{"id":21147,"date":"2024-11-28T18:09:44","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T18:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=21147"},"modified":"2024-11-28T18:10:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T18:10:14","slug":"long-distance-hurdle-runners-newbury-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/long-distance-hurdle-runners-newbury-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Langer Dan and Strong Leader Head Just Four Long Distance Hurdle Runners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday’s Long Distance Hurdle runners will see just four horses heading to post for this Newbury Grade 2 – with Strong Leader and Langer Dan making up half of the field.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Long Distance Hurdle Runners See Just FOUR Newbury Entries<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Small fields have been on the horse racing<\/a> menu a lot this year and the ‘main course’ event at Newbury on Friday – the Long Distance Hurdle<\/strong> – is the latest race to have attracted only a handful of runners.<\/p>\n

Over the years, we’ve seen the likes of Big Buck’s, Inglis Drever and most recently Thistlecrack win the Long Distance Hurdle before going onto land the Stayers’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival – but it will be big odds that this year’s Newbury winner is completing that famous double.<\/p>\n

That said, at least 50% of the Long Distance Hurdle runners are 2024 Cheltenham Festival winners from last season – with Langer Dan winning his second Coral Cup and Monmiral bounced back to form to land the Pertemps. You can relive both these wins below.<\/p>\n

Both, however, are headed in the market with the best horse racing betting sites in the UK<\/a> by the Olly Murphy-trained Strong Leader – who was last seen bolting up in the Grade One Liverpool Hurdle at Aintree back in April (watch below).<\/p>\n