RACING: 10-YEAR-TALE ON THE CHAMPION CHASE

Cheltenham Festival

1989 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98

Fate of the favourites: 1 1 2 1 3 F 1 3 5 6

Winner's place in betting: 1 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 3

Starting-prices: 7-4 11-10 9-1 ev 11-1 4-1 5-2 9-1 9-1 7-2

Winners' ages: 8 9 8 8 8 7 8 7 10 10

Profit or loss to pounds 1 stake: Favourites +pounds 0.35 Second Favourites -pounds 10.00

Percentage of winners placed 1st, 2nd or 3rd in last race: 90

Shortest-priced winner: Remittance Man (1992) evens

Longest-priced winner: Deep Sensation (1993) 11-1

Top trainers: D Elsworth - Barnbrook Again (1989 & 1990)

D Nicholson - Viking Flagship (1994 & 1995)

Top jockey: No jockey has won this race more than once in the past 10 years