Chipchase Stakes
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The Chipchase Stakes is a Group 3
Conditions races
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 flat
Flat racing
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 horse race
Horse racing
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 in Great Britain
Great Britain
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 open to thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
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s aged three years or older. It is run at Newcastle
Newcastle Racecourse
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 over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late June or early July.

The event was established in 1994, and it was initially classed at Listed level. It was promoted to Group 3 status in 2001.

The Chipchase Stakes is run on the same afternoon as Newcastle's richest race, the Northumberland Plate
Northumberland Plate
The Northumberland Plate is a flat handicap horse race in Great Britain open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Newcastle over a distance of 2 miles and 19 yards , and it is scheduled to take place each year in late June or early July.-History:The event was established in...

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Records


Most successful horse (2 wins):
  • Tedburrow – 2000, 2002

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Leading jockey
Jockey
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 (2 wins):
  • Darryll Holland
    Darryll Holland
    Darryll Paul Holland is a United Kingdom flat racing jockey who has ridden for trainers such as Luca Cumani, Geoff Wragg, and Mark Johnston....

     – Branston Abby (1995), Andreyev (1998)
  • Kevin Darley
    Kevin Darley
    Kevin Darley is a retired jockey, and a co-president of the Jockeys' Association of Great Britain...

     – Halmahera (1999), Soldier's Tale (2005)
  • Paul Hanagan – Utmost Respect (2008), Knot in Wood (2009)

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Leading trainer
Horse trainer
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 (2 wins):
  • Mick Channon
    Mick Channon
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     – Piccolo (1994), Royal Millennium (2004)
  • Eric Alston – Tedburrow (2000, 2002)
  • Richard Fahey – Utmost Respect (2008), Knot in Wood (2009)


Winners

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Time
1994 Piccolo 3 Francis Norton Mick Channon
Mick Channon
Michael Roger "Mick" Channon is a sportsman who enjoyed a career as a striker with Southampton and England in the 1970s and later became a hugely successful racehorse trainer.-Southampton:...

1:12.47
1995 Branston Abby 6 Darryll Holland
Darryll Holland
Darryll Paul Holland is a United Kingdom flat racing jockey who has ridden for trainers such as Luca Cumani, Geoff Wragg, and Mark Johnston....

Mark Johnston 1:11.49
1996 Sea Dane 3 Gary Hind Peter Harris 1:13.72
1997 Tomba 3 Michael Tebbutt Brian Meehan 1:18.35
1998 Andreyev 4 Darryll Holland
Darryll Holland
Darryll Paul Holland is a United Kingdom flat racing jockey who has ridden for trainers such as Luca Cumani, Geoff Wragg, and Mark Johnston....

Richard Hannon
Richard Hannon
Richard Hannon is a British horse trainer based in East Everleigh Stables, Marlborough, Wiltshire.Hannon's family has a tradition of horse training—his father was also a horse trainer, his son Richard is currently the assistant trainer, and his son-in-law Richard Hughes is the stable jockey. ...

1:17.52
1999 Halmahera 4 Kevin Darley
Kevin Darley
Kevin Darley is a retired jockey, and a co-president of the Jockeys' Association of Great Britain...

Ian Balding
Ian Balding
Ian Balding emigrated with his family to England in 1945. He is the son of the polo player and racehorse trainer Gerald Barnard Balding, Sr. and the younger brother of trainer Toby Balding. Kingsclere became his home at the age of 26 and it is here that earned his reputation as an internationally...

1:11.23
2000 Tedburrow 8 Willie Supple Eric Alston 1:10.64
2001 Volata 3 Ted Durcan Mark Tompkins
Mark Tompkins
Mark Tompkins is a British horse racer and trainer. He is currently the chairman of the Newmarket Trainers Federation. He worked as an assistant for the trainers Walter Wharton and Ryan Jarvis before working he began training independently. He has been a trainer at the Flint Cottage Stables for the...

1:12.90
2002 Tedburrow 10 Dean McKeown
Dean McKeown
Dean Russell McKeown is a currently bannedBritish Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He embarked on his professional career as a teenager, earning his first win in 1977. While never a Champion jockey, McKeown has won a number of important Conditions races in the United Kingdom including three...

Eric Alston 1:13.50
2003 Orientor 5 Kieren Fallon
Kieren Fallon
Kieren Francis Fallon is a professional flat racing jockey and has been British Champion Jockey six times....

Jim Goldie 1:13.72
2004 Royal Millennium 6 Richard Quinn Mick Channon
Mick Channon
Michael Roger "Mick" Channon is a sportsman who enjoyed a career as a striker with Southampton and England in the 1970s and later became a hugely successful racehorse trainer.-Southampton:...

1:13.03
2005 Soldier's Tale 4 Kevin Darley
Kevin Darley
Kevin Darley is a retired jockey, and a co-president of the Jockeys' Association of Great Britain...

Jeremy Noseda
Jeremy Noseda
Jeremy Noseda is a British racehorse trainer.After six years working for John Dunlop, and five years as assistant to John Gosden, he joined Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin operation in late 1993, and played a significant role in training such horses as Lammtarra, Halling and Balanchine.He started...

1:13.50
2006 Fayr Jag 7 David Allan Tim Easterby
Tim Easterby
Tim Easterby is a British racehorse trainer based in North Yorkshire.TIM EASTERBY took over the famous Habton Grange stables in North Yorkshire from his father, Peter Easterby, in February 1996...

1:10.92
2007 Confuchias 3 Neil Callan Francis Ennis 1:16.80
2008 Utmost Respect 4 Paul Hanagan Richard Fahey 1:16.23
2009 Knot in Wood 7 Paul Hanagan Richard Fahey 1:14.03
2010 Barney McGrew 7 Phillip Makin Michael Dods 1:10.74
2011 Genki 7 George Baker Roger Charlton
Roger Charlton
Roger J. Charlton is an English racehorse trainer and a former flat racing jockey. He trains horses in Beckhampton Stables in Wiltshire, England. He has had many successes as a trainer in England and Europe, including victories in both the Epsom Derby and the Prix du Jockey Club in 1990...

1:13.76


Iktamal finished first in 1996, but he was relegated to fifth place following a stewards' inquiry.


The 2001 winner Volata was later exported to Hong Kong and renamed Firebolt.
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