{"id":25260,"date":"2024-12-14T16:00:15","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T16:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=25260"},"modified":"2024-12-14T16:00:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T16:00:15","slug":"jump-racing-is-back-at-windsor-on-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/jump-racing-is-back-at-windsor-on-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Jump Racing Is Back At Windsor On Sunday, The First Time Since 1998"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve not had jumps racing at Windsor since 1998, but the hedgehoppers are back at the royal track this Sunday (15th December), with Arena Racing Company managing to get the course back on the National Hunt rota for the 2024-25 season.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Horse Racing Fans Welcome Back Windsor Jump Racing<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Since 1998, Windsor racecourse<\/strong> had raced soled on the flat – with the figure-of-eight course famed for staging Monday night cards through the summer months.<\/p>\n

However, the track will return to become a venue that races under both codes – meaning the course is going to be in horse racing<\/a> action all-year-round.<\/p>\n

There are some changes though.<\/p>\n

The old Windsor jumps track was a figure-of-eight shape – the same as the flat course. But this has be reconfigured as a left-handed oval, with many areas made wider which will create more space for the runners.<\/p>\n

Nicky Henderson Supporting The First Windsor Jumps Card<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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In the build-up to Sunday’s first jumps fixture at Windsor many top trainers, including Nicky Henderson, had sent horses to the track to trial out the new layout and ground, with feedback given to make improvements.<\/p>\n

Henderson said <\/strong>“The best thing about it was, and this will surprise people because it\u2019s next to the Thames, is that there was rarely soft ground. You went to Windsor to get good ground even in January and February. It was extraordinary \u2013 it drained incredibly well.<\/em><\/p>\n

“I am most certainly thinking I would run horses there. I can remember when I was at Fred Winter\u2019s and we ran some seriously good horses there.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Nicky Henderson has lived up to his word and supported the first Windsor jumps card with three runners on the card.<\/p>\n

These are Old Time Chaser (3.40), La Pinsonniere (1.20) and Excello (12.12), who will be a short price with the best horse racing betting sites in the UK<\/a> to win.<\/p>\n

Windsor Jumps Card: Sunday 15th Dec 2024<\/strong><\/h2>\n

See below the full running order ahead of Sunday’s Windsor jumping card – with all the races being covered on Sky Sports Racing.<\/p>\n

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  • <\/i> 12:12 – Fitzdares Welcomes Jumping Back @ Royal Windsor EBF “National Hunt” Novices’ Hurdle (Qual) (GBB) Cl4 (4-6yo) 2m4f SKY<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 12:45 – Fitzdares Royal Windsor Novices’ Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Cl3 (5yo+ 0-130) 2m SKY<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 1:20 – Fitzdares Royal Windsor Racecourse Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Cl4 (3yo+) 2m SKY<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 1:55 – Fitzdares Thames Handicap Chase (Challenger Staying Chase Series Qualifier) Cl3 (4yo+ 0-130) 3m SKY<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 2:30 – Fitzdares Windsor Castle Mares’ Handicap Hurdle (Challenger Mares’ Hurdle Series Qualifier) Cl4 (3yo+ 0-120) 2m SKY<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 3:05 – Fitzdares Telephone Betting Handicap Chase Cl4 (4yo+ 0-120) 2m4f SKY<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 3:40 – The Fitzdares Windsor Christmas Handicap Hurdle Cl4 (3yo+ 0-110) 2m4f<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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