The Queen Mother Champion Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt Chase held annually in March during the Cheltenham Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse. The race features twelve fences over a distance of two miles. The Queen Mother Champion Chase is established as the top minimum-distance hurdling event in the United Kingdom, awarding a purse of whopping £320,000 and allowing entry to horses aged five years and over.
This fixture was inaugurated in 1959 under the name of the National Hunt Two-Mile Champion Chase. It was not until 1980, the year the Queen Mother celebrated her 80th birthday, that the event was given its current name in honour of the much-loved monarch. Until 2007 the Queen Mother Champion Chase was not a corporately sponsored race; however, since then Seasons Holidays has become the proud sponsor of the prestigious event.
The most successful jump horse in Queen Mother Champion Chase history is Badsworth Boy, who ran three consecutive winning races from 1983 to 1985. The record-winning jockey of the race is still the legendary Pat Taaffe, who rode five winners at the Queen Mother Champion Chase between 1960 and 1970. The fact that records like Taaffe's and the wins of Badsworth Boy remain untouched for decades can be seen not only as a testament of their outstanding sportsmanship and talent, but also as a sign for the tremendous grade of difficulty of the race itself.
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer |
| 2012 | Finian's Rainbow |
9 | Barry Geraghty |
Nicky Henderson |
| 2011 | Sizing Europe |
9 | Andrew Lynch |
Henry de Bromhead |
| 2010 | Big Zeb |
9 | Barry Geraghty |
Colm Murphy |
| 2009 | Master Minded |
6 | Ruby Walsh |
Paul Nicholls |
| 2008 | Master Minded |
5 | Ruby Walsh |
Paul Nicholls |
| 2007 | Voy Por Ustedes |
6 | Robert Thornton |
Alan King |
| 2006 | Newmill |
8 | Andrew J. McNamara |
John Joseph Murphy |
| 2005 | Moscow Flyer |
11 | Barry Geraghty |
Jessica Harrington |
