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Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle

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Inaugurated
  
2009

Website
  
Cheltenham

Surface
  
Turf

Race type
  
Hurdle race

Distance
  
2m 4½f (4,124 metres)

Location
  
Cheltenham Racecourse Cheltenham, England

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.

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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.

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

  • Weights given in stones and pounds.
  • References

    Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Wikipedia