Cartmel Course Guide

Cartmel hosts racing throughout the summer months with the majority of its meetings taking place over bank holiday weekends. The showpiece race of the season is the three mile and six furlong Grand Veterans’ Chase, which is staged on the second May Bank Holiday each year.

Situated in the south of the Lake District, Cartmel is unashamedly a holiday track and the relaxed atmosphere adds to its character. As a consequence the course remains extremely popular with racegoers regularly attracting crowds in excess of 10,000 spectators.

Jumps Racing

Left handed, tight. Only six fences to a circuit places little emphasis on jumping, though they are fairly stiff for a minor course and result in a disproportionate number of unseats to falls, particularly over the last few fences which come in quick succession as the field are quickening. Run-in of half a mile from the last fence is longest in the country and, unsurprisingly, the lead changes hands from the last more than would normally be expected, be it due to idling or tiring after being sent for home too soon.

Cartmel is not a place you should be going to if you don’t like the smell of barbecues! It’s amazing how many times on the way round you get a flash of something cooking in your nostrils and that, above all else, is my defining memory of riding there. Being as it’s such a tight track, you need a horse that travels, because they go very quick, and if your mount is under pressure early at Cartmel, it can be a long, long way round. That said, the obstacles - both the hurdles and fences - are very fair.

View from the saddle: Mick Fitzgerald

Cartmel Top Times
Last 5 years

Chase
Hurdle

Distance	Horse (Going)	Date	Winning time
2m 1f 61y	Altruism (Good)	28 May 2016	4m 5.8s
2m 5f 34y	Princeton Royale (Good)	24 Jun 2016	5m 5.2s
3m 1f 107y	Colorado Kid (Good)	24 Jun 2016	6m 18.4s
3m 5f 80y	Thomas Wild (Good)	30 May 2016	7m 28.2s

Distance	Horse (Going)	Date	Winning time
2m 1f 46y	Curious Carlos (Good)	27 May 2017	3m 58.2s
2m 6f 31y	Midnight Folie (Good)	28 Jun 2019	5m 12.1s
3m 1f 83y	Eshtiaal (Good)	28 May 2016	6m 4.5s

Cartmel Top Trainers
Last 3 years (ordered by number of winners)

Chase
Hurdle

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
P Bowen	40	7	17	£49,685	17.5%	-£15.03
D McCain Jnr	24	6	15	£59,563	25%	£0.63
Mrs Dianne Sayer	12	3	3	£13,515	25%	-£5.25
B M R Haslam	9	3	2	£21,313	33.33%	£16.50
C E Longsdon	4	3	1	£38,539	75%	£14.00
Micky Hammond	31	2	17	£16,374	6.45%	-£26.25
Sam Drake	12	2	4	£8,902	16.67%	£9.00
Rebecca Menzies	7	2	3	£9,552	28.57%	£4.75
W Coltherd	7	2	3	£8,253	28.57%	£3.00
William Young Jnr	7	2	1	£23,178	28.57%	£14.00

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
D McCain Jnr	63	11	20	£74,382	17.46%	-£8.62
P Bowen	30	9	8	£82,886	30%	£40.63
James Moffatt	98	7	35	£38,470	7.14%	-£28.09
Mrs Dianne Sayer	32	4	12	£19,700	12.5%	-£22.25
T Davidson	9	4	5	£15,466	44.44%	£25.25
N C Kelly	15	3	5	£13,647	20%	-£7.45
M Todhunter	11	3	3	£10,462	27.27%	£1.50
N P Mulholland	11	3	2	£14,751	27.27%	-£1.05
Sam Drake	10	3	1	£11,697	30%	£4.25
Micky Hammond	33	2	16	£11,177	6.06%	-£26.13

Cartmel Top Jockeys
Last 3 years (ordered by number of winners)

Chase
Hurdle

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
B S Hughes	44	9	23	£99,030	20.45%	-£5.63
S Bowen	21	7	6	£46,111	33.33%	£3.72
Henry Brooke	25	5	8	£37,530	20%	£14.25
R P McLernon	16	4	5	£25,277	25%	£15.50
Sam Coltherd	16	4	3	£31,431	25%	£15.00
R Johnson	17	3	7	£14,230	17.65%	-£4.75
C O'Farrell	14	3	6	£15,165	21.43%	-£6.00
James Bowen	18	2	8	£11,827	11.11%	-£12.75
Nathan Moscrop	8	2	5	£8,187	25%	£20.50
Craig Nichol	11	2	2	£8,058	18.18%	£3.33

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
B S Hughes	64	17	20	£74,989	26.56%	£15.29
R Johnson	26	5	12	£40,685	19.23%	-£8.68
Harry Reed	10	5	5	£20,080	50%	£28.00
Sean Quinlan	26	4	8	£22,389	15.38%	£5.50
James Bowen	14	4	3	£38,111	28.57%	£31.00
Lorcan Murtagh	21	3	4	£35,264	14.29%	£19.00
Ross Chapman	15	3	4	£19,660	20%	-£3.50
Robert Hogg	6	3	2	£13,144	50%	£20.38
Jonathan England	10	3	1	£11,697	30%	£4.25
Miss Becky Smith	24	2	14	£9,227	8.33%	-£13.50