Sidney Banks Memorial Novices Hurdle at Huntingdon 2025

One of the Cambridgeshire jumps track’s two major races, the Sidney Banks Memorial Novices’ Hurdle at Huntingdon Racecourse is 2 mile, 3½ furlong event for those aged four and older.

Run in February every year, the race is ideally placed for such novice hurdlers who may be looking to go on trial for the Cheltenham Festival, a big performance in this race potentially putting them spot-on for a crack at one of the major Grade One races in March.

First staged back in 1976 and named for Sidney Banks, a prominent locally-based National Hunt trainer, the race has been won by some fine types in the past including Glamour Show, Hebridean, French Holly, Moss Park, Different Gravey and Vindication.

The race carries Listed status and is second in importance at Huntingdon only to the Grade 2 Peterborough Chase.