Yarmouth Course Guide

The Norfolk venue hosts racing throughout the summer, with the highlight being the John Musker Fillies Stakes. Run over one mile and two furlongs and open to fillies aged three years and older, the listed event often attracts a sizable field – it is the highlight of Yarmouth’s three-day Eastern meeting.

The course at Yarmouth underwent extensive work in 2015 to level the home-straight and provide one of the best straight mile courses in the county.

A notable track for Maiden races, some exceptional horses have started their career at Yarmouth before going on to global stardom; seven-time Group 1-winning filly Ouija Board and Dubai World Cup Winner Dubai Millennium both won Yarmouth Maidens.

Flat Racing

A narrow, left-handed, oval track, about thirteen furlongs in extent, with a run-in of five furlongs. There is a straight mile course. Apart from a slight fall just before the run-in, the track is perfectly flat, with sharpish bends. The straight was levelled to remove surface undulations and then resurfaced in 2015.

If the recent relaying work at Yarmouth restores the course to what it used to be, which is obviously the idea, it could be one of the best galloping tracks in Britain. Yes, it had developed ridges, hence the changes they’ve made, but it’s a lovely fair course. The home straight is big and long, giving jockeys plenty of time from the turn in, and, if it’s going to be even flatter than of old when the relaying is complete, you might just get a few hard-luck stories tight on the far rail. Otherwise, it’s beautiful to ride.

View from the saddle: Jason Weaver

Yarmouth Top Times
Last 5 years

Flat

Distance	Horse (Going)	Date	Winning time
5f 42y	Grace Angel (Good)	17 Sep 2024	58.63s
6f 3y	War Bride (Good to Firm)	18 Sep 2024	1m 8.7s
7f 3y	Tryst (Good to Firm)	15 Jul 2026	1m 19s
1m 3y	Cavalry Call (Good to Firm)	19 Sep 2024	1m 34.34s
1m 1f 21y	James Webb (Good to Firm)	18 Sep 2024	1m 48.77s
1m 2f 23y	Sound Angela (Good to Firm)	18 Sep 2024	2m 2.76s
1m 3f 104y	Brilliant Star (Good to Firm)	21 Apr 2026	2m 21.08s
1m 6f 17y	Expressionless (Good to Firm)	25 Jul 2024	3m 1.82s

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

Flat

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
W J Haggas	93	22	39	£118,061	23.66%	£17.43
J & T Gosden	78	19	27	£155,253	24.36%	£18.93
C Appleby	35	17	12	£150,850	48.57%	£22.70
G Boughey	96	16	46	£102,444	16.67%	-£2.33
James Owen	90	16	35	£69,178	17.78%	£2.28
M L W Bell	92	16	34	£67,770	17.39%	-£27.97
J R Fanshawe	79	13	36	£63,813	16.46%	£6.72
R Varian	60	13	30	£111,152	21.67%	-£19.74
Dylan Cunha	74	13	20	£79,147	17.57%	-£14.98
W J Knight	64	10	23	£55,061	15.63%	-£18.47

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

Flat

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
Billy Loughnane	177	26	91	£159,221	14.69%	-£40.45
S De Sousa	141	20	61	£113,631	14.18%	£0.57
Marco Ghiani	110	18	46	£78,138	16.36%	-£15.13
Tom Marquand	99	17	41	£90,752	17.17%	-£14.52
J Mitchell	112	17	38	£84,489	15.18%	-£10.05
W Buick	50	17	18	£136,718	34%	-£3.95
Daniel Muscutt	116	16	44	£75,490	13.79%	£13.37
Callum Shepherd	95	14	43	£88,298	14.74%	-£23.66
K Shoemark	106	14	38	£68,371	13.21%	-£31.56
Cieren Fallon	81	12	34	£56,678	14.81%	-£30.77