The Badger Ales Trophy Chase is a Class A listed Handicap Chase over 3 miles 1 and a half furlongs run at Wincanton Racecourse in early November. It shares top billing with the Elite Hurdle on what is probably Wincanton’s biggest race day of the year.
The 2012 Badger Ales Trophy Chase is due to take place on November 2012.
Badger Ales Trophy Stats
- Paul Nicholls has won 4 of the last 10 ( this is his local track)
- The Pipe yard have had three wins in the decade
- The last 10 winners were all aged between 6 and 9
- No strong weight trend
- The last 4 horses to win not trained by Paul Nicholls were officially rated between 124 and 139.
Badger Ales Trophy Winners 2003-2012
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Age | Wt | OR | SP |
| 2012 | The Package | Murphy T | Pipe, D | 9 | 11-1 | 139 | 5-1 |
| 2011 | The Minack (IRE) | Jacob, D | Nicholls, P F | 7 | 11-7 | 141 | 11-4 |
| 2010 | Meanus Dandy (IRE) | Popham, Mr I | Nicholls, P F | 7 | 9-11 | 126 | 5-1 |
| 2009 | Ellerslie George (IRE) | Henderson, Mr R G | Mitchell, N | 9 | 10-2 | 132 | 14-1 |
| 2008 | Cornish Sett (IRE) | Scholfield, N | Nicholls, P F | 9 | 11-2 | 137 | 12-1 |
| 2007 | Abragante (IRE) | Murphy, T | Pipe, D E | 6 | 10-4 | 125 | 15-8 |
| 2006 | Parsons Legacy (IRE) | Johnson, R | Hobbs, P J | 8 | 10-5 | 124 | 16-1 |
| 2005 | Iris Bleu (FR) | Murphy, T | Pipe, M C | 9 | 11-2 | 133 | 10-1 |
| 2004 | Royal Auclair (FR) | Williams, C | Nicholls, P F | 7 | 11-12 | 145 | 7-2 |
| 2003 | Swansea Bay | Thornton, A | Bowen, P | 7 | 11-6 | 138 | 2-1 |
Check out the Badger Ales Trophy Thread on our forum.
