Grade 1 chase
Queen Mother Champion Chase winners
Il Etait Temps won the 2026 Queen Mother Champion Chase, ridden by Paul Townend for Willie Mullins. Below: every winner back to 1959.
- Cheltenham
- March, the Wednesday of the Cheltenham Festival
Roll of honour
67 runnings| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Il Etait Temps | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins |
| 2025 | Marine Nationale | Sean Flanagan | Barry Connell |
| 2024 | Captain Guinness | Rachael Blackmore | Henry de Bromhead |
| 2023 | Energumene | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins |
| 2022 | Energumene | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins |
| 2021 | Put The Kettle On | Aidan Coleman | Henry de Bromhead |
| 2020 | Politologue | Harry Skelton | Paul Nicholls |
| 2019 | Altior | Nico de Boinville | Nicky Henderson |
| 2018 | Altior | Nico de Boinville | Nicky Henderson |
| 2017 | Special Tiara | Noel Fehily | Henry de Bromhead |
| 2016 | Sprinter Sacre | Nico de Boinville | Nicky Henderson |
| 2015 | Dodging Bullets | Sam Twiston-Davies | Paul Nicholls |
| 2014 | Sire De Grugy | Jamie Moore | Gary Moore |
| 2013 | Sprinter Sacre | Barry Geraghty | Nicky Henderson |
| 2012 | Finian's Rainbow | Barry Geraghty | Nicky Henderson |
| 2011 | Sizing Europe | Andrew Lynch | Henry de Bromhead |
| 2010 | Big Zeb | Barry Geraghty | Colm Murphy |
| 2009 | Master Minded | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
| 2008 | Master Minded | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
| 2007 | Voy Por Ustedes | Robert Thornton | Alan King |
| 2006 | Newmill | Andrew McNamara | John Joseph Murphy |
| 2005 | Moscow Flyer | Barry Geraghty | Jessica Harrington |
| 2004 | Azertyuiop | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
| 2003 | Moscow Flyer | Barry Geraghty | Jessica Harrington |
| 2002 | Flagship Uberalles | Richard Johnson | Philip Hobbs |
| 2000 | Edredon Bleu | Tony McCoy | Henrietta Knight |
| 1999 | Call Equiname | Mick Fitzgerald | Paul Nicholls |
| 1998 | One Man | Brian Harding | Gordon W. Richards |
| 1997 | Martha's Son | Rodney Farrant | Tim Forster |
| 1996 | Klairon Davis | Francis Woods | Arthur Moore |
| 1995 | Viking Flagship | Charlie Swan | David Nicholson |
| 1994 | Viking Flagship | Adrian Maguire | David Nicholson |
| 1993 | Deep Sensation | Declan Murphy | Josh Gifford |
| 1992 | Remittance Man | Jamie Osborne | Nicky Henderson |
| 1991 | Katabatic | Simon McNeill | Andrew Turnell |
| 1990 | Barnbrook Again | Hywel Davies | David Elsworth |
| 1989 | Barnbrook Again | Simon Sherwood | David Elsworth |
| 1988 | Pearlyman | Tom Morgan | John Edwards |
| 1987 | Pearlyman | Peter Scudamore | John Edwards |
| 1986 | Buck House | Tommy Carmody | Mouse Morris |
| 1985 | Badsworth Boy | Robert Earnshaw | Monica Dickinson |
| 1984 | Badsworth Boy | Robert Earnshaw | Michael Dickinson |
| 1983 | Badsworth Boy | Robert Earnshaw | Michael Dickinson |
| 1982 | Rathgorman | Kevin Whyte | Michael Dickinson |
| 1981 | Drumgora | Frank Berry | Arthur Moore |
| 1980 | Another Dolly | Sam Morshead | Fred Rimell |
| 1979 | Hilly Way | Ted Walsh | Peter McCreery |
| 1978 | Hilly Way | Tommy Carmody | Peter McCreery |
| 1977 | Skymas | Mouse Morris | Brian Lusk |
| 1976 | Skymas | Mouse Morris | Brian Lusk |
| 1975 | Lough Inagh | Sean Barker | Jim Dreaper |
| 1974 | Royal Relief | Bill Smith | Edward Courage |
| 1973 | Inkslinger | Tommy Carberry | Dan Moore |
| 1972 | Royal Relief | Bill Smith | Edward Courage |
| 1971 | Crisp | Paul Kelleway | Fred Winter |
| 1970 | Straight Fort | Pat Taaffe | Tom Dreaper |
| 1969 | Muir | Ben Hannon | Tom Dreaper |
| 1968 | Drinny's Double | Frank Nash | Bob Turnell |
| 1967 | Drinny's Double | Frank Nash | Bob Turnell |
| 1966 | Flyingbolt | Pat Taaffe | Tom Dreaper |
| 1965 | Dunkirk | Dave Dick | Peter Cazalet |
| 1964 | Ben Stack | Pat Taaffe | Tom Dreaper |
| 1963 | Sandy Abbot | Stan Mellor | George Owen |
| 1962 | Piperton | Dave Dick | Archie Thomlinson |
| 1961 | Fortria | Pat Taaffe | Tom Dreaper |
| 1960 | Fortria | Pat Taaffe | Tom Dreaper |
| 1959 | Quita Que | Bunny Cox | Dan Moore |
Winners from Wikipedia, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Queen Mother Champion Chase questions
Who won the Queen Mother Champion Chase in 2026?
Il Etait Temps, ridden by Paul Townend and trained by Willie Mullins.
When is the Queen Mother Champion Chase?
The Queen Mother Champion Chase is run at Cheltenham: March, the Wednesday of the Cheltenham Festival.
Which jockey has won the Queen Mother Champion Chase most?
Barry Geraghty, with 5 wins in the list above.