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 5f 28y	Chasma (Good)	05 Apr 2019	4m 19s
3m 2f 59y	Running In Heels (Good to Firm)	30 Aug 2018	6m 27.5s
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	65	9	28	£33,726	13.85%	-£25.25
Mrs S J Smith	49	9	22	£40,355	18.37%	-£5.79
B Ellison	28	8	14	£44,449	28.57%	-£6.51
Miss J E Foster	27	6	9	£25,084	22.22%	£17.60
Sam Drake	22	4	9	£15,141	18.18%	-£7.25
Evan Williams	13	4	8	£16,506	30.77%	£12.00
B M R Haslam	15	4	5	£22,692	26.67%	£30.00
N P Mulholland	7	4	2	£21,471	57.14%	£3.78
Christian Williams	6	4	1	£31,765	66.67%	£5.28
D McCain Jnr	16	3	8	£12,997	18.75%	-£7.75

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
D McCain Jnr	121	19	59	£84,139	15.7%	-£13.47
P A Kirby	55	14	24	£52,115	25.45%	£32.58
B Ellison	51	12	24	£60,746	23.53%	-£10.92
Micky Hammond	97	11	28	£40,614	11.34%	-£49.43
Mrs S J Smith	41	8	17	£31,256	19.51%	-£12.48
K Dalgleish	42	7	22	£29,826	16.67%	-£19.45
Mrs Dianne Sayer	42	7	13	£27,032	16.67%	£9.88
C Grant	64	6	17	£24,108	9.38%	-£28.25
J Candlish	21	6	7	£22,419	28.57%	£0.16
G Elliott	10	6	3	£28,852	60%	£4.11

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
Olly Murphy	6	3	3	£6,822	50%	£1.56
D McCain Jnr	11	2	7	£4,548	18.18%	-£2.00
B Ellison	10	2	6	£5,133	20%	-£3.93
C Grant	9	2	3	£3,249	22.22%	£19.75
P A Kirby	9	1	4	£2,274	11.11%	-£6.00
K Dalgleish	4	1	2	£2,274	25%	-£0.25
F O'Brien	3	1	1	£2,274	33.33%	-£0.50
Jamie Snowden	3	1	1	£2,274	33.33%	-£0.13
D W Whillans	3	1	1	£1,560	33.33%	£3.50
T Davidson	2	1	1	£2,274	50%	£2.50

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	61	18	30	£102,208	29.51%	-£13.35
Danny Cook	41	10	20	£43,669	24.39%	£10.21
Henry Brooke	34	7	12	£47,556	20.59%	-£5.00
Ross Chapman	20	6	8	£26,904	30%	£13.25
R P McLernon	24	5	9	£27,306	20.83%	£26.50
C O'Farrell	20	5	8	£32,981	25%	£0.71
Jonathan England	17	4	8	£15,141	23.53%	-£2.25
A P Cawley	26	4	7	£16,441	15.38%	-£9.88
James Bowen	8	4	2	£31,765	50%	£2.08
S Bowen	12	3	4	£27,281	25%	£12.00

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
B S Hughes	126	26	61	£115,513	20.63%	-£50.35
Sean Quinlan	76	14	25	£54,390	18.42%	£6.45
Danny Cook	54	11	22	£47,179	20.37%	-£13.61
Thomas Dowson	41	10	16	£32,620	24.39%	£16.42
Henry Brooke	73	9	22	£38,858	12.33%	-£25.71
Joe Colliver	29	7	9	£25,863	24.14%	£12.70
R Johnson	15	7	6	£31,126	46.67%	£2.44
W T Kennedy	51	6	21	£21,833	11.76%	-£23.00
Callum Bewley	42	4	14	£17,220	9.52%	-£12.25
C O'Farrell	35	4	13	£15,401	11.43%	-£13.70

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
B S Hughes	16	5	6	£10,071	31.25%	£22.57
W T Kennedy	6	2	3	£3,834	33.33%	£11.50
Sean Quinlan	11	1	5	£2,274	9.09%	-£8.00
Danny McMenamin	4	1	2	£2,859	25%	£1.50
D A Jacob	3	1	2	£2,274	33.33%	-£1.38
Thomas Dowson	5	1	1	£2,274	20%	-£0.50
Callum Whillans	4	1	1	£1,560	25%	£2.50
C O'Farrell	2	1	1	£2,274	50%	-£0.20
David England	2	1	1	£2,274	50%	£2.00
Aidan Coleman	2	1	1	£2,274	50%	-£0.17