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Who will break the deadlock at the top of the Peterborough market?

Top Notch and Daryl Jacob (leading) land the Peterborough Chase at Huntingdon
Top Notch on his way to winning last year's Peterborough ChaseCredit: Steve Davies

Fitzdares Club Loves The Peterborough Chase (Grade 2) | 2m4f | 4yo+ | ITV4/RTV

The Peterborough Chase has been reinvented as much as rescheduled this year. The move from Huntingdon to Cheltenham is probably more marked than losing Forest Bihan, Al Dancer and Nuts Well from the original field and gaining Clondaw Castle and Kalashnikov.

This is the fourth time in 11 years Huntingdon has suffered the misfortune of losing its biggest race of the year. On the previous three occasions, the race's temporary home has had more in common with its regular one. Taunton (2017) and Kempton (2012) are both right-handed and flat, while Newbury (2010) at least has the latter characteristic.

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