Chepstow Course Guide
Situated just over the River Severn estuary in south-east Wales, Chepstow is a historic racecourse that stages action both on the Flat and over Jumps.
Initially devised as a Flat course – the great Sir Gordon Richards rode the winners of 11 consecutive races there over two days in 1933 – the track is better-famed for its National Hunt racing in recent times; the highlight of the calendar being the Welsh National over Christmas, a card which also includes the Grade 1 Finale Juvenile Hurdle.
Left handed, undulating. An oval-shaped track, about two miles in extent, with a run-in of five furlongs. While not an out-and-out galloping course, owing to the pronounced undulations, the track puts the emphasis on stamina almost regardless of ground. All races up to a mile are run on the straight course.
Chepstow takes a fair bit of getting. Because it’s so up hill and down dale, stamina has to come into play and it’s also worth noting that the straight is quite long, meaning that some horses start to race a lot earlier than is ideal. If you’re on one that wants to make the running, for example, you’ll often get a few keen to take you on earlier than you might like, so patience is vital for a jockey. Long-striding horses can often go well on the straight track but, as it’s quite stiff, they definitely need to get home.
View from the saddle: Jason Weaver
Left-handed, undulating, oval course, nearly two miles round with eleven fences to a circuit, a five-furlong home straight, and a run-in of 250 yards. Conditions can be very testing. With five fences in the straight, the first part of which is downhill, front runners do well here.
Record times for Chepstow are very quick, which shows how slick it can be when the ground is fast, but horses can finish strung out like washing when it gets soft. Punters really must take note of conditions then, if they’re having a bet, because horses with stamina limitations can get home when the going is right for them, while it can be a real slog when it’s heavy. The other things to consider seriously are the undulations and the downhill run from the last. If you walk round the course, for example, you’ll be aware that, from several places out in the country, you can’t see the stands. The run-in, on the other hand, is quite steeply downhill, very quick on fast ground, and that’s why you often see horses make a mistake at the final jump.
View from the saddle: Mick Fitzgerald
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Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m 11y Valseur Du Granval (Good) 02 Nov 2016 3m 55.53s 2m 3f 98y Grand Sancy (Good) 10 Oct 2020 4m 40.89s 2m 7f 131y Secret Investor (Good) 10 Oct 2020 5m 43.26s 3m 2f 54y Phangio (Good to Firm) 28 Apr 2017 6m 44s 3m 5f 110y Elegant Escape (Soft) 27 Dec 2018 7m 49.5s 3m 6f 130y Secret Reprieve (Soft) 09 Jan 2021 8m 7.8s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m 11y Thyme White (Good) 09 Oct 2020 3m 44.9s 2m 3f 100y Mcfabulous (Good) 09 Oct 2020 4m 32.65s 2m 7f 131y One Cool Scorpion (Good) 22 Apr 2016 5m 55s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m 11y Flying Sara (Good) 10 Oct 2020 3m 48.14s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 5f 16y Glacier Point (Good to Firm) 14 Jul 2017 57.66s 6f 16y Gold Hunter (Good to Firm) 09 Aug 2016 1m 9.05s 7f 16y Festival Day (Good) 17 Sep 2019 1m 20.48s 1m 14y Happy Escape (Good to Firm) 15 May 2018 1m 32.34s 1m 2f Show Of Force (Good to Firm) 19 Jul 2018 2m 4.58s 1m 4f 23y Senza Una Donna (Good to Firm) 18 Aug 2016 2m 31.87s 2m Hawkerland (Good) 04 Jul 2017 3m 27.28s 2m 2f Arty Campbell (Good) 22 Aug 2019 3m 59.15s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Evan Williams 53 8 £134,746 15.09% £3.00 C L Tizzard 55 8 £149,130 14.55% -£9.63 Miss V Williams 42 6 £43,390 14.29% -£18.38 D Skelton 22 6 £43,219 27.27% £30.88 P J Hobbs 27 5 £33,531 18.52% -£1.92 P F