Wetherby Course Guide

Having raced as a jumps-only venue for most of its history, Wetherby became a dual-purpose track in 2015 when its first flat fixture took place on 26 April. The course staged Flat fixtures throughout the early spring and summer in 2015, with the track having a break until the return of jumps racing in October.

Wetherby’s feature meeting is the late October / early November fixture which stars the Grade 2 Charlie Hall Chase. The Grade 2 contest is the first quality three-mile chase of the season and its roll of honour includes some of the great long distance chasers including Wayward Lad, Burrough Hill Lad, One Man and See More Business.

Supporting races on the card include the West Yorkshire Hurdle – won in 2014 by future champion Cole Harden – and the Wetherby Mares’ Hurdle, whilst other significant races staged at the track are the Rowland Meyrick Chase at Christmas and the Towton Novices’ Chase in February.

Flat Racing
Jumps Racing

Left-handed, the Flat course shares the hurdles course and is approximately a mile and a half in circumference. There is no straight sprint track, and because of the bends, 5½ furlong races start on a chute near the end of the back straight.

I’ve been taking a keen interest in Wetherby since it was given the green light to stage Flat racing and it looks good, a smashing track. The jockeys who’ve ridden it give it the thumbs-up and it seems you need to be handy. A prominent style of racing looks the best sort to employ, with aggressive tactics generally appearing to pay off. The jumps course has long had a reputation for being sharp, suiting speedy horses who like to be close to the pace, and that certainly seems to be the case for the Flat races so far.

View from the saddle: Jason Weaver

Left handed, galloping. Now restored to nine fences to a circuit, though the four in the home straight have been switched to the inside of the hurdles track after problems caused by the realignment of the nearby A1. The signs are the fences still punish those who aren't accurate. It's a very fair test for any horse but is ideal for the free-running, long-striding sort.

It usually pays to be handy when riding at Wetherby, because it’s a quick track, even more so since the changes caused by the A1 redevelopment a few years back. There was a time when some trainers thought the fences were tough for a novice, but that has changed dramatically now and it’s a very fair course, with lovely obstacles, nowhere near as stiff as in the ‘old days’. Ideally, you’d like to save a bit for your finishing kick, but you certainly can’t afford to give any front-runners an easy time of it.

View from the saddle: Mick Fitzgerald

Wetherby Top Times
Last 5 years

Chase
Hurdle
National Hunt Flat
Flat

Distance	Horse (Going)	Date	Winning time
1m 7f 36y	Sir Tivo (Good)	15 Oct 2025	3m 35s
2m 3f 85y	Magistrato (Good)	15 Oct 2025	4m 39.4s
2m 5f 75y	Mac Suibhne (Good)	12 Oct 2022	5m 22.35s
3m 45y	Djelo (Good)	01 Nov 2025	5m 56.81s
3m 6f 193y	Your Own Story (Good)	06 Mar 2023	8m 19.61s

Distance	Horse (Going)	Date	Winning time
2m	Takeit Easy (Good)	13 Oct 2021	3m 40.5s
2m 3f 154y	Iroko (Good)	12 Nov 2022	4m 46.79s
2m 5f 56y	Blue Hop (Good)	28 Mar 2025	5m 12.42s
3m 26y	Kiss My Face (Good)	15 Oct 2025	5m 48.1s

Distance	Horse (Going)	Date	Winning time
1m 4f 77y	Peribonka River (Soft)	03 Dec 2022	3m 3s
2m	Wandering Ego (Good)	28 Mar 2025	3m 36.31s

Distance	Horse (Going)	Date	Winning time
5f 110y	South Shore (Good to Firm)	02 Jun 2025	1m 4.35s
7f	Lady Mariko (Good to Firm)	02 Jun 2025	1m 24.78s
1m	Six Strings (Good to Firm)	08 Jun 2021	1m 37.75s
1m 2f	Loughville (Good)	03 Jun 2024	2m 4.77s
1m 5f	Mirrie Dancers (Good to Firm)	06 Jun 2023	2m 54.17s
1m 6f	Danni California (Good)	07 Jun 2022	3m 0.31s
2m	Team Endeavour (Good to Firm)	13 Jun 2023	3m 28.08s

Wetherby Top Trainers
Last 3 years (ordered by number of winners)

Chase
Hurdle
National Hunt Flat
Flat

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
J Parkinson & S Smith	28	6	9	£55,310	21.43%	-£4.02
Miss Lucinda V Russell	22	6	8	£34,128	27.27%	£9.25
Micky Hammond	45	5	19	£30,103	11.11%	-£8.09
Dan Skelton	24	5	15	£60,978	20.83%	£12.63
D McCain Jnr	22	3	10	£15,579	13.64%	-£13.13
O Greenall & J Guerriero	21	3	8	£19,012	14.29%	-£12.00
Jonjo & A J O'Neill	14	3	7	£37,303	21.43%	-£0.79
M Walford	13	3	5	£14,787	23.08%	£10.50
B Pauling	10	3	4	£17,955	30%	£2.75
L Russell & M Scudamore	10	3	4	£27,131	30%	-£0.75

