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Conditional Jockeys Hurdle
Cheltenham Festival race guide – Conditional Jockeys Hurdle betting
Restricted to jump jockeys who have not won more than 75 races under rules, the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle contenders include Ted Spread, Bourne and Big Easy who won last time out. Paddy Power are also taking bets on trainer David Pipe training the winner of the race named after his father Martin, who retired in 2006. Free £25 bet from William Hill.
Conditional Jockeys Hurdle odds
Arguably it is right that conditional jockeys do get to ride at the best National Hunt meeting in the calendar. They would probably not get the chance to deliver on the biggest of stages without being able to claim their allowances. Felix de Giles was the first conditional rider to take this hurdle aboard Nicky Henderson’s Andytown two years ago and was soon followed by Johnny Farrelly twelve months later. Both jockeys ironically now have ninety career wins to their respective names but probably none as sweet as their sole Cheltenham Festival successes. But which jockey will revel in the moment of riding a 2011 festival winner?
Form and favourites
The form guides for this handicap hurdle are hard to distinguish, mainly because there have only ever been two runnings of this event. But Martin Pipe’s son David will be trying his utmost to send out a winner as this is the race which honours his father. Last year he sent out seven horses in the 2009 event but the best found a couple too good for his best performer on the day, Big Eared Fran. Last year he readied only one runner in Ashkazar who went off 9/2 favourite under Hadden Frost but again could only manage a mid-field position. Better luck this time perhaps? He will certainly win this race during his time as a trainer so keep a track of his runner(s) when the final few are declared because they are sure to hold every chance.
The favourite in this race has been nowhere in both races. The aforementioned Ashkazar fluffed his lines last year and the well backed Big Eared Fran, another one of Pipe’s, finished a disappointing third after being well supported in the betting. Subsequently, we’ve seen Andytown take the spoils at 25/1 (2009) and Pause and Clause last time at an attractive 14/1 arrive home first, so is it really another one for the an outsider? It is a handicap remember so concentrate on those that might not be on such a tight grip from the handicapper and may have been let in lightly.
Conditional Jockeys Hurdle verdict
Not easy to pick the winner here and several are entered for more than one race at the Festival. Of those who still hold an entry, Cape Dutch has taken well to hurdles and arrives in good form after winning at Musselburgh last month. Donald McCain’s Bourne is another who won fairly convincingly when last seen and looks to have a bit up his sleeve. TONER D’OUDAIRIES should make a bold bid if he doesn’t run in the Coral Cup and can take this providing the ground isn’t too fast.
1- Toner D’Oudairies
2- Bourne
3- Cape Dutch
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