Attaglance Takes the Martin Pipe Hurdle 2012

1 Attaglance 20/1
2 Toner D'Oudairies 7/1
3 Oscar Nominee 10/1
4 Make A Track 12/1
24 ran Distances: nk, nk, 1½l
TIME 4m 51.58s (slow by 4.58s)

Malcolm Jefferson secured a second Cheltenham Festival victory of the week when Attaglance landed the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle.

After Dato Star’s win in the 1995 Weatherbys Bumper, Malcolm Jefferson’s next winner at the Cheltenham Festival was Cape Tribulation in Thursday’s Pertemps Final. And, having waited 17 years for another Festival winner, two have come along at once.

“If I have to wait another 17 years,” said the veteran Malton trainer as he welcomed Attaglance into the hallowed winner’s circle after the Marin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle, “I don’t think I’ll be here.”

Attaglance won by a neck with a determined display under Harry Haynes. “They both did it well,” added Jefferson. “This is a tough, genuine, gutsy horse, easy to train and gives you everything, the sort you’d love 10 of.

“We’d had this as his target for a while. We ran him at Sandown to try to get a mark to get into the race and he was a bit unfortunate, there was a false start and then he completely missed the first and Ruby [Walsh] wisely pulled him up.

“Then he had to win at Market Rasen, which he did easily. He went up 9lb for that, which got him here, and judging by the close finish, the handicapper was just about right.

“This horse and Cape Tribulation are two right nice horses. But for this meeting, you need nice horses.”

Jefferson’s Festival score is now four, having won the Pertemps Final in 1994 with Tindari.

Position	Horse Trainer	Jockey Weight	Starting Price Beaten Distance
1	Attaglance J M Jefferson	Harry Haynes 11st 6lbs	20 - 1 Winner
2	Toner D'Oudairies G Elliott	K M Donoghue 11st 4lbs	7 - 1 Neck
3	Oscar Nominee N J Henderson	David Bass 11st 2lbs	10 - 1 Neck
4	Make A Track C F Swan	B R Dalton 11st 1lbs	12 - 1 1 1/2 length
5	Art Professor Miss V Williams	Harry Challoner 10st 13lbs	40 - 1 1 3/4 length
6	Grandads Horse C E Longsdon	Kielan Woods 11st 1lbs	12 - 1 3/4 length
7	Pateese P J Hobbs	Matt Griffiths 11st 3lbs	66 - 1 1 length
8	Like Minded P F Nicholls	Ryan Mahon 11st 2lbs	50 - 1 1 1/2 length
9	Bourne D McCain Jnr	Henry Brooke 11st 2lbs	9 - 2 1/2 length
10	Arab League D Pipe	F J Hayes 11st 3lbs	50 - 1 3 1/4 lengths
11	Tornado Bob D McCain Jnr	J Kington 11st 7lbs	50 - 1 5 lengths
12	Dan Breen D Pipe	Bryan J Cooper 11st 2lbs	22 - 1 2 lengths
13	Molotof N J Henderson	C Wallis 11st 12lbs	11 - 1 11 lengths
14	Open Hearted N J Henderson	Jeremiah McGrath 11st 3lbs	9 - 1 Head
15	Empire Levant P F Nicholls	Harry Derham 11st 7lbs	20 - 1 Neck
16	Wolf Moon M Keighley	Charlie Huxley 10st 13lbs	66 - 1 9 lengths
17	Knight Pass W Greatrex	Brendan Powell 11st 2lbs	66 - 1 62 lengths
18	I'msingingtheblues D Pipe	Thomas Bellamy 11st 12lbs	18 - 1 7 lengths
PulledUp	Rigidity Tim Vaughan	Michael Byrne 11st 2lbs	25 - 1
Fell	Street Entertainer D Pipe	Conor O'Farrell 11st 1lbs	5 - 1
Fell	Ski Sunday Tim Vaughan	Robert Kirk 11st 0lbs	50 - 1
PulledUp	Bocciani B Ellison	Lucy Alexander 11st 0lbs	40 - 1
PulledUp	Changing Times N A Twiston-Davies	William Twiston-Davies 10st 13lbs	20 - 1
PulledUp	Gormanstown Cuckoo M Blake	Tom Cannon 10st 13lbs	33 - 1

HAYNES BREAKS FESTIVAL DUCK

Conditional rider Harry Haynes had his first Festival success when partnering Attaglance to victory in the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle.

