ASW Handicap Chase

The ASW Handicap Chase was a National Hunt handicap chase in England which was open to horses aged five years and older.

It was run at Cheltenham over a distance of 4 miles and 1 furlong (6,637 metres), and was scheduled to take place each year on New Year's Day.

The race was first run in 1953 as the Fred Withington Handicap Chase, and was last run in 2004.

From 1975 the race was sponsored by Bass and then later by Food Brokers Ltd^[1] and Intasun.

From 1998 the race was known as the Miles Gosling Handicap, after a previous chairman of Cheltenham Racecourse who died in 1997, aged 69.^[2]

Winners[edit]

Year	Winner	Age	Weight	Jockey	Trainer
1953	Gigolo	8	10-07	R Curran	J Wight
1954	Irish Lizard	10	10-10	Michael Scudamore	Frenchie Nicholson
1955	Irish Lizard	11	10-10	Michael Scudamore	Frenchie Nicholson
1956	Must	7	10-05	R Morrow	A Kilpatrick
1957	Henry Purcell	10	10-04	R Richards	E Smith
1958	Polar Flight	7	11-04	G Slack	G Spann
1959	The Bell	7	10-09	Brian Lawrence	T Yates
1960	Clover Bud	9	09-08	Stan Mellor	G Llewellin
1961	Vivant	7	10-01	R Hamey	Arthur Stephenson
1962	Abandoned because of snow
1963	Abandoned because of snow and frost
1964	Pappageno's Cottage	9	11-09	J Haldane	Ken Oliver
1965	Pappageno's Cottage	10	11-10	Terry Biddlecombe	Ken Oliver
1966	Mr Wonderful	10	10-03	R Vibert	Tim Forster
1967	Abandoned because of frost
1968	Abandoned because of foot and mouth epidemic
1969	Abandoned because of frost
1970	Abandoned because of frost
1971	Abandoned because of frost
1972	The Ghost	7	10-00	Andy Turnell	V Cross
1973	The Spaniard	11	11-01	Nicky Richards^[a]	Gordon W. Richards
1974	Meridian II	7	09-07	Colin Tinkler	Ken Oliver
1975	Junior Partner	8	10-05	John Burke	Fred Rimell
1976	Jolly's Clump	10	10-03	Ian Watkinson	Harry Thomson Jones
1977	Gay Vulgan	9	10-07	M Floyd	Fulke Walwyn
1978	Prince Rock	10	10–12	Ian Watkinson	Peter Bailey
1979	Abandoned because of snow
1980	Abandoned because of frost
1981	Martinstown	9	11-03	Malcolm Batters^[a]	Mrs M Easton
1982	Pillager	7	10-01	Chris Kinane	Josh Gifford
1983	Bonum Omen	9	10-13	Kevin Mooney	Fulke Walwyn
1984	Solihull Sport	10	10-04	A Webber	John Spearing
1985	Lucky Vane	10	11-07	John Burke	Toby Balding
1986 Jan	Knock Hill	10	10-01	George Mernagh	John Webber
1986 Dec	Knock Hil	10	10-10	George Mernagh	John Webber
1988	Memberson	10	10–12	Robert Bellamy	Peter Dufosee
1989	Knock Hill	13	11-05	George Mernagh	John Webber
1990	Bigsun	9	10–12	Richard Dunwoody	David Nicholson
1991	Seagram	11	10-01	Nigel Hawke	David Barons
1992	Rubika	9	10-03	Anthony Tory	Stan Mellor
1993	Abandoned due to frost
1994	Moorcroft Boy	9	10–12	Adrian Maguire	David Nicholson
1995	Abandoned due to frost
1996	Abandoned due to frost
1997	Abandoned due to frost
1998	Kendal Cavalier	8	10-00	D Salter	Rod Millman
1999	Baronet	9	11-04	Adrian Maguire	David Nicholson
2000	Kingdom of Shades	10	10–11	Norman Williamson	Venetia Williams
2001	Abandoned due to frost
2002	Abandoned due to frost
2003	Sir Frosty	10	10-10	Timmy Murphy	B J M Ryall
2004	Bear on Board	9	11-04	Robert Thornton	Alan King

^ ^a ^b amateur jockey

References[edit]

^ "Death of Desmond Cracknell". Daily Telegraph. 23 May 2001. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
^ "Death of Miles Gosling". The Independent. 25 February 1997. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.

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- 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003
- 2004

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[1] "Death of Desmond Cracknell". Daily Telegraph. 23 May 2001. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

[2] "Death of Miles Gosling". The Independent. 25 February 1997. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.

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