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	48	8	20	£33,878	16.67%	-£8.25
S England	41	7	22	£24,504	17.07%	-£14.17
J Parkinson & S Smith	23	7	13	£25,640	30.43%	£17.00
C Grant	26	5	13	£16,398	19.23%	-£0.17
P A Kirby	17	5	6	£19,303	29.41%	£10.25
James Owen	6	5	1	£31,656	83.33%	£11.56
C E Longsdon	11	4	6	£16,054	36.36%	£1.75
W Greatrex	5	4	1	£17,348	80%	£13.75
P Neville	10	4	0	£14,444	40%	£3.83
J Candlish	26	3	11	£11,354	11.54%	-£15.25

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
J Candlish	75	15	36	£57,842	20%	-£21.64
P A Kirby	60	12	18	£42,039	20%	-£7.37
S England	50	11	20	£37,655	22%	£18.70
D McCain Jnr	76	10	37	£40,549	13.16%	-£31.26
R Menzies	64	9	24	£36,169	14.06%	-£21.50
P Neville	35	9	12	£37,386	25.71%	-£9.15
Micky Hammond	78	7	25	£26,215	8.97%	-£43.67
P F Nicholls	8	6	1	£22,887	75%	£17.42
B Ellison	36	5	19	£20,490	13.89%	£14.10
A Nicol	40	4	19	£12,992	10%	-£24.55

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
D McCain Jnr	11	5	5	£12,255	45.45%	£6.07
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	13	1	6	£2,614	7.69%	-£6.50
Micky Hammond	6	1	2	£3,921	16.67%	-£5.00
Ruth Jefferson	3	1	1	£2,614	33.33%	£7.00
J & S Quinn	3	1	1	£2,451	33.33%	-£0.25

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
B S Hughes	55	11	23	£43,305	20%	-£8.17
Danny McMenamin	42	11	19	£40,242	26.19%	£22.58
Sean Quinlan	43	5	21	£18,009	11.63%	-£21.25
James Bowen	7	5	2	£20,596	71.43%	£18.25
S Bowen	17	4	9	£14,444	23.53%	-£5.95
Tom Midgley	14	4	9	£14,602	28.57%	£9.08
Joe Williamson	19	4	7	£14,444	21.05%	-£2.75
Emma Smith-Chaston	16	4	7	£16,213	25%	£2.88
Henry Brooke	14	4	7	£17,507	28.57%	-£3.64
Jonathan England	27	3	13	£9,902	11.11%	-£20.25

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
B S Hughes	101	18	47	£78,245	17.82%	-£46.06
Sean Quinlan	81	17	35	£66,547	20.99%	-£10.21
Joe Williamson	64	8	20	£25,984	12.5%	-£29.49
Jonathan England	37	8	12	£27,911	21.62%	£11.50
Ross Chapman	51	7	14	£30,650	13.73%	-£23.00
Danny McMenamin	57	6	23	£23,654	10.53%	-£16.54
Theo Gillard	31	6	16	£23,607	19.35%	£12.53
Nathan Moscrop	38	5	14	£17,058	13.16%	-£11.75
Craig Nichol	31	5	10	£20,727	16.13%	£46.50
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	9	3	6	£8,823	33.33%	£1.25
Nathan Moscrop	9	2	5	£4,902	22.22%	-£5.22
William Maggs	8	2	3	£6,535	25%	£4.50
G Sheehan	4	2	1	£6,372	50%	£0.02
Joe Williamson	11	1	2	£2,451	9.09%	£8.00
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