Dipper Novices' Chase
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The Dipper Novices' Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt chase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run on the New Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 2 miles and 4½ furlongs (2 miles 4 furlongs and 127 yards or 4,175 metres), and during its running there are seventeen fences to be jumped. The race is for novice chasers, and it is scheduled to take place each year on New Year's Day.
2023 | ||
The Real Whacker | Monmiral | Thunder Rock |
Previous years | ||
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2022 | ||
L'Homme Presse | The Glancing Queen | Fantastikas |
2021 | ||
Messire Des Obeaux | Protektorat | Lieutenant Rocco |
1990-1987 | ||
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1989 | ||
Blazing Walker | Third In Line | Mister Point |
1988 | ||
Cool Strike | Nos Na Gaoithe | The Demon Barber |
1987 | ||
Jim Thorpe | Saizano | Botham |
Before 2005 the event was usually run at Newcastle in mid January. Its distance at this venue was 2 miles and 4 furlongs (4,023 metres), and there were sixteen fences to jump. Prior to the 1990–91 season it took place in November.
The race was first run in 1980. In April 2023 the British Horseracing Authority announced the removal of the Dipper from the 2023/24 programme.[1]