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 1912 | Handicap | 2 miles 100 yards | ||
| Pos. | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
| 1 | FURZEY COMMON | A Parker | G Parker | Mr G Parker 13/8 fav |
| 2 | SPRINGTIME II | Mr H A Brown | Alf Newey | Mr H A Brown 5/2 |
| 3 | CANNOCK LASS | W Payne | Gore | Captain G Middleton 4/1 |
| 4 | DEMAND | F Jones | C Brown | Mr F Davis 100/8 |
| 5 | ISATIS | R Gordon | Gordon | Mr Guy Lutwyche 100/8 |
| 6 | PORT MEADOW | Captain Noel Newton | Gordon | Captain C Noel Newton 100/8 |
| 7 | TIPTREE HEATH | Alf Newey | Alf Newey | Mr J W Pullen 100/8 |
| 8 | ROSAMUND III | Mr Harrison | C Brown | Mr E Day 100/8 |
| Over round 126% | ||||
| This race was run on Thursday 14th March 1912 when Furzey Common beat Springtime II and Cannock Lass by 1 1/2 lengths and 3 lengths | ||||