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The Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle is a National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain for conditional jockeys which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run on the New Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 2 miles and 4½ furlongs (2 miles 4 furlongs and 56 yards, or 4,075 metres), and during its running ...
The Pattern underwent further revisions in the 1980s and was subject to a major change in 1989 when the Jockey Club, the governing body of British horseracing at the time, overhauled the Pattern to create a mid-season and season-ending Grade 1 race in each of twelve categories, with lead-up Grade 2 races and a set of 14 major handicaps of Grade ...
The British Horseracing Authority, also known as the BHA, is the regulatory authority for horse racing in Great Britain. It was formed on 31 July 2007, after the merger of the British Horseracing Board (BHB) and the Horseracing Regulatory Authority (HRA).
In 2017 the BHA concluded a racecourse survey and remeasurement which led to some racecourses changing the exact distance of some races, or moving race start points to fit with advertised race distances. [1] The distances in the table below are exact distances. Race distances are often given to the nearest furlong: e.g.
The course staged pony racing from 1947 to 1951 and in 1961, and Arab racing in 1979: Hethersett Racecourse [26] Norfolk: England: National Hunt: c1888: 4 May 1939: The course staged point-to-racing from 1953 to 1970: Hooton Park Racecourse [27] Cheshire: England: National Hunt: 22 May 1899: 17 April 1915: Subsequently the site of RAF Hooton ...
The entries and daily results for the Goshen Historic Track harness races during the Great American Weekend event of 2024.
For the twenty years prior to this, the Grand National meeting had been the venue's only horse racing fixture of the year. The Becher Chase was upgraded to Grade Three by the British Horseracing Board (BHA) from its 2014 running [ 1 ] and was re-classified as a Premier Handicap from the 2022 running when Grade 3 status was renamed by the BHA.
The Pertemps Network Final is a Premier Handicap National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run on the New Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 3 miles (2 miles 7 furlongs and 213 yards, or 4,785 metres), and during its running there are twelve hurdles to be jumped.