Savills Chase
The Savills Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt steeplechase in Ireland which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Leopardstown over a distance of about 3 miles (4,828 metres), and during its running there are seventeen fences to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year during the Christmas Festival meeting in late December.
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| Galvin | A Plus Tard | Kemboy |
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| A Plus Tard | Kemboy | Melon |
| 2019 | ||
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| Delta Work | Monalee | Road To Respect |
| 2018 | ||
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| Kemboy | Monalee | Road To Respect |
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| Road To Respect | Balko Des Flos | Outlander |
| 2016 | ||
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| Outlander | Don Poli | Djakadam |
| 2015 | ||
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| Don Poli | First Lieutenant | Foxrock |
| 2014 | ||
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| Road To Riches | On His Own | Sam Winner |
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| Bobs Worth | First Lieutenant | Rubi Ball |
| 2012 | ||
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| Tidal Bay | First Lieutenant | Flemenstar |
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| Synchronised | Rubi Light | Quito De La Roque |
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| 2010 | ||
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| Pandorama | Money Trix | Joncol |
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| What A Friend | Money Trix | Joncol |
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| Exotic Dancer | War Of Attrition | Cane Brake |
| 2007 | ||
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| Denman | Mossbank | The Listener |
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| The Listener | Beef Or Salmon | War Of Attrition |
| 2005 | ||
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| Beef Or Salmon | War Of Attrition | Forget The Past |
| 2004 | ||
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| Beef Or Salmon | Best Mate | Pizarro |
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| Best Mate | Le Coudray | Beef Or Salmon |
| 2002 | ||
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| Beef Or Salmon | Colonel Braxton | Harbour Pilot |
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| Foxchapel King | Native Upmanship | Alexander Banquet |
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| Rince Ri | Dorans Pride | Nick Dundee |
| 1999 | ||
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| Rince Ri | Florida Pearl | Buck Rogers |
| 1998 | ||
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| Dorans Pride | Boss Doyle | Buck Rogers |
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| Imperial Call | Merry Gale | Antonin |
| 1996 | ||
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| Johnny Setaside | King Of The Gales | Opera Hat |
| 1994 | ||
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| Commercial Artist | Nuaffe | Flashing Steel |
| 1993 | ||
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| Deep Bramble | Flashing Steel | Force Seven |
| 1992 | ||
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| General Idea | Cahervillahow | Garamycin |
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| Firions Law | Feroda | Laura's Beau |
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| Cahervillahow | Blitzkreig | Us And Joe |
| 1989 | ||
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| Maid Of Money | Waterloo Boy | Super Furrow |
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| Maid Of Money | Wolf Of Badenoch | Bobsline |
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| Weather The Storm | Bobsline | Very Promising |
It was first run over its present distance in 1992, when it became known as the Ericsson Chase. This replaced an earlier event, the Black and White Whisky Champion Chase, which had been run mostly over 2½ miles since 1986. From 2004 to 2016 the race was sponsored by Lexus and run as the Lexus Chase. The company ended their sponsorship in November 2017 and the race was run as the Leopardstown Christmas Chase.[1] In 2018 the property company Savills took over the sponsorship and the race was given its present title.[2]
Records
Most successful horse (3 wins):
- Beef or Salmon – 2002,2004,2005
Leading jockey (4 wins):
- Paul Carberry – Dorans Pride (1998), Beef or Salmon (2004,2005), Pandorama (2010)
Leading trainer (5 wins):
- Michael Hourigan – Deep Bramble (1993), Dorans Pride (1998), Beef or Salmon (2002,2004,2005)
Winners
| Year |
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| 1986 | Very Promising | 8 | Richard Dunwoody | David Nicholson |
| 1987 | Weather the Storm | 7 | Tom Taaffe | Arthur Moore |
| 1988 | Maid of Money | 6 | Anthony Powell | John Fowler |
| 1989 | Maid of Money | 7 | Anthony Powell | John Fowler |
| 1990 | Cahervillahow | 6 | Charlie Swan | Mouse Morris |
| 1991 | Firions Law | 6 | Mickey Flynn | Victor Bowens |
| 1992 | General Idea | 7 | Brendan Sheridan | Dermot Weld |
| 1993 | Deep Bramble | 6 | Peter Niven | Michael Hourigan |
| 1994 | Commercial Artist | 8 | Graham Bradley | Victor Bowens |
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| 1996 | Johnny Setaside | 7 | Richard Dunwoody | Noel Meade |
| 1997 | Imperial Call | 8 | Conor O'Dwyer | Fergie Sutherland |
| 1998 | Dorans Pride | 9 | Paul Carberry | Michael Hourigan |
| 1999 | Rince Ri | 6 | Conor O'Dwyer | Ted Walsh |
| 2000 | Rince Ri | 7 | Ruby Walsh | Ted Walsh |
| 2001 | Foxchapel King | 8 | David Casey | Mouse Morris |
| 2002 | Beef or Salmon | 6 | Timmy Murphy | Michael Hourigan |
| 2003 | Best Mate | 8 | Jim Culloty | Henrietta Knight |
| 2004 | Beef or Salmon | 8 | Paul Carberry | Michael Hourigan |
| 2005 | Beef or Salmon | 9 | Paul Carberry | Michael Hourigan |
| 2006 | The Listener | 7 | Daryl Jacob | Robert Alner |
| 2007 | Denman | 7 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
| 2008 | Exotic Dancer | 8 | Tony McCoy | Jonjo O'Neill |
| 2009 | What a Friend | 6 | Sam Thomas | Paul Nicholls |
| 2010 | Pandorama | 7 | Paul Carberry | Noel Meade |
| 2011 | Synchronised | 8 | Tony McCoy | Jonjo O'Neill |
| 2012 | Tidal Bay | 11 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
| 2013 | Bobs Worth | 8 | Barry Geraghty | Nicky Henderson |
| 2014 | Road To Riches | 7 | Bryan Cooper | Noel Meade |
| 2015 | Don Poli | 6 | Bryan Cooper | Willie Mullins |
| 2016 | Outlander | 8 | Jack Kennedy | Gordon Elliott |
| 2017 | Road To Respect | 6 | Sean Flanagan | Noel Meade |
| 2018 | Kemboy | 6 | David Mullins | Willie Mullins |
| 2019 | Delta Work | 6 | Jack Kennedy | Gordon Elliott |
| 2020 | A Plus Tard | 6 | Darragh O'Keefe | Henry de Bromhead |
| 2021 | Galvin | 7 | Davy Russell | Gordon Elliott |
References
- Jennings, David. "Lexus ends backing of Leopardstown Grade 1". Racing Post. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- O'Hehir, Tony (24 July 2018). "Savills the new sponsor of Leopardstown's Grade 1 Christmas Chase". Racing Post.
- leopardstown.com – Lexus Chase.