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Salubrious Captures Martin Pipe Hurdle
15/03/13

1 Salubrious 16/1
2 Nagpur 33/1
3 Double Ross 14/1
4 Make Your Mark 8/1
24 ran

Paul Nicholls had to wait until the penultimate race of the whole meeting but Salubrious got the champion trainer off the mark at Cheltenham in the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle.

Salubrious
© Racehorse Photos

Ridden by his nephew Harry Derham, the 16-1 chance coasted into the lead rounding the turn for home but began to idle.

Double Ross made a bold bid from the front in an effort to give Nigel Twiston-Davies another winner and despite being passed he rallied again for Adam Wedge before running on empty. Nagpur flew from the back to grab second off Double Ross some seven lengths behind Salubrious.

Make Your Mark stuck on to claim fourth for Willie Mullins, but the red-hot favourite Gevrey Chambertin (9-4), trained by David Pipe, was in trouble from a long way out and never figured.

Nicholls said: "It's been a blooming nightmare this week but I'd like to dedicate that one to Dominic Baker (son of Nicholls' head lad Clifford Baker, who died in a car accident recently).

"It's been an incredibly tough week, but to win for Dominic is brilliant. For Harry to ride it is brilliant. He gave it a peach, I told him to go as wide as he could but not to get there too soon but he was probably there 10 minutes too soon! Harry rides very well and if he gets some more experience he'll be great.

"He had a chance on his At Fishers Cross form but we thought the ground would be too soft and the way this week has gone I thought he'd get caught."

Derham said: "It's been a tough week and it's so competitive here at the Festival, our horses had run well without winning, this is incredible.

"We thought we'd ride him to come through horses and he made my life very easy because he can be a bit keen. He jumped great and travelled well and I've got there too early really."

Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle
£50,000 added, 4yo plus, 2m 4f 110y, Class 2
23 ran
Going: SOFT (Good to Soft in places)

Previous Results

MARTIN PIPE CONDITIONAL JOCKEYS’ HANDICAP HURDLE

2012-WINNER-ATTAGLANCE 6-11-03 Owner-H Young, G Eifert, R Snyder; Trainer-Malcolm Jefferson; Jockey-Harry Haynes; SP-20/1
2ND-Toner D’Oudairies 5-11-01 Owner-Gigginstown House Stud; Trainer-Gordon Elliott IRE; Jockey-Keith Donoghue; SP-7/1
3RD-Oscar Nominee 5-10-13 Owner-Michael Buckley; Trainer-Nicky Henderson; Jockey-David Bass; SP-10/1
4TH-Make A Track 6-10-12 Owner-Gigginstown House Stud; Trainer-Charlie Swan IRE; Jockey-Ben Dalton
24 ran, Time-4m 51.6s, Dist-nk, nk, 1½ 9/2 Fav Bourne (9th)

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

BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Run for the first time in 2009, the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle is named after one of the greatest Jump trainers, 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 4,183 winners included 34 at The Festival.

FIELD SIZE
The race has a safety limit of 24.

WEIGHTS
All four winners have carried more than 11st to victory, with Pause And Clause scoring under 11st 10lb in 2010.

MULTIPLE WINNERS
No horse has won the race more than once.

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINER
No trainer has been successful on more than one occasion.

MOST SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY
No jockey has won the race twice

OVERSEAS-TRAINED WINNERS
Sir Des Champs, successful in 2011 for Willie Mullins, is the only Irish-trained winner.

BETTING
Sir Des Champs is also the only favourite to win, scoring at odds of 9/2, while Andytown sprung a 25/1 surprise in 2009.

DID YOU KNOW?
The first and second in 2011, Sir Des Champs and Son Of Flicka, both returned to The Festival in 2012 with Sir Des Champs winning the Jewson Novices’ Chase and Son Of Flicka capturing the Coral Cup.