Nickel Coin Mares' Standard Open NH Flat Race
The Nickel Coin Mares' Standard Open NH Flat Race is a Grade 2 National Hunt flat race in Great Britain which is open to fillies and mares aged four to six years. It is run at Aintree over a distance of about 2 miles and 1 furlong (2 miles and 209 yards, or 3,410 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year during the Grand National meeting in early April.
| Grade 2 race | |
| Location | Aintree Racecourse Merseyside, England |
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| Race type | National Hunt flat race |
| Sponsor | Goffs |
| Website | Aintree |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 2m 209y (3,410 metres) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Four to six years old fillies & mares |
| Weight | 10 st 8 lb (4yo); 11 st 0 lb (5–6yo) Penalties 4 lb for Grade 1 or Grade 2 winners |
| Purse | £45,000 (2019) 1st: £25,321 |
| 2019 | ||
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| The Glancing Queen | Minella Melody | Daylight Katie |
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| 2018 | ||
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| Getaway Katie Mai | Midnightreferendum | Duhallow Gesture |
| 2017 | ||
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| Dame Rose | Oscar Rose | Petticoat Tails |
| 2016 | ||
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| Kayf Grace | Augusta Kate | Shattered Love |
| 2015 | ||
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| Hollies Pearl | Chocca Wocca | Sea Pride |
| 2014 | ||
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| Avispa | Lady Buttons | Tara Mist |
| 2013 | ||
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| Legacy Gold | Cailin Annamh | Carole's Spirit |
| 2012 | ||
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| Eleven Fifty Nine | Call Me A Star | Umadachar |
| 2011 | ||
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| Tempest River | Ceol Rua | Big Time Billy |
| 2010 | ||
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| Big Time Billy | Dare To Doubt | Style Of Campile |
| 2009 | ||
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| Candy Creek | Liss Na Tintri | Morning Supreme |
| 2008 | ||
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| Carole's Legacy | Divali Princess | Call Me A Legend |
The race is named after Nickel Coin, the winner of the 1951 Grand National and the most recent mare to win the Grand National. The race was first run in 2005 with Listed status, then was promoted to Grade 2 in 2016.[1]
Winners
| Year |
Winner |
Age | Jockey |
Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Senorita Rumbalita | 4 | Robert Thornton | Alan King |
| 2006 | Rhacophorus | 5 | Ruby Walsh | C J Down |
| 2007 | Turbo Linn | 4 | Tony Dobbin | Alan Swinbank |
| 2008 | Carole's Legacy | 4 | Andrew Tinkler | Nicky Henderson |
| 2009 | Candy Creek | 5 | Ruby Walsh | John Kiely |
| 2010 | Big Time Billy | 4 | M Byrne[lower-alpha 1] | Peter Bowen |
| 2011 | Tempest River | 5 | Daryl Jacob | Ben Case |
| 2012 | Eleven Fifty Nine | 6 | Rachael Green | Anthony Honeyball |
| 2013 | Legacy Gold | 5 | Stephen Crawford[lower-alpha 1] | Stuart Crawford |
| 2014 | Avispa | 5 | Robert Thornton | Alan King |
| 2015 | Hollies Pearl | 5 | Sean Bowen | Peter Bowen |
| 2016 | Kayf Grace | 6 | Nico de Boinville | Nicky Henderson |
| 2017 | Dame Rose | 4 | Alain Cawley | Richard Hobson |
| 2018 | Getaway Katie Mai | 5 | Jamie Codd[lower-alpha 1] | John Queally |
| 2019 | The Glancing Queen | 5 | Wayne Hutchinson | Alan King |
| no race 2020 [lower-alpha 2] |
- amateur jockey
- The 2020 running was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom[2]
References
- "Aintree's two mile novices' hurdle elevated to Grade 1 status as the BHA announces upgrades to Jump Pattern races for 2015/16 / 07 Jul 15". britishhorseracing.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- "Coronavirus: Horse racing in Great Britain suspended until end of April". BBC Sport. 17 March 2020.
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