Hurdling hurdle over various natural obstacles, such as logs, mounds of earth and small streams – this represents the sporting origin of the modern events. Horse racing has its own variant of hurdle racing, with similar principles. The standard sprint or short hurdle race is 110 meters for men and 100 meters for women. The standard number of steps to the first hurdle should be 8. The standard long hurdle race is 400 meters for both men and women. Each of these races is run over ten hurdles and they are all Olympic events. The men's 200 meters low hurdles event
Fighting Fifth Hurdle Trial at Haydock, and culminates in the Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. In November 2018, online bookmaker BetVictor took over the sponsorship of the race. Most successful horse (3 wins): Leading jockey (3 wins): Leading trainer (5 wins): ---- Fighting Fifth Hurdle The Fighting Fifth Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Newcastle over a distance of about 2 miles and half a furlong (2 miles and 98 yards, or 3,308 metres), and during its running there are nine hurdles