Race series · Cheltenham · Class 2
Princess Royal National Hunt Novices' Handicap Chase
3m6f · March
Race essentials
CourseCheltenham, 3m6f
WhenMarch
StatusClass 2
Field17.9 runners avg
Winner profilelast 10
Age 7+9/10
Had 2+ runs in season9/10
Won in current season9/10
Had 5+ career runs10/10
Had 2+ career wins10/10
Won as favourite2/10
Favourite Win Rate21.1%
Avg Winning SP10.7/1
Avg Field Size17.9
Renewals154
Roll of honourSP at the off
| Year | Winner | Trainer | Jockey | SP | Runners | Going |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Holloway Queen | Nicky Henderson | James Bowen | 12/1 | 17 | Good To Soft |
| 2025 | Haiti Couleurs | Rebecca Curtis | Ben Jones | 7/2J | 18 | Good To Soft |
| 2024 | Corbetts Cross | Emmet Mullins | Mr Derek O'Connor | 15/8 | 7 | Heavy |
| 2023 | Gaillard Du Mesnil | W.P. Mullins | Mr P W Mullins | 10/11F | 10 | Soft |
| 2022 | Stattler | W.P. Mullins | Mr P W Mullins | 2/1 | 6 | Good To Soft |
| 2021 | Galvin | I R Ferguson | Jack Kennedy | 7/2 | 12 | Good To Soft |
| 2020 | Ravenhill | Gordon Elliott | Mr J J Codd | 12/1 | 14 | Soft |
| 2019 | Le Breuil | Ben Pauling | Mr J J Codd | 14/1 | 18 | Soft |
| 2018 | Rathvinden | W.P. Mullins | Mr P W Mullins | 9/2 | 16 | Soft |
| 2017 | Tiger Roll | Gordon Elliott | Ms L O'Neill | 16/1 | 18 | Good To Soft |
| 2016 | Minella Rocco | Jonjo O'Neill | Mr Derek O'Connor | 8/1 | 20 | Good To Soft |
| 2015 | Cause Of Causes | Gordon Elliott | Mr J J Codd | 8/1 | 17 | Good To Soft |
Historical Roll of Honour
pre-database records — not included in trends
| Year | Winner | Trainer | Jockey |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Mighty Mark | Frank Walton | Jimmy Walton |
| 1986 | Omerta | Homer Scott | Lorcan Wyer |
| 1985 | Northern Bay | Tom Bill | Tony Fowler |
| 1984 | Macks Friendly | Paddy Mullins | Willie Mullins |
| 1983 | Bit of a Skite | Edward O'Grady | Frank Codd |
| 1982 | Hazy Dawn | Paddy Mullins | Willie Mullins |
| 1981 | Lucky Vane | Toby Balding | Stephen Bush |
| 1980 | Waggoners Walk | Caroline Mason | Tony Fowler |
| 1979 | Arctic Ale | Dan Moore | John Fowler |
| 1978 | Gay Tie | Mick O'Toole | John Fowler |
| 1977 | Alpenstock | Stan Mellor | Dick Saunders |
| 1976 | Sage Merlin | Jack Hardy | Peter Greenall |
| 1974 | Mr Midland | Edward O'Grady | Mouse Morris |
| 1973 | Foreman | Harry Thomson Jones | Bill Shand Kydd |
| 1972 | Charley Winking | Leslie Scott | Derrick Scott |
| 1971 | Deblin's Green | George Yardley | Derek Edmunds |
| 1970 | Domason | Harry Dufosee | Robert Alner |
| 1969 | Lizzy the Lizard | Tony Hartnoll | Grant Cann |
| 1968 | Fascinating Forties | George Owen | Michael Dickinson |
| 1967 | Master Tammy | George Guilding | Brian Fanshawe |
| 1966 | Polaris Missile | John Thorne | John Thorne |
| 1965 | Red Vale | Albert Piper | George Small |
| 1964 | Dorimont | Tom Taaffe | Charles Vaughan |
| 1963 | Time | Willie Stephenson | Ian Balding |
| 1962 | Go Slow | Albert Piper | George Small |
| 1961 | Superfine | Frank Cundell | Sir William Pigott-Brown |
| 1960 | Proud Socks | Vivian Bishop | H. Thompson |
| 1959 | Sabaria | Bob Turnell | John Lawrence |
| 1958 | Spud Tamson | Tommy Dun | Geordie Dun |
| 1957 | Kari Sou | Archie Thomlinson | Alan Lillingston |
| 1956 | Rosana III | Jeremy Everitt | Jeremy Everitt |
| 1955 | Reverend Prince | Peter Dufosee | C. Pocock |
| 1954 | Quare Times | Vincent O'Brien | Bunny Cox |
| 1953 | Pontage | Dan Moore | Bunny Cox |
| 1952 | Frosty Knight | Ian Straker | Charles Straker |
| 1951 | Cushendun | Bobby Renton | Peter Chisman |
| 1950 | Ellesmere | Ken Cundell | Atty Corbett |
| 1949 | Castledermot | Vincent O'Brien | Lord Mildmay |
| 1948 | Bruno II | William Anstruther-Gray | Guy Cunard |
| 1947 | Maltese Wanderer | Tom Yates | Dermot Daly |
| 1946 | Prattler | Tom Yates | Dermot Daly |
