The Freebooter Handicap Chase, currently run as the William Hill Handicap Chase, is a Premier Handicap National Hunt Grade 3 handicapchase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older.
It is run at Aintree over a distance of about 3 miles and 1 furlong (3 miles and 210 yards, or 5,020 metres), and during its running there are 19 fences to be jumped. It is scheduled to take place each year at the Grand National meeting in April.
The race was raised from Listed to Grade Three status from 2018.[1]
Records
Most successful horse (2 wins):
Duke of Lucca โ 2014,2015
Leading jockey (4 wins):
Richard Johnson - From Dawn To Dusk (2010), Duke of Lucca (2014, 2015), Thomas Patrick (2018)