The Red Rum Handicap Chase is a Grade 3 National Hunt chase which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run on the Mildmay course at Aintree over a distance of 2 miles (3,219 metres), and during its running there are twelve fences to be jumped. It is a handicap race, and it is scheduled to take place each year in early April.
The event is named in memory of the racehorse Red Rum (1965–1995), a winner of Aintree's most famous race, the Grand National, three times during the 1970s. Having been known previously as the Aintree Chase, the event was retitled the Red Rum Chase in 1997.
For many years the race was contested as a "limited handicap" (a race where a restricted weight range is specified), and in 1991 this version was given Grade 2 status. It became a standard handicap in 2001 (the "Red Rum Handicap Chase"), and the modified event was initially classed at Listed level. It was promoted to Grade 3 status in 2004.
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Weight |
Jockey |
Trainer |
| 1977 | Skymas | 12 | 12-00 | Mouse Morris | Brian Lusk |
| 1978 | Even Melody | 9 | 11-06 | Colin Hawkins | Neville Crump |
| 1979 | Funny Baby | 8 | 10-07 | Ridley Lamb | George Fairbairn |
| 1980 | Drumgora | 8 | 10-07 | Tommy McGivern | Arthur Moore |
| 1981 | Western Rose | 9 | 10-07 | Sam Morshead | Fred Rimell |
| 1982 | Little Bay | 7 | 10-07 | Jonjo O'Neill | Gordon W. Richards |
| 1983 | Artifice | 12 | 11-00 | Peter Scudamore | John Thorne |
| 1984 | Little Bay | 9 | 11-07 | John Francome | Gordon W. Richards |
| 1985 | Kathies Lad | 8 | 11-07 | Steve Smith Eccles | Alan Jarvis |
| 1986 | Kathies Lad | 9 | 10-13 | Steve Smith Eccles | Alan Jarvis |
| 1987 | Sea Merchant | 10 | 10-07 | Ridley Lamb | Arthur Stephenson |
| 1988 | Prideaux Boy | 10 | 10-07 | Allen Webb | Graham Roach |
| 1989 | Feroda | 8 | 10-07 | Tom Taaffe | Arthur Moore |
| 1990 | Nohalmdun | 9 | 10-07 | Lorcan Wyer | Peter Easterby |
| 1991 | Blitzkreig | 8 | 10-13 | Tommy Carmody | Edward O'Grady |
| 1992 | Katabatic | 9 | 12-00 | Simon McNeill | Andrew Turnell |
| 1993 | Boutzdaroff | 11 | 10-07 | Mark Dwyer | Jimmy FitzGerald |
| 1994 | Uncle Ernie | 9 | 10-08 | Mark Dwyer | Jimmy FitzGerald |
| 1995 | Coulton | 8 | 11-08 | Jamie Osborne | Oliver Sherwood |
| 1996 | Arctic Kinsman | 8 | 11-00 | Carl Llewellyn | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 1997 | Down the Fell | 8 | 10-07 | Norman Williamson | Howard Johnson |
| 1998 | Jeffell | 8 | 12-00 | Conor O'Dwyer | Arthur Moore |
| 1999 | Flying Instructor | 9 | 11-05 | Jimmy McCarthy | Paul Webber |
| 2000 | Jungli | 7 | 10-07 | Jimmy McCarthy | Paul Webber |
| 2001 | Aghawadda Gold | 9 | 11-02 | Russ Garritty | Tom Tate |
| 2002 | Dark'n Sharp | 7 | 10-08 | Richard Johnson | Richard Phillips |
| 2003 | Golden Alpha | 9 | 10-13 | Tony McCoy | Martin Pipe |
| 2004 | Tidour | 8 | 10-11 | Tom Doyle | Paul Webber |
| 2005 | Fota Island | 9 | 11-10 | Tony McCoy | Mouse Morris |
| 2006 | Jacks Craic | 7 | 10-02 | Tony Evans | John Spearing |
| 2007 | Bambi de l'Orme | 8 | 10-02 | Dominic Elsworth | Ian Williams |
| 2008 | Stan | 9 | 09-09 | Aidan Coleman | Venetia Williams |
| 2009 | Oh Crick | 6 | 11-01 | Robert Thornton | Alan King |
| 2010 | Chaninbar | 7 | 10-08 | Sean Quinlan | Milton Harris |
| 2011 |