PRINCESS ROYAL NATIONAL HUNT CHALLENGE CUP NOVICES' HANDICAP CHASE · GREAT BRITAIN
Princess Royal National Hunt Challenge Cup Novices' Handicap Chase prize money
The Princess Royal National Hunt Challenge Cup Novices' Handicap Chase is worth £100,000 for the 2025 running , £60,388 of it to the winner . That makes it the 691st richest of the 997 races on this site and the 68th richest in Great Britain.
Every figure here is the money the race announces, in the currency it announces it in. The currency control at the top swaps the whole page.
TOTAL PRIZE MONEY £100,000
TO THE WINNER £60,388
WORLD RANK 691st
RUNNINGS HELD 155
FIRST RUN 1860
What the Princess Royal National Hunt Challenge Cup Novices' Handicap Chase is
Class 2 · 3m 5f 201y · Turf · Cheltenham Racecourse
- Racecourse
- Cheltenham Racecourse
- Country
- Great Britain
- Grade
- Class 2
- Distance
- 3m 5f 201y
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Steeplechase
- Open to
- Five-years-old and up
- Direction
- Left-handed
- First run
- 1860
The winner takes 60% of the fund. The remaining £39,612 is shared between the horses behind, on a scale the racecourse sets race by race rather than a fixed one.
Where the Princess Royal National Hunt Challenge Cup Novices' Handicap Chase prize money goes
the British Horseracing Authority sets the shares, and the Princess Royal National Hunt Challenge Cup Novices' Handicap Chase is jumps racing
| Who takes it | Share of the fund | Out of this purse |
|---|---|---|
| Owner | 78.25% | £78,250 |
| Trainer | 7.85% | £7,850 |
| Jockey | 7.52% | £7,520 |
| Stable staff | 4.75% | £4,750 |
| Industry causes | 1.63% | £1,630 |
Every share here is a percentage of the £100,000 fund rather than of the winner's cheque, and the rider's figure covers the whole field rather than the winning rider alone. The same rule pays every race in the country, and where a purse goes in Great Britain works it out across all of them.
Every Princess Royal National Hunt Challenge Cup Novices' Handicap Chase winner
155 runnings, 1860 to 2026, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Holloway Queen6 | James Bowen | Nicky Henderson |
| 2025 | Haiti Couleurs8 | Ben Jones | Rebecca Curtis |
| 2024 | Corbetts Cross7 | Derek O'Connor | Emmet Mullins |
| 2023 | Gaillard Du Mesnil7 | Patrick Mullins | Willie Mullins |
| 2022 | Stattler7 | Patrick Mullins | Willie Mullins |
| 2021 | Galvin7 | Jack Kennedy | Ian Ferguson |
| 2020 | Ravenhill10 | Jamie Codd | Gordon Elliott |
| 2019 | Le Breuil7 | Jamie Codd | Ben Pauling |
| 2018 | Rathvinden10 | Patrick Mullins | Willie Mullins |
| 2017 | Tiger Roll7 | Lisa O'Neill | Gordon Elliott |
| 2016 | Minella Rocco6 | Derek O'Connor | Jonjo O'Neill |
| 2015 | Cause of Causes7 | Jamie Codd | Gordon Elliott |
