During the regular National Hunt racing season, Pertemps qualifying races are staged at various venues around Britain and Ireland, with the reward being a spot at the
Cheltenham Festival. Once the middle week of March rolls around, those lucky enough to have booked their place at Cheltenham will take their chance in the series final, with a significant bounty set to be handed out to any horse strong enough to triumph over the testing, three-mile trip.
The most notable winner of this finale is undoubtedly the wonderfully named Willie Wumpkins, who claimed a hat-trick of Pertemps victories between 1979 and ’81.
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