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 Handicap 2 miles 100 yards
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1911 AFTERMATH W Payne W Payne Mr C A Brown 7/2
1912 FURZEY COMMON A Parker G Parker Mr G Parker 13/8 fav
1913 HENRY POTTS G S Avila Poole Mr K Arbuthnot 6/4 fav
1914 SAUCEPAN A Escott A Escott Mr Dugdale 11/8 fav
1915 EMERALD ISLE W J Smith Yapp Mr H Rhodes 11/4 fav
1916-19 Race not staged due to the War and did not return in 1919
1920 EOTHEN A Newey A Newey Mr H Adams 2/7 fav
1921 Race was dropped from the Festival programme
1922 BALLYHANDY George Duller Gore Mr J Baylis 9/4 fav
1923 HEDU F Brown Coulthwaite Mr Kemp Evens fav