We’ve seen some top horses grace the Betfair Chase winners’ enclosure since this top Haydock Park race was first run in 2005 – including FIVE horses that have landed the Grade One more than once.
Ahead of the 2025 running of the Betfair Chase, we look back at the past horse racing heroes over the 20 previous renewals of the contest.
Betfair Chase Winners Since 2005
- 2024 – ROYALE PAGAILLE (11/4)
- 2023 – ROYALE PAGAILLE (5/1)
- 2022 – PROTEKTORAT (15/2)
- 2021 – A PLUS TARD (11/10 fav)
- 2020 – BRISTOL DE MAI (9/4)
- 2019 – LOSTINTRANSLATION (5/4 jfav)
- 2018 – BRISTOL DE MAI (13/2)
- 2017 – BRISTOL DE MAI (11/10 fav)
- 2016 – CUE CARD (15/8 fav)
- 2015 – CUE CARD (7/4)
- 2014 – SILVINIACO CONTI (10/3)
- 2013 – CUE CARD (9/1)
- 2012 – SILVINIACO CONTI (7/4)
- 2011 – KAUTO STAR (6/1)
- 2010 – IMPERIAL COMMANDER (10/11 fav)
- 2009 – KAUTO STAR (4/6 fav)
- 2008 – SNOOPY LOOPY (33/1)
- 2007 – KAUTO STAR (4/5 fav)
- 2006 – KAUTO STAR (11/10 fav)
- 2005 – KINGSCLIFF (8/1)
Betfair Chase Was Set Up As Part Of The Betfair Million Bonus Scheme
Being first run in only 2005, the Betfair Chase is one of the newer longer distance Grade One Chases on the calendar – and was first set up as part of the sponsors bonus scheme that offered £1m if the winner went onto land the King George VI Chase and Cheltenham Gold Cup.
Kauto Star won the bonus in the 2006-07 season when winning the Betfair Chase, King George and Gold Cup.
The bonus, however, is no longer in place – but the Betfair Chase is and remains one of the season highlights during the first half of the jumps season.
Betfair Chase Race Details 2025
📅Date: Saturday 22nd November 2025
⌚Time: 3:00pm
🏇Racecourse: Haydock
🔄Trip: 3m 1 1/2f
💷Winning Purse: £112,540
📺 TV: ITV / Racing TV
Kingscliff Won The First Ever Running Of The Betfair Chase
Having won the first ever running of the Betfair Chase in 2005, then Kingscliff created a bit of history.
Trained by Robert Alner and ridden by Robert Walford, who is now a trainer.
Kingcliff beat top Irish stayer Beef Or Salmon, with former Gold Cup winner Kicking King in third.
Kauto Star The Most Successful Betfair Chase Winner
The legendary Kauto Star won the Betfair Chase four times during his remarkable career. With these Haydock wins spread out from 2006 to 2011.
He was just six years-old when he won his first Betfair Chase and ended winning his last at the age of 11 (watch below).
Kauto Star also went onto win the Cheltenham Gold Cup twice and the King George VI Chase an incredible five times.
While during his career he won 23 of his 41 races and amassed £2,375,883 in prize money.
Trainer Paul Nicholls Has Won The Betfair Chase SIX Times
Kauto Star was also trained by Paul Nicholls and his haul of four Betfair Chase win has helped the Ditcheat handler win this Haydock race six times in total.
Another of his King George VI Chase heroes Silviniaco Conti was his other Betfair Chase winner – taking the prize in 2012 and 2014.
- Kauto Star (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011)
- Silvianaco Conti (2012, 2014)
WATCH: Silvianaco Conti Winning The 2012 Betfair Chase
Cue Card and Bristol De Mai Both Treble Betfair Chase Winners
The Betfair Chase is a race that has a habit of producing repeat winners.
In addition to the already mentioned Kauto Star and Silvianaco Conti, the race has also seen Cue Card and Bristol De Mai win the race three times each.
Cue Card won the pot three times between 2013 and 2016, while the popular grey Bristol De Mai, who was a Haydock specialist during his career, won his trio of Betfair Chases between 2017 and 2020.
Bristol De Mai, who was trained by Nigel Twiston-Davies, ran at Haydock 10 times during his career. Winning six of them.
While the Venetia Williams-trained Royale Pagaille has won the last two renewals.
Who Won Last Year’s Betfair Chase at Haydock (2024)?
Sticking with the ‘repeat winners’ theme, it could pay to note that the 2023 and 2024 Betfair Chase winner Royale Pagaille is another double winner of the race.
And he’s back for more in 2025 too, as Royale Pagaille looks to join Kauto Star, Cue Card and Bristol De Mai as another three-time hero.
Owned by Rich Ricci and trained by Venetia Williams, this horse is another that has fallen in love with the Haydock track.
He’s run here eight times and won five of them.
In fact, he’s won six times over fences and five have come at Haydock. Royale Pagaille’s only other win over fences came at Kempton in 2020.
Now aged 11, he’ll will be looking to become the tenth repeat winner of the Betfair Chase since it was first run in 2005 – with five different horses responsible for these double wins.
He’s the general third favourite win the Betfair Chase market with the best horse racing betting sites in the UK.
Behind the Dan Skelton runner Grey Dawning, who is favourite, and last season’s Irish Grand National winner Haiti Couleurs.
If Royale Pagaille can win his third Betfair Chase at the age of 11 – he’ll also become the joint oldest winner with Kauto Star.