| 2014 | Midnight Prayer9 | Joshua Newman | Alan King |
| 2013 | Back in Focus8 | Patrick Mullins | Willie Mullins |
| 2012 | Teaforthree8 | JT McNamara | Rebecca Curtis |
| 2011 | Chicago Grey8 | Derek O'Connor | Gordon Elliott |
| 2010 | Poker de Sivola7 | Katie Walsh | Ferdy Murphy |
| 2009 | Tricky Trickster6 | Sam Waley-Cohen | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 2008 | Old Benny7 | Charlie Huxley | Alan King |
| 2007 | Butler's Cabin7 | Alan Berry | Jonjo O'Neill |
| 2006 | Hot Weld7 | Richard Harding | Ferdy Murphy |
| 2005 | Another Rum7 | Mark O'Hare | Ian Duncan |
| 2004 | Native Emperor8 | Robert Widger | Jonjo O'Neill |
| 2003 | Sudden Shock8 | Denis Cullen | Jonjo O'Neill |
| 2002 | Rith Dubh10 | JT McNamara | Jonjo O'Neill |
| 2000 | Relaxation8 | Mark Bradburne | Henry Daly |
| 1999 | Deejaydee7 | Tony Martin | Michael Hourigan |
| 1998 | Wandering Light9 | Rupert Wakley | Tim Forster |
| 1997 | Flimsy Truth11 | Micky Harris | Martin Weston |
| 1996 | Loving Around8 | Philip Fenton | Edward O'Grady |
| 1995 | Front Line8 | John Berry | Jonjo O'Neill |
| 1994 | Christmas Gorse8 | Marcus Armytage | Nick Gaselee |
| 1993 | Ushers Island7 | Noel Wilson | Howard Johnson |
| 1992 | Keep Talking7 | Marcus Armytage | Tim Thomson Jones |
| 1991 | Smooth Escort7 | Tony Martin | Di Haine |
| 1990 | Topsham Bay7 | Paul Hacking | David Barons |
| 1989 | Boraceva6 | Seamus Mullins | Toby Balding |
| 1988 | Over the Road7 | Tom Costello | Terry Casey |
| 1987 | Mighty Mark8 | Jimmy Walton | Frank Walton |
| 1986 | Omerta6 | Lorcan Wyer | Homer Scott |
| 1985 | Northern Bay9 | Tony Fowler | Tom Bill |
| 1984 | Macks Friendly7 | Willie Mullins | Paddy Mullins |
| 1983 | Bit of a Skite7 | Frank Codd | Edward O'Grady |
| 1982 | Hazy Dawn7 | Willie Mullins | Paddy Mullins |
| 1981 | Lucky Vane6 | Stephen Bush | Toby Balding |
| 1980 | Waggoners Walk11 | Tony Fowler | Caroline Mason |
| 1979 | Arctic Ale8 | John Fowler | Dan Moore |
| 1978 | Gay Tie5 | John Fowler | Mick O'Toole |
| 1977 | Alpenstock10 | Dick Saunders | Stan Mellor |
| 1976 | Sage Merlin8 | Peter Greenall | Jack Hardy |
| 1974 | Mr Midland7 | Mouse Morris | Edward O'Grady |
| 1973 | Foreman7 | Bill Shand Kydd | Harry Thomson Jones |
| 1972 | Charley Winking7 | Derrick Scott | Leslie Scott |
| 1971 | Deblin's Green8 | Derek Edmunds | George Yardley |
| 1970 | Domason7 | Robert Alner | Harry Dufosee |
| 1969 | Lizzy the Lizard10 | Grant Cann | Tony Hartnoll |
| 1968 | Fascinating Forties9 | Michael Dickinson | George Owen |
| 1967 | Master Tammy9 | Brian Fanshawe | George Guilding |
| 1966 | Polaris Missile7 | John Thorne | John Thorne |
| 1965 | Red Vale11 | George Small | Albert Piper |
| 1964 | Dorimont10 | Charles Vaughan | Tom Taaffe |
