Huntingdon Course Guide

Jumping action takes place throughout the year at Huntington with the highlight of its calendar being the Grade 2 Peterborough Chase.

Henrietta Knight dominated the extended two mile and four furlong race around the turn of the century, winning it an astonishing eight times. Gold Cup hero Best Mate won the race in 2002, while Edredon Bleu won the contest a remarkable four times in a row, starting in 1998. Impek won the 2005 renewal while Racing Demon took the contest in both 2006 and 2007.

Formerly ran on a Saturday in November, the race was switched to midweek in December in 2008 because of clashes with other big race meetings and dwindling fields, and a decision was made in 2009 to give the contest a permanent December midweek slot.

Jumps Racing

The course is right-handed, oval with easy bends, and is a flat, fast track about one-and-a-half miles in length. There are nine fences to a circuit, some of them rather tricky, and the water jump was filled in during summer 2008, astroturf replacing the water. It favours horses with speed over stamina, sluggards seen to best advantage only under extremely testing conditions.

You see a lot of good horses running at Huntingdon, especially classy types off the Flat, and that’s partly because it’s level, also because it’s close to Newmarket and not least because they put on some super races, from inviting novice hurdles through to the Peterborough Chase. It’s a very speedy track, but beautifully maintained with nice fences. Ideally, you want a horse that’s fast over the obstacles. You need to travel well to win there - and big, National Hunt types are definitely at a disadvantage.

View from the saddle: Mick Fitzgerald

Huntingdon Top Times
Last 5 years

Chase
Hurdle
National Hunt Flat

Distance	Horse (Going)	Date	Winning time
2m 104y	Hammersly Lake (Good)	28 Apr 2017	3m 52.73s
2m 3f 189y	Mille Nautique (Good)	30 May 2016	4m 47.6s
2m 7f 129y	Bags Groove (Good to Soft)	09 Dec 2018	5m 6.7s
3m 6f 162y	Little Bruce (Good)	03 Mar 2019	8m 17.3s

Distance	Horse (Going)	Date	Winning time
1m 7f 171y	Excellent Result (Good)	02 Oct 2016	3m 37s
2m 3f 137y	Akkapenko (Good)	02 Oct 2019	4m 34.1s
2m 4f 145y	The Tailgater (Good)	17 May 2016	4m 55.4s
3m 1f 10y	Midnight Aurora (Good)	02 Oct 2019	5m 51.6s

Distance	Horse (Going)	Date	Winning time
1m 5f 148y	Lovely Lou Lou (Good)	02 Oct 2019	3m 2.8s
1m 7f 171y	Cresswell Legend (Good)	03 Apr 2017	3m 39.9s

Huntingdon Top Trainers
Last 3 years (ordered by number of winners)

Chase
Hurdle
National Hunt Flat

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
K C Bailey	26	5	10	£66,422	19.23%	-£9.15
F O'Brien	12	5	2	£23,265	41.67%	£12.21
Mrs Caroline Bailey	15	4	7	£19,300	26.67%	£23.00
N J Gifford	11	4	3	£21,770	36.36%	£4.13
Miss V Williams	14	3	7	£17,870	21.43%	-£8.09
N J Henderson	10	3	6	£51,963	30%	-£5.81
A King	9	3	5	£31,190	33.33%	£34.00
J R Cornwall	20	3	4	£11,372	15%	£36.00
Miss Kerry Lee	7	3	4	£55,383	42.86%	£16.50
N A Twiston-Davies	11	3	3	£21,415	27.27%	£8.75

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
D Skelton	63	14	18	£63,228	22.22%	-£3.77
Jonjo O'Neill	45	9	11	£48,931	20%	£38.71
N J Henderson	34	9	9	£49,316	26.47%	-£12.02
F O'Brien	23	8	8	£30,412	34.78%	£15.63
Olly Murphy	34	7	8	£28,917	20.59%	-£15.02
G P Mcpherson	29	6	10	£25,082	20.69%	£25.50
Ben Pauling	48	5	12	£22,744	10.42%	-£25.68
Tom Lacey	19	5	7	£32,201	26.32%	-£1.09
Mrs L Wadham	19	5	3	£33,835	26.32%	£9.71
A King	37	4	19	£35,885	10.81%	-£22.50

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
Olly Murphy	7	4	1	£9,217	57.14%	£2.92
D Skelton	14	2	6	£4,548	14.29%	-£9.88
H Whittington	6	2	2	£4,548	33.33%	£2.73
P F Nicholls	3	2	1	£10,816	66.67%	£3.60
K C Bailey	11	1	6	£2,274	9.09%	-£7.50
N J Henderson	11	1	6	£11,390	9.09%	-£10.25
N B King	7	1	3	£2,924	14.29%	-£4.00
N A Twiston-Davies	6	1	3	£2,274	16.67%	-£3.90
F O'Brien	7	1	2	£2,599	14.29%	£32.00
Mrs L Wadham	6	1	1	£2,274	16.67%	£17.00

Huntingdon Top Jockeys
Last 3 years (ordered by number of winners)

Chase
Hurdle
National Hunt Flat

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
S Bowen	20	5	8	£21,314	25%	£3.00
Sam Twiston-Davies	14	5	4	£35,256	35.71%	£18.85
David Bass	15	4	6	£26,317	26.67%	£4.10
Benjamin Poste	18	4	5	£18,194	22.22%	£9.33
J M Davies	16	4	5	£20,210	25%	£2.50
Tom Cannon	8	4	2	£36,064	50%	£37.63
P J Brennan	12	3	6	£17,221	25%	£0.20
C Gethings	14	3	4	£21,281	21.43%	-£6.05
Patrick Cowley	11	3	4	£11,372	27.27%	£45.00
James Bowen	10	3	4	£17,870	30%	£21.50

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
Harry Skelton	44	10	15	£45,488	22.73%	£5.28
P J Brennan	35	10	11	£41,199	28.57%	£32.88
Nico de Boinville	38	10	8	£52,566	26.32%	-£11.43
Kielan Woods	43	9	13	£38,274	20.93%	£30.50
R Johnson	24	9	6	£50,526	37.5%	£26.21
Jonjo O'Neill Jr.	23	7	5	£36,585	30.43%	£35.08
Sam Twiston-Davies	38	5	8	£17,480	13.16%	-£7.00
Jack Quinlan	66	4	24	£17,221	6.06%	-£38.00
David Bass	32	4	11	£30,211	12.5%	-£21.43
Wayne Hutchinson	22	4	11	£25,769	18.18%	£0.00

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
Fergus Gregory	7	3	1	£6,943	42.86%	£0.42
T J O'Brien	8	2	1	£4,548	25%	£1.25
Aidan Coleman	7	2	1	£4,548	28.57%	£28.00
Rex Dingle	4	2	1	£5,198	50%	£2.25
T Scudamore	3	2	1	£4,548	66.67%	£1.08
G Sheehan	8	1	6	£2,274	12.5%	-£7.27
Nico de Boinville	11	1	4	£11,390	9.09%	-£8.25
Max Kendrick	6	1	4	£2,274	16.67%	£17.00
David Bass	9	1	3	£2,274	11.11%	-£4.50
B S Hughes	6	1	2	£2,274	16.67%	-£3.00