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 1915 Handicap 2 miles 100 yards
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 EMERALD ISLE W J Smith Yapp Mr H Rhodes 11/4 fav
2 DUKE OF LANCASTER S Avila Payne Lady Gordon 3/1
3 B & S F Hunt E Hunt Mr Beauchamp 8/1
4 ROUGH & READY Mr H Brown Alf Newey Captain Foster 7/2
5 MUSICAL SIMON A Saxby Holman Mr Young 100/8
6 SIR JOSH H Huxley Martin Mr W J Tatem 100/8
7 CLASSIC F Dainty Hallick Captain D H Morgan 7/1
8 PERSISTENCE E Robson Hogg Mr J Ainsworth 8/1
9 BLOWBERRY R Rennison Randell Mr H Heaton 100/8
10 USILYAS W Burley Ted Gwilt Mr H H B Law 100/8
        Over round 111%
This race was run on Thursday 11th March 1915 when Emerald Isle beat Duke of Lancaster and B & S by a head and 2 lengths