tim wellens won the 2016 racing post arkle trophy trial chase.
tim wellens won the 2016 racing post arkle trophy trial chase.
who won the 2016 racing post arkle trophy trial chase?
tim wellens
douvan (foaled 9 may 2010) is a french-bred, irish-trained thoroughbred racehorse who competes in national hunt racing. he was originally trained in france before moving to ireland in the summer of 2014. after finishing second on his debut he won his remaining five races over hurdles including the moscow flyer novice hurdle, supreme novices' hurdle and herald champion novice hurdle. in the following year he was switched to steeplechasing and won all his six races over fences as a novice including the racing post novice chase, arkle novice chase, arkle challenge trophy, maghull novices' chase and ryanair novice chase. in the 2016-17 season he continued his unbeaten run in steeplechases by winning his first three starts, including the grade one paddy power cashcard chase, before suffering his first defeat over fences when favourite for the queen mother champion chase.
douvan
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the november novices' chase, currently known as the racing post arkle trophy trial novices' chase, is a grade 2 national hunt chase in great britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. it is run on the old course at cheltenham over a distance of about 2 miles (1 mile 7 furlongs and 199 yards, or 3,199 metres), and during its running there are twelve fences to be jumped. the race is for novice chasers, and it is scheduled to take place each year in november.
november novices' chase