Sedgefield Course Guide

Jumping takes place throughout the year at Sedgefield and the calendar highlight is the Durham National Handicap Chase. Previously run in April, the 3m 5f event is now staged in the autumn, being won in 2014 by the useful Royale Knight.

The County Durham course is something of a specialist’s track and one of the most popular equine regulars in recent years was Fatehalkhair, who won 13 races at the course.

Jumps Racing

Left handed, undulating. Easy fences and one of the lowest casualty rates, fallers/unseats at the two fences in the home straight being especially rare. In theory, uphill finish should dictate that plenty of races change complexion late in the day but, in practice, that isn't the case, the run-in on the hurdles course being short and plenty having a tendency to pick up again when challenged on the chase track.

A fast, accurate jumper is ideally what you want to be on at Sedgefield. The fences aren’t difficult there, though, in fact they’re relatively easy, and, especially for summer racing, you can often get away with it on a horse that’s not the greatest of jumpers. It’s different in the middle of winter, when the ground can get testing, and, on days it’s like that, you see a lot of the jocks coming up the stands’ rail, particularly in hurdle races. That can prove a bit of a golden highway when underfoot conditions are soft.

View from the saddle: Mick Fitzgerald

Sedgefield Top Times
Last 5 years

Chase
Hurdle
National Hunt Flat

Distance	Horse (Going)	Date	Winning time
2m 77y	Delpotro (Good to Firm)	13 May 2025	3m 46.68s
2m 1f	Master Malachy (Good to Firm)	01 Sep 2022	4m 4.7s
2m 3f 65y	Wudya (Good)	28 Aug 2026	4m 41.8s
2m 5f 28y	Jackpot Cash (Good)	13 May 2025	5m 2s
3m 2f 59y	Pescatorius (Good to Firm)	08 Oct 2025	6m 35.7s
3m 2f 202y	Larry Looby (Good to Firm)	24 Aug 2022	6m 54.3s
3m 5f 48y	Ivane (Good)	19 Oct 2025	7m 18.96s

Distance	Horse (Going)	Date	Winning time
2m 178y	Addosh (Good to Firm)	13 May 2025	3m 44s
2m 3f 188y	Janworth (Good to Firm)	13 May 2025	4m 28.1s
2m 5f 34y	Adherence (Good)	19 Apr 2022	4m 59.7s
3m 3f 9y	Thatbeatsbanagher (Good to Firm)	01 Sep 2022	6m 25.3s

Distance	Horse (Going)	Date	Winning time
2m 178y	Opale De Maine (Good to Firm)	08 Oct 2025	3m 47.26s

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

Chase
Hurdle
National Hunt Flat

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
Micky Hammond	47	8	19	£33,878	17.02%	-£7.25
J Parkinson & S Smith	23	7	13	£25,640	30.43%	£17.00
S England	39	6	21	£21,256	15.38%	-£14.17
C Grant	26	5	13	£16,398	19.23%	-£0.17
P A Kirby	16	5	5	£19,303	31.25%	£12.25
James Owen	5	5	0	£31,656	100%	£12.56
C E Longsdon	11	4	6	£16,054	36.36%	£1.75
J Candlish	23	3	10	£11,354	13.04%	-£12.25
R Menzies	18	3	9	£12,648	16.67%	-£8.40
W Coltherd	21	3	7	£12,806	14.29%	£8.50

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
J Candlish	69	13	34	£50,528	18.84%	-£22.39
P A Kirby	58	11	19	£38,791	18.97%	-£11.87
D McCain Jnr	78	10	37	£40,549	12.82%	-£34.26
R Menzies	67	10	25	£40,394	14.93%	-£21.00
S England	46	9	16	£31,159	19.57%	£13.45
P Neville	34	9	11	£37,386	26.47%	-£8.15
Micky Hammond	73	7	23	£26,215	9.59%	-£38.67
B Ellison	38	6	19	£24,847	15.79%	£23.10
P F Nicholls	6	5	1	£18,821	83.33%	£16.54
A Nicol	37	4	18	£12,992	10.81%	-£21.55

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
D McCain Jnr	10	5	4	£12,255	50%	£7.07
R Menzies	11	2	7	£4,902	18.18%	-£6.22
J Candlish	5	2	3	£4,902	40%	£2.25
Dan Skelton	5	2	3	£6,808	40%	£3.25
D Pipe	3	2	1	£4,902	66.67%	£1.41
Jamie Snowden	3	2	0	£6,372	66.67%	£0.02
C Grant	12	1	5	£2,614	8.33%	-£5.50
Micky Hammond	5	1	1	£3,921	20%	-£4.00
J & S Quinn	3	1	1	£2,451	33.33%	-£0.25
Ruth Jefferson	3	1	1	£2,614	33.33%	£7.00

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

Chase
Hurdle
National Hunt Flat

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
Danny McMenamin	41	11	18	£40,242	26.83%	£23.58
B S Hughes	55	10	24	£38,605	18.18%	-£12.17
Sean Quinlan	42	5	21	£18,009	11.9%	-£20.25
S Bowen	17	4	9	£14,444	23.53%	-£5.95
Henry Brooke	16	4	9	£17,507	25%	-£5.64
Tom Midgley	14	4	9	£14,602	28.57%	£9.08
Emma Smith-Chaston	16	4	7	£16,213	25%	£2.88
Joe Williamson	18	4	6	£14,444	22.22%	-£1.75
James Bowen	6	4	2	£15,896	66.67%	£14.75
Peter Kavanagh	26	3	9	£9,744	11.54%	-£12.75

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
B S Hughes	97	17	47	£72,799	17.53%	-£43.39
Sean Quinlan	76	15	33	£59,233	19.74%	-£11.96
Ross Chapman	53	8	15	£34,875	15.09%	-£21.50
Joe Williamson	61	7	21	£22,736	11.48%	-£32.99
Jonathan England	33	7	8	£24,663	21.21%	£13.25
Danny McMenamin	54	6	23	£23,654	11.11%	-£13.54
Theo Gillard	30	6	15	£23,607	20%	£13.53
Nathan Moscrop	40	5	14	£17,058	12.5%	-£13.75
Craig Nichol	33	5	10	£20,727	15.15%	£44.50
S Bowen	18	4	10	£18,103	22.22%	-£10.42

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
B S Hughes	14	4	8	£9,804	28.57%	£1.00
Sean Quinlan	8	3	5	£8,823	37.5%	£2.25
Nathan Moscrop	9	2	5	£4,902	22.22%	-£5.22
G Sheehan	4	2	1	£6,372	50%	£0.02
William Maggs	7	1	3	£2,614	14.29%	-£0.50
Joe Williamson	10	1	2	£2,451	10%	£9.00
Callum Bewley	4	1	1	£2,614	25%	£5.00
S Bowen	3	1	1	£3,921	33.33%	-£0.13
Henry Brooke	3	1	1	£2,451	33.33%	£2.50
J J Burke	2	1	1	£2,451	50%	-£0.09