Martin Pipe Hurdle Odds 2024

The Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle is the final race of the four-day Cheltenham Festival meeting in March. It is named after the fifteen times Champion National Hunt trainer who enjoyed 34 festival victories including two Champion Hurdles. The race is over two and a half miles and was first run in 2009 with victory going to Nicky Henderson’s Andytown.

Irish trainers have enjoyed plenty of success in this race, winning five of the last seven renewals. Willie Mullins has won it four times, including with Gold Cup hero Galopin Des Champs. The Martin Pipe Hurdle odds for 2024 suggest that trend is likely to continue with fancied runners from Mullins and Gordon Elliott dominating the ante-post betting. A note of caution here though, as the last ten favourites have all been beaten.

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Martin Pipe Hurdle Odds and Entries 2024

This race is often heavily over-subscribed. This is partly due to it being an alternative option for horses who fail to make the cut in races like the Coral Cup and County Hurdle. It inevitably means that there are going to be lots of disappointed connections when the final declarations are made.

There is always a huge entry from Ireland including from Willie Mullins and Gordon Elliott. The former has been responsible for some famous blots on the handicap, including when Galopin Des Champs won this off a mark of 142. Their charges are almost certain to be very prominent in the betting for the Festival.

Betting on the Martin Pipe Hurdle

The Martin Pipe Hurdle is the last of 28 races over four days at the Cheltenham Festival. It is restricted to conditional jockeys and always attracts a maximum field. Hopes of leaving Cheltenham on a winning note with a bet on the Martin Pipe have been dashed for most punters with 12 consecutive beaten favourites.

The last favourite to oblige was Sir Des Champs at 9-2 in 2011. He went on to win the Irish Hennessy Gold Cup and the Punchestown Gold Cup in 2013 and finished second to Bobs Worth in the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Irish-trained runners have won seven of the last nine renewals and tend to dominate the Martin Pipe Hurdle betting. Other notable winners from the Emerald Isle include Don Poli (2014) and Galopin Des Champs (2021).

The 2024 Martin Pipe is a hugely competitive betting heat and the ones towards the head of the betting at the likes of Sa Majeste, Quai De Bourbon and No Ordinary Joe, who have all shown some top notch form on the track and have to be considered leading contenders, should they take their chance.

Martin Pipe Hurdle News

The Martin Pipe Hurdle Odds are likely to change quite dramatically once the final declarations are announced. With so many permutations, it is very difficult to identify definite runners in the Martin Pipe betting odds.