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 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 110y	Amroth Bay (Soft)	22 Nov 2014	8m 30.9s

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

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
N J Henderson	14	8	5	£79,125	57.14%	£1.54
K C Bailey	28	5	11	£70,349	17.86%	-£8.50
Jonjo O'Neill	24	4	10	£19,494	16.67%	-£5.50
C E Longsdon	22	4	7	£19,560	18.18%	-£2.00
Mrs Caroline Bailey	15	4	5	£17,869	26.67%	£0.71
D Skelton	22	3	11	£50,185	13.64%	-£9.50
J R Cornwall	25	3	9	£12,347	12%	£18.00
A King	14	3	9	£14,166	21.43%	£3.50
G L Moore	17	3	7	£19,170	17.65%	-£1.63
David Dennis	10	3	6	£12,022	30%	£9.33

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
N J Henderson	47	11	10	£49,876	23.4%	-£21.89
D Skelton	59	10	22	£38,015	16.95%	-£18.23
Jonjo O'Neill	57	9	16	£37,884	15.79%	-£5.50
G L Moore	38	8	15	£33,984	21.05%	£19.38
K C Bailey	36	8	7	£42,753	22.22%	£26.60
A King	44	7	26	£43,422	15.91%	-£23.96
Stuart Edmunds	16	6	8	£26,318	37.5%	£7.03
P R Webber	32	5	12	£16,245	15.63%	-£4.25
Ben Pauling	34	5	10	£20,469	14.71%	£25.00
Mrs L Wadham	20	4	6	£28,312	20%	£2.83

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
A King	12	2	6	£3,768	16.67%	-£6.38
K C Bailey	11	2	6	£3,540	18.18%	-£5.00
D Skelton	13	2	5	£3,768	15.38%	-£4.90
H Whittington	4	2	0	£3,898	50%	£6.50
Olly Murphy	3	2	0	£4,548	66.67%	£1.17
N J Henderson	17	1	9	£1,949	5.88%	-£16.17
Stuart Edmunds	8	1	2	£1,819	12.5%	-£2.50
Harry Fry	7	1	2	£1,560	14.29%	-£4.25
W Greatrex	7	1	2	£1,819	14.29%	-£5.38
O Sherwood	3	1	2	£2,274	33.33%	£7.00

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
N D Fehily	16	6	6	£95,480	37.5%	£3.96
Sam Twiston-Davies	20	5	8	£42,038	25%	£10.10
Harry Skelton	28	4	14	£55,383	14.29%	-£12.63
Aidan Coleman	16	4	9	£18,194	25%	£8.00
David Bass	18	4	8	£32,356	22.22%	-£2.63
Nico de Boinville	8	4	3	£22,939	50%	-£1.02
D A Jacob	10	4	2	£28,917	40%	£11.36
Benjamin Poste	10	4	1	£16,246	40%	£38.00
L P Aspell	20	3	9	£17,545	15%	£1.75
Jack Quinlan	18	3	7	£19,781	16.67%	-£2.25

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
R Johnson	45	16	15	£61,586	35.56%	£26.13
Harry Skelton	51	7	24	£26,968	13.73%	-£17.10
Aidan Coleman	29	7	6	£32,036	24.14%	£21.38
C Gethings	22	7	5	£30,217	31.82%	£5.53
J E Moore	40	6	14	£18,844	15%	£29.00
N D Fehily	25	6	10	£43,098	24%	-£5.15
Sam Twiston-Davies	28	6	7	£29,436	21.43%	£7.25
Nico de Boinville	23	6	4	£20,469	26.09%	£26.37
Jack Quinlan	69	5	26	£20,145	7.25%	-£5.00
Wayne Hutchinson	34	5	21	£27,783	14.71%	-£11.10

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
G Sheehan	9	2	3	£3,443	22.22%	-£3.88
Harry Skelton	10	2	2	£3,768	20%	-£1.90
C Gethings	9	2	2	£3,768	22.22%	£4.00
T J O'Brien	7	2	2	£4,548	28.57%	£2.25
B S Hughes	5	2	2	£4,223	40%	£15.00
Fergus Gregory	3	2	1	£4,548	66.67%	£1.17
D F O'Regan	2	2	0	£3,898	100%	£7.00
Wayne Hutchinson	10	1	5	£1,819	10%	-£7.38
David Bass	9	1	5	£1,624	11.11%	-£5.50
Jack Quinlan	13	1	4	£1,949	7.69%	£0.00