Charles the Twelfth year in succession. At the Doncaster St Leger meeting Charles the Twelfth finished unplaced under top weight of 138 pounds in the Great Yorkshire Handicap and ran second to Bee's-wing in the Doncaster Cup. Later that month Charles the Twelfth ran at Kelso where he finished second to Cabrerea in the Roxburgh Gold Cup and was beaten when attempting to concede 40 pounds to the three-year-old Whistle Blinkie in a two and a half-mile handicap. On 7 October at the Royal Caledonian Hunt meeting at Perth Racecourse Charles the Twelfth retained the Challenge Whip by beating Foxberry over two miles.
ASW Handicap Chase after a previous chairman of Cheltenham Racecourse who died in 1997, aged 69. ASW Handicap Chase The ASW Handicap Chase was a National Hunt handicap chase in England which was open to horses aged five years and older. It was run at Cheltenham over a distance of 4 miles and 1 furlong (6,637 metres), and was scheduled to take place each year on New Year's Day. The race was first run in 1953 as the Fred Withington Handicap Chase, and was last run in 2004. From 1975 the race was sponsored by Bass and then later by Food Brokers Ltd