| 1963 | Time8 | Ian Balding | Willie Stephenson |
| 1962 | Go Slow7 | George Small | Albert Piper |
| 1961 | Superfine8 | Sir William Pigott-Brown | Frank Cundell |
| 1960 | Proud Socks8 | H. Thompson | Vivian Bishop |
| 1959 | Sabaria8 | John Lawrence | Bob Turnell |
| 1958 | Spud Tamson7 | Geordie Dun | Tommy Dun |
| 1957 | Kari Sou8 | Alan Lillingston | Archie Thomlinson |
| 1956 | Rosana III9 | Jeremy Everitt | Jeremy Everitt |
| 1955 | Reverend Prince9 | C. Pocock | Peter Dufosee |
| 1954 | Quare Times8 | Bunny Cox | Vincent O'Brien |
| 1953 | Pontage7 | Bunny Cox | Dan Moore |
| 1952 | Frosty Knight6 | Charles Straker | Ian Straker |
| 1951 | Cushendun6 | Peter Chisman | Bobby Renton |
| 1950 | Ellesmere7 | Atty Corbett | Ken Cundell |
| 1949 | Castledermot7 | Lord Mildmay | Vincent O'Brien |
| 1948 | Bruno II8 | Guy Cunard | William Anstruther-Gray |
| 1947 | Maltese Wanderer8 | Dermot Daly | Tom Yates |
| 1946 | Prattler11 | Dermot Daly | Tom Yates |
| 1939 | Litigant8 | Richard Black | Frank Furlong |
| 1938 | St George II9 | Bobby Petre | A.J.G. Leveson-Gower |
| 1937 | Hopeful Hero9 | W.L. Dawes | H.A.J. Silley |
| 1936 | Pucka Belle10 | Eric W.W. Bailey | Eric W.W. Bailey |
| 1935 | Rod and Gun8 | Hywell Jones | Jack Anthony |
| 1934 | Crown Prince9 | Lord Belper | Cliff Beechener |
| 1933 | Ego6 | Perry Harding | Lt.-Col. M. Lindsay |
| 1932 | Robin-a-Tiptoe11 | Frank Furlong | Mr. Gale |
| 1931 | Merriment IV9 | Lord Haddington | Stewart Wight |
| 1930 | Sir Lindsay9 | Lord Fingall | Jack Anthony |
| 1929 | Big Wonder9 | Capt. Henry Weber | G.S.L. Whitelaw |
| 1928 | Cryptical13 | Major T.F. Cavenagh | F.H. Bowcher |
| 1927 | Fine Yarn7 | J. Stevens | C. Stevens |
| 1926 | Cloringo5 | William Parker Dutton | Max Barthropp |
| 1925 | Ardvasar12 | Pat Dennis | Aubrey Hastings |
| 1924 | Patsey V11 | Brian Lemon | Robert Gore |
| 1923 | Templescoby8 | Harry Brown | Tom Coulthwaite |
| 1922 | Conjuror II10 | Cyril Dewhurst | Tom Coulthwaite |
| 1921 | Bugler7 | Capt. Geoffrey Bennet | Harry Brown |
| 1920 | Prudhomme6 | Cecil Brabazon | James Daly |
| 1915 | Martial IV7 | Major J.H. Purvis | Major J.H. Purvis |
| 1914 | War Dukeaged | Harry Ussher | Harry Ussher |
| 1913 | Kransfugl11 | Robert H. Hall | G. Pirie |
| 1912 | The Rejected IVaged | Gilbert Cotton | J.J. Cowap |
| 1911 | Sir Halbert8 | Arthur Smith | Tom Coulthwaite |
| 1910 | Nimble Kate9 | Peter Roberts | Percy Whitaker |
| 1909 | Wychwood11 | Peter Roberts | Percy Whitaker |
| 1908 | Rory O'Moore7 | Percy Whitaker | Percy Whitaker |
| 1907 | Red Hall10 | Henry G. Farrant | Henry G. Farrant |
| 1906 | Count Rufus7 | Arthur Gordon | R. Gordon |
| 1905 | Miss Clifden II8 | Harry M. Ripley | Mr. Baker |
| 1904 | Timothy Titus6 | Ivor Anthony | E. Morgan |