Nicholls 25 4 £50,029 16% -£6.00 N P Mulholland 18 4 £35,347 22.22% £20.25 Harry Fry 9 3 £26,696 33.33% £1.00 D Pipe 16 3 £45,504 18.75% -£4.50 Tom Lacey 7 3 £16,246 42.86% £4.13 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L P F Nicholls 65 17 £158,958 26.15% £6.05 C L Tizzard 61 11 £42,498 18.03% -£27.80 Evan Williams 88 10 £56,068 11.36% £15.25 P J Hobbs 49 9 £55,939 18.37% £5.92 D Pipe 34 6 £47,970 17.65% -£17.05 N P Mulholland 32 5 £18,714 15.63% -£8.17 D Skelton 44 4 £73,031 9.09% -£21.30 Jonjo O'Neill 34 4 £20,014 11.76% -£21.37 Tim Vaughan 56 4 £24,209 7.14% -£20.00 J Scott 17 4 £14,426 23.53% -£4.17 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L P F Nicholls 18 9 £24,691 50% £12.59 D Pipe 5 3 £8,122 60% £11.91 Ben Pauling 7 1 £2,274 14.29% -£4.50 Tom Lacey 8 1 £2,274 12.5% -£4.50 K C Bailey 3 1 £2,274 33.33% -£1.43 D Skelton 6 1 £2,274 16.67% -£1.00 Olly Murphy 4 1 £2,274 25% £2.00 Ella Pickard 3 1 £3,509 33.33% £2.50 Jack Barber 3 1 £3,249 33.33% £1.00 N J Hawke 2 1 £2,274 50% £9.00 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L R M Beckett 41 15 £60,969 36.59% £20.77 P D Evans 119 14 £50,879 11.76% -£54.27 M R Channon 64 10 £33,446 15.63% £9.45 J G M O'Shea 79 9 £40,626 11.39% -£2.80 A W Carroll 71 9 £27,916 12.68% -£8.50 R Hannon 77 8 £29,241 10.39% -£23.50 R Harris 68 8 £24,906 11.76% £7.60 Grace Harris 71 8 £35,192 11.27% £43.00 Sir Mark Prescott 21 8 £24,259 38.1% £3.23 B R Millman 60 7 £23,159 11.67% -£39.88 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L H Cobden 28 6 £62,385 21.43% £3.00 Adam Wedge 40 5 £113,183 12.5% -£1.00 R T Dunne 19 4 £20,535 21.05% £7.05 P J Brennan 18 4 £64,749 22.22% £17.50 S Bowen 23 4 £41,711 17.39% £5.00 Harry Skelton 14 4 £33,472 28.57% £15.88 Charlie Deutsch 23 3 £30,523 13.04% -£11.25 R Johnson 22 3 £20,599 13.64% -£1.50 David Noonan 26 3 £33,754 11.54% -£17.63 M G Nolan 19 3 £18,065 15.79% -£8.92 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L R Johnson 62 13 £70,300 20.97% £1.60 H Cobden 51 12 £95,490 23.53% -£14.20 Adam Wedge 60 9 £36,975 15% £37.88 T Scudamore 42 8 £54,533 19.05% -£10.80 R M Power 29 7 £24,823 24.14% -£7.65 Bryony Frost 24 6 £32,168 25% £4.25 Nick Scholfield 40 4 £13,126 10% -£19.75 S Bowen 29 4 £14,751 13.79% -£21.52 Charlie Price 12 4 £13,841 33.33% £27.50 Harry Skelton 26 3 £69,262 11.54% -£4.80 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L H Cobden 10 5 £13,970 50% £8.80 T Scudamore 6 3 £6,822 50% £5.41 Adrian Heskin 5 1 £2,274 20% -£1.50 Sam Twiston-Davies 6 1 £3,899 16.67% -£4.33 Bryony Frost 4 1 £2,274 25% -£1.25 G Sheehan 4 1 £2,274 25% -£1.00 Nick Scholfield 4 1 £3,249 25% £0.00 Fergus Gregory 3 1 £2,274 33.33% £3.00 Lorcan Williams 3 1 £2,274 33.33% -£0.13 Rex Dingle 2 1 £2,274 50% £4.00 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Rossa Ryan 126 30 £116,476 23.81% £47.15 David Probert 132 14 £48,292 10.61% -£38.69 L Morris 76 12 £40,140 15.79% -£30.22 Rob Hornby 77 11 £39,007 14.29% -£7.50 R Kingscote 42 11 £38,329 26.19% -£6.29 Callum Shepherd 56 10 £34,287 17.86% £8.75 Tom Marquand 46 9 £28,464 19.57% £7.00 Oisin Murphy 37 8 £29,209 21.62% -£18.27 K Shoemark 62 7 £24,258 11.29% -£12.50 Charles Bishop 58 7 £31,375 12.07% -£18.05
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- Jockey: Bryan Carver Trainer: Chris Honour
- Owner: Mr G Thompson
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- Jockey: Harry Skelton Trainer: D Skelton
- Owner: Charles And Rachel Wilson
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- Jockey: Jack Tudor Trainer: S Drinkwater
- Owner: Glastonburys & On The Gallops 1
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- Jockey: H F Nugent Trainer: Miss V Williams
- Owner: Lady Judith Price & Mrs Carol Shaw
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Chepstow Racecourse
Chepstow
Monmouthshire
NP16 6BE
01291 622260
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