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Ffos Las Course Guide
Located in west Wales, Ffos Las stages racing both on the Flat and over jumps and has proved popular with horsemen thanks to its flat, galloping and fair nature which many trainers compare as being similar to Newbury.
The course opened in June 2009, becoming the first new national hunt track to be built for 80 years, and its late January meeting has emerged is its annual feature, where the two big races are the West Wales National – and handicap chase over three and a half miles – and the Welsh Champion Hurdle, a limited handicap over two and a half miles which has been won by useful jumpers Oscar Whiskey, Medinas and Saphir Du Rheu.
The best horse to have raced at Ffos Las to date is undoubtedly champion two-mile chaser Sprinter Sacre, who won a novices’ hurdle by 10 lengths at the track in February 2011.
A left-handed track, essentially galloping in nature. Approximately a mile and a half in extent, the course is very flat and fair, with a long home straight, including an extension to enable a straight track for races over five and six furlongs.
I’ve never ridden at Ffos Las, but all the current jocks tell me it’s a good, fair, honest course, with no kinks or ridges. There don’t seem to be any obvious quirks about it, viewed from the stands at least, and I’ve not spotted any great bias, either regarding the draw or across-the-track pace. They always seem to go a sensible gallop there, which suggests the configuration is straightforward enough, but I have noticed they tend to race up the middle, rather than stick to the rails, when the going gets soft.
View from the saddle: Jason Weaver
A wide, galloping, left-handed circuit of 1½ miles, with a straight of just over 4f. It has no undulations but a very slight rise over the course of the back straight and the opposite in the home straight. There are short run-ins for both hurdles and chases, though it is in essence a fair track, with the chase course providing a good test of jumping. Field sizes tend to be on the small side.
I walked the course at Ffos Las on the day it opened for racing and there’s no doubt about it - it’s a beautiful set-up, you can’t help being impressed. I don’t think it gets the backing from some people that it deserves, because all the current jocks - Flat and jumps - say good things about it. The jumping lads reckon the fences are a fair test - not too stiff, but no pushover - and it’s grand to ride. The one worry about it is that the going can become extreme. When it gets properly soft, it can be really hard work.
View from the saddle: Mick Fitzgerald
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Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m Dark Invader (Good) 21 Jun 2018 3m 50.9s 2m 3f 110y Traditional Bob (Good to Firm) 19 Jun 2014 4m 38.88s 2m 4f 199y Patricks Park (Soft) 21 Oct 2017 3m 49.4s 3m High Kite (Good) 19 Jun 2014 5m 48.15s 3m 1f 110y A Decent Excuse (Good) 22 Aug 2014 6m 13.5s 3m 3f 208y The Bay Oak (Good) 16 Apr 2017 7m 26.3s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 1m 7f 182y Borak (Good) 21 Jun 2018 3m 36.4s 2m 4f Voodoo Doll (Good to Firm) 13 Jul 2018 4m 36.5s 2m 6f Master Malt (Good) 19 Jun 2014 5m 20.3s 2m 7f 191y Be Bop Boru (Good) 04 Jun 2015 5m 39.1s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 1m 6f Taj Badalandabad (Good to Soft) 13 May 2014 3m 23.3s 1m 7f 202y Western Ryder (Good) 28 May 2016 3m 36.5s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 5f Major Valentine (Good) 17 Jul 2017 57.27s 6f Decision By One (Good) 30 Jun 2014 1m 8.66s 7f 80y Hellovaqueen (Good to Firm) 24 Jul 2018 1m 29.72s 1m Kafeel (Good) 30 Jun 2014 1m 38.95s 1m 1f Muraabit (Good) 13 Aug 2015 1m 