| 1903 | Comfit5 | Capt. Robert Collis | E. Thomas |
| 1902 | Marpessa5 | Atty Persse | James Maher |
| 1901 | Friar John5 | Herbert Sidney | Mr. Sentence |
| 1900 | Eoos5 | Arthur Gordon | Mr. Shanahan |
| 1899 | Glen Royal5 | John Fergusson | John Collins |
| 1898 | Real Shamrock4 | Edward P. Gundry | A. McKie |
| 1897 | Nord Ouest4 | Jules Morand | Dick Chaloner |
| 1896 | Ludgershall5 | Harry Ripley | John Collins |
| 1895 | Fin-ma-Coul II6 | Frank Atkinson | J. Arnold |
| 1894 | Philactery6 | Wilfred Ricardo | Joe Cannon |
| 1893 | Van der Berg7 | Sir Cuthbert Slade | E.A. Craddock |
| 1892 | Royal Buck5 | Lord Royston | Tom Cannon |
| 1891 | Impeyan4 | Capt. Eustace Crawley | J. Swatton |
| 1890 | Innisfail5 | T.G. Arthur | James Ryan |
| 1889 | Nap4 | Charles Thompson | Cardiff |
| 1888 | Glen Thorpe4 | George Lambton | Mr. Jordan |
| 1887 | Monkshood6 | Roddy Owen | Major Meysey Thompson |
| 1886 | Why Not5 | Charles Cunningham | Malton |
| 1885 | Lady Tempest5 | Willie Beasley | Garrett Moore |
| 1884 | Equity4 | Ted Wilson | Leicester |
| 1883 | Satellite4 | Ted Wilson | William Jenkins |
| 1882 | Llantarnam4 | Ted Wilson | William Jenkins |
| 1881 | Pride of Prussia4 | Ted Wilson | Garrett Moore |
| 1880 | New Glasgow7 | Capt. Arthur Smith | Mr. Wadlow |
| 1879 | Bellringer7 | Arthur Coventry | Derby |
| 1878 | Filbert9 | C.R. Friend | Hereford |
| 1877 | The Bear4 | Ted Wilson | Richard Marsh |
| 1876 | Burford5 | Lord Marcus Beresford | J. Jones |
| 1875 | Gazelle4 | Mr Richard Flutter | Sandown Park |
| 1874 | Lucellum5 | Capt. Arthur Smith | Aylesbury |
| 1873 | Pickles6 | Capt. Arthur Tempest | Bristol |
| 1872 | Red Nob6 | Capt. Francis Holyoake | Abergavenny |
| 1871 | Daybreak5 | Capt. Arthur Smith | Burton Lazars |
| 1870 | Schiedam5 | John Maunsell Richardson | Cottenham |
| 1868 | Tathwell6 | William Brockton | Bedford |
| 1867 | Emperor III6 | Henry Coventry | Bedford |
| 1866 | Shangarry5 | Alec Goodman | Crewkerne |
| 1865 | Emperor II7 | Alec Goodman | Wetherby |
| 1864 | Game Chicken6 | Capt. Arthur Smith | Burton Lazars |
| 1863 | Socks7 | Alec Goodman | Ben Land |
| 1862 | Fidgetaged | Thomas Skipworth | Rugby |
| 1861 | The Freshman7 | George Ede | Cheltenham |
| 1861 | Queensferry5 | Edmund Burton | Mr Burton |
| 1860 | Bridegroom8 | Edmund Burton | Mr Burton |
155 of the 155 runnings name the rider, 155 name the trainer and 0 name the owner, who is the one of the three the prize money actually belongs to.
Who wins the Princess Royal National Hunt Challenge Cup Novices' Handicap Chase more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
No horse has won the Princess Royal National Hunt Challenge Cup Novices' Handicap Chase twice in the 155 runnings on this page.
