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	Karisma King (Good)	19 Apr 2017	5m 10.9s
2m 6f	Oh Right (Good)	04 Sep 2014	5m 17.75s
3m 2f 59y	Running In Heels (Good to Firm)	30 Aug 2018	6m 27.5s
3m 3f	Hinton Indiana (Good)	04 Sep 2014	6m 44.37s
3m 5f 48y	Buachaill Alainn (Good)	27 Oct 2016	7m 19.5s
3m 6f	Royale Knight (Good to Soft)	30 Oct 2014	7m 55.59s

Distance	Horse (Going)	Date	Winning time
2m 178y	High Expectations (Good)	06 Sep 2018	3m 43.7s
2m 2f 110y	Pair Of Jacks (Good)	16 Apr 2014	4m 31.7s
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	11	28	£42,005	15.49%	-£18.79
Mrs S J Smith	42	7	21	£33,532	16.67%	-£6.88
B Ellison	29	7	15	£38,155	24.14%	-£13.90
Sam Drake	30	6	14	£25,738	20%	£9.83
Kenneth Slack	16	6	6	£24,498	37.5%	£3.78
V Thompson	67	5	27	£15,075	7.46%	-£44.50
D McCain Jnr	33	5	19	£19,495	15.15%	-£16.38
Mrs A Hamilton	13	5	2	£24,238	38.46%	£7.50
Miss J E Foster	17	4	7	£15,856	23.53%	-£2.90
P Bowen	10	4	3	£32,479	40%	£13.67

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
D McCain Jnr	134	16	69	£75,595	11.94%	-£45.43
B Ellison	71	14	36	£65,135	19.72%	-£22.72
Micky Hammond	109	13	31	£50,232	11.93%	-£50.27
Kenneth Slack	43	11	17	£39,935	25.58%	£8.10
D Skelton	36	10	16	£32,620	27.78%	-£12.56
Mrs Dianne Sayer	41	9	8	£31,645	21.95%	£26.38
Mrs S J Smith	50	8	19	£31,321	16%	-£18.24
K Dalgleish	33	8	15	£33,205	24.24%	-£7.72
N P Mulholland	22	8	5	£29,297	36.36%	£5.14
G Elliott	17	8	4	£35,610	47.06%	£2.86

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
C Grant	12	3	4	£4,809	25%	£37.75
B Ellison	11	2	6	£3,834	18.18%	-£2.43
J M Jefferson	8	2	1	£3,509	25%	£0.25
S R B Crawford	6	1	5	£1,560	16.67%	-£4.33
D McCain Jnr	5	1	4	£1,560	20%	-£4.00
N G Richards	4	1	3	£1,689	25%	£3.00
Olly Murphy	4	1	3	£2,274	25%	-£2.27
P A Kirby	6	1	2	£2,274	16.67%	-£2.00
D W Whillans	3	1	2	£1,560	33.33%	£3.50
G A Swinbank	3	1	1	£1,819	33.33%	-£2.43

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	72	17	36	£97,722	23.61%	-£5.63
Henry Brooke	45	11	18	£61,006	24.44%	-£3.37
Danny Cook	42	10	21	£47,708	23.81%	£5.13
Jonathan England	25	6	13	£25,738	24%	£14.83
Ross Chapman	15	6	4	£26,904	40%	£19.25
Thomas Dowson	43	5	19	£14,815	11.63%	-£17.00
Finian O'Toole	37	4	17	£12,866	10.81%	-£16.42
Sean Bowen	12	4	4	£31,894	33.33%	£10.18
R P McLernon	23	3	13	£15,856	13.04%	£2.00
James Bowen	5	3	1	£12,997	60%	£1.83

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
B S Hughes	140	29	74	£123,050	20.71%	-£24.38
Sean Quinlan	66	12	22	£48,086	18.18%	£12.19
Henry Brooke	83	10	27	£32,378	12.05%	-£33.13
Danny Cook	56	10	25	£36,402	17.86%	-£16.39
Joe Colliver	39	9	12	£32,556	23.08%	-£0.51
R Johnson	21	9	7	£37,884	42.86%	-£0.81
A Nicol	51	7	14	£25,472	13.73%	-£19.25
Harry Skelton	21	7	6	£21,313	33.33%	-£5.38
W T Kennedy	73	5	38	£20,317	6.85%	-£51.00
Jonathan England	33	5	11	£17,285	15.15%	-£18.18

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
B S Hughes	16	5	5	£9,746	31.25%	£21.32
Craig Nichol	8	1	7	£1,560	12.5%	-£3.50
W T Kennedy	7	1	5	£1,560	14.29%	£4.00
Callum Bewley	6	1	3	£1,819	16.67%	-£4.43
Jamie Hamilton	5	1	2	£1,560	20%	£0.00
R D Day	5	1	2	£1,689	20%	£1.00
Callum Whillans	4	1	2	£1,560	25%	£2.50
Sean Quinlan	3	1	2	£2,274	33.33%	£1.00
R Johnson	3	1	2	£2,274	33.33%	-£1.27
Henry Brooke	6	1	1	£1,949	16.67%	-£0.50