Pertemps Handicap Hurdle
14:10 Cheltenham Festival
2025-03-13
The Pertemps Network Final Handicap Hurdle takes place at 2.00pm on the third day of the Cheltenham Festival and serves as the final for the 21 long-distance qualifying races that are run throughout the jumps season. Starting in 2025, winners of those qualifiers are now guaranteed a place in this race, as long as they are within the required weight range come the festival. The race has been something of a stepping stone for younger horses who go on to greater achievements over fences. In recent years the likes of Presenting Percy and Delta Work won the race en route to excellent novice chase campaigns the following season. Check the Pertemps Hurdle runners and riders ahead of the race and place your bets by clicking the odds buttons.
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PERTEMPS HANDICAP PREVIOUS WINNERS
| Year | Horse | Previous Form | Age | Price | Trainer | Jockey |
| 2024 | Monmiral | 47-744 | 7 | 25-1 | Paul Nicholls | Harry Cobden |
| 2023 | Good Time Jonny | 4030 | 8 | 9-1 | A J Martin | Liam McKenna (5) |
| 2022 | Third Wind | 1P-733 | 8 | 25-1 | Hughie Morrison | Tom O’Brien |
| 2021 | Mrs Milner | 1324F | 6 | 12-1 | Paul Nolan | Bryan Cooper |
| 2020 | Sire Du Berlais | 18-494 | 8 | 10-1 | Gordon Elliott | Barry Geraghty |
| 2019 | Sire Du Berlais | 248-86 | 7 | 4-1 | Gordon Elliott | Barry Geraghty |
| 2018 | Delta Work | 33243 | 5 | 6-1 | Gordon Elliott | Davy Russell |
| 2017 | Presenting Percy | 11541 | 6 | 11-1 | Pat Kelly | Davy Russell |
| 2016 | Mall Dini | 31433 | 6 | 14-1 | Pat Kelly | Davy Russell |
| 2015 | Call The Cops | 421-41 | 6 | 9-1 | Nicky Henderson | Andrew Tinkler |
PERTEMPS HANDICAP KEY TRENDS AND STATS
Key trends
- Aged six to eight, 9/10
- Top-four finish last completed start, 8/10
- Winning form between 2m4f and 2m6f, 8/10
- Officially rated 138-148, 8/10
- Six to ten runs over hurdles, 7/10
Other factors
- Five winners had yet to win over 3m and five winners had run at the festival before.
- In 2018, Delta Work became the first successful five-year-old since Pragada in 1988, while Buena Vista in 2011 was the first aged older than nine to oblige since 1981.
- Five winners were set to carry at least 11st 9lb.
- Lightly raced types are generally favoured, but three of the last four winners had 14 starts over hurdles.
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WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR - PERTEMPS HANDICAP 2023
GOOD TIME JONNY prepped for this over just 2m at the Dublin Festival, made up a tremendous amount of ground in the closing stages to break a losing run of over a year. Salvador Ziggy turned in his best effort to date on this first run since October to finish second. Mill Green, a fine third from the same mark in this race in 2022. The well-supported favourite Thanksforthehelp had to battle this time after a facile success at Chepstow previsouly and was perhaps found out by the 11lb rise, finishing in 12th.