“It’s only me third ride at the Festival so I’m pretty inexperienced here,” said Haynes. “I came seventh on one for James Ewart here last year and then came nowhere on one here on Tuesday. This is brilliant and it’s a shame the Festival is nearly over, I can’t wait for next year.

“The horse probably travelled a bit too well for the first half mile and it felt like it was going to be a five-furlong sprint. But he travelled and jumped brilliantly and never missed a hurdle.

“He doesn’t like to be crowded in a race and when he saw the hill he galloped all the way to the line. He was not stopping.”

Gordon-Elliott, trainer of runner-up Toner D’Oudaires, said: “It’s disappointing not to have won. He missed the last and would have won if he jumped it.”

Jockey Robert Kirk was taken to Cheltenham General Hospital after falling from Ski Sunday for assessment of a possible neck injury.

1. Run for the first time in 2009, the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle is named after one the greatest trainers of modern times, who retired at the end of the 2005/06 season. In a career spanning 32 years, Martin Pipe was champion trainer on no fewer than 15 occasions. His 4,182 winners included 34 at The Festival.

2. Martin’s son David ran seven horses in the first running in 2009 with Big Eared Fran faring best of the septet in third.

3. Andytown won the the 2009 contest for jockey Felix de Giles and trainer Nicky Henderson, who equalled Martin’s total of 34 Cheltenham Festival winners in the process.

2011-WINNER-SIR DES CHAMPS 5-11-03 Owner-Gigginstown House Stud; Trainer-Willie Mullins IRE; Jocket-Emmet Mullins; SP-9/2 Fav
2ND-Son Of Flicka 7-11-06 Owner-Twenty Four Seven Recruitment; Trainer-Donald McCain; Jockey-Henry Brooke; SP-28/1
3RD-First Point 8-11-07 Owner-The Third Pheasant Inn Partnership; Trainer-Nicky Henderson; Jockey-David Bass; SP-20/1
4TH-Indian Daudaie 4-11-03 Owner-Timeform Betfair Racing Club & Clive Smith; Trainer-Paul Nicholls; Jockey- James Cowley; SP-25/1
23 ran, Time-4m 55.22s; Dist- ½, 2, 4

2010-WINNER-PAUSE AND CLAUSE 6-11-10 Owner-Robert Cohen; Trainer-Emma Lavelle; Jockey-Johnny Farrelly; SP-14/1
2ND-Radium 5-11-04 Owner-Simon Munir; Trainer-Nicky Henderson; Jockey-Harry Skelton; SP-14/1
3RD-Clova Island 7-11-00 Owner-Mrs Peter Prowting; Trainer-Philip Hobbs; Jockey-Giles Hawkins; SP-14/1
4TH-Peveril 6-11-03 Owner-Trevor Hemmings; Trainer-Nicky Henderson; Jockey-David Bass; SP-5/1 24 ran, Time-5m 5.25s; Dist-3¼, 1¼, 2¾ 9/2 Fav Ashkazar (7th)

2009-WINNER-ANDYTOWN 6-11-02 Owner-Richard & Lizzie Kelvin Hughes; Trainer-Nicky Henderson; Jockey-Felix de Giles; SP-25/1
2ND-Midnight Chase 7-11-00 Owner-Lady Clarke; Trainer-Neil Mulholland; Jockey-Michael O’Connor; SP-100/1
3RD-Big Eared Fran 6-11-02 Owner-Thomas Barr; Trainer-David Pipe; Jockey-Johnny Farrelly; SP-7/2 Fav
4TH-Font 6-10-11 Owner-Mr & Mrs R Nevison & Mr & Mrs Ged Mason; Trainer-Paul Nicholls; Jockey-Harry Skelton; SP-14/1 23 ran, Time-4m 58.52s; Dist-9, 7, 2