Nickel_Coin_Mares'_Standard_Open_NH_Flat_Race

Nickel Coin Mares' Standard Open NH Flat Race

Nickel Coin Mares' Standard Open NH Flat Race

National Hunt flat horse race in Britain

The Nickel Coin Mares' Standard Open NH Flat Race is a Grade 2 National Hunt flat race in Great Britain which is open to fillies and mares aged four to six years. It is run at Aintree over a distance of about 2 miles and 1 furlong (2 miles and 209 yards, or 3,410 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year during the Grand National meeting in early April.

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Nickel Coin Mares' NH Flat Race
2024
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The race is named after Nickel Coin, the winner of the 1951 Grand National and the most recent mare to win the Grand National. The race was first run in 2005 with Listed status, then was promoted to Grade 2 in 2016.[1]

Records

Leading jockey (2 wins):

Leading trainer (3 wins):

  • Alan King – Senorita Rumbalita (2005), Avispa (2014), The Glancing Queen (2019)

Winners

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  1. amateur jockey
  2. The 2020 running was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Aintree's two mile novices' hurdle elevated to Grade 1 status as the BHA announces upgrades to Jump Pattern races for 2015/16 / 07 Jul 15". britishhorseracing.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  2. [2]
    "Coronavirus: Horse racing in Great Britain suspended until end of April". BBC Sport. 17 March 2020.
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