Swinley Chase
# Swinley Chase

The Swinley Chase is a National Hunt Premier Handicap handicap chase in England which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Ascot over a distance of about 3 miles (2 miles, 7 furlongs and 180 yards, or 4,790 metres), and during its running there are twenty fences to be jumped. It is scheduled to take place each year in February.

The race was first run in 2011, but it is effectively a reincarnation of the Whitbread Trial Handicap Chase (later the Crispin Handicap), which was first run in 1966 and last run in 1994. It is currently sponsored by Keltbray and prior to 2017 it was sponsored by Weatherbys and Applebee's. The race held Listed status until 2022 and was re-classified as a Premier Handicap from the 2023 running when Listed status was removed from handicap races.

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Age | Weight | Jockey | Trainer |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1966 | Highland Wedding | 9 | 10–12 | O McNally | Toby Balding |
| 1967 | No race | No race | No race | No race | No race |
| 1968 | Regal John | 10 | 10–11 | Josh Gifford | Ryan Price |
| 1969 | Abandoned because of frost | Abandoned because of frost | Abandoned because of frost | Abandoned because of frost | Abandoned because of frost |
| 1970 | French Tan | 8 | 11-09 | Pat Taaffe | A Watson (Ir) |
| 1971 | The Laird | 10 | 11-10 | Jeff King | Bob Turnell |
| 1972 | Prairie Dog | 8 | 10-01 | Barry Brogan | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1973 | Balinese | 8 | 11-01 | Andy Turnell | Bob Turnell |
| 1974 | Abandoned because of waterlogged state of course | Abandoned because of waterlogged state of course | Abandoned because of waterlogged state of course | Abandoned because of waterlogged state of course | Abandoned because of waterlogged state of course |
| 1975 | Ten Up | 8 | 11–06 | Tommy Carberry | Jim Dreaper (Ir) |
| 1976 | April Seventh | 10 | 11-07 | Andy Turnell | Bob Turnell |
| 1977 | Ghost Writer | 10 | 11-05 | Bill Smith | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1978 | Abandoned because of frost | Abandoned because of frost | Abandoned because of frost | Abandoned because of frost | Abandoned because of frost |
| 1979 | Abandoned because of snow | Abandoned because of snow | Abandoned because of snow | Abandoned because of snow | Abandoned because of snow |
| 1980 | Master Spy | 11 | 10–11 | Tim Thomson Jones | Tim Forster |
| 1981 | Aldaniti | 11 | 11-07 | Bob Champion | Josh Gifford |
| 1982 | Cavity Hunter | 9 | 10-03 | Robert Earnshaw | Michael Dickinson |
| 1983 | Abandoned because of frost | Abandoned because of frost | Abandoned because of frost | Abandoned because of frost | Abandoned because of frost |
| 1984 | Tracys Special | 7 | 10-05 | Steve Knight | Andy Turnell |
| 1985 | Greenwood Lad | 8 | 10-06 | Richard Rowe | Josh Gifford |
| 1986 | Brunton Park | 8 | 10-04 | Graham Bradley | Monica Dickinson |
| 1987 | Castle Warden | 10 | 09-12 | Mark Richards | John Edwards |
| 1988 | Aquilifer | 8 | 10-03 | Paul Croucher | David Murray Smith |
| 1989 | Proud Pilgrim | 10 | 10-09 | Mark Dwyer | Jimmy FitzGerald |
| 1990 | Ten of Spades | 10 | 10-00 | Kevin Mooney | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1992 | Combermere | 8 | 10-10 | Peter Scudamore | Richard Frost |
| 1993 | Very Very Ordinary | 7 | 11-03 | Adrian Maguire | John Upson |
| 1994 | Dubacilla | 8 | 12-00 | Dean Gallagher | Henry Cole |
| 1995–2010 | No race | No race | No race | No race | No race |
| 2011 | Iconoclast | 10 | 10-04 | Paul Moloney | A M Hales |
| 2012 | Massini's Maguire | 11 | 10–13 | Tom Scudamore | David Pipe |
| 2013 | Vino Griego | 8 | 11-03 | Jamie Moore | Gary Moore |
| 2014 | Restless Harry | 10 | 10-07 | Charlie Poste | Robert Dickin |
| 2015 | Carole's Destrier | 7 | 11-00 | Barry Geraghty | Neil Mulholland |
| 2016 | Sausalito Sunrise | 8 | 11-10 | Tom O'Brien | Philip Hobbs |
| 2017 | Tenor Nivernais | 10 | 11-07 | Liam Treadwell | Venetia Williams |
| 2018 | Regal Encore | 10 | 11-05 | Richie McLernon | Anthony Honeyball |
| 2019 | Calipto | 9 | 10-08 | Charlie Deutsch | Venetia Williams |
| 2020 | Ballyoptic | 10 | 11-10 | Sam Twiston-Davies | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 2021 | Captain Chaos | 10 | 10-09 | Harry Skelton | Dan Skelton |
| 2022 | Fortescue | 8 | 10-07 | Hugh Nugent | Henry Daly |
| 2023 | Cap Du Nord | 10 | 10-08 | Jack Tudor | Christian Williams |

* 1 2 amateur jockey
