Steeplechase horse race in Britain
Rowland Meyrick Handicap Chase
2021
Good Boy Bobby
Lord Du Mesnil
Top Ville Ben
Previous years
2020
Canelo
Snow Leopardess
Windsor Avenue
2019
Top Ville Ben
Didero Vallis
Lake View Lad
2018
Lake View Lad
Captain Chaos
Takingrisks
2017
Get On The Yager
Wakanda
Delusionofgrandeur
2016
Definitly Red
Wakanda
Blaklion
2014
Dolatulo
Cape Tribulation
Corrin Wood
2013
Cloudy Too
Tullamore Dew
Cape Tribulation
2012
Cape Tribulation
Mr Moonshine
Ballyoliver
2011
According To Pete
Helpston
Midnight Chase
2010-2001
2008
Nozic
Tidal Bay
Cloudy Lane
2007
Lothian Falcon
Leading Man
Flying Enterprise
2006
Leading Man
Sir Rembrandt
Truckers Tavern
2005
Therealbandit
Take The Stand
My Will
2004
Truckers Tavern
Malek
Cruise Leader
2003
Gunner Welburn
Skippers Cleuch
Artic Jack
2001
Behrajan
Heidi
Birkdale
2000-1991
1998
Random Harvest
The Last Fling
River Lossie
1997
Strath Royal
Major Bell
Sparky Gayle
1994
Cogent
Jodami
Only two finished
1993
General Pershing
Mr Boston
Another Coral
1991
Stay On Tracks
Kings Fountain
Kildimo
1990-1987
1990
Bluff Knoll
Stay On Tracks
The Thinker
1989
Durham Edition
Nick The Brief
Ballyhane
1988
Whats What
Bucko
Oregon Trail
1987
Yahoo
The Langholm Dyer
Only two finished
The Rowland Meyrick Handicap Chase is a Grade 3 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 has held Grade 3 status since 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 .
Winners [ ]
Year
Winner
Age
Weight
Jockey
Trainer
1957
Symaethis Nephew
7
10-00
B Wilkinson
Bobby Renton
1958
Dondrosa
6
10-09
T Kellett
F Taylor
1959
Pendle Lady
9
10-06
M Towers
A Watson
1960
Merryman II
9
12-06
Gerry Scott
Neville Crump
1961 Abandoned due to frost
1962 Abandoned due to frost
1963 Abandoned due to frost
1964 Abandoned due to frost
1965 Abandoned due to frost
1966
Tudor Fort
6
10-04
P Buckley
Neville Crump
1967 Abandoned because of foot and mouth epidemic
1968
Chaucer
6
09-13
P Vaughan
W Hall
1969
Chesapeake Bay
6
10–13
P Buckley
Neville Crump
1970
Excess
8
10-09
Stan Mellor
Harry Thomson Jones
1971
Great Noise
7
09-07
D Taylor
W Hall
1972
Jomon
6
11-06
Tommy Stack
Harry Thomson Jones
1973
Tartan Ace
6
10-05
Tommy Stack
Arthur Stephenson
1974
Glen Owen
7
10-02
P Buckley
Neville Crump
1975
The Gent
7
10-09
Tommy Stack
Arthur Stephenson
1976
Irish Tony
8
10-09
D Atkins
Neville Crump
1977
Set Point
9
11-05
D Munro
Lady Herries
1978
Rambling Artist
8
10–11
David Goulding
A Gillam
1979
8
11-10
1980
6
10–11
1981
no race 1981 [a]
1982
6
10-06
1983
8
10-00
H. Wharton
1984
Forgive 'n Forget
7
11-07
1985
8
11-01
R. Hawkins
1986
The Thinker
8
11-06
Richard Dunwoody
1987
Yahoo
7
10-04
1988
9
10-01
Peter Niven
1989
11
10-06
1990
7
10-00
Geoff Harker
Bobby Brewis
1991
9
10-00
1992 Abandoned due to frost
1993
7
10–13
Gordon W. Richards
1994
10
10-08
[b]
1995 Abandoned due to frost
1996 Abandoned due to frost
1997
11
10-10
1998
9
09-11
Mary Reveley
1999 Abandoned due to frost
2000 Abandoned due to frost
2001
6
11-10
2002
no race 2002 [c]
2003
11
10-00
Andrew Balding
2004
9
11-02
2005
8
09-10
Martin Pipe
2006
6
10-00
Graham Lee
2007
8
10-07
2008
7
10-08
Harry Skelton
Paul Nicholls
2009
no race 2009–10 [d]
2011
10
09-11
Malcolm Jefferson
2012
Cape Tribulation
8
11-10
Jack Doyle
Malcolm Jefferson
2013
7
11-00
Sue Smith
2014
7
11-04
Dougie Costello
2009
no race 2015 [e]
2016
7
11-00
2017
7
10-07
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
^ The 1981 running was abandoned due to snow and frost
^ amateur jockey
^ The race was cancelled in 2002 due to waterlogging
^ The race was abandoned in 2009 because of snow and in 2010 because of frost
^ The race was abandoned in 2015 because of waterlogging
See also [ ]
References [ ]
Racing Post :
1987 , 1988 , 1989 , 1990 , 1991 , 1993 , 1994 , 1997 , 1998 , 2001
2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014
2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019 , 2020
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 .