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
Dan Skelton	55	15	21	£106,445	27.27%	-£10.59
O Murphy	46	13	20	£89,220	28.26%	£3.67
M Walford	67	9	10	£35,958	13.43%	-£11.69
Jamie Snowden	15	7	3	£46,914	46.67%	£2.49
J Parkinson & S Smith	55	6	18	£23,131	10.91%	-£26.32
B Pauling	15	5	4	£24,193	33.33%	-£6.17
D McCain Jnr	34	4	14	£18,748	11.76%	-£12.25
Jonjo & A J O'Neill	27	4	14	£21,009	14.81%	-£12.29
S England	22	4	6	£24,144	18.18%	-£5.17
James Owen	13	4	6	£36,221	30.77%	£1.64

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
O Murphy	10	3	5	£8,084	30%	-£0.68
Harry Derham	2	2	0	£5,280	100%	£2.10
F O'Brien	6	1	4	£2,722	16.67%	-£3.50
Micky Hammond	7	1	3	£2,640	14.29%	£10.00
Miss Lucinda V Russell	4	1	1	£2,451	25%	£7.00
John Dawson	2	1	1	£2,722	50%	£1.75
N G Richards	2	1	1	£2,640	50%	£6.00
J Candlish	2	1	0	£2,587	50%	£10.00
Noel Williams	1	1	0	£2,587	100%	£1.88
Jamie Snowden	1	1	0	£2,587	100%	£1.38

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
R A Fahey	22	10	6	£43,896	45.45%	£23.19
D O'Meara	26	7	14	£29,788	26.92%	£18.12
T D Easterby	44	6	15	£24,683	13.64%	£10.20
C Johnston	19	3	5	£13,758	15.79%	-£2.50
Grant Tuer	11	3	2	£15,257	27.27%	-£3.75
Ian Williams	5	3	1	£11,856	60%	£18.75
Mrs R Carr	15	2	5	£8,375	13.33%	£4.00
R Fell & S Murray	13	2	3	£7,930	15.38%	£4.25
W J Haggas	8	2	2	£8,640	25%	£0.88
Miss Lucinda V Russell	8	2	1	£8,113	25%	£9.33

Wetherby Top Jockeys
Last 3 years (ordered by number of winners)

Chase
Hurdle
National Hunt Flat
Flat

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
B S Hughes	40	6	21	£87,052	15%	-£5.22
S Bowen	20	6	9	£55,456	30%	£5.87
D R Fox	19	5	9	£30,101	26.32%	£4.92
G Sheehan	19	4	7	£48,393	21.05%	-£0.25
Jamie Hamilton	19	4	7	£23,237	21.05%	£16.50
Peter Kavanagh	16	4	7	£18,121	25%	£3.50
P W Wadge	8	4	0	£31,158	50%	£27.83
R Patrick	8	3	3	£19,686	37.5%	£9.50
Callum Pritchard	4	3	1	£23,236	75%	£4.13
R P McLernon	10	3	0	£16,372	30%	£16.83

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
Jamie Hamilton	64	10	19	£41,090	15.63%	-£15.86
Harry Skelton	29	10	8	£78,134	34.48%	£0.17
G Sheehan	28	8	10	£50,726	28.57%	-£6.51
B S Hughes	63	5	24	£21,619	7.94%	-£51.69
Sean Quinlan	41	5	14	£20,035	12.2%	£7.75
S Bowen	28	4	13	£48,772	14.29%	-£25.18
Danny McMenamin	32	4	10	£19,548	12.5%	-£22.42
Kielan Woods	16	4	7	£16,750	25%	£0.24
Craig Nichol	25	3	9	£15,844	12%	-£18.00
Henry Brooke	23	3	8	£13,318	13.04%	-£11.00

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
S Bowen	5	2	3	£5,362	40%	-£0.18
B S Hughes	6	2	2	£5,444	33.33%	£2.25
G Sheehan	3	2	1	£5,174	66.67%	£2.25
Charlie Maggs	3	1	2	£2,722	33.33%	-£0.75
J J Burke	3	1	2	£2,640	33.33%	-£1.90
Jamie Hamilton	7	1	1	£2,640	14.29%	£59.00
Danny McMenamin	4	1	1	£2,640	25%	£4.00
Henry Brooke	4	1	1	£2,640	25%	£15.00
Jack Power	2	1	1	£2,451	50%	£9.00
Kielan Woods	2	1	0	£2,722	50%	£1.50

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
O J Orr	25	11	8	£47,428	44%	£53.39
D Tudhope	29	6	13	£25,651	20.69%	£5.87
Jason Hart	28	6	8	£25,930	21.43%	-£1.50
D Allan	29	5	11	£21,019	17.24%	£22.45
Cieren Fallon	11	4	2	£17,409	36.36%	£17.88
Connor Beasley	25	3	6	£13,871	12%	-£11.93
Mark Winn	8	3	3	£11,856	37.5%	£9.20
Lewis Edmunds	17	2	8	£10,679	11.76%	-£9.50
P Mulrennan	24	2	7	£8,246	8.33%	-£8.50
Callum Rodriguez	11	2	5	£8,453	18.18%	-£4.88