Pertemps Final

The Pertemps Final, formerly the Coral Golden Hurdle Final, was inaugurated in 1974, but has been sponsored by independent recruitment company Pertemps Network Group since 2002. The race is a Listed handicap, run over 3 miles on the New Course at Cheltenham and open to horses aged five years and upwards that have finished in the first six, at least once, in a qualifying race during the current season. A series of sixteen qualifying races, known as the Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle Series, take place at racecourses in England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France throughout the season.

The Pertemps Final is currently scheduled as the sixthrace on the third day of the Cheltenham Festival and the Master of Jackdaws Castle, Jonjo O’Neill, is the leading trainer, having saddled Danny Connors (1991), Inching Closer (2003), Creon (2004), and Holywell (2013).  Of the current crop of jockeys two have won the race three times, Davy Russell, and also Barry Geraghty, who after a 2003 win on Inching Closer went back to winning ways in both 2019 and 2020 on Sire Du Berlais.