57.6s 1m 2f Advanced Virgo (Good to Firm) 24 Jul 2018 2m 6.6s 1m 3f 209y Outbox (Good) 05 Sep 2018 2m 32s 1m 6f Urban Space (Good to Soft) 19 Jul 2016 3m 3.35s 2m Long John Silver (Good to Firm) 24 Jul 2018 3m 25.42s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L P Bowen 54 14 £93,068 25.93% -£3.29 D A Rees 36 6 £32,619 16.67% £1.13 Mrs D A Hamer 24 6 £26,643 25% £8.75 Miss R Curtis 25 5 £24,042 20% -£9.13 Evan Williams 59 4 £19,104 6.78% -£41.63 T R George 9 4 £19,781 44.44% £10.75 N P Mulholland 19 3 £15,011 15.79% £8.00 Jonjo O'Neill 16 3 £21,704 18.75% -£5.38 A J Honeyball 8 3 £16,351 37.5% £4.45 C L Tizzard 9 3 £19,675 33.33% £3.48 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Evan Williams 111 19 £120,277 17.12% -£10.91 N A Twiston-Davies 63 16 £87,416 25.4% £6.40 P Bowen 69 10 £51,725 14.49% -£16.13 B J Llewellyn 39 5 £22,288 12.82% -£5.93 W Greatrex 22 5 £24,808 22.73% -£2.67 N J Henderson 15 5 £19,755 33.33% -£7.95 P J Hobbs 19 5 £32,024 26.32% £4.08 Miss R Curtis 34 4 £14,231 11.76% -£22.75 K C Bailey 12 4 £14,620 33.33% £23.33 Tim Vaughan 49 3 £9,617 6.12% -£13.50 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L N A Twiston-Davies 13 4 £8,771 30.77% £6.25 Miss R Curtis 9 3 £5,847 33.33% -£0.72 W Greatrex 8 3 £9,097 37.5% £3.00 H Whittington 5 2 £6,498 40% £5.50 Evan Williams 12 1 £3,249 8.33% -£4.00 Paul Morgan 4 1 £1,949 25% £13.00 N P Mulholland 7 1 £1,949 14.29% £2.00 M Scudamore 3 1 £2,599 33.33% £18.00 B J Eckley 7 1 £1,949 14.29% £60.00 Olly Murphy 3 1 £3,248 33.33% £5.00 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L P D Evans 97 11 £39,588 11.34% -£51.25 A M Balding 40 10 £50,231 25% £20.04 B R Millman 42 7 £28,625 16.67% -£14.00 R Charlton 19 6 £23,255 31.58% £32.38 Richard Hughes 27 5 £24,000 18.52% £7.18 W R Muir 25 5 £16,625 20% £3.50 H Morrison 22 4 £11,514 18.18% -£8.00 C Hills 19 4 £16,301 21.05% £8.41 R Hannon 30 3 £14,037 10% -£21.25 R M Beckett 21 3 £11,838 14.29% -£14.34 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Sean Bowen 48 16 £103,724 33.33% £14.21 N D Fehily 11 6 £39,248 54.55% £26.50 R T Dunne 22 5 £19,363 22.73% -£3.13 Jonathan Moore 14 5 £24,042 35.71% £1.88 T Scudamore 24 4 £25,602 16.67% -£11.38 T E Whelan 23 4 £18,195 17.39% £1.75 Adam Wedge 39 3 £13,906 7.69% -£25.38 Sam Twiston-Davies 26 3 £22,924 11.54% -£17.20 P J Brennan 9 3 £22,614 33.33% £16.50 Thomas Bellamy 6 3 £14,946 50% £14.00 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Adam Wedge 70 15 £99,873 21.43% -£1.64 Sam Twiston-Davies 46 9 £38,210 19.57% -£2.08 Sean Bowen 52 8 £37,819 15.38% -£5.00 R Johnson 40 7 £38,262 17.5% -£13.92 David Bass 13 6 £22,418 46.15% £38.58 T Scudamore 50 5 £22,614 10% -£9.75 G Sheehan 20 4 £19,999 20% -£7.59 Robert Williams 26 3 £12,931 11.54% -£12.80 D A Jacob 11 3 £11,567 27.27% -£0.83 M G Nolan 12 3 £12,867 25% £20.25 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L G Sheehan 6 3 £9,097 50% £6.00 Sam Twiston-Davies 7 2 £4,223 28.57% £0.00 T E Whelan 7 2 £3,898 28.57% £61.67 Jamie Bargary 5 2 £4,548 40% £7.25 Charlie Deutsch 4 1 £1,949 25% £13.00 Jonathan Moore 6 1 £1,949 16.67% -£1.00 N D Fehily 4 1 £1,949 25% £5.00 Adam Wedge 5 1 £3,249 20% £3.00 T J O'Brien 3 1 £2,599 33.33% £0.75 Aidan Coleman 3 1 £1,949 33.33% £9.00 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L S W Kelly 40 8 £35,507 20% -£12.08 Fran Berry 40 7 £28,429 17.5% -£11.09 L P Keniry 49 6 £29,101 12.24% £7.25 M Dwyer 31 6 £28,406 19.35% £2.92 Kieran Shoemark 29 6 £21,380 20.69% -£1.88 L Morris 17 6 £27,494 35.29% £15.15 Finley Marsh 34 5 £20,345 14.71% -£11.50 Jim Crowley 21 5 £15,590 23.81% -£8.96 David Probert 19 5 £24,356 26.32% -£1.75 Rossa Ryan 23 5 £19,729 21.74% £26.00
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