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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 15 8 £79,125 53.33% £0.54 K C Bailey 27 5 £59,762 18.52% -£9.00 J R Cornwall 27 5 £19,820 18.52% £59.00 Jonjo O'Neill 23 4 £19,494 17.39% -£3.50 C E Longsdon 23 4 £17,936 17.39% -£2.50 Mrs Caroline Bailey 17 4 £17,869 23.53% -£2.29 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 20 3 £19,170 15% -£4.63 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L D Skelton 62 12 £51,012 19.35% -£16.23 N J Henderson 43 12 £54,945 27.91% -£11.86 G L Moore 50 8 £33,984 16% £7.38 Jonjo O'Neill 57 8 £34,635 14.04% -£10.50 A King 44 7 £45,307 15.91% -£23.16 K C Bailey 38 7 £39,504 18.42% £2.48 Stuart Edmunds 19 6 £26,318 31.58% £4.03 Ben Pauling 39 5 £21,769 12.82% -£11.38 D P Quinn 22 5 £20,534 22.73% £34.00 G P Mcpherson 29 4 £18,714 13.79% £9.50 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% -£4.90 H Whittington 5 2 £4,548 40% £3.73 F O'Brien 4 2 £13,989 50% £41.00 N J Henderson 15 1 £1,949 6.67% -£15.17 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 W Greatrex 5 1 £1,819 20% -£3.38 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Benjamin Poste 17 7 £30,541 41.18% £53.33 Sam Twiston-Davies 20 6 £54,550 30% £13.85 N D Fehily 15 6 £95,480 40% £4.96 J M Davies 11 5 £26,708 45.45% £13.00 Harry Skelton 28 4 £55,383 14.29% -£12.63 Aidan Coleman 16 4 £18,194 25% £8.00 David Bass 15 4 £21,769 26.67% -£1.13 Nico de Boinville 9 4 £22,939 44.44% -£2.02 Sean Bowen 16 3 £18,195 18.75% -£3.88 R T Dunne 16 3 £12,477 18.75% -£1.42 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L R Johnson 33 12 £49,240 36.36% £26.38 Nico de Boinville 29 8 £29,437 27.59% -£4.05 Harry Skelton 45 7 £29,243 15.56% -£10.85 C Gethings 26 7 £30,217 26.92% £1.53 Wayne Hutchinson 35 6 £32,267 17.14% -£9.10 Sam Twiston-Davies 38 6 £20,014 15.79% £7.38 N D Fehily 23 6 £46,347 26.09% -£2.13 Aidan Coleman 32 6 £28,787 18.75% £16.13 Jack Quinlan 77 5 £20,145 6.49% -£13.00 J E Moore 43 5 £16,245 11.63% £18.50 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Fergus Gregory 5 3 £6,943 60% £2.42 C Gethings 10 2 £3,768 20% £3.00 G Sheehan 7 2 £4,093 28.57% -£3.66 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% £0.10 Jack Quinlan 15 1 £1,949 6.67% -£2.00 Wayne Hutchinson 11 1 £1,819 9.09% -£8.38 David Bass 10 1 £2,274 10% -£5.50 M Hamill 6 1 £1,916 16.67% -£1.50
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