Pertemps Final

The Pertemps Final is a Grade Three 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. It is a handicap race, and it is scheduled to take place each year during the Cheltenham Festival in March.

Pertemps Final
Grade 3 race
LocationCheltenham Racecourse
Cheltenham, England
Inaugurated1974
Race typeHurdle race
SponsorPertemps
WebsiteCheltenham
Race information
Distance2m 7f 213y (4,785 metres)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationFive-years-old and up
WeightHandicap
Purse£100,000(2019)
1st: 56,270
Pertemps Network Final
2020
Sire Du Berlais The Storyteller Tout Est Permis

History

The event was established in 1974, when it was introduced as a replacement for a previous race at the Festival, the George Duller Handicap Hurdle. It was originally sponsored by Coral, and for much of its early history it was titled the Coral Golden Hurdle Final. It has had various sponsors since 1993, and the latest of these, Pertemps, began supporting the race in 2002.

The Pertemps Final is served by a series of qualifier races which take place during the preceding five months. A horse has to placed in the first six in a qualifier race to be eligible to run in the Final. In the 2019–20 season there were 21 qualifier races, including two in Ireland and five in France.[1][2]

The race was raised from Listed to Grade Three status from 2018.[3]

Records

Most successful horse (3 wins):

  • Willie Wumpkins – 1979, 1980, 1981

Leading jockey (3 wins):

  • Jim Wilson – Willie Wumpkins (1979, 1980, 1981)
  • Davy Russell – Mall Dini (2016), Presenting Percy (2017), Delta Work (2018)
  • Barry Geraghty – Inching Closer (2003), Sire Du Berlais (2019, 2020)

Leading trainer (4 wins):

  • Jonjo O'Neill – Danny Connors (1991), Inching Closer (2003), Creon (2004), Holywell (2013)

Winners
Year
 Winner
 Age
 Weight
 Jockey
 Trainer
1974 Kastrup 7 10-03 Graham Thorner David Barons
1975 Saffron Cake 6 10-07 Eddie Wright Les Kennard
1976 Good Prospect 7 11-10 Richard Evans John Edwards
1977 Outpoint 7 11-03 Pat O'Brien Fred Winter
1978 Water Colour 9 10-01 Kevin Whyte Martin Tate
1979 Willie Wumpkins 11 10-04 Jim Wilson[lower-alpha 1] Jane Pilkington
1980 Willie Wumpkins 12 10-07 Jim Wilson[lower-alpha 1] Jane Pilkington
1981 Willie Wumpkins 13 10-08 Jim Wilson[lower-alpha 1] Jane Pilkington
1982 Tall Order 8 10-02 Andrew Stringer Louis Foster
1983 Forgive 'n Forget 6 11-06 Mark Dwyer Jimmy FitzGerald
1984 Canio 7 10-09 John Francome Ron Hodges
1985 Von Trappe 8 10-06 Richard Dunwoody Michael Oliver
1986 Motivator 6 10-07 Graham McCourt Mick Ryan
1987 Taberna Lord 6 11-05 Luke Harvey Jim Wilson
1988 Pragada 5 11-00 Richard Rowe Josh Gifford
1989 Rogers Princess 7 10-00 Shaun Keightley Martin Tate
1990 Henry Mann 7 11-09 Tony Mulholland Simon Christian
1991 Danny Connors 7 10–12 Mark Dwyer Jonjo O'Neill
1992 My View 8 10-04 Jason Titley Michael Purcell
1993 Fissure Seal 7 11-04 Charlie Swan Harry de Bromhead
1994 Tindari 6 10-09 Paul Williams Malcolm Jefferson
1995 Miracle Man 7 10–11 Peter Hobbs Colin Weedon
1996 Great Easeby 6 10-01 Richard McGrath Wilf Storey
1997 Pharanear 7 11-09 Robert Thornton[lower-alpha 1] David Nicholson
1998 Unsinkable Boxer 9 10–12 Tony McCoy Martin Pipe
1999 Generosa 6 10-01 Norman Williamson John Hassett
2000 Rubhahunish 9 11-02 Carl Llewellyn Nigel Twiston-Davies
2001 no race 2001 [lower-alpha 2]
2002 Freetown 6 11-02 Tony Dobbin Len Lungo
2003 Inching Closer 6 11-02 Barry Geraghty Jonjo O'Neill
2004 Creon 9 10-00 Timmy Murphy Jonjo O'Neill
2005 Oulart 6 10-02 Paul Carberry Dessie Hughes
2006 Kadoun 9 11-07 Tom Ryan Michael O'Brien
2007 Oscar Park 8 10-09 Tom Doyle David Arbuthnot
2008 Ballyfitz 8 10-08 Paddy Brennan Nigel Twiston-Davies
2009 Kayf Aramis 7 10-05 Aidan Coleman Venetia Williams
2010 Buena Vista 9 10-01 Hadden Frost David Pipe
2011 Buena Vista 10 10-08 Conor O'Farrell David Pipe
2012 Cape Tribulation 8 10–11 Denis O'Regan Malcolm Jefferson
2013 Holywell 6 11-04 Richie McLernon Jonjo O'Neill
2014 Fingal Bay 8 11–12 Richard Johnson Philip Hobbs
2015 Call The Cops 6 10–12 Andrew Tinkler Nicky Henderson
2016 Mall Dini 6 10–11 Davy Russell Pat Kelly
2017 Presenting Percy 6 11-11 Davy Russell Pat Kelly
2018 Delta Work 5 10-10 Davy Russell Gordon Elliott
2019 Sire Du Berlais 7 11-09 Barry Geraghty Gordon Elliott
2020 Sire Du Berlais 8 11-12 Barry Geraghty Gordon Elliott
  1. amateur jockey
  2. The 2001 running was cancelled because of a foot-and-mouth crisis

See also

References
  1. "Jump Race Series 2019-20". British Horseracing Authority. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  2. "Pertemps Series 2019/20" (pdf). British Horseracing Authority. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  3. "Jump Pattern Book Blog 2017/18". BHA. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  • Race Recordings
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