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Newbury Course Guide
One of the UK’s premier tracks, Newbury stages high-quality racing both on the Flat and over jumps and owes its popularity to a combination of factors, notably the very fair, galloping nature of the course, generally excellent ground and its proximity to the major training centre of Lambourn.
Its feature race is the Hennessy Gold Cup, usually run at the end of November, a handicap chase over three and a quarter miles that boasts a roll of honour which includes racing greats Mill House, Arkle, Burrough Hill Lad, One Man, Denman and Bobs Worth. The Saturday is the highlight of a three-day meeting which invariably attracts high-quality fields. The other feature meeting over jumps is the Betfair Hurdle fixture in mid-February, the feature race, a two-mile handicap hurdle, is always one of the big betting races of the winter and sits on a card that includes the Game Spirit Chase and Denman Chase, leading trials for Champion Chase and Gold Cup respectively.
On the Flat Newbury stages a Group 1 race in the form of the Lockinge Stakes, run in mid-May the one-mile contest has been won in the past by Brigadier Gerard, Kris, Selkirk, Hawk Wing, Canford Cliffs and Frankel. Other feature flat races include the Greenham Stakes in April, the Super Sprint in July and the Geoffrey Freer Stakes in August.
Left handed, galloping. The straight mile course is undulating throughout. One of the fairest courses in the country, though its galloping nature makes it ideal for the big, long-striding type, and the track becomes testing in inclement weather. Whilst the majority of the action on the straight course usually takes place on the stand rail, those who choose to come down the centre of the track instead can find themselves at an advantage.
There aren’t many fairer courses than Newbury, which is big and galloping, but, probably due to the woodland on the far side, it can sometimes ride a good bit softer down the back straight than it does in the home straight. There’s very little draw bias on the straight track and there’s no wonder so many trainers want to send their classy horses there. The one tricky start is the one up in the spur (the round 1m) and that can prove draw-dependent. Otherwise, you get very few hard-luck stories at Newbury.
View from the saddle: Jason Weaver
Left handed, galloping with few undulations. One of the fairest courses in the country, though its galloping nature does suit the big, long-striding type. The chase course is regarded as being fairly stiff, though the low casualty rate over recent seasons contradicts such a view; the fact that many races are run at a steady pace possibly contributes to such a low figure, as does the generally better standard of horse on show. Leaders are rarely overhauled on the chase run-in for all it often looks as though they might be, especially from the elbow.
It’s among the fairest courses in the country and you get few hard-luck stories. There’s plenty of time during a race, with two very long straights and two sweeping bends, and you don’t often get too much shimmying or jockeying for position. If you’ve got the right horse, everything seems to happen nice and smoothly. The fences are very fair and, although the cross-fence used to claim a lot of victims, it’s nowhere near as bad now. Newbury is a great place for a novice and, unlike Cheltenham say, where the fences can be tricky for inexperienced horses, it’s really straightforward.
View from the saddle: Mick Fitzgerald
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Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m 92y Imperial Presence (Good to Soft) 25 Mar 2017 3m 57.6s 2m 1f Owen Na View (Good) 21 Mar 2015 4m 2.7s 2m 2f 110y Major Milborne (Good to Soft) 17 Dec 2014 4m 45.05s 2m 3f 187y Thomas Crapper (Soft) 04 Mar 2017 4m 16.25s 2m 6f 93y O Maonlai (Good to Soft) 26 Nov 2016 5m 34.1s 2m 7f 86y Thistlecrack (Good to Soft) 26 Nov 2016 5m 46.3s 3m The Skyfarmer (Good) 20 Mar 2015 5m 51.82s 3m 1f 214y Native River (Good to Soft) 26 Nov 2016 6m 25s 3m 2f 110y Carruthers (Good) 21 Mar 2015 6m 32.4s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m 69y Our Power (Soft) 19 Dec 2018 3m 22.8s 2m 3f Alzammaar (Good) 21 Mar 2015 4m 29.9s 2m 4f 118y Snow Leopardess (Good to Soft) 25 Mar 2017 4m 53.5s 3m 110y Rally (Good to Soft) 20 Mar 2015 5m 55.65s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 