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The Pertemps Network Final Handicap Hurdle series is a 22-race series which is sponsored in its entirety by Pertemps Network. The final takes place on St Patrick's Thursday at The Cheltenham Festival.


Pertemps Network, the UK's largest privately-owned recruitment agency, have sponsored the race since 2002.

 

 

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About Pertemps & The Series

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ABOUT PERTEMPS

Pertemps Network Group is one of the UK's leading recruitment agencies, with a legacy dating back to 1961. Headquartered in Meriden, West Midlands, Pertemps provides temporary, contract, and permanent staffing solutions across a wide range of industries, including logistics, industrial, office, education, healthcare, engineering, and IT. They have over 200 branches and 30,000 temps per week and over 12,000 permanent placement per year.

With a strong reputation for placing people first, Pertemps combines decades of experience with a national network of branches and specialist divisions to support both public and private sector clients. The company prides itself on its candidate-centric approach, investing in people and technology to ensure efficient and effective placements.

A family-run business at its core, Pertemps has grown into a multi-award-winning recruitment group, frequently recognized in industry rankings and as one of the UK's best companies to work for. Its commitment to diversity, inclusion, and community engagement reinforces its position as a trusted partner in workforce solutions.

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ABOUT THE SERIES

The Pertemps Network Final Handicap Hurdle takes place on the third day of the Cheltenham Festival and serves as the final for the 21 long-distance qualifying races that are run throughout the jumps season.

Raced over 3 miles and for horses 5 years and over. Starting in 2025, winners of those qualifiers are now guaranteed a place in this race, as long as they are within the required weight range come the festival.

The race has been something of a stepping stone for younger horses who go on to greater achievements over fences. In recent years the likes of Presenting Percy and Delta Work and Sire Du Berlais have won the race en route to excellent novice chase campaigns the following season. The series sees races across the UK, Ireland and France.

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Upcoming Series; Fixtures in 2025/26

 

Cheltenham

Saturday 25th October

Newbury

Thursday 6th November

Aintree

Saturday 8th November

Auteuil

Sunday 15th November

Kempton

Monday 10th November

Market Rasen

Wednesday 26th November

Punchestown

Sunday 23rd November

Sandown Park

Saturday 6th December

Carlisle

Sunday 14th December

Cagnes sur Mer

Monday 16th December

Wincanton

Friday 26th December

Leopardstown

Sunday 28th December

Warwick

Saturday 10th January 2026

Huntingdon

Thursday 22nd January 2026

Musselburgh

Sunday 1st February 2026

Pau

TBC

Exeter

Sunday 8th February 2026

Haydock

Saturday 14th February 2026

Chepstow

Saturday 21st February 2026

Naas

TBC

Cheltenham Series Final

Thursday 12th March 2026

Past Results & History

1 Doddiethegreat 25-1
2 Jeriko Du Reponet 11-2f
3 Catch Him Derry 14-1
4 Feet Of A Dancer 15-2
5 One Big Bang 14-1
6 Will The Wise 8-1

The 2025 series winner was Doddiethegreat, ridden by Brian Hughes and trained by Nicky Henderson. The Pertemps Final ended in a duel between two Nicky Henderson stablemates, but it was the lesser-fancied Doddiethegreat who prevailed over favourite Jeriko Du Reponet for an emotional success at Cheltenham.


The 25-1 winner is named after the late Scottish rugby star Doddie Weir, and all his prize-money in the £110,000 contest will be given to the Doddie Weir foundation after the nine-year-old held off the favourite to score by a length and three-quarters.


Sporting the blue-and-white silks of Kenny Alexander, synonymous at this meeting with star mare Honeysuckle, Doddiethegreat was travelling best heading into the final flight and put in a perfect leap to seal his victory, with Jeriko Du Reponet failing to eat into the deficit under Nico de Boinville. Henderson, enjoyed his first Pertemps Final win in a decade, and his pair finished clear of the Dan Skelton-trained Catch Him Derry in third.

 

Year

Horse

Age

Trainer

Jockey

2025

Doddiethegreat

9

Nicky Henderson

Brian Hughes

2024

Monmiral

7

Paul Nicholls

Harry Cobden

2023

Good Time Jonny

8

A J Martin

Liam McKenna

2022

Third Wind

8

Hughie Morrison

Tom O’Brien

2021

Mrs Milner

6

Paul Nolan

Bryan Cooper

2020

Sire Du Berlais

8

Gordon Elliott

Barry Geraghty

2019

Sire Du Berlais

7

Gordon Elliott

Barry Geraghty

2018

Delta Work

5

Gordon Elliott

Davy Russell

2017

Presenting Percy

6

Pat Kelly

Davy Russell

2016

Mall Dini

6

Pat Kelly

Davy Russell

2015

Call The Cops

6

Nicky Henderson

Andrew Tinkler