Northern Air (2019) Horse

Foal Date
03-Apr-19
Colour
bay
Sire
Vendangeur
Dam
Ellesmere
Prize Money
21187
Trainer
D Skelton
Owners
Redknapp And Hill
About

Northern Air is a 6yo b trained by D Skelton at Alcester. He is by the stallion Vendangeur out of the dam Ellesmere and has secured two wins so far. His top achievement arrived on 18 Jan 2025 at Taunton, where he earned the $8 950.00 prize in the Cl4 Mdhnhfnhf. The horse has been a lucrative prospect for punters, offering an 83 % return on investment for anyone who backed him throughout his career.

Race Record
Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Sandown 05-Dec-25 3110m SOFT R2 CL3 HcpCh $1,046 (of $17,214), SP: 4.33 1st Keep Running ( J Bowen 168 ) 2nd Mon Champion ( H Cobden 156 ) 18.00L 3rd Krak ( J J Slevin 168 ) 21.75L 4th Northern Air ( H Skelton 147 ) 29.75L See full resultsH Skelton 66.7kg 29.75L4 (5)
Carlisle 10-Nov-25 4010m SOFT R7 CL4 HcpCh $623 (of $10,083), SP: 3.50 1st Celestial Fashion ( C Bewley 146 ) 2nd Easy To Follow ( L Scott 166 ) 10.00L 3rd Ostrava Du Berlais ( C Deutsch 166 ) 3.00L 4th Northern Air ( H Skelton 167 ) 15.00L See full resultsH Skelton 75.8kg 15.00L4 (8)
Kelso 23-Mar-25 3270m SOFT R4 CL2 NvHcpH (of $98,370), Winning Time: 04:03.450, SP: 13.00 1st Leloopa ( T Broughton 155 ) 2nd Sunset Hill ( N Moscrop 162 ) 8.00L 3rd Game Colours ( T Bellamy 163 ) 1.25L UPL Northern Air ( L Harrison 157 ) 0.00L See full resultsL Harrison 71.2kg 0.00LUPD (12)
Taunton 18-Jan-25 3310m SOFT R2 CL4 MdHNHFNHF $4,955 (of $8,950), Winning Time: 04:08.920, SP: 8.50 Prominent, briefly led before 5th where not fluent, soon disputed lead, led outright and ridden before 2 out where 2 lengths clear, maintained advantage approaching last, kept on well run-in 1st Northern Air ( L Harrison 158 ) 2nd Future Fortune ( C O'farrell 158 ) 1.50L 3rd Jena D'oudairies ( F Gingell 158 ) 1.50L See full resultsL Harrison 71.7kg1 (12)
Lingfield 09-Dec-24 3220m SOFT R3 CL4 NvH (of $7,575), Winning Time: 04:06.520, SP: 15.00 Held up in 4th, pushed along out wide and hung left turning in, soon unbalanced and weakened 1st Metkayina ( G Sheehan 157 ) 2nd Diva Luna ( K Woods 157 ) 1.25L 3rd The Secret Pearl ( H Bannister 157 ) 13.00L 5th Northern Air ( J J Burke 157 ) 19.00L See full resultsJ J Burke 71.2kg 19.00L5 (6)
Ayr 02-Nov-24 3220m SOFT R1 CL4 NvHNHFNHF $2,258 (of $8,853), Winning Time: 03:49.600, SP: 3.75 Tracked leaders, good jump 3 out, driven approaching 2 out, went 2nd run-in, no chance with winner 1st Saracen Beau ( S Quinlan 154 ) 2nd Northern Air ( L Harrison 147 ) 9.00L 3rd Rock On Jet ( J Bewley 154 ) 4.00L See full resultsL Harrison 66.7kg 9.00L2 (12)
Wincanton 08-Apr-24 3060m HEAVY R1 CL4 MdH $1,882 (of $7,377), Winning Time: 03:55.600, SP: 6.00 Held up towards rear of mid-division, took keen hold, headway and travelling ok 2 out, went 2nd flat, stayed on, not trouble winner 1st Navajo Indy ( J Nailor 157 ) 2nd Northern Air ( P J Brennan 150 ) 3.25L 3rd Inside I'm Dancin ( N Scholfield 157 ) 4.75LP J Brennan 68kg 3.25L2 (10)
Newbury 03-Mar-24 3280m HEAVY R7 NHF (of $8,169), Winning Time: 04:01.500, SP: 11/4 Mid-division on inside, headway tracking leaders 10f out, went 2nd after turning in, pushed along and lost 2nd over 2f out, chased leaders, weakened inside final 2f 1st Jasmine Bliss ( P O'brien 160 ) 2nd Geturguccion ( B Powell 156 ) 0.30L 3rd Not Now Nathaniel ( P Kavanagh 150 ) 6.50L 6th Northern Air ( P J Brennan 156 , Cd 0 ) 16.75L See full resultsP J Brennan 70.8kg, Cd 0 16.75L6 (9)
Dromahane 12-Nov-23 4830m SOFT Md (of $8,169), SP: 8.00 Tr ldr in 2nd, 1l 2nd 5out, ld 3out, 2l adv gng best at last & went clr up flat, easily 1st Northern Air ( S E O'rourke 165 ) 2nd Neon Diamond ( B O'neill 165 ) 4.00L 3rd Midnight Skye ( T P Roche 165 ) 13.00LS E O'rourke 74.8kg1 (7)