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	Broadway Honey (Good)	06 Oct 2026	5m 51.99s
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
L Wadham	12	5	4	£54,395	41.67%	£5.00
Harry Derham	7	5	0	£44,224	71.43%	£9.28
C E Longsdon	14	4	5	£19,284	28.57%	£5.75
T R Gretton	12	4	5	£16,002	33.33%	£2.50
B Pauling	13	4	3	£20,455	30.77%	-£0.79
F O'Brien	10	4	3	£19,804	40%	£5.46
Mrs S J Humphrey	18	3	10	£16,295	16.67%	£1.08
Mrs P Sly	15	3	8	£14,391	20%	-£6.95
O Murphy	11	3	7	£16,817	27.27%	£4.13
G & J Moore	18	3	6	£12,015	16.67%	-£12.25

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
James Owen	73	17	31	£73,839	23.29%	-£17.42
F O'Brien	64	16	19	£66,474	25%	-£0.83
Dan Skelton	54	15	19	£78,508	27.78%	-£21.54
Jamie Snowden	31	12	11	£58,045	38.71%	£11.92
O Murphy	43	11	18	£48,231	25.58%	-£5.31
N J Henderson	36	10	14	£79,326	27.78%	£1.74
B Pauling	40	10	13	£57,611	25%	-£12.30
Harry Derham	22	6	7	£25,330	27.27%	£0.22
Jonjo & A J O'Neill	33	5	12	£40,233	15.15%	-£10.65
H D Daly	22	5	11	£20,481	22.73%	£34.75

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
James Owen	9	3	3	£6,534	33.33%	£1.08
Miss E C Lavelle	6	3	3	£6,534	50%	£6.75
Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies	11	3	2	£6,534	27.27%	£23.50
B Pauling	13	1	8	£2,178	7.69%	-£9.00
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%	-£7.00
S Edmunds	7	1	2	£2,112	14.29%	£0.00

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	24	7	8	£37,182	29.17%	£8.33
Tom Cannon	23	7	8	£64,001	30.43%	£5.49
Paul O'Brien	13	7	1	£53,862	53.85%	£22.78
G Sheehan	23	4	14	£18,797	17.39%	£0.98
C Gethings	19	4	7	£20,728	21.05%	£7.00
Sam Twiston-Davies	17	4	6	£27,990	23.53%	£3.80
Kielan Woods	11	4	6	£23,236	36.36%	£1.78
Ben Jones	13	4	4	£20,654	30.77%	£2.33
Jack Hogan	9	4	3	£18,748	44.44%	£15.70
James Davies	22	3	10	£14,135	13.64%	-£4.67

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
G Sheehan	47	16	15	£78,266	34.04%	£28.92
Harry Skelton	34	14	13	£74,943	41.18%	£2.09
Thomas Bellamy	42	11	12	£46,879	26.19%	£12.87
Harry Cobden	22	8	5	£54,832	36.36%	£2.08
S Bowen	37	7	14	£29,495	18.92%	-£4.56
N de Boinville	20	7	6	£65,595	35%	£0.41
Kielan Woods	35	6	12	£28,413	17.14%	-£21.86
Liam Harrison	22	6	6	£27,053	27.27%	£5.13
J J Burke	40	5	21	£21,669	12.5%	-£21.65
Sam Twiston-Davies	40	5	19	£35,252	12.5%	-£20.45

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
G Sheehan	17	6	6	£13,068	35.29%	£0.83
Thomas Bellamy	14	4	4	£8,646	28.57%	£1.25
Harry Skelton	10	4	3	£17,924	40%	£2.38
Ben Jones	11	2	5	£4,356	18.18%	£0.50
Caoilin Quinn	8	2	0	£13,568	25%	£9.20
S Bowen	13	1	7	£2,112	7.69%	-£10.67
J M Quinlan	14	1	6	£2,178	7.14%	-£15.00
J J Burke	12	1	6	£2,178	8.33%	-£9.50
James Bowen	13	1	3	£2,178	7.69%	-£11.63
Sam Twiston-Davies	10	1	3	£2,178	10%	-£4.50