1m 4f 143y Aimee De Sivola (Soft) 20 Dec 2017 3m 6.22s 2m 69y Bullionaire (Good to Soft) 25 Mar 2017 3m 44.9s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 5f 34y Robot Boy (Good to Firm) 17 Apr 2015 58.44s 6f Never Back Down (Good to Firm) 19 May 2018 1m 10.27s 6f 110y Twin Sails (Good to Firm) 11 Jun 2015 1m 18.06s 7f Stage Magic (Good to Soft) 21 Jul 2017 1m 13.4s 1m Ayaar (Good to Firm) 18 Apr 2015 1m 34.41s 1m 1f Kismet Hardy (Good to Firm) 12 Aug 2016 1m 56.05s 1m 2f 6y Intilaaq (Good to Firm) 18 Jul 2015 2m 3.63s 1m 3f Desert Encounter (Good) 23 Sep 2017 2m 17.91s 1m 4f Teodoro (Good to Firm) 26 Jun 2018 2m 28.61s 1m 5f 61y The Graduate (Good to Firm) 12 Aug 2016 2m 48.87s 2m Wordiness (Good to Firm) 18 Jul 2015 3m 29.94s 2m 110y Stratum (Good to Firm) 21 Jul 2018 3m 32.57s 2m 2f Sweet Selection (Good to Firm) 15 Jul 2016 3m 55.59s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L C L Tizzard 45 13 £422,156 28.89% £22.54 P F Nicholls 46 7 £110,413 15.22% £9.50 P J Hobbs 36 5 £44,007 13.89% -£10.54 N J Henderson 32 5 £111,252 15.63% -£15.99 Miss V Williams 17 5 £56,623 29.41% £24.63 T R George 27 3 £36,720 11.11% -£8.75 Miss R Curtis 18 3 £26,187 16.67% -£4.75 W Greatrex 11 3 £37,466 27.27% £4.13 Tom Lacey 8 3 £24,069 37.5% £7.00 H Whittington 8 3 £27,653 37.5% £2.00 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L N J Henderson 83 23 £180,110 27.71% £12.44 P J Hobbs 46 10 £94,723 21.74% £82.00 A King 67 9 £97,895 13.43% -£32.07 Ben Pauling 31 6 £79,304 19.35% £6.63 W Greatrex 28 3 £24,040 10.71% -£16.25 G L Moore 45 3 £35,350 6.67% -£17.75 P F Nicholls 30 3 £45,401 10% -£20.93 O Sherwood 20 3 £37,881 15% £6.00 D Skelton 44 2 £27,589 4.55% -£32.50 Harry Fry 25 2 £56,950 8% -£17.75 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L N J Henderson 19 3 £16,263 15.79% -£8.13 Harry Fry 5 3 £90,290 60% £6.33 A J Honeyball 4 2 £13,989 50% £8.00 A King 18 1 £1,949 5.56% -£10.00 F O'Brien 8 1 £1,949 12.5% -£6.00 Ben Pauling 9 1 £2,274 11.11% -£3.50 Nick Williams 4 1 £1,949 25% £2.00 D Skelton 3 1 £2,339 33.33% -£0.50 P J Hobbs 5 1 £2,599 20% £4.00 P R Webber 3 1 £11,390 33.33% £38.00 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L R Hannon 318 34 £445,902 10.69% -£64.51 J H M Gosden 117 30 £415,356 25.64% £20.69 W J Haggas 125 28 £320,280 22.4% £8.34 C Hills 124 13 £178,368 10.48% -£25.13 Sir Michael Stoute 85 13 £455,723 15.29% -£37.29 A M Balding 122 12 £167,944 9.84% -£8.17 R M Beckett 87 11 £101,779 12.64% -£22.96 C Appleby 38 11 £169,442 28.95% -£10.01 M Johnston 57 10 £134,335 17.54% -£2.03 Ed Walker 69 9 £35,578 13.04% £0.13 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L R Johnson 40 11 £236,610 27.5% £11.81 T Scudamore 25 7 £213,955 28% £26.13 H Cobden 23 5 £60,259 21.74% £9.58 Nico de Boinville 20 5 £127,534 25% -£5.62 T J O'Brien 22 4 £54,866 18.18% £11.50 Aidan Coleman 31 4 £50,114 12.9% -£22.28 N D Fehily 23 4 £77,040 17.39% £10.25 S Bowen 18 3 £39,090 16.67% -£8.00 Wayne Hutchinson 19 3 £21,899 15.79% -£7.00 L Treadwell 6 3 £18,845 50% £27.00 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Nico de Boinville 39 12 £73,125 30.77% £23.29 R Johnson 56 11 £144,530 19.64% £81.75 B J Geraghty 23 10 £144,399 43.48% £25.16 Wayne Hutchinson 52 8 £75,115 15.38% -£21.41 N D Fehily 34 3 £23,030 8.82% -£21.88 H Cobden 21 3 £29,156 14.29% -£8.43 Sam Twiston-Davies 25 3 £97,370 12% -£9.50 David Bass 9 3 £37,768 33.33% £3.20 Mr Alex Ferguson 7 3 £39,522 42.86% £1.75 T Scudamore 28 2 £16,505 7.14% -£18.75 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L N D Fehily 7 3 £90,290 42.86% £4.33 S Bowen 4 2 £13,729 50% £19.88 G Sheehan 10 1 £11,390 10% £31.00 P J Brennan 9 1 £1,949 11.11% -£7.00 R Johnson 9 1 £2,599 11.11% £0.00 David Bass 6 1 £2,274 16.67% £0.50 J McGrath 5 1 £2,599 20% -£2.00 Lizzie Kelly 4 1 £1,949 25% £2.00 Nico de Boinville 11 1 £2,274 9.09% -£5.00 H Cobden 5 1 £2,599 20% £0.50 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L L Dettori 95 26 £438,350 27.37% £14.43 Jim Crowley 161 25 £643,386 15.53% £28.99 James Doyle 130 25 £323,757 19.23% -£16.53 R L Moore 127 18 £502,378 14.17% -£67.16 W Buick 61 16 £382,952 26.23% £34.66 S De Sousa 95 14 £257,654 14.74% -£3.13 Oisin Murphy 158 13 £99,234 8.23% -£78.81 A Kirby 131 10 £121,467 7.63% -£55.25 Tom Marquand 102 9 £47,253 8.82% -£19.90 Andrea Atzeni 99 8 £172,078 8.08% -£53.25
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