Fairlawne Handicap Chase
The Fairlawne Handicap Chase, currently run under the sponsored title of the Paddy Power Handicap Chase, is a Grade 3 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run on the New Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 2 miles and 4½ furlongs (2 miles 4 furlongs and 127 yards, or 4,139 metres) and during its running there are 17 fences to be jumped. It is a handicap race, and is scheduled to take place each year on New Year's Day.
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| Oldgrangewood | Saint Calvados | Lalor |
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| Aso | Happy Diva | Ballyhill |
| 2018 | ||
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| Ballyhill | Shantou Flyer | Sametegal |
| 2017 | ||
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| Shantou Flyer | Village Vic | Top Gamble |
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| Village Vic | Tenor Nivernais | Top Gamble |
| 2015 | ||
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| Splash of Ginge | Hunt Ball | Caid Du Berlais |
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| Double Ross | Cedre Bleu | Kumbeshwar |
| 2012 | ||
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| Calgary Bay | Hector's Choice | Matuhi |
| 2011 | ||
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| Tartak | Carole's Legacy | Mahogany Blaze |
| 2010 | ||
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| Can't Buy Time | Private Be | Mister McGoldrick |
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| Stan | Fier Normand | Hold Em |
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| Vodka Bleu | Patman Du Charmil | Model Son |
| 2007 | ||
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| Too Forward | Nozic | Le Volfoni |
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| Fondmort | Too Forward | Made in Japan |
| 2005 | ||
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| Le Duc | Redemption | Kandjar D'allier |
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| Whereareyounow | Spring Grove | Foly Pleasant |
| 2003 | ||
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| Ballinclay King | Katarino | Grey Abbey |
The race was first run in 1990 as the Cleeve Hill Handicap Chase and was awarded Grade 3 status in 2009.
From 2014 the race became officially known as the Fairlawne Chase, a name previously associated with a three-mile conditions chase run at Windsor until 1997.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Age | Weight | Jockey | Trainer |
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| 1990 | Paddyboro | 12 | 11–13 | Richard Rowe | Josh Gifford |
| 1991 | New Halen [lower-alpha 1] | 9 | 09-12 | Eamon Tierney | Paul James |
| 1992 | Nodform [lower-alpha 1] | 7 | 10–12 | Declan Murphy | Josh Gifford |
| 1993 | Abandoned due to frost | ||||
| 1994 | Southern Minstrel | 11 | 10-06 | Adrian Maguire | Peter Cheesbrough |
| 1995 | Abandoned due to frost | ||||
| 1996 | Abandoned due to frost | ||||
| 1996 | Abandoned due to frost | ||||
| 1998 | Pete The Parson | 9 | 10-02 | Mick Fitzgerald | Jim Old |
| 1999 | Eirespray | 8 | 10-07 | Seamus Durack | Sue Smith |
| 2000 | The Outback Way | 10 | 11-10 | Norman Williamson | Venetia Williams |
| 2001 | Abandoned due to frost | ||||
| 2002 | Abandoned due to frost | ||||
| 2003 | Ballinclay King | 9 | 10–11 | Davy Russell | Ferdy Murphy |
| 2004 | Whereareyounow | 7 | 10-01 | Carl Llewellyn | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 2005 | Le Duc | 6 | 10-08 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
| 2006 | Fondmort | 10 | 11–12 | Mick Fitzgerald | Nicky Henderson |
| 2007 | Too Forward | 11 | 11-04 | Timmy Murphy | Carl Llewellyn |
| 2008 | Vodka Bleu | 9 | 10–13 | Timmy Murphy | David Pipe |
| 2009 | Stan | 9 | 11-00 | Aidan Coleman | Venetia Williams |
| 2010 | Can't Buy Time | 8 | 11-00 | Tony McCoy | Jonjo O'Neill |
| 2011 | Tartak | 8 | 11-08 | Paddy Brennan | Tom George |
| 2012 | Calgary Bay | 9 | 10-04 | Dominic Elsworth | Henrietta Knight |
| no race 2013 [lower-alpha 2] | |||||
| 2014 | Double Ross | 8 | 11-05 | Sam Twiston-Davies | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 2015 | Splash of Ginge | 7 | 11-02 | Jamie Bargary | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 2016 | Village Vic | 9 | 10-10 | Richard Johnson | Philip Hobbs |
| 2017 | Shantou Flyer | 7 | 11-02 | Aidan Coleman | Rebecca Curtis |
| 2018 | Ballyhill | 7 | 10-02 | Jamie Bargary | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 2019 | Aso | 9 | 11-12 | Charlie Deutsch | Venetia Williams |
| 2020 | Oldgrangewood | 9 | 10-07 | Harry Skelton | Dan Skelton |
- The 1991 and 1992 runnings took place on New Year's Eve of the preceding year
- The 2013 running was abandoned due to a waterlogged course