Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle

The Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle is one of the newest Cheltenham Festival races that will be run over the course of the four day National Hunt event.

The race was introduced in 2009 and is the youngest race on the Cheltenham Festival calendar. It's one of the newest Cheltenham Festival races because it was introduced as a way to keep the four days filled.

Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle Course

The Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle covers a distance of two miles four and a half furlongs. The race is open to horse four-years-old and older. The Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle has a prize purse of roughly £50,000.

There are nine jumps to be tackled in the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle and it is also a handicap race. The handicap is applied to light and higher quality horses in the race was a way of levelling the playing field.

Conditional jockeys only may ride in the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle. The requirement is that any National Hunt jockey taking part in the race can have no more than 75 career wins.

Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle Title Holders

Due to the race only being started in 2009, there is a very short list of Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle title holders. The first winner if the race in 2009 was a horse called Andytown, ridden by Felix de Giles and trained by Nicky Henderson.

The winner of the race in 2010 was a horse called Pause and Clause. The jockey on that occasion was Johnny Farrelly and the trainer of Pause and Clause was Emma Lavelle.

Martin Pipe

Martin Pipe was and still is a very popular figure in the world of National Hunt racing. He retired from professional race horse training in 2006 with a solid record across the National Hunt world.

Martin Pipe won the title of Champion Trainer on 15 separate occasions and he coached a total of 34 winners at the Cheltenham Festival. Martin Pipe is one of many trainers to have had a race named after him at the Cheltenham Festival.

Interesting Races at the Cheltenham Festival

The Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle is one of the interesting races at the Cheltenham Festival because it seems trainers throw their rooky horses into the race. Nicky Henderson, Paul Nicholls and Willie Mullins have all give some horses their Cheltenham Festival debuts in this race.

All handicap races are interesting races at the Cheltenham Festival because handicaps can complete obscure some lighter and stronger horses in a race. The handicap system improves the value in the betting market and increases the chances of an outsider winning.

Jockeys Handicap Hurdle Betting

Jockeys Handicap Hurdle betting can be a complete nightmare for the bookmakers because of this very handicap system. The Jockeys Handicap Hurdle betting often produces some very long prices on high quality horses. This eradicates the chance of a shortly priced favourite from running away with the race.