Dipper Novices' Chase

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The race was open to novice chasers aged five years or older.

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.

After 2005, it was scheduled to take place each year on New Year's Day 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 were seventeen fences to be jumped.

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer
1980	Little Owl	6	Jonjo O'Neill	Peter Easterby
1981	Abandoned because of frost
1982	Rosewell Riever	9	Donal Nolan	Peter Monteith
1983	Lettoch	6	Graham Bradley	Michael Dickinson
1984	Jimbrook	7	Alan Brown	Peter Easterby
1985	Abandoned because of snow
1986	Joint Sovereignty	6	Mark Dwyer	Jimmy FitzGerald
1987	Jim Thorpe	6	Phil Tuck	Gordon W. Richards
1988	Cool Strike	7	Brian Storey	George M. Moore
1989	Blazing Walker	5	Chris Grant	Arthur Stephenson
1991	Meritmoore	8	Jason Callaghan	George M. Moore
1992	Gale Again	5	Chris Grant	Arthur Stephenson
1993	Dawson City	6	Lorcan Wyer	Peter Easterby
1994	Abandoned due to waterlogged state of course
1995	Morceli	7	Neale Doughty	Howard Johnson
1996	Avro Anson	8	Peter Niven	Maurice Camacho
1997	Abandoned due to frost
1998	Celestial Choir	8	Brian Storey	Les Eyre
1999	Bobby Grant	8	Robbie Supple	Chris Grant
2000	Donnybrook	7	Brian Harding	Bob Woodhouse
2001	Red Striker	7	Richard Guest	Norman Mason
2002	Barton	9	Tony Dobbin	Tim Easterby
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2005	My Will	5	Ruby Walsh	Paul Nicholls
2006	The Listener	7	Andrew Thornton	Robert Alner
2007	My Way de Solzen	7	Robert Thornton	Alan King
2008	Lead On	7	Richard Johnson	Philip Hobbs
2009	Calgary Bay	6	Tony McCoy	Henrietta Knight
2010	Seven Is My Number	8	Timmy Murphy	David Pipe
2011	Hell's Bay	9	Joe Tizzard	Colin Tizzard
2012	Champion Court	7	Alain Cawley	Martin Keighley
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2014	Oscar Whisky	9	Barry Geraghty	Nicky Henderson
2015	Ptit Zig	6	Sam Twiston-Davies	Paul Nicholls
2016	Seeyouatmidnight	8	Brian Hughes	Sandy Thomson
2017	Whisper	9	Davy Russell	Nicky Henderson
2018	Yanworth	8	Barry Geraghty	Alan King
2019	Lostintranslation	7	Robbie Power	Colin Tizzard
2020	Midnight Shadow	7	Danny Cook	Sue Smith
2021	Messire Des ObeauxTemplate:Efn	9	Daryl Jacob	Alan King
2022	L'Homme Presse	7	Charlie Deutsch	Venetia Williams
2023	The Real Whacker	7	Sam Twiston-Davies	Patrick Neville

See also

• Horse racing in Great Britain
• List of British National Hunt races

Sources

• Racing Post:
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• pedigreequery.com – Dipper Novices' Chase – Cheltenham.
• bbc.co.uk – Haydock racing abandoned (4 January 2003).
• telegraph.co.uk – Weather forecast unfavourable (2 January 2004).