Warwick Course Guide

Having spent many years as a dual-purpose course, Warwick now stages exclusively National Hunt racing after the final Flat fixture took place in August 2014.

Meetings are staged throughout the heart of the jumps season from September onwards with the track’s two feature days falling in January and February. The former, usually falling on a Saturday in mid-January, features the Grade 3 Classic Chase, a handicap over three miles and five furlongs that invariably attracts a strong field and has been won by the likes of Hey Big Spender, Shotgun Paddy and Hawkes Point in recent years. It is supported by the Grade 2 Leamington Novices’ Hurdle run over two miles and five furlongs; past winners include Inglis Drever and The New One.

The Kingmaker Novice’s Chase, run over two miles in February, also has a fine reputation of highlighting future stars and is regarded as a trial for the Arkle Chase. Past winners include Flagship Uberalles, Voy Por Ustedes, Long Run and Finian’s Rainbow.

Jumps Racing

Left handed, and flat with the exception of a fairly steep climb soon after the winning line which descends in gradual fashion to the turn into the back straight. Essentially a sharp track by virtue of the tight bends, notwithstanding a long back straight. Widely regarded as a tricky jumping track on account of five fences coming in quick succession in the back straight, but the casualty rate is one of the lowest in Britain. The tight nature of the course results in front runners/those ridden prominently tending to do well on both courses.

Warwick is very much a speed track and, largely due to that reason, I rate it one of the toughest in Britain for a novice. It’s not unknown for an inexperienced horse to panic round there, as the fences come at them so quick, and the undulations don’t make it any easier. The hurdles course is especially sharp and, not surprisingly, ex-Flat horses often do well. There’s no point thinking you can get away with running a non-stayer in the long-distance chases, though, because they invariably go an end-to-end gallop.

View from the saddle: Mick Fitzgerald

Warwick Top Times
Last 5 years

Chase
Hurdle
National Hunt Flat

Distance	Horse (Going)	Date	Winning time
2m 54y	Light N Strike (Good to Firm)	24 May 2023	3m 52.1s
2m 4f	Vision Des Flos (Good)	20 Sep 2021	4m 48.99s
3m	Bumpy Evans (Good)	23 Sep 2025	5m 43.86s
3m 1f 100y	Ile De Jersey (Good)	23 Sep 2025	6m 9.17s
3m 5f 54y	House Of Habsburg (Good to Soft)	08 Mar 2026	7m 40.21s

Distance	Horse (Going)	Date	Winning time
2m	Hamlet's Night (Good)	23 Sep 2025	3m 39.17s
2m 3f	Mary (Good)	23 Sep 2025	4m 17.39s
2m 5f 5y	Doc Mccoy (Good)	01 Oct 2025	4m 49.1s
3m 1f	Picanha (Good)	21 Apr 2022	5m 48.9s
3m 2f	My Gift To You (Good)	23 Sep 2025	5m 55.89s

Distance	Horse (Going)	Date	Winning time
1m 6f	Iliade Allen (Good to Soft)	17 Nov 2021	3m 20.18s
2m	Bathara (Good)	01 Oct 2025	3m 35.3s

Warwick 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
Dan Skelton	72	19	31	£218,871	26.39%	-£26.12
Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies	31	7	11	£59,845	22.58%	-£3.42
Christian Williams	18	5	7	£45,105	27.78%	-£0.75
B Pauling	20	5	6	£41,218	25%	-£5.20
H D Daly	21	4	10	£26,538	19.05%	-£4.09
Jonjo & A J O'Neill	22	4	5	£19,751	18.18%	-£8.63
O Murphy	13	4	5	£36,073	30.77%	£2.00
W Greatrex	12	4	4	£19,144	33.33%	£2.25
N J Gifford	9	4	1	£22,973	44.44%	£28.50
Sheila Lewis	14	3	6	£12,411	21.43%	£3.41

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
Dan Skelton	135	23	53	£110,670	17.04%	-£44.97
O Murphy	62	14	22	£68,118	22.58%	£15.12
N J Henderson	48	10	18	£47,853	20.83%	-£19.29
Jonjo & A J O'Neill	59	7	21	£33,360	11.86%	-£39.73
Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies	39	7	14	£31,438	17.95%	-£6.67
Miss E C Lavelle	30	6	12	£25,844	20%	-£3.76
Jamie Snowden	20	6	11	£46,097	30%	£1.16
B Pauling	32	4	13	£18,079	12.5%	-£4.38
F O'Brien	36	4	12	£18,986	11.11%	-£2.09
Harry Derham	17	4	7	£22,193	23.53%	-£3.15

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
Dan Skelton	22	5	15	£10,890	22.73%	-£4.17
B Pauling	15	5	4	£10,890	33.33%	£50.50
F O'Brien	15	3	7	£13,334	20%	-£0.53
Jonjo & A J O'Neill	15	3	4	£12,278	20%	£3.45
W Greatrex	4	3	0	£6,534	75%	£16.00
N J Henderson	11	1	4	£2,178	9.09%	-£7.00
A King	10	1	4	£2,178	10%	-£4.50
P F Nicholls	9	1	4	£2,178	11.11%	-£5.67
D McCain Jnr	3	1	1	£2,178	33.33%	£20.00
K C Bailey	3	1	1	£2,178	33.33%	-£1.00

Warwick 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
Harry Skelton	50	18	18	£214,910	36%	-£5.37
Sam Twiston-Davies	31	6	13	£46,659	19.35%	-£5.76
Ben Jones	22	6	8	£45,179	27.27%	-£5.70
S Bowen	21	5	10	£40,298	23.81%	£4.00
Jack Tudor	17	5	7	£45,105	29.41%	£0.25
James Bowen	18	5	6	£28,254	27.78%	-£0.04
H Cobden	14	5	3	£32,743	35.71%	£0.77
James Davies	10	4	2	£23,501	40%	£19.50
J J Burke	19	3	9	£47,822	15.79%	-£2.63
Thomas Bellamy	18	3	9	£28,734	16.67%	-£0.67

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
Harry Skelton	78	15	38	£73,381	19.23%	-£48.00
S Bowen	51	11	15	£52,768	21.57%	-£18.38
N de Boinville	30	9	12	£43,769	30%	-£8.29
H Cobden	22	6	9	£24,367	27.27%	-£9.81
G Sheehan	38	5	21	£39,232	13.16%	-£21.84
Thomas Bellamy	41	5	17	£20,307	12.2%	-£14.00
Sam Twiston-Davies	43	4	13	£18,525	9.3%	-£35.50
Tristan Durrell	29	4	9	£17,007	13.79%	£12.80
R T Dunne	24	4	8	£17,691	16.67%	£17.00
Freddie Gordon	13	4	2	£17,708	30.77%	£29.60

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
Harry Skelton	18	5	12	£10,890	27.78%	£1.83
Ben Jones	9	4	3	£8,712	44.44%	£43.50
David Bass	10	3	2	£6,534	30%	£2.75
James Bowen	8	3	0	£6,534	37.5%	£12.00
J J Burke	12	2	4	£11,156	16.67%	-£2.40
Jonjo O'Neill Jr.	7	2	2	£10,100	28.57%	£8.20
H Cobden	8	1	3	£2,178	12.5%	-£3.67
S Bowen	6	1	3	£2,178	16.67%	-£4.00
Kielan Woods	10	1	2	£2,178	10%	-£7.63
P J Brennan	4	1	2	£2,178	25%	£7.00