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	No Risk With Lou (Good)	26 May 2025	3m 53.09s
2m 3f 189y	Zestful Hope (Good)	07 Oct 2025	4m 44.11s
2m 7f 129y	Kaproyale (Good)	23 May 2023	5m 52.6s
3m 6f 162y	Le Breuil (Good)	05 May 2022	8m 15.4s

Distance	Horse (Going)	Date	Winning time
1m 7f 171y	Turpin Gold (Good)	26 May 2025	3m 34.51s
2m 3f 137y	Alexandra Larose (Good to Soft)	20 Feb 2025	4m 18s
2m 4f 145y	Small Bad Bob (Good)	27 May 2024	4m 53.42s
3m 1f 10y	Judicial Law (Good)	23 May 2023	5m 54.85s

Distance	Horse (Going)	Date	Winning time
1m 5f 148y	Giddyupadingdong (Good)	10 Oct 2023	3m 3.1s
1m 7f 171y	Give Me A Cuddle (Good)	18 Apr 2022	3m 31.8s

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
B Pauling	14	6	3	£30,753	42.86%	£3.94
Harry Derham	7	5	0	£44,224	71.43%	£9.28
C E Longsdon	19	4	8	£19,284	21.05%	£0.75
A M Hales	15	4	5	£21,800	26.67%	£3.45
L Wadham	12	4	4	£47,530	33.33%	-£2.50
T R Gretton	10	4	4	£16,002	40%	£4.50
Miss E C Lavelle	12	4	3	£25,828	33.33%	-£2.81
Mrs S J Humphrey	20	3	10	£16,295	15%	-£1.92
O Murphy	15	3	9	£16,817	20%	£0.13
G & J Moore	19	3	7	£12,015	15.79%	-£13.25

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
James Owen	69	17	27	£72,849	24.64%	-£1.97
F O'Brien	63	17	19	£71,648	26.98%	£14.17
O Murphy	44	11	17	£48,231	25%	-£5.31
Jamie Snowden	29	11	9	£55,303	37.93%	£10.29
Dan Skelton	50	10	19	£51,838	20%	-£27.74
N J Henderson	40	10	16	£79,093	25%	-£3.84
B Pauling	39	10	13	£57,611	25.64%	-£11.30
Jonjo & A J O'Neill	32	6	11	£48,683	18.75%	-£7.28
Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies	23	6	8	£44,766	26.09%	£3.75
Harry Derham	21	6	6	£25,330	28.57%	£1.22

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
Dan Skelton	18	5	4	£20,102	27.78%	£0.88
Jamie Snowden	8	4	2	£8,712	50%	£5.33
Miss E C Lavelle	8	3	4	£6,534	37.5%	£4.75
Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies	12	3	2	£6,534	25%	£22.50
James Owen	8	3	2	£6,534	37.5%	£2.08
B Pauling	14	1	8	£2,178	7.14%	-£10.00
L Wadham	9	1	5	£2,178	11.11%	-£6.60
K C Bailey	7	1	4	£2,112	14.29%	-£4.50
O Murphy	6	1	4	£2,112	16.67%	-£2.67
T H Weston	10	1	3	£2,178	10%	-£6.00

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	23	7	9	£37,182	30.43%	£9.33
G Sheehan	23	6	12	£28,831	26.09%	£8.08
Tom Cannon	23	6	7	£57,136	26.09%	-£2.01
Paul O'Brien	11	6	0	£48,713	54.55%	£9.78
Kielan Woods	15	5	8	£28,533	33.33%	£4.53
C Gethings	20	4	6	£20,728	20%	£6.00
Ben Jones	11	4	3	£20,654	36.36%	£4.33
James Davies	22	3	10	£14,135	13.64%	-£4.67
Thomas Bellamy	28	3	9	£19,837	10.71%	-£21.31
Lily Pinchin	15	3	6	£13,731	20%	-£5.25

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
G Sheehan	48	16	15	£80,044	33.33%	£28.29
Harry Skelton	29	10	12	£51,838	34.48%	£0.26
Thomas Bellamy	38	10	11	£41,433	26.32%	£14.62
H Cobden	27	9	9	£58,824	33.33%	£3.75
N de Boinville	25	8	8	£70,115	32%	-£1.84
S Bowen	40	7	14	£29,495	17.5%	-£7.56
Sam Twiston-Davies	45	6	20	£41,597	13.33%	-£19.45
Alex Chadwick	21	6	10	£26,636	28.57%	£5.00
Liam Harrison	21	6	5	£27,053	28.57%	£6.13
Kielan Woods	38	5	14	£23,660	13.16%	-£28.11

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
G Sheehan	17	5	6	£10,890	29.41%	-£2.17
Thomas Bellamy	16	4	6	£8,646	25%	-£0.75
Harry Skelton	10	4	3	£17,924	40%	£2.38
S Bowen	13	2	6	£4,290	15.38%	-£2.67
Ben Jones	11	2	5	£4,356	18.18%	£0.50
Bradley Harris	3	2	1	£4,356	66.67%	£22.00
Caoilin Quinn	8	2	0	£13,568	25%	£9.20
J J Burke	11	1	5	£2,178	9.09%	-£8.50
James Bowen	12	1	3	£2,178	8.33%	-£10.63
H Cobden	7	1	3	£2,178	14.29%	-£2.00