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 1913 Handicap 2 miles 100 yards
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 HENRY POTTS S Avila Poole Mr Arbuthnot 6/4 fav
2 TIGER II F Morgan F Hartigan Lord Suffolk 3/1
3 ROYAL DEMAND Jack Anthony R Smith Mr D Harrison 9/2
4 TURBULENT P Roberts Budge Mr Budge 100/8
5 CALLIOPE Mr H W Cox H W Cox Mr H W Cox 100/8
6 COGNAC Mr R H Tall Costello Mr R Williams 100/8
7 NANCY JOYCE Mr J Adamthwaite Adamthwaite Mr J Adamthwaite 100/8
8 LADY BERYL Mr Arbuthnot Arbuthnot Mr T J Brain 100/8
9 SOLE MIO T Kelly Davies Mr Singer 100/8
        Over round 131%
This race was run on Thursday 13th March 1913 when Henry Potts beat Tiger II and Royal Demand by a length and 5 lengths