The Betfair Chase
, registered as the Lancashire Chase
, is a Grade 1 National Hunt chase in the United Kingdom open to horses which are five-years-old or above. It is run over a distance of 3 miles (4,828 metres) at Haydock Park Racecourse, and it takes place annually in November. There are sixteen fences to be jumped in the race.
The event was first run in 2005. With a prize fund of £200,000 for its second running, it was the fourth most valuable chase in Great Britain, behind the Grand National, the Cheltenham Gold Cup and the Queen Mother Champion Chase, and equal with the King George VI Chase.
Sponsored by the online betting company Betfair, it is the first race in the Betfair Million
series. The format of this series was modified ahead of the 2008/09 season. The present scheme offers a bonus prize of £1,000,000 to any horse in the first three in the Betfair Chase, who later in the season finishes first or second in any race at the Cheltenham Festival, and then subsequently wins the Grand National.
Prior to this change of format, the Betfair Million was awarded to any horse who followed victory in the Betfair Chase with a win in either the King George VI Chase at Kempton or the Lexus Chase at Leopardstown, and then won the Gold Cup at Cheltenham. Kauto Star won the bonus in 2006/07 by winning the King George and Gold Cup as well as the Betfair Chase.
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