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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 Astracad (Good) 11 Oct 2015 4m 43.94s 3m Savant Bleu (Good) 21 Apr 2014 1m 1.01s 3m 2f 54y Phangio (Good to Firm) 28 Apr 2017 6m 44s 3m 5f 110y Elegant Escape (Soft) 27 Dec 2018 7m 49.5s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m 11y Broughton (Good) 11 Oct 2015 3m 46.64s 2m 3f 100y Ballyoptic (Good) 08 Oct 2016 4m 36.1s 2m 4f Pressies Girl (Good) 21 Apr 2014 4m 42.31s 2m 7f 131y Tobefair (Good) 30 Sep 2015 5m 52.14s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m 11y Fact Of The Matter (Good) 30 Sep 2015 3m 47.7s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 5f 16y Majestic Hero (Good) 31 Jul 2016 57.66s 6f 16y Heartsong (Soft) 31 Aug 2015 1m 6.13s 7f 16y Harry Beau (Good to Firm) 03 Jul 2018 1m 20.61s 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 Danglydontask (Good to Firm) 18 Aug 2016 4m 1.14s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L C L Tizzard 59 11 £253,704 18.64% £4.75 P J Hobbs 43 10 £121,769 23.26% £3.83 Miss V Williams 39 8 £93,787 20.51% £1.70 M Sheppard 28 5 £20,209 17.86% £13.88 D Pipe 19 5 £43,176 26.32% £21.38 Evan Williams 44 4 £36,790 9.09% -£20.50 P F Nicholls 30 4 £61,771 13.33% -£8.75 P Bowen 23 3 £21,387 13.04% -£13.20 K C Bailey 14 3 £43,478 21.43% -£1.04 D Skelton 17 3 £24,179 17.65% £15.00 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L P F Nicholls 60 15 £149,845 25% £5.03 Evan Williams 69 14 £113,494 20.29% £69.08 P J Hobbs 60 12 £89,889 20% -£0.70 W Greatrex 35 8 £51,968 22.86% £4.96 C L Tizzard 58 6 £28,202 10.34% -£15.88 Jonjo O'Neill 47 6 £26,122 12.77% -£13.04 N A Twiston-Davies 32 6 £58,952 18.75% -£3.38 T R George 30 6 £26,837 20% -£7.25 N P Mulholland 35 4 £13,711 11.43% -£16.80 M Sheppard 28 4 £13,646 14.29% £11.50 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L P F Nicholls 12 7 £20,793 58.33% £11.08 T R George 10 4 £7,796 40% £4.23 Tom Lacey 6 3 £7,472 50% £16.75 D Skelton 9 2 £4,223 22.22% £6.00 N A Twiston-Davies 7 2 £4,548 28.57% £2.10 F O'Brien 9 2 £5,198 22.22% £2.50 Miss E C Lavelle 7 1 £1,949 14.29% -£5.09 Jonjo O'Neill 7 1 £1,949 14.29% -£4.50 M Scudamore 6 1 £6,498 16.67% £2.00 Miss V Williams 5 1 £1,949 20% £4.00 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L P D Evans 144 17 £61,486 11.81% -£38.05 Eve Johnson Houghton 48 15 £56,308 31.25% £13.43 Ed De Giles 52 15 £48,906 28.85% £54.25 R Hannon 94 13 £51,231 13.83% -£53.23 J G M O'Shea 92 11 £41,400 11.96% -£4.93 C G Cox 35 10 £36,224 28.57% -£8.11 A M Balding 54 8 £30,146 14.81% -£7.63 J L Flint 53 8 £21,089 15.09% £1.00 R Harris 73 8 £36,872 10.96% -£17.15 Richard Hughes 47 8 £32,539 17.02% -£14.20 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L R Johnson 42 12 £201,106 28.57% £28.50 H Cobden 33 6 £44,891 18.18% £5.00 Charlie Deutsch 19 6 £70,349 31.58% £6.70 Stan Sheppard 22 6 £26,122 27.27% £16.88 T Scudamore 22 5 £30,736 22.73% £13.04 T J O'Brien 20 4 £102,190 20% -£1.00 M G Nolan 14 4 £24,563 28.57% £3.08 Adam Wedge 35 3 £32,176 8.57% -£19.00 Sean Bowen 27 3 £32,812 11.11% -£1.50 Nick Scholfield 25 3 £31,948 12% -£4.00 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L R Johnson 79 21 £123,095 26.58% £3.38 Sam Twiston-Davies 40 10 £82,766 25% £0.87 Adam Wedge 40 8 £30,151 20% £56.21 T Scudamore 46 6 £23,328 13.04% -£19.75 P J Brennan 29 6 £69,201 20.69% £13.25 H Cobden 40 6 £54,751 15% -£12.25 G Sheehan 29 6 £37,854 20.69% -£6.20 T J O'Brien 38 5 £28,627 13.16% -£1.79 Stan Sheppard 26 4 £14,296 15.38% £11.50 D A Jacob 22 4 £48,944 18.18% -£12.52 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Sam Twiston-Davies 10 6 £15,594 60% £7.18 T Scudamore 8 3 £11,046 37.5% £4.41 H Cobden 6 2 £6,173 33.33% £4.50 Mr N George 5 2 £3,898 40% £2.50 Bridget Andrews 4 2 £4,223 50% £12.00 R Johnson 10 1 £3,249 10% £5.00 P J Brennan 5 1 £3,249 20% £3.00 Ian Popham 5 1 £1,949 20% -£1.00 Wayne Hutchinson 4 1 £1,949 25% £1.00 D A Jacob 4 1 £1,949 25% -£3.09 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L L Morris 111 16 £56,084 14.41% -£14.26 David Probert 100 14 £57,347 14% -£36.41 Callum Shepherd 53 12 £41,272 22.64% £35.50 F Norton 51 10 £35,773 19.61% -£0.02 Charles Bishop 56 9 £32,247 16.07% -£0.25 Rossa Ryan 40 9 £36,420 22.5% £7.15 J P Fahy 38 9 £28,980 23.68% £53.25 Tom Marquand 79 8 £31,761 10.13% -£42.75 Oisin Murphy 44 8 £26,588 18.18% -£16.34 L P Keniry 64 8 £25,746 12.5% -£34.00
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