Another massive horse racing Saturday ahead with the Coral Gold Cup (former Ladbrokes Trophy Chase and Hennessy Gold Cup) – plus the Fighting Fifth Hurdle as the main contests at Newbury and Newcastle. As always, here at GeeGeez.co.uk, we've got all the ITV TV trends to help you find the best winning profile of past […]
Staged at Newbury racecourse the Long Distance hurdle is often a fair guide ahead of the Stayers' Hurdle, run at the Cheltenham Festival later that season. Run over 3m the race often attracts the best staying hurdlers around – The last horse to win both the Lond Distance and Stayers' Hurdle in the same season […]
Run at Newbury racecourse over 3m 2 1/2f the Coral Gold Cup (formerly the Ladbrokes Trophy Chase and Hennessy Gold Cup) is handicap race this gives National Hunt fans the chance to see some of the best longer distance chasers pit their wits against horses of varied abilities. Here at GeeGeez, we look back at […]
Sponsored by leading bookmaker BetMGM the Grade 1 Fighting Fifth hurdle is staged at Newcastle racecourse. Having first been run in 1969 the contest is often seen as an early-season trial for the Champion Hurdle, with the Nicky Henderson-trained Punjabi (2008) and Buveur D'Air (2018) the last horses to win both races in the same season. […]
More excellent jumping action at Ascot and Haydock this Saturday with the ITV cameras heading to both tracks. The Betfair Chase is the highlight from Haydock, while the main event at Ascot is the 1965 Chase – As always, here at GeeGeez, Andy Newton is on hand with all the trends and stats….. Ascot Horse […]
Staged at Haydock Park racecourse the Betfair Chase (Registered as the Lancashire Chase) is a Grade One race and is run over a slightly longer trip (3m1f). The contest is a fairly new one, being first run in 2005 and takes place in November each season. Trainer Paul Nicholls has made the race his own, […]
Another big day ahead for the ITV racing team this Sunday (16th Nov) as they take in four races from Cheltenham on the final day of their three-day November Meeting - including the Unibet Greatwood Hurdle - a race trainer Dan Skelton has won twice since 2016. While 12 months ago we saw the James Owen […]
The Greatwood Hurdle is stage each year in November at the Cheltenham Open Meeting and is being sponsored by leading bookmaker Unibet. Run over 2m ½ f on the Old Course the contest gives National Hunt racing fans some early season pointers ahead of the Champion Hurdle, run at Cheltenham at the Festival in March […]
A massive day up at Cheltenham this Saturday with the Paddy Power Gold Cup the feature race – the ITV cameras are at Prestbury Park to take in four of the races. As always, here at Geegeez we've got all the key trends & stats to help you whittle down the runners on Saturday 15th […]
Run over 2m 4 ½ furlongs the Paddy Power Gold Cup is the feature contest at the three-day Cheltenham Open Meeting, held each year in the middle of November each year. The ‘Pond House’ Pipe stable are the leading yard with nine wins in the race, with Celestial Gold, Our Vic and Great Endeavour, who […]
This Friday we’ve a cracking jumps card from the home of jumps racing – Cheltenham – as their three-day November Meeting gets underway, with day one races that include the Shloer Chase - which sees the return of last year's winner Jonbon. To help narrow down the field and hopefully find the winners - we […]
A busy one this Saturday as the ITV cameras head to Wincanton with the Badger Beer Handicap Chase, their feature, plus they are also at Doncaster for the ultra-competitive November Handicap and also take in three Aintree contests – as always, here at GeeGeez we've got all the trends and stats for the LIVE ITV races….. […]
The focus is on Exeter racecourse this Friday as they stage the 2025 Haldon Gold Cup Chase – a Grade 2 limited handicap run over 2m 1 1/2f. Here at GeeGeez we've got all the key stats to look out for ahead of the 2025 renewal, this year run on Friday 7th November. Did you […]
Run each year on the first Tuesday in November the Melbourne Cup is dubbed as ‘the race that stops a nation’ and run over 2 miles it’s the richest handicap run over that distance in the world. The 2025 race will be staged on Tuesday 4th November and in 2025 we saw the Knight's Choice […]
Previously staged at Doncaster racecourse, the November Handicap has now switched to run on the AW at Newcastle. Is still run over a distance of 1m4f though, and, as the race title suggests, is run every November. The event is always run on the last day of Britain’s flat turf racing season – this year […]
