Nickel Coin Mares' Standard Open NH Flat Race

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Nickel Coin Mares' Standard Open NH Flat Race
Grade 2 race
Location Aintree Racecourse
Merseyside, England
Race type National Hunt flat race
SponsorGoffs
Website Aintree
Race information
Distance2m 209y (3,410 metres)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationFour to six years old
fillies & mares
Weight10 st 6 lb (4yo);
11 st 0 lb (5–6yo)
Penalties
4 lb for Grade 1 or Grade 2 winners
Purse £50,000 (2022)
1st: £28,135
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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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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):

Winners

Year
Winner
AgeJockey
Trainer
2005Senorita Rumbalita4 Robert Thornton Alan King
2006Rhacophorus5 Ruby Walsh C J Down
2007Turbo Linn4 Tony Dobbin Alan Swinbank
2008Carole's Legacy4Andrew Tinkler Nicky Henderson
2009Candy Creek5 Ruby Walsh John Kiely
2010Big Time Billy4M Byrne [lower-alpha 1] Peter Bowen
2011Tempest River5 Daryl Jacob Ben Case
2012Eleven Fifty Nine6Rachael GreenAnthony Honeyball
2013Legacy Gold5Stephen Crawford [lower-alpha 1] Stuart Crawford
2014Avispa5 Robert Thornton Alan King
2015Hollies Pearl5 Sean Bowen Peter Bowen
2016Kayf Grace6 Nico de Boinville Nicky Henderson
2017Dame Rose4Alain CawleyRichard Hobson
2018Getaway Katie Mai5 Jamie Codd [lower-alpha 1] John Queally
2019The Glancing Queen5 Wayne Hutchinson Alan King
no race 2020 [lower-alpha 2]
2021Me Too Please5 Rachael Blackmore Arthur Moore
2022Ashroe Diamond5Patrick Mullins [lower-alpha 1] Willie Mullins
2023Dysart Enos5 Paddy Brennan Fergal O'Brien
2024Diva Luna5Kielan WoodsBen Pauling
  1. 1 2 3 4 amateur jockey
  2. The 2020 running was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom [2]

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References

  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. "Coronavirus: Horse racing in Great Britain suspended until end of April". BBC Sport. 17 March 2020.