Geri Halliwell and husband Christian Horner placed on united entrance at racing occasion after claims she is pining for globetrotting F1 way of life and has given him an ultimatum
Geri Halliwell and husband Christian Horner put on a united front as they attended a horse racing event together on Sunday.
The pair were spotted at the point-to-point steeplechase at Edgcote in Banbury following claims in Saturday’s Mail that the pop star is mourning her life as an F1 wag after her spouse’s brutal firing as Red Bull team principal last July.
Geri, 53, sported her signature white look to the event – that was a far cry from the infamous Union Jack dress she wore at the 1997 Brit Awards.
The Spice Girl wore white boots, white trousers, a white wool overcoat and cream scarf – topped off with a tweed flat cap – as she chatted to racegoers and jockeys.
Her attention-grabbing all-white ensemble was a world away from the other attendees, where farmer’s jackets and winter coats in shades of dark green, navy or black were more the order of the day.
An onlooker said: ‘They seemed to be just like any other couple, and were very normal and friendly – if you take Geri’s all-white outfit out of the equation.
‘It started hammering it down at points – so everyone else was in muddy wellies and old Schoffels.
‘Although last time they came to point-to point they apparently arrived in a helicopter…which is rather more unusual!’
Geri Halliwell, dressed all in white, arrives at a point-to-point racing event at Edgcote with husband Christian Horner (to her left in brown cap)
Geri (in all white) in conversation with her husband Christian Horner at the point-to-point
The event was a far cry from the glamour of the F1 circuit. Pictured: Geri and Christian Horner (far right) with (left to right) Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez and David Beckham in 2022
The couple were in attendance to watch their horse Cartesien in the 3.45pm Mixed Open at Edgcote.
Point-to-point horse racing is a form of amateur steeplechase racing held on, or in the countryside near, ordinary farm land, typically run over three miles.
Cartesien has a strong pedigree, having won the Fox Land Rover PPORA Club Members Conditions Race at Guilsborough on March 9, 2025.
On Sunday the gelding finished runner-up – although the achievement is not as impressive as it sounds given the number of starters.
As the onlooker added: ‘I think their horse came second… but there were only three in that race.’
The pair own several race horses, many of which have been renamed with the titles of songs from Geri’s solo music career.
As well as ten-year-old Lift Me Up, their stable includes Look At Mee, Mi Chico Latino and It’s Raining Men.
As for the horse racing company Geri runs with her husband, OMBI Ltd, its latest accounts show it was in profit to the tune of £200,000 at the end of 2024.
Geri stood out from other attendees in her attention-grabbing all-white ensemble
The couple pose with Brad Pitt during the F1 Movie premiere in June last year in Times Square, New York
Geri chats to a jockey in front of the hot dog van – a departure from her glitzy life as the self-styled ‘First Lady of F1’
Just last week it was reported that the couple have been granted planning permission to build a £30,000 ‘horse walker’ – an automated exercise device – for private use only at their Oxfordshire home, where they have already built stables for 14 animals, a sure sign of their commitment to the ‘sport of kings’.
Speaking exclusively to the Daily Mail on Saturday, friends said this week that while Christian is desperately trying to find a way back to the career he loves, 53-year-old Geri, too, is mourning her old life as an F1 Wag.
The role enabled her to travel the world for Grand Prix races, swanky parties and even, last June, the world premiere of F1: The Movie in New York, where Geri and Christian posed with the film’s star, Brad Pitt, in Times Square.
‘They are both struggling without F1,’ says a source. ‘Geri wants to be married to somebody who is in the limelight. She thought of herself as the First Lady of F1.
‘She loved that world and likes to think she’s centre stage of it. She’s made it clear to Christian that she wants him back in F1 as quickly as possible.’
Neighbours of the couple, who live in a sprawling £9.2million Grade II-listed Oxfordshire vicarage, complete with indoor and outdoor pools and a barn full of luxury fast cars, have also become aware of Geri’s growing discontent.
‘As beautiful and peaceful as the village is, it can be a bit dull,’ one villager told the Daily Mail. ‘Geri said she missed the excitement of F1, and you can’t blame her.
‘She’s been used to flying around the world on private jets and going to fancy events, so it’s understandable that you’d miss that. I don’t think it’s been easy for either of them to readjust.
‘They seem like a nice couple and very down to earth, but it’s well known they’ve faced a lot of challenges.’
