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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.
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
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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 4f 110y Saddlers Deal (Good) 01 Sep 2014 4m 54.5s 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 110y Improvisation (Good to Firm) 26 May 2015 3m 41s 2m 3f 137y Suffice (Good) 02 Oct 2016 4m 34.85s 2m 4f 110y Deadly Sting (Good) 05 Oct 2014 4m 43.4s 2m 5f 110y Cusheen Bridge (Good) 01 Sep 2014 5m 1.5s 3m 1f 10y Hepijeu (Good) 04 Oct 2018 5m 57.8s 3m 2f Minnie Milan (Good to Firm) 26 May 2015 6m 4.5s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 1m 5f 148y Aggressive (Good) 04 Oct 2018 3m 3.4s 1m 7f 171y Cresswell Legend (Good) 03 Apr 2017 3m 39.9s 2m 110y Brave Richard (Good to Soft) 06 Apr 2015 3m 42.8s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L N J Henderson 14 7 £75,356 50% -£1.21 K C Bailey 26 5 £59,762 19.23% -£8.00 J R Cornwall 28 5 £19,820 17.86% £58.00 Jonjo O'Neill 22 4 £19,494 18.18% -£2.50 C E Longsdon 24 4 £17,936 16.67% -£3.50 Mrs Caroline Bailey 15 4 £17,869 26.67% -£0.29 F O'Brien 10 4 £20,600 40% £7.96 N J Gifford 9 4 £21,770 44.44% £6.13 D Skelton 23 3 £50,185 13.04% -£10.50 G L Moore 21 3 £19,170 14.29% -£5.63 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L D Skelton 65 14 £59,460 21.54% -£15.32 N J Henderson 44 11 £52,671 25% -£14.47 K C Bailey 39 8 £45,287 20.51% £6.48 A King 44 7 £45,307 15.91% -£23.16 G L Moore 50 7 £31,385 14% £4.50 Jonjo O'Neill 55 7 £32,166 12.73% -£11.50 Ben Pauling 42 6 £25,343 14.29% -£12.93 Stuart Edmunds 19 6 £26,318 31.58% £4.03 Olly Murphy 21 6 £25,148 28.57% -£2.77 D P Quinn 22 5 £20,534 22.73% £34.00 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Olly Murphy 4 3 £6,943 75% £3.42 K C Bailey 12 2 £4,190 16.67% -£5.00 D Skelton 13 2 £3,768 15.38% -£5.90 H Whittington 6 2 £4,548 33.33% £2.73 F O'Brien 4 2 £13,989 50% £41.00 M R Channon 3 2 £4,223 66.67% £9.00 N J Henderson 16 1 £1,949 6.25% -£16.17 A King 12 1 £1,819 8.33% -£9.38 Stuart Edmunds 9 1 £1,819 11.11% -£3.50 N B King 8 1 £2,924 12.5% -£5.00 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Benjamin Poste 18 7 £30,541 38.89% £52.33 Sam Twiston-Davies 19 6 £54,550 31.58% £14.85 N D Fehily 15 6 £95,480 40% £4.96 J M Davies 12 5 £26,708 41.67% £12.00 Harry Skelton 26 4 £55,383 15.38% -£10.63 Aidan Coleman 15 4 £18,194 26.67% £9.00 David Bass 14 4 £21,769 28.57% -£0.13 S Bowen 16 3 £18,195 18.75% -£3.88 R Johnson 12 3 £14,621 25% -£6.72 Nico de Boinville 8 3 £19,170 37.5% -£3.77 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L R Johnson 37 14 £63,342 37.84% £40.88 Harry Skelton 48 9 £37,691 18.75% -£9.94 C Gethings 27 7 £30,217 25.93% £0.53 Nico de Boinville 32 7 £27,163 21.88% -£8.67 Wayne Hutchinson 37 6 £32,267 16.22% -£11.10 P J Brennan 34 6 £23,004 17.65% £12.00 N D Fehily 23 6 £46,347 26.09% -£2.13 Aidan Coleman 30 6 £28,787 20% £19.13 Jack Quinlan 79 5 £20,145 6.33% -£14.00 Kielan Woods 40 5 £22,938 12.5% £3.50 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Fergus Gregory 6 3 £6,943 50% £1.42 G Sheehan 8 2 £4,093 25% -£4.66 C Gethings 10 2 £3,768 20% £3.00 T J O'Brien 6 2 £4,548 33.33% £3.25 B S Hughes 5 2 £4,223 40% £15.00 Harry Skelton 8 2 £3,768 25% -£0.90 Jack Quinlan 16 1 £1,949 6.25% -£3.00 Wayne Hutchinson 11 1 £1,819 9.09% -£8.38 David Bass 9 1 £2,274 11.11% -£4.50 M Hamill 6 1 £1,916 16.67% -£1.50
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