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The Fighting Fifth Hurdle
The Fighting Fifth Hurdle is the most prestigious early season hurdle event in national hunt racing. This Grade 1 national hunt hurdles race is run during November and is hosted by Newcastle Racecourse.
The Fighting Fifth Hurdle is run over a distance 2 miles. The race is open to 4 year old and above racehorses, which are required to clear 9 hurdles on their way to the finishing post.
Fighting Fifth Hurdle Betting Tips
- The Fighting Fifth Hurdle is one of the biggest hurdles betting events of the year, and in the absence of a handicap usually produces a strong favourite in the run up to the race.
- Race trends for the Fighting Fifth Hurdle indicate that punters should restrict their betting to entries aged between 5 and 8, with only one racehorse over this age winning the Fighting Fifth Hurdle in the last two decades.
- It is also worth keep an eye out for previous Fighting Fifth Hurdle champions in this race, as a number of winners have gone on to take a second title at a later stage.
Latest Fighting Fifth Hurdle Odds
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Fighting Fifth Hurdle History
The Fighting Fifth Hurdle is named in honour of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, also known as the 5th Foot Regiment. The race has been run since 1979 and tends to attract the biggest names in hurdles racing, many of whom go on to compete in either the Champion Hurdle or World Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.
Some of the biggest names in hurdles racing have won the Fighting Fifth Hurdle. Amongst these is the famous Sea Pidgeon, who won the race in 1978 and 1980, and would later go on to become the oldest racehorse ever to win the Champion Hurdle. In recent years Noel Meade’s Harchibald impressed racing fans by winning the Fighting Fifth Hurdle for the first time in 2004 before coming back 3 years later to take his second title.
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