36%
- 9yo
- 25%
- 10yo
- 14%
- 7yo
- 13%
Age known for 56 of 56 winners (1970–2026)
Market
- Started favourite
- 30%
- Won at 10/1 or bigger
- 13%
- Won at 5/1 or shorter
- 68%
Starting price known for 56 of 56 winners (1970–2026)
Trainers & jockeys
- Most successful trainer
- Nicky Henderson (6)
- Most successful jockey
- Barry Geraghty (5)
56 runnings (1970–2026)
What the trends tell you
Read these as history, not a system. Over the minimum trip at a relentless gallop, class and speed dominate: more than two thirds of winners since 1970 were sent off at 5/1 or shorter, and the great two-mile chasers tend to win it more than once. Nicky Henderson leads the modern trainers; Badsworth Boy's three in a row (1983-1985) and, more recently, Sprinter Sacre and Altior are the standout names. Eight is the most common winning age. None of this is advice.
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