The Holloway’s Hurdle is Grade 2 limited handicap run at Ascot Racecourse on the same card as the Grade 1 Victor Chandler Chase in mid January. The 2013 renewal is due to take place on the 13 January. The race is run over a distance of 2m3f110y. Last year’s winner Smad Place went on to finish third in the World Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. The top rated 2013 entry is Donald Mc Cain’s Peddlers Cross but he has a preferred assignment at Haydock.
Race Conditions
For 4yo+ Weights highest weight 11st 10lb Minimum weight 10-4 Penalties after January 12th, a winner of a hurdle 5lb (no penalty to increase a horse’s weight above 11st 10lb)
Holloway’s Hurdle Stats
- David Pipe has trained 3 of the 5 winners
- Tom Scudamore twice rode Lough Derg to win the race for Pipe
- No favourite has finished better than 3rd
- Winners were in a ratings band from 129-153
- 3 of the 5 renewals have been won by horses carrying 11-9 or more
Holloways’ Hurdle Winners 2008-2012
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Age | Wgt | OR | SP | FoF |
| 2012 | Smad Place (FR) | W Hutchinson | A King | 5 | 11-9 | 144 | 7-1 | 4 |
| 2011 | Tiger OToole (IRE) | P Moloney | E Williams | 6 | 10-5 | 129 | 40-1 | 4 |
| 2010 | Mamlook (IRE) | H Frost | D Pipe | 6 | 10-1 | 139 | 10-1 | 6 |
| 2009 | Lough Derg (FR) | T Scudamore | D Pipe | 9 | 11-10 | 153 | 9-1 | 3 |
| 2008 | Lough Derg (FR) | T Scudamore | D Pipe | 8 | 11-10 | 151 | 6-1 | 4 |
