Fighting Fifth Hurdle

Champion Hurdle 2012 Trial Races - Fighting Fifth Hurdle

The Fighting Fifth Hurdle is a key trial for the Champion Hurdle each season and is usually run at Newcastle each November, it is the first leg of the Champion Hurdle Triple crown along with the Christmas Hurdle and the Champion Hurdle itself. Last season the race was run at Newbury due to the bad weather and it was won by the brilliant Peddlers Cross who went onto to finish second in the Champion Hurdle behind Hurricane Fly.

Latest Champion Hurdle 2012 Win Odds

There have been seem high class winners of the race in recent years with the likes of Harchibald and Go Native on the list, Punjabi won the race in 2008 and he went on to add the Champion Hurdle to his impressive CV so it will be an important trial.

Fighting Fifth Hurdle Result 2011

14:20 StanJames.com Fighting Fifth Hurdle (Grade 1) (Class 1, 2m)
1.Overturn - J Maguire - D McCain Jnr - 7/4
2.Binocular - A P McCoy - N Henderson - 5/4f
5 Ran

Recent Fighting Fifth Hurdle Winners