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The Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate

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Introduced 1951
Racecourse Cheltenham, New Course
Race Distance Approximately 2 miles & 4 1/2 furlongs
Entry Conditions Horses aged 5 and over
Current Sponsor Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable
Date & Time Day 3 / Thursday 18th March 2021 / 16:10
Leading Jockey Fred Winter with 3 wins
Leading Trainer Bobby Renton, Nicky Henderson & Martin Pipe with 4 wins

The Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate Handicap Chase is run on the new course at Cheltenham over a distance of around 2 miles & 4 1/2 furlongs and features seventeen fences.

The race was originally introduced in 1951 in memory of ex-amateur National Hunt jockey 2nd Baron Mildmay of Flete, who was a three-time winner at Cheltenham.

Fred Winter is the leading Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate Handicap Chase jockey having won the race a record 3 times. A record which he has held since 1958.

The Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate Past Winners

Year   Horse Age Price Trainer Jockey Distances
2020 1st Simply The Betts 7 10-3f H Whittington G Sheehan  
  2nd Happy Diva 9 20-1 Kerry Lee Richard Patrick  1 1/4 lengths
  3rd Mister Whitaker 8 22-1 M R Channon Adrian Heskin  1 3/4 lengths
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2019 1st Siruh Du Lac 6 9-2 N Williams L Kelley  
  2nd Janika 6 3-1F N J Henderson D A Jacob 3/4 Length
  3rd Spiritofthegames 7  6-1 D Skelton H Skelton 2 1/4 Lengths
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2018 1st The Storyteller 7 5-1F G Elliott D N Russell  
  2nd Splash of Ginge 10 25-1 N A Twiston-Davies J Bargary 1 3/4 Lengths
  3rd King’s Odyssey 9 14-1 E Williams A Wedge 5 Lengths
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2017 1st  Road To Respect 6 14-1 N Meade B J Cooper  
  2nd Baron Alco 6 10-1 G L Moore J E Moore 6 Lengths
  3rd Bouvreuil 6 10-1 P F Nicholls S Twiston-Davies 1 3/4 Lengths
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2016 1st  Empire Of Dirt 9 16-1 C A Murphy B J Cooper  
  2nd Tango De Juilley 8 33-1 V Williams J W Kennedy 4 Lengths
  3rd Kings Palace 8 11-1 D Pipe T Scudamore 1 1/4 Lengths
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2015 1st  Darna 9 33-1 K C Bailey D Bass  
  2nd Monetaire 9 11-2 D Pipe T Scudamore 1 1/4 Lengths
  3rd Rawnaq 8 25-1 M J Smith A E Lynch 1 1/2 Lengths

The Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate Trends

  • 16 of the last 19 Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate winners were priced at 10-1 or greater
  • 20 of the last 28 Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate winners had run at Cheltenham Festival previously
  • 7 of the last 8 Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate winners had never run at the Cheltenham Festival
  • 10 of the last 11 Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate winners carried less than 11-0

The Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate Betting Offers

Several bookmakers will be running betting offers for the Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate. You’ll find a number of offers such as best odds guaranteed, price boosts, extra places and free bets available which you can use to get extra value from your bets.

We have listed all of the Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate betting offers you can expect to see available for the 2021 Cheltenham Festival below. Click on an offer to read more and find out how to claim.