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	68	10	27	£39,536	14.71%	-£21.29
B Ellison	30	7	16	£38,155	23.33%	-£12.90
D McCain Jnr	35	6	20	£25,993	17.14%	-£12.38
Sam Drake	28	6	13	£25,738	21.43%	£11.83
Kenneth Slack	15	6	6	£24,303	40%	£5.78
V Thompson	60	5	24	£15,075	8.33%	-£36.50
Mrs S J Smith	40	5	24	£21,575	12.5%	-£19.38
Mrs A Hamilton	14	5	2	£24,238	35.71%	£6.50
P Bowen	10	4	3	£32,479	40%	£13.67
J M Jefferson	7	4	3	£25,992	57.14%	£5.88

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
D McCain Jnr	133	16	68	£75,595	12.03%	-£44.43
B Ellison	72	13	37	£61,041	18.06%	-£24.38
Micky Hammond	108	13	32	£50,232	12.04%	-£49.27
D Skelton	37	11	16	£36,519	29.73%	-£12.22
Kenneth Slack	43	10	17	£35,841	23.26%	£6.30
Mrs S J Smith	50	9	19	£33,920	18%	-£12.74
Mrs Dianne Sayer	38	9	8	£31,645	23.68%	£30.38
N P Mulholland	22	8	5	£29,297	36.36%	£6.14
G Elliott	15	8	2	£35,610	53.33%	£4.86
K Dalgleish	30	7	14	£27,812	23.33%	-£6.12

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	70	18	33	£104,220	25.71%	£1.38
Henry Brooke	46	12	18	£67,309	26.09%	£0.13
Danny Cook	40	8	23	£35,751	20%	-£7.38
Jonathan England	24	6	12	£25,738	25%	£15.83
Ross Chapman	13	6	3	£26,904	46.15%	£21.25
Thomas Dowson	42	4	20	£12,346	9.52%	-£21.50
Finian O'Toole	39	4	19	£12,866	10.26%	-£18.42
Sean Bowen	11	4	4	£31,894	36.36%	£11.18
R P McLernon	23	3	13	£15,856	13.04%	£2.00
Harry Skelton	9	3	0	£12,412	33.33%	£10.57

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
B S Hughes	131	27	70	£113,368	20.61%	-£17.95
Sean Quinlan	62	12	20	£46,591	19.35%	£18.81
Danny Cook	53	10	24	£36,402	18.87%	-£13.39
Henry Brooke	83	9	29	£29,259	10.84%	-£38.13
Joe Colliver	37	8	13	£29,437	21.62%	-£2.51
A Nicol	53	7	14	£25,472	13.21%	-£21.25
Harry Skelton	22	7	7	£21,313	31.82%	-£6.38
R Johnson	19	7	7	£31,516	36.84%	-£3.22
W T Kennedy	72	5	37	£20,317	6.94%	-£50.00
R P McLernon	24	5	5	£31,235	20.83%	£8.38

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
Ryan 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