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Biggest field of runners for ten years in Huntingdon's top race

Author: Marius West

Published: 8th December 2018 13:58

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Biggest field of runners for ten years in Huntingdon's top race

The largest number of runners since 2008 will contest Huntingdon Racecourse's showpiece race of the year on Sunday.

Ten horses will take part in the Tattersalls Ireland Edredon Bleu Chase, usually known as the Peterborough Chase.

Champion jumps trainer Nicky Henderson runs the 2016 winner Josses Hill who bids to regain his crown. The handler is aiming for a seventh victory in the race which would see him bearing down on former trainer Henrietta Knight's record haul of eight wins.

Tea For Two was runner-up behind Josses Hill in 2016 and tries to go one better this time around. He will be ridden by Lizzie Kelly.

God's Own, winner of the bwin Haldon Gold Cup at Exeter last month, carries top weight of 11st 6lb, while Rene's Girl - from the Midlands yard of Dan Skelton who won the race with Al Ferof three years ago - who triumphed at the track over the same distance earlier this year is also in the field.

Paul Nicholls has two chances, with Art Mauresque and San Benedeto, the latter ridden by Bryony Frost.

The field of ten in the Grade 2 race, run over two-and-a-half miles, is completed by Beggar's Wishes, Charbel, Hammersly Lake and Militarian.

The contest is being run in honour of Edredon Bleu, the winner of the race four times in succession between 1998 and 2001 who died in September at the age of 26.

The day features not only exciting racing but also an array of family entertainment, including a visit by Father Christmas, children's activities, rock climbing, paint balling, a military brass band performance and a dedicated army military village.

Adult tickets for Sunday are £18 in advance (£22 on the day), with accompanied children going free as usual. Further information is available online at http://huntingdon.thejockeyclub.co.uk where tickets can be purchased or on 0844 579 3007. The first race is at 12.15pm - and gates open two hours before that.

The racecourse's partner for the day is The ABF The Soldiers' Charity, the venue's official charity during 2018. The ABF The Soldiers' Charity is the national charity of the British Army. It gives a lifetime of support to soldiers and veterans from the Army, and their immediate families, when they are in need. They make grants to individuals through their Regiments and Corps and support a wide range of specialist charities that sustain the British Army ‘family', both at home and around the world.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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