| 1939 | Litigant | Frank Furlong | Richard Black |
| 1938 | St George II | A.J.G. Leveson-Gower | Bobby Petre |
| 1937 | Hopeful Hero | H.A.J. Silley | W.L. Dawes |
| 1936 | Pucka Belle | Eric W.W. Bailey | Eric W.W. Bailey |
| 1935 | Rod and Gun | Jack Anthony | Hywell Jones |
| 1934 | Crown Prince | Cliff Beechener | Lord Belper |
| 1933 | Ego | Lt.-Col. M. Lindsay | Perry Harding |
| 1932 | Robin-a-Tiptoe | Mr. Gale | Frank Furlong |
| 1931 | Merriment IV | Stewart Wight | Lord Haddington |
| 1930 | Sir Lindsay | Jack Anthony | Lord Fingall |
| 1929 | Big Wonder | G.S.L. Whitelaw | Capt. Henry Weber |
| 1928 | Cryptical | F.H. Bowcher | Major T.F. Cavenagh |
| 1927 | Fine Yarn | C. Stevens | J. Stevens |
| 1926 | Cloringo | Max Barthropp | William Parker Dutton |
| 1925 | Ardvasar | Aubrey Hastings | Pat Dennis |
| 1924 | Patsey V | Robert Gore | Brian Lemon |
| 1923 | Templescoby | Tom Coulthwaite | Harry Brown |
| 1922 | Conjuror II | Tom Coulthwaite | Cyril Dewhurst |
| 1921 | Bugler | Harry Brown | Capt. Geoffrey Bennet |
| 1920 | Prudhomme | James Daly | Cecil Brabazon |
| 1915 | Martial IV | Major J.H. Purvis | Major J.H. Purvis |
| 1914 | War Duke | Harry Ussher | Harry Ussher |
| 1913 | Kransfugl | G. Pirie | Robert H. Hall |
| 1912 | The Rejected IV | J.J. Cowap | Gilbert Cotton |
| 1911 | Sir Halbert | Tom Coulthwaite | Arthur Smith |
| 1910 | Nimble Kate | Percy Whitaker | Peter Roberts |
| 1909 | Wychwood | Percy Whitaker | Peter Roberts |
| 1908 | Rory O'Moore | Percy Whitaker | Percy Whitaker |
| 1907 | Red Hall | Henry G. Farrant | Henry G. Farrant |
| 1906 | Count Rufus | R. Gordon | Arthur Gordon |
| 1905 | Miss Clifden II | Mr. Baker | Harry M. Ripley |
| 1904 | Timothy Titus | E. Morgan | Ivor Anthony |
| 1903 | Comfit | E. Thomas | Capt. Robert Collis |
| 1902 | Marpessa | James Maher | Atty Persse |
| 1901 | Friar John | Mr. Sentence | Herbert Sidney |
| 1900 | Eoos | Mr. Shanahan | Arthur Gordon |
| 1899 | Glen Royal | John Collins | John Fergusson |
| 1898 | Real Shamrock | A. McKie | Edward P. Gundry |
| 1897 | Nord Ouest | Dick Chaloner | Jules Morand |
| 1896 | Ludgershall | John Collins | Harry Ripley |
| 1895 | Fin-ma-Coul II | J. Arnold | Frank Atkinson |
| 1894 | Philactery | Joe Cannon | Wilfred Ricardo |
| 1893 | Van der Berg | E.A. Craddock | Sir Cuthbert Slade |
| 1892 | Royal Buck | Tom Cannon | Lord Royston |
| 1891 | Impeyan | J. Swatton | Capt. Eustace Crawley |
| 1890 | Innisfail | James Ryan | T.G. Arthur |
| 1889 | Nap | — | Charles Thompson |
| 1888 | Glen Thorpe | Mr. Jordan | George Lambton |
| 1887 | Monkshood | Major Meysey Thompson | Roddy Owen |
| 1886 | Why Not | — | Charles Cunningham |
| 1885 | Lady Tempest | Garrett Moore | Willie Beasley |
| 1884 | Equity | — | Ted Wilson |
| 1883 | Satellite | William Jenkins | Ted Wilson |
| 1882 | Llantarnam | William Jenkins | Ted Wilson |
| 1881 | Pride of Prussia | Garrett Moore | Ted Wilson |
| 1880 | New Glasgow | Mr. Wadlow | Capt. Arthur Smith |
| 1879 | Bellringer | — | Arthur Coventry |
| 1878 | Filbert | — | C.R. Friend |
| 1877 | The Bear | Richard Marsh | Ted Wilson |
| 1876 | Burford | J. Jones | Lord Marcus Beresford |
| 1875 | Gazelle | — | Mr Richard Flutter |
| 1874 | Lucellum | — | Capt. Arthur Smith |
| 1873 | Pickles | — | Capt. Arthur Tempest |
| 1872 | Red Nob | — | Capt. Francis Holyoake |
| 1871 | Daybreak | — | Capt. Arthur Smith |
| 1870 | Schiedam | — | John Maunsell Richardson |
| 1868 | Tathwell | — | William Brockton |
| 1867 | Emperor III | — | Henry Coventry |
| 1866 | Shangarry | — | Alec Goodman |
| 1865 | Emperor II | — | Alec Goodman |
| 1864 | Game Chicken | — | Capt. Arthur Smith |
| 1863 | Socks | Ben Land | Alec Goodman |
| 1862 | Fidget | — | Thomas Skipworth |
| 1861 | The Freshman | — | George Ede |
| 1860 | Bridegroom | Mr Burton | Edmund Burton |