The tapes go up for the opening day of the 2025 Cheltenham December Meeting this Friday (12th December) with FOUR LIVE ITV races from Prestbury Park - including the Crystal Cup Cross Country race. Here at GeeGeez we are on hand with our quick-fire trends ahead of the LIVE races at this week's Cheltenham Christmas […]
Another massive Saturday of NH jumping action with the ITV cameras heading to Sandown and Aintree, with the Tingle Creek Chase and Becher Chase the feature contests. As always, here at GeeGeez, we’ve got all the big-race trends and stats for all the LIVE races on Saturday 6th December 2025. Sandown Horse Racing Trends (ITV/RacingTV) […]
Run over 2m, the Tingle Creek Chase will be staged this year at Sandown Park racecourse on 6th December and is always seen as a good guide to the Queen Mother Champion Chase run at the Cheltenham Festival later in the season. With Master Minded (2008), Moscow Flyer (2004), Sprinter Sacre (2012), Sire de Grugy […]
The Becher Chase is run at Aintree racecourse over the historic Grand National-style fences and, therefore, provides punters with some early-season clues ahead of the world’s most famous steeplechase. Run over the 3m2f the race has been won six times by trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies, while Silver Birch and Amberleigh House are recent winners of the […]
Staged at Huntingdon racecourse over 2m 4½f the Peterborough Chase is a Grade Two chase run in December each year. The contest often attracts some decent names from the jumping world, with horses like Edredon Bleu, Best Mate, Racing Demon and Monet’s Garden all recent previous winners of the valuable race. The event has also […]
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 […]
