The Becher Chase is run at Aintree racecourse over the historic Grand National-style fences and, therefore, provides punters with some early-season clues ahead of the world’s most famous steeplechase.
Run over the 3m2f the race has been won six times by trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies, while Silver Birch and Amberleigh House are recent winners of the Becher Chase then went on later in their careers to land the Grand National too.
12 months ago the exciting grey Snow Leopardess won the race for trainer Charlie Longsdon.
Here at RACING AHEAD we look back at recent winners and gives you the key trends to look out for ahead of the 2022 renewal, this year run on Saturday 3rd December.
Recent Becher Chase Winners
2021 – SNOW LEOPARDESS (4/1 fav)
2020 – VIEUX LION ROUGE (12/1)
2019 – WALK IN THE MILL (8/1)
2018 – WALK IN THE MILL (10/1)
2017 – BLAKLION (7/4 fav)
2016 – VIEUX LION ROUGE (8/1 fav)
2015 – HIGHLAND LODGE (20/1)
2014 – OSCAR TIME (25/1)
2013 – CHANCE DU ROY (14/1)
2012 – HELLO BUD (14/1)
2011 – WEST END ROCKER (10/1)
2010 – HELLO BUD (15/2 fav)
2009 – VIC VENTURI (7/1)
2008 – BLACK APALACHI (15/2)
2007 – MR POINTMENT (15/2)
2006 – EUROTREK (25/1)
2005 – GARVIVONNIAN (33/1)
2004 – SILVER BIRCH (4/1 fav)
2003 – CLAN ROYAL (11/2)
2002 – ARDENT SCOUT (14/1)
Becher Chase Betting Trends
16/20 – Had won between 2-5 times over fences before
16/20 – Carried 10-12 or less
16/20 – Had won over at least 3m (fences) before
16/20 – Had no more than 1 start that season
15/20 – Had raced within the last 7 weeks
14/20 – Had run over these Grand National-style fences before
14/20 – Aged 9 or older
12/20 – Officially rated between 123-138
12/20 – Went onto finish unplaced in that season’s Grand National
11/20 – Irish-bred winners
11/20 – Returned a double-figure price in the betting
9/20 – Placed favourites
8/20 – Ran in the previous season’s Grand National
5/20 – Winning favourites
4/20 – Won last time out
3/20 – Trained by Paul Nicholls
3/20 – Irish-trained winners
3/20 – Trained by Nigel Twiston-Davies
1/20 – Went onto win the Grand National later in their career
0/20 – Went onto win the Grand National that same season
The average winning SP in the last 20 years is 12/1
Trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies has won the race 6 times since 1993
Snow Leopardess (4/1) won the race in 2021
SUREWIN BEST BET: GESSKILLE
SUREWIN DANGER: FANTASTIKAS (E/W)
