The Wayward Lad Novices' Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older.
The race is for novice chasers, and it is scheduled to take place each year in late December during the course's Christmas Festival.
The event is named in honour of Wayward Lad, a winner of Kempton's most prestigious race, the King George VI Chase, three times during the 1980s.
The earliest version of the race was contested over 2+1⁄2 miles, and this was extended by 110 yards in 1992.
The race was absent from the National Hunt calendar in 1999, but it returned the following year with a new distance of 2 miles.