Nickel Coin Mares' Standard Open NH Flat Race

Nickel Coin Mares' Standard OOpen NH Flat Race
Grade 2 race
Location Aintree Racecourse
Merseyside, England
Race type National Hunt flat race
Sponsor Goffs
Website Aintree
Race information
Distance 2 miles 1 furlong (3,420 metres)
Surface Turf
Track Left-handed
Qualification Four to six years old
fillies & mares
Weight 10 st 8 lb (4yo);
11 st 0 lb (5–6yo)
Penalties
4 lb for Grade 1 or Grade 2 winners
Purse £40,000 (2016)
1st: £22,508

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 (3,420 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year during the Grand National meeting in early April.

The race is named after Nickel Coin, the winner of the 1951 Grand National and the most recent mare to win the Grand National. It was promoted to Grade 2 status in 2016 having previously been run as a Listed race.[1]

Winners since 2013

Year
Winner
Age Jockey
Trainer
2013 Legacy Gold 5 Mr Stephen Crawford Stuart Crawford
2014 Avispa 5 Robert Thornton Alan King
2015 Hollies Pearl 5 Sean Bowen Peter Bowen
2016 Kayf Grace 6 Nico de Boinville Nicky Henderson

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