Forecast: Mostly Cloudy
Temperature: 1.2° - 4.8°
Rainfall: 0.02cm
Wind: 4.0 mph W
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.
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
-
Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 1m 7f 36y Theflyingportrait (Good) 17 Oct 2018 3m 37.4s 2m Nikos Extra (Good) 15 Oct 2014 3m 41.2s 2m 3f 85y Lough Derg Spirit (Good) 17 Oct 2018 4m 41s 2m 4f 110y Foundation Man (Good) 15 Oct 2014 4m 48.9s 2m 5f 75y Rosquero (Good) 04 May 2016 5m 19.1s 2m 6f 110y Everylasting (Good) 28 May 2015 5m 22.7s 3m 45y Definitly Red (Good) 03 Nov 2018 5m 58.1s 3m 1f Menorah (Good) 01 Nov 2014 5m 49.15s 3m 2f 144y Nortonthorpelegend (Good to Soft) 04 Jan 2019 7m 15.6s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m Innocent Touch (Good) 17 Oct 2018 3m 38s 2m 110y Politeness (Good) 28 May 2015 3m 44.1s 2m 4f Fort Worth (Good) 15 Oct 2014 4m 41.2s 2m 4f 110y Chalk It Down (Good) 21 May 2015 4m 37.25s 2m 5f 56y Ivy Gate (Good to Soft) 22 Mar 2016 5m 1s 2m 6f Kaysersberg (Good) 15 Oct 2014 5m 3.8s 3m 26y Monbeg Theatre (Good) 17 Oct 2018 5m 36.9s 3m 1f Lilly's Legend (Good) 21 May 2015 5m 46.36s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 1m 4f 110y Crockett (Soft) 06 Dec 2014 2m 58.63s 2m Kalashnikov (Good to Soft) 31 Mar 2017 3m 44.6s 2m 110y Shantou Village (Good) 27 Mar 2015 3m 46.3s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 5f 110y Dapper Man (Good to Firm) 19 Jun 2017 1m 4.25s 7f Slemy (Good) 21 Jul 2015 1m 24.72s 1m Savaanah (Good to Firm) 22 Jun 2018 1m 38.47s 1m 1f Moccasin (Good) 26 Apr 2015 1m 53.44s 1m 2f First Sargeant (Good) 21 Jul 2015 2m 5.13s 1m 5f Corona Borealis (Good) 26 Apr 2015 2m 51.62s 1m 6f Davy's Dilemma (Good to Firm) 19 Jun 2017 3m 0.41s 2m Pantomime (Good to Firm) 06 Jun 2018 3m 30.93s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L D Skelton 29 11 £106,105 37.93% £7.64 Mrs S J Smith 63 9 £63,292 14.29% -£26.56 Dr R D P Newland 7 6 £44,501 85.71% £16.80 Micky Hammond 66 4 £37,962 6.06% -£38.50 N A Twiston-Davies 19 4 £99,005 21.05% -£2.50 B Ellison 21 4 £91,426 19.05% -£8.08 C E Longsdon 18 4 £28,787 22.22% -£2.75 N G Richards 16 4 £47,791 25% £29.75 M Scudamore 9 4 £19,651 44.44% £24.25 K C Bailey 10 4 £23,264 40% £4.08 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L P A Kirby 93 17 £97,042 18.28% £40.00 D Skelton 60 15 £70,883 25% -£19.77 Micky Hammond 114 10 £37,493 8.77% £6.50 Mr M T Walford 40 7 £24,562 17.5% -£4.50 W Greatrex 29 7 £38,392 24.14% -£9.52 D McCain Jnr 36 4 £17,220 11.11% -£14.50 Mrs R Dobbin 30 4 £12,606 13.33% -£9.42 Jonjo O'Neill 27 4 £14,946 14.81% -£16.67 N P Mulholland 18 4 £12,671 22.22% -£6.17 N A Twiston-Davies 19 4 £17,220 21.05% -£3.17 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L K C Bailey 6 3 £7,277 50% £7.88 B Ellison 8 2 £4,002 25% £6.25 D Skelton 6 2 £4,002 33.33% -£3.71 Mrs Corbett 5 2 £4,158 40% £8.00 W Greatrex 8 1 £2,209 12.5% -£5.25 Jamie Snowden 5 1 £3,087 20% £12.00 Micky Hammond 9 1 £1,949 11.11% £15.00 N G Richards 5 1 £2,274 20% £8.00 F O'Brien 5 1 £2,209 20% -£4.20 Amy Murphy 4 1 £2,599 25% £9.00 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L R A Fahey 25 6 £27,363 24% £19.25 T D Easterby 27 4 £14,102 14.81% £15.00 D O'Meara 20 3 £9,897 15% £37.25 D Carroll 7 3 £12,162 42.86% £15.00 R G Fell 16 2 £7,115 12.5% -£6.00 Mrs R Carr 14 2 £8,183 14.29% -£0.50 M Johnston 13 2 £7,698 15.38% £10.00 J Davies 8 2 £8,668 25% £3.50 Jedd O'Keeffe 8 2 £7,698 25% £2.00 T Coyle 7 2 £5,822 28.57% £2.50 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Danny Cook 68 11 £115,693 16.18% -£25.63 Harry Skelton 25 10 £80,968 40% £6.55 B S Hughes 58 9 £50,621 15.52% -£30.15 Sean Quinlan 24 6 £45,941 25% £21.00 Henry Brooke 25 5 £95,558 20% -£4.92 Kielan Woods 14 4 £18,603 28.57% £21.53 David Bass 9 4 £21,444 44.44% £13.25 R Johnson 13 3 £15,986 23.08% £2.75 Ryan Day 12 3 £38,823 25% £35.00 Sam Coltherd 10 3 £17,610 30% £4.25 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Harry Skelton 51 14 £59,978 27.45% -£18.11 B S Hughes 85 10 £42,237 11.76% -£30.38 A Nicol 58 10 £45,182 17.24% £23.83 R Johnson 26 9 £52,752 34.62% £4.12 Thomas Dowson 34 7 £49,682 20.59% £1.00 Danny Cook 65 5 £17,707 7.69% -£39.50 Joe Colliver 43 5 £18,454 11.63% £14.00 Sean Quinlan 43 5 £18,521 11.63% £23.00 Jamie Hamilton 41 4 £14,556 9.76% -£7.60 Finian O'Toole 42 4 £13,169 9.52% £36.00 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L David Bass 5 3 £7,277 60% £8.88 G Sheehan 7 2 £5,296 28.57% £12.75 James Corbett 4 2 £4,158 50% £9.00 B S Hughes 12 1 £2,053 8.33% -£9.50 G Lee 7 1 £2,274 14.29% £2.00 Joe Colliver 7 1 £1,949 14.29% £18.00 Jack Quinlan 6 1 £2,599 16.67% £7.00 Harry Skelton 6 1 £2,053 16.67% -£5.71 Mr Kaine Wood 5 1 £2,053 20% -£1.75 Craig Nichol 4 1 £2,274 25% £9.00 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L P J McDonald 32 7 £25,649 21.88% £44.50 D Tudhope 14 5 £15,719 35.71% £58.75 Ben Curtis 23 4 £39,234 17.39% -£0.50 T Hamilton 29 3 £10,996 10.34% -£16.00 J P Sullivan 22 3 £12,970 13.64% £4.50 J Fanning 15 3 £10,932 20% £24.00 P Hanagan 10 3 £16,690 30% £12.50 Cam Hardie 19 3 £9,638 15.79% -£2.63 J Garritty 12 3 £11,191 25% £7.00 P Makin 18 2 £7,115 11.11% -£4.50
Latest Results
Future Fixtures
Current Going
Good (inspection 8am)
Current Weather
Today
Last Update: 23/01/2019 17:00x
Upcoming races
-
12:35 Every Race Live On Racing TV Juvenile Hurdle
(Class 4) (2m) -
13:05 racingtv.com Handicap Hurdle
(Class 5) (2m 3f 154y) -
13:35 William Hill Medieval Day - Saturday 2nd February Handicap Chase
(Class 4) (3m 45y) -
14:10 Join Racing TV Now Handicap Hurdle (Div 1)
(Class 5) (3m 26y) -
14:45 Join Racing TV Now Handicap Hurdle (Div 2)
(Class 5) (3m 26y) -
15:20 Follow racingtv On Twitter Handicap Chase
(Class 3) (2m 3f 85y) -
15:55 Watch Racing TV In Stunning HD EBF 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle
(Class 4) (2m)
Results
Address & Contact
The Wetherby Steeplechase Committee Ltd
The Racecourse
York Road
Wetherby
West Yorkshire
LS22 5EJ
01937 582035
Get Directions
Enter starting postcode or just click Go to use your current location.