Horse Racing Tips
Fighting Fifth Hurdle Entries: 12 Entered For Newcastle’s Feature Race Of Jumps Season
The Fighting Fifth Hurdle is one of the key betting races for Britain’s top two-mile hurdlers and William Hill News look at the full list of 12 entries ahead of the 2026 renewal.
Held at Newcastle over an extended two miles, this Grade 1 race has an illustrious roll of honour. Several Champion Hurdle winners have lined up and prevailed in the Fighting Fifth Hurdle, with the likes of Constitution Hill, Buveur d’Air, Sea Pigeon and Night Nurse on the list of successful horses in the contest.
A natural stepping stone to the Christmas Hurdle at Kempton Park, this is one of the main trials for the Champion Hurdle and Cheltenham Festival ante-post tips and markets will be directly impacted by the result of this race.
Here, we look through the Fighting Fifth entries for 2026 and horse racing betting markets will be established at William Hill in due course ahead of the big race on Saturday 28th November.
Fighting Fifth Hurdle Entries:
- Alexei – Joe Tizzard
- Ebony King – A. Slattery
- Golden Ace – Jeremy Scott
- Idaho Sun – Harry Fry
- Indemnity – Emma Lavelle
- Kateira – Dan Skelton
- Maestro Conti – Dan Skelton
- Minella Study – Adam Nicol
- Mydaddypaddy – Dan Skelton
- Nemean Lion – Kerry Lee
- The New Lion – Dan Skelton
- Wilful – Jonjo & AJ O’Neill
*Odds subject to change – prices accurate at the time of writing*
