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	Ink Master (Good to Firm)	30 Aug 2018	3m 48.7s
2m 3f 65y	The Backup Plan (Good to Firm)	27 Aug 2015	4m 38.6s
2m 4f	Abricot De L'oasis (Good to Firm)	30 Apr 2015	4m 46.16s
2m 5f 28y	Chasma (Good)	05 Apr 2019	4m 19s
2m 6f	Houndscourt (Soft)	05 May 2015	5m 33.98s
3m 2f 59y	Running In Heels (Good to Firm)	30 Aug 2018	6m 27.5s
3m 3f	Beau Dandy (Good to Firm)	30 Apr 2015	6m 47.4s
3m 5f 48y	Buachaill Alainn (Good)	27 Oct 2016	7m 19.5s

Distance	Horse (Going)	Date	Winning time
2m 178y	High Expectations (Good)	06 Sep 2018	3m 43.7s
2m 3f 188y	Apterix (Good to Firm)	30 Aug 2018	4m 24.1s
2m 5f 34y	Jack Lamb (Good to Firm)	30 Aug 2018	4m 49.1s
3m 3f 9y	Omid (Good to Firm)	27 Aug 2015	6m 22.3s

Distance	Horse (Going)	Date	Winning time
2m 178y	C'est Le Bonheur (Good to Firm)	02 Oct 2018	3m 46.8s

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	71	8	31	£30,737	11.27%	-£38.25
B Ellison	28	8	14	£40,810	28.57%	-£12.74
Mrs S J Smith	46	7	23	£33,532	15.22%	-£10.88
Sam Drake	31	6	14	£27,428	19.35%	£12.08
Miss J E Foster	20	6	6	£25,084	30%	£23.60
D McCain Jnr	23	5	13	£19,495	21.74%	-£6.38
V Thompson	51	4	18	£11,826	7.84%	-£1.00
M W Easterby	7	4	2	£16,311	57.14%	£7.88
Christian Williams	6	4	1	£31,765	66.67%	£5.28
N P Mulholland	7	4	0	£17,897	57.14%	£4.05

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
D McCain Jnr	122	17	69	£77,371	13.93%	-£43.24
B Ellison	59	15	29	£69,889	25.42%	-£10.30
Micky Hammond	105	11	32	£43,149	10.48%	-£56.27
Mrs S J Smith	41	9	14	£34,440	21.95%	-£4.24
N P Mulholland	23	9	5	£33,066	39.13%	£4.11
P A Kirby	43	8	21	£32,101	18.6%	£19.38
Mrs Dianne Sayer	42	8	11	£30,281	19.05%	£13.38
K Dalgleish	39	7	19	£29,826	17.95%	-£16.45
Rebecca Menzies	37	7	13	£24,953	18.92%	£40.33
Sam Drake	36	6	15	£20,079	16.67%	-£19.68

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
B Ellison	12	3	6	£6,693	25%	£1.07
C Grant	11	2	5	£3,249	18.18%	£17.75
D McCain Jnr	7	2	5	£4,548	28.57%	£1.00
S R B Crawford	7	1	5	£1,560	14.29%	-£6.33
P A Kirby	9	1	4	£2,274	11.11%	-£5.00
Olly Murphy	4	1	3	£2,274	25%	-£2.27
K Dalgleish	3	1	2	£2,274	33.33%	£0.75
N G Richards	3	1	2	£1,689	33.33%	£4.00
F O'Brien	3	1	1	£2,274	33.33%	-£0.50
D W Whillans	3	1	1	£1,560	33.33%	£3.50

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	66	19	35	£107,471	28.79%	-£15.35
Danny Cook	39	9	21	£40,745	23.08%	£3.79
Henry Brooke	37	8	14	£49,635	21.62%	-£5.40
Jonathan England	25	6	12	£27,428	24%	£18.08
Ross Chapman	20	6	8	£26,904	30%	£14.25
R P McLernon	25	4	13	£20,470	16%	£4.50
Thomas Dowson	32	4	11	£12,281	12.5%	£3.50
A P Cawley	21	4	6	£16,441	19.05%	-£4.88
James Bowen	7	4	2	£31,765	57.14%	£3.08
C O'Farrell	12	3	5	£13,842	25%	-£1.29

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
B S Hughes	136	29	71	£124,415	21.32%	-£42.70
Sean Quinlan	69	13	21	£52,180	18.84%	£12.85
Danny Cook	54	11	21	£44,515	20.37%	-£13.27
Henry Brooke	73	10	24	£40,333	13.7%	-£23.59
R Johnson	16	7	7	£31,126	43.75%	-£0.56
W T Kennedy	65	6	33	£21,833	9.23%	-£41.00
Jonathan England	32	6	11	£20,079	18.75%	-£12.68
Joe Colliver	32	6	10	£21,769	18.75%	£0.70
Thomas Dowson	45	5	17	£16,700	11.11%	-£7.67
Harry Skelton	18	5	4	£14,295	27.78%	-£4.83

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
B S Hughes	16	6	5	£12,020	37.5%	£25.82
W T Kennedy	8	2	5	£3,834	25%	£7.50
Sean Quinlan	8	1	4	£2,274	12.5%	-£4.00
Craig Nichol	5	1	4	£1,560	20%	-£1.50
R Johnson	5	1	2	£2,274	20%	-£4.27
R D Day	4	1	2	£1,689	25%	£2.00
Danny Cook	5	1	1	£1,560	20%	£1.00
Callum Whillans	4	1	1	£1,560	25%	£2.50
James Bowen	2	1	1	£2,274	50%	-£0.09
Danny McMenamin	2	1	1	£2,859	50%	£3.50