Many Clouds Chase Many Clouds Chase The Many Clouds Chase is a Grade Two National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Aintree over a distance of about 3 miles and 1 furlong (3 miles and 210 yards, or 5,020 metres), and during its running there are nineteen fences to be jumped. It is scheduled to take place each year in early December. The race is sponsored by Rewards4Racing and was first run as a Listed race in 2011. It was awarded Grade Two status and renamed in honour of Many
Nelson A. Miles was likely named for him. Nelson M. Holderman, himself a Medal of Honor recipient, was also named after Miles. Miles' legacy as an Indian fighter has seen him portrayed by Kevin Tighe in the film "" and by Shaun Johnston in the film adaptation of "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee". There is a bust of General Miles in the Massachusetts State Capitol in Boston. General Miles' son, Sherman Miles, was a career Army officer who graduated from West Point in 1905 and rose to the rank of major general during World War II. Nelson A. Miles Nelson Appleton Miles