Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle

Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle
Ungraded race
Location Cheltenham Racecourse
Cheltenham, England
Inaugurated 2009
Race type Hurdle race
Website Cheltenham
Race information
Distance 2m 4½f (4,124 metres)
Surface Turf
Track Left-handed
Qualification Four-years-old and up
Weight Handicap
Purse £60,000 (2016)[1]
1st: £31,280
Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle
2018
Blow By Blow Discorama Early Doors

The Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle is a National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain for conditional jockeys which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run on the New Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 2 miles and 4½ furlongs (4,124 metres), and during its running there are nine hurdles to be jumped. It is a handicap race, and it is scheduled to take place each year during the Cheltenham Festival in March.

The event was established in 2009 and is named in honour of Martin Pipe, a highly successful National Hunt trainer who retired in 2006. During his career Pipe was Champion Trainer fifteen times, and his record at the Cheltenham Festival included thirty-four victories.[2]

The race is restricted to conditional jockeys.

Records

Most successful horse:

  • no horse has won this race more than once

Leading jockey :

  • no jockey has won this race more than once

Leading trainer (3 wins):

  • Willie Mullins – Sir Des Champs (2011), Don Poli (2014), Killultagh Vic (2015)

Winners

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Weight
 Jockey
 Trainer
2009 Andytown 6 11-02 Felix de Giles Nicky Henderson
2010 Pause and Clause 6 11–10 Johnny Farrelly Emma Lavelle
2011 Sir Des Champs 5 11-06 Emmet Mullins Willie Mullins
2012 Attaglance 6 11-06 Harry Haynes Malcolm Jefferson
2013 Salubrious 6 11-08 Harry Derham Paul Nicholls
2014 Don Poli 5 11-05 Mikey Fogarty Willie Mullins
2015 Killultagh Vic 6 11-01 Luke Dempsey Willie Mullins
2016 Ibis du Rheu 5 11-07 Jack Sherwood Paul Nicholls
2017 Champagne Classic 6 11-03 James Slevin Gordon Elliott

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cheltenham prize-money boosted to over £4m". Racing Post. 7 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Legend Pipe honoured by Cheltenham". thisisgloucestershire.co.uk. 20 January 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
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