Cleeve Selling Hurdle
| The Cleeve Selling Hurdle over 2 miles was held at the very first Festival in 1911 when won by Aftermath who went on to win the Stayers Selling Hurdle at the 1912 Festival. The Cleeve Selling Hurdle continued to be part of the programme on 7 further occasions, finally being dropped from the card after the 1923 running. |
| Early history:- The inaugural running of the Cleeve Selling Hurdle was as the opening race on Thursday 9th March 1911 when Aftermath (7/2) owned by Mr C Atherton Brown, trained by R Payne and ridden by Bill Payne beat Espanol (4/1) and Barbarossa (2/1 fav) by 5 lengths and 6 lengths. |
| Cleeve Selling Hurdle 1911 | Handicap | 2 miles 100 yards | ||
| Pos. | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
| 1 | AFTERMATH | W Payne | W Payne | Mr C A Brown 7/2 |
| 2 | ESPANOL | Mr P Roberts | D Hill | Mrs D Hill 4/1 |
| 3 | BARBAROSSA | Alf Newey | A Newey | Mr W J Greeson 2/1 fav |
| 4 | WISE LOVE | S Jones | Hartley | Mr Tomlinson 7/1 |
| 5 | WHITSBURY | R H Hall | Hall | Mr R H Hall 10/1 |
| 6 | MELCHIZEDEK | J Green | Holman | Captain Herbert 10/1 |
| 7 | HEAD COLLAR | J Woodman | Robson | Mr Robson 10/1 |
| Over round 114% | ||||
| The inaugural running of this race was on Thursday 9th March 1911 when Aftermath beat Espanol and Barbarossa by 5 lengths and 6 lengths | ||||