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	96	22	44	£120,684	22.92%	£9.81
J & T Gosden	76	21	26	£167,133	27.63%	£24.28
G Boughey	99	17	47	£106,212	17.17%	£11.67
James Owen	101	17	42	£72,946	16.83%	-£5.97
M L W Bell	92	15	36	£64,002	16.3%	-£31.97
J R Fanshawe	80	13	38	£63,813	16.25%	£5.72
Dylan Cunha	79	13	22	£79,147	16.46%	-£21.98
C Appleby	32	13	13	£95,507	40.63%	£6.70
R Varian	54	12	27	£105,779	22.22%	-£20.74
P J McBride	60	11	21	£49,470	18.33%	£40.88

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

Flat

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
Billy Loughnane	180	27	94	£162,989	15%	-£26.45
S De Sousa	142	20	61	£113,631	14.08%	-£0.43
Tom Marquand	113	19	47	£103,425	16.81%	-£23.14
Marco Ghiani	103	17	46	£73,741	16.5%	-£10.13
Callum Shepherd	95	17	42	£102,403	17.89%	-£11.33
J Mitchell	101	17	34	£82,884	16.83%	£9.95
Daniel Muscutt	121	16	46	£75,490	13.22%	£9.37
K Shoemark	117	13	45	£62,510	11.11%	-£48.06
W Buick	38	13	13	£81,375	34.21%	-£10.95
D Egan	96	12	36	£69,970	12.5%	-£21.38