Queen Mother Champion Chase

Queen Mother Champion Chase
ClassGrade 1
LocationCheltenham Racecourse
Cheltenham, England
Inaugurated1959
Race typesteeplechase
SponsorBetMGM
WebsiteCheltenham
Race information
Distance1m 7f 199y (3,199 metres)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationFive-years-old and up
Weight11 st 10 lb
Allowances
7 lb for mares
Purse£400,000 (2025)
1st: £225,080
Queen Mother Champion Chase
2025
Marine Nationale Jonbon Captain Guinness
Previous years
2024
Captain Guinness Gentleman De Mee Funambule Sivola
2023
Energumene Captain Guinness Greaneteen
2022
Energumene Funambule Sivola Envoi Allen
2021
Put The Kettle On Nube Negra Chacun Pour Soi
2020-2011
2020
Politologue Dynamite Dollars Bun Doran
2019
Altior Politologue Sceau Royal
2018
Altior Min God's Own
2017
Special Tiara Fox Norton Sir Valentino
2016
Sprinter Sacre Un De Sceaux Special Tiara
2015
Dodging Bullets Somersby Special Tiara
2014
Sire De Grugy Somersby Module
2013
Sprinter Sacre Sizing Europe Wishfull Thinking
2012
Finian's Rainbow Sizing Europe Big Zeb
2011
Sizing Europe Big Zeb Captain Cee Bee
2010–2001
2010
Big Zeb Forpadydeplasterer Kalahari King
2009
Master Minded Well Chief Petit Robin
2008
Master Minded Voy Por Ustedes Fair Along
2007
Voy Por Ustedes Dempsey River City
2006
Newmill Fota Island Mister McGoldrick
2005
Moscow Flyer Well Chief Azertyuiop
2004
Azertyuiop Flagship Uberalles Tiutchev
2003
Moscow Flyer Native Upmanship Cenkos
2002
Flagship Uberalles Native Upmanship Cenkos
2000–1991
2000
Edredon Bleu Direct Route Flagship Uberalles
1999
Call Equiname Edredon Bleu Direct Route
1998
One Man Or Royal Lord Dorcet
1997
Martha's Son Ask Tom Viking Flagship
1996
Klairon Davis Viking Flagship Sound Man
1995
Viking Flagship Deep Sensation Nakir
1994
Viking Flagship Travado Deep Sensation
1993
Deep Sensation Cyphrate Katabatic
1992
Remittance Man Katabatic Waterloo Boy
1991
Katabatic Waterloo Boy Nos Na Gaoithe
1990–1981
1990
Barnbrook Again Waterloo Boy Feroda
1989
Barnbrook Again Royal Stag Beau Ranger
1988
Pearlyman Desert Orchid Very Promising
1987
Pearlyman Very Promising Desert Orchid
1986
Buck House Very Promising Kathies Lad
1985
Badsworth Boy Far Bridge Kyoto
1984
Badsworth Boy Little Bay Artifice
1983
Badsworth Boy Artifice News King
1982
Rathgorman Chinrullah Drumgora
1981
Drumgora Anaglogs Daughter Stopped
1980–1978
1980
Another Dolly King Weasel Hilly Way
1979
Hilly Way Dramatist Young Arthur
1978
Hilly Way Menehall Kilmakilloge
 

The Queen Mother Champion Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. As part of a sponsorship agreement with the online betting company BetMGM, the race is now known as the BetMGM Queen Mother Champion Chase. It is run on the Old Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 2 miles (1 mile 7 furlongs and 199 yards, or 3,199 metres), and during its running there are thirteen fences to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year during the Cheltenham Festival in March.

It is the leading minimum-distance chase in the National Hunt calendar, and it is the feature race on the second day of the Festival.