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	Raecius Felix (Good)	07 Oct 2020	4m 41.8s
2m 5f 28y	Chasma (Good)	05 Apr 2019	4m 19s
3m 2f 59y	Burning Issues (Good)	27 Aug 2020	6m 27.1s
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	Wyfield Rose (Good)	06 Sep 2018	6m 24.12s

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
Mrs S J Smith	47	10	18	£43,279	21.28%	£3.71
Sam Drake	26	9	8	£33,726	34.62%	£16.50
Micky Hammond	60	7	26	£28,528	11.67%	-£31.25
B Ellison	25	7	13	£39,835	28%	-£7.01
Evan Williams	19	7	11	£30,802	36.84%	£25.00
Miss J E Foster	32	6	10	£25,084	18.75%	£13.60
B M R Haslam	19	4	8	£25,096	21.05%	£30.50
V Thompson	45	3	15	£9,617	6.67%	£98.00
Rebecca Menzies	24	3	12	£11,892	12.5%	-£14.38
M Todhunter	18	3	7	£12,542	16.67%	-£2.50

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
D McCain Jnr	119	19	55	£87,259	15.97%	-£6.89
P A Kirby	66	14	27	£52,635	21.21%	£21.58
Micky Hammond	109	12	32	£43,928	11.01%	-£44.80
B Ellison	47	11	18	£56,016	23.4%	-£13.51
Mrs Dianne Sayer	46	10	15	£35,934	21.74%	-£4.42
K Dalgleish	41	8	19	£33,595	19.51%	-£1.45
C Grant	65	6	17	£24,108	9.23%	-£29.25
Rebecca Menzies	42	6	15	£21,639	14.29%	-£4.04
G Elliott	11	6	4	£28,852	54.55%	£3.11
Mrs S J Smith	40	5	18	£21,314	12.5%	-£28.98

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
Olly Murphy	4	3	1	£6,822	75%	£3.56
D McCain Jnr	12	2	6	£4,548	16.67%	-£3.00
L J Morgan	3	2	1	£4,548	66.67%	£3.30
P A Kirby	10	1	5	£2,274	10%	-£7.00
K Dalgleish	6	1	3	£2,274	16.67%	-£2.25
B Ellison	6	1	3	£2,859	16.67%	-£1.50
Micky Hammond	9	1	2	£2,274	11.11%	-£8.00
Jamie Snowden	4	1	2	£2,274	25%	-£1.13
T Davidson	3	1	2	£2,274	33.33%	£1.50
Miss G Boanas	3	1	1	£2,794	33.33%	£2.00

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
B S Hughes	63	16	32	£80,061	25.4%	-£20.97
Danny Cook	37	10	18	£43,669	27.03%	£15.21
Henry Brooke	37	9	11	£55,809	24.32%	£1.38
Jonathan England	20	8	7	£30,737	40%	£15.00
S Bowen	11	6	1	£39,238	54.55%	£19.75
R P McLernon	27	5	12	£29,710	18.52%	£31.00
C O'Farrell	24	5	11	£32,981	20.83%	-£4.29
Sean Quinlan	45	4	20	£26,232	8.89%	-£14.57
Ross Chapman	21	4	10	£18,456	19.05%	-£5.25
Adam Wedge	14	4	8	£14,556	28.57%	£18.25

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
B S Hughes	127	30	58	£129,238	23.62%	-£45.60
Sean Quinlan	93	15	28	£58,548	16.13%	£6.89
Thomas Dowson	53	12	22	£40,158	22.64%	£15.42
Danny McMenamin	42	11	9	£37,949	26.19%	£3.08
Henry Brooke	72	10	27	£43,797	13.89%	-£9.58
Danny Cook	54	9	22	£41,331	16.67%	-£24.36
R Johnson	18	7	8	£31,126	38.89%	-£0.56
Joe Colliver	34	6	9	£22,614	17.65%	£4.32
Nathan Moscrop	31	5	10	£19,170	16.13%	£9.33
C O'Farrell	43	4	19	£15,401	9.3%	-£23.70

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
B S Hughes	17	3	8	£6,822	17.65%	-£4.42
C O'Farrell	7	2	3	£4,548	28.57%	-£0.70
Sean Quinlan	15	1	6	£2,274	6.67%	-£12.00
Henry Brooke	9	1	3	£2,274	11.11%	-£6.63
Thomas Dowson	8	1	3	£2,274	12.5%	-£3.50
Ross Chapman	7	1	3	£2,794	14.29%	-£3.00
Danny McMenamin	6	1	2	£2,859	16.67%	-£0.50
D A Jacob	3	1	2	£2,274	33.33%	-£1.38
Joe Colliver	7	1	1	£2,274	14.29%	-£3.00
W T Kennedy	3	1	1	£2,274	33.33%	£1.50