Most wins by a trainer
Races worth about the same
Either side of the Princess Royal National Hunt Challenge Cup Novices' Handicap Chase in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 680 | Tokyo Princess ShoOi Racecourse, Shinagawa, Tokyo | Japan | £100,800 | ¥20,000,000 |
| 681 | Burradon StakesNewcastle Racecourse | Great Britain | £100,000 | £100,000 |
| 683 | Challow Novices' HurdleNewbury Racecourse | Great Britain | £100,000 | £100,000 |
| 684 | Charlie Hall ChaseWetherby Racecourse | Great Britain | £100,000 | £100,000 |
| 685 | County Handicap HurdleCheltenham Racecourse | Great Britain | £100,000 | £100,000 |
| 686 | Dee StakesChester Racecourse | Great Britain | £100,000 | £100,000 |
| 687 | Henry VIII Novices' ChaseSandown Park Racecourse | Great Britain | £100,000 | £100,000 |
| 688 | March StakesGoodwood Racecourse | Great Britain | £100,000 | £100,000 |
| 689 | Noel Murless StakesAscot Racecourse | Great Britain | £100,000 | £100,000 |
| 690 | Pertemps FinalCheltenham Racecourse | Great Britain | £100,000 | £100,000 |
| 692 | Red Rum Handicap ChaseAintree Racecourse | Great Britain | £100,000 | £100,000 |
| 693 | Sefton Novices' HurdleAintree Racecourse | Great Britain | £100,000 | £100,000 |
| 694 | Sodexo Live! Gold CupAscot Racecourse, | Great Britain | £100,000 | £100,000 |
| 695 | Thoroughbred StakesGoodwood Racecourse | Great Britain | £100,000 | £100,000 |
| 696 | Federico Tesio StakesLaurel Park, | United States | £93,985 | $125,000 |
| 697 | Mike Lee StakesSaratoga Race Course | United States | £93,985 | $125,000 |
| 698 | Northern Dancer StakesChurchill Downs | United States | £93,985 | $125,000 |
| 699 | Premio ParioliCapannelle Racecourse | Italy | £91,255 | €106,768 |
| 700 | Premio Regina ElenaCapannelle Racecourse | Italy | £91,255 | €106,768 |
| 701 | SA Fillies ClassicMorphettville Racecourse, South Australia | Australia | £89,947 | AU$170,000 |
The 20 races closest to the Princess Royal National Hunt Challenge Cup Novices' Handicap Chase in what they pay, above and below it. Follow the ranking all the way up on the richest races in the world.
The rest of the money in Great Britain
122 races, 68th of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry VIII Novices' Chase | Sandown Park Racecourse | Grade 1 | £100,000 |
| March Stakes | Goodwood Racecourse | £100,000 | |
| Noel Murless Stakes | Ascot Racecourse | Listed | £100,000 |
| Pertemps Final | Cheltenham Racecourse | Premier Handicap | £100,000 |
| Red Rum Handicap Chase | Aintree Racecourse | Grade 3 | £100,000 |
| Sefton Novices' Hurdle | Aintree Racecourse | Grade 1 | £100,000 |
| Sodexo Live! Gold Cup | Ascot Racecourse, | Premier Handicap | £100,000 |
| Thoroughbred Stakes | Goodwood Racecourse | Group 3 | £100,000 |
Every race in Great Britain we hold a purse for is on the Great Britain prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
How much does the Princess Royal National Hunt Challenge Cup Novices' Handicap Chase winner get?
£60,388. That is 60% of the £100,000 the Princess Royal National Hunt Challenge Cup Novices' Handicap Chase is worth, and the rest is shared down the field.
What is the total Princess Royal National Hunt Challenge Cup Novices' Handicap Chase prize money?
£100,000, for the 2025 running.
Where does the Princess Royal National Hunt Challenge Cup Novices' Handicap Chase rank among the richest races in the world?
691st of 997. 690 races pay more, the nearest of them Tokyo Princess Sho. In Great Britain it is 68th of 122.
Which jockey has won the Princess Royal National Hunt Challenge Cup Novices' Handicap Chase most often?
Ted Wilson, with 5 wins between 1877 and 1884.
When was the Princess Royal National Hunt Challenge Cup Novices' Handicap Chase first run?
1860. This page holds 155 runnings, from 1860 to 2026.
How far is the Princess Royal National Hunt Challenge Cup Novices' Handicap Chase?
3m 5f 201y, on turf, at Cheltenham Racecourse.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money