Fighting Fifth Hurdle Next Running: Sunday November 25th, 2012

The Fighting Fifth Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle race for four-year-old and above horses.

There are nine hurdles to be jumped in the race.

The race title comes from the nickname of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers regiment, originally the 5th Regiment of Foot.

Distance:2mDetails:(Grade 1) (Class 1) (4yo+)Racecourse:NewcastleRace Type: Jumps

Winning Trends for the Fighting Fifth Hurdle

Age Trend: Range: 5 - 9yo.

Trainer Trend: D McCain Jnr has trained the last two winners of this race. N Meade has won this race three times in the last nine years, twice with Harchibald.

Jockey Trend: JM Maguire has ridden the last two winners. P Carberry was the jockey on both occasions when Harchibald won.

Favourite Trend: The favourite has won this race four times in nine years.

Fighting Fifth Hurdle Previous Winners

YEAR HORSE A/G WGT LTO FORM TRAINER JOCKEY RAN OR SP
2011 Overturn (Ire) (CD) 7g 11.7 7 2573-11 D McCain Jnr JM Maguire 5 164 7/4 (2f)
2010 ! Peddlers Cross (Ire) (D) 5g 11-7 231 1/11111- D McCain Jnr JM Maguire 5 151 9/4 (2f)
2009 Go Native (Ire) (D) 6g 11-7 22 412 Noel Meade DJ Condon 7 147 25/1
2008 ! Punjabi (D) 5g 11-7 191 231- NJ Henderson BJ Geraghty 6 163 8/11 (f)
2007 Harchibald (Fr) (CD) 8g 11-7 7 55-2 N Meade P Carberry 8 - 4/1 (jt2f)
2006 Straw Bear (USA) (D) 5g 11-7 210 212- NJ Gifford AP McCoy 9 154 Evens (f)
2005 Arcalis (CD) 5g 11-7 250 431- J Howard Johnson A Dobbin 9 146 9/4 (f)
2004 Harchibald (Fr) (D) 5g 11-7 13 4-31 N Meade P Carberry 8 - 9/4 (jf)
2003 The French Furze (Ire) (D) 9g 11-0 13 F-71 N Richards B Harding 8 135 25/1