The Martin Pipe Handicap Hurdle
The Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle is the Cheltenham Festival’s feature race for conditional jockeys. The race is run over a distance of 2 miles 4½ furlongs on the Cheltenham New Course with entry restricted to horses over the age of 4.
The Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle was added to the Cheltenham Fixture card in 2009. The event is named in honour of national hunt legend, Martin Pipe, winner of 15 National Hunt Champion Trainer awards.
Martin Pipe Handicap Hurdle Betting & Trends
Age: The only winner to date was a 6-year-old. Expect the majority of winners to fall in the 5- to 7-year-old range.
Odds: The first running of the race produced a 25/1 winner with a 100/1 long shot finishing second. The 7/2 favourite finished in third place.
Jockey: Felix de Giles rode the race winner in 2009.
Trainer: Nicky Henderson trained the inaugural winner, Andytown.
Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle Tip: It’s too early to map trends in this race, but the results of the inaugural race suggest that laying the favourite is the best bet in a race that looks likely to produce major upsets in years to come.
Martin Handicap Hurdle Winners
The inaugural running of the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle went to Nicky Henderson’s Andytown, providing jockey Felix de Giles with his first race win. The real story of the race was, however, the performance of 100/1 outsider, Midnight Chase, who put in a strong run at the end of the race and would have rewarded backers handsomely on each-way bets.
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