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	Shaw Park (Good to Firm)	14 May 2025	1m 21.31s
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	80	22	32	£116,558	27.5%	£21.23
M L W Bell	88	16	31	£89,047	18.18%	-£8.97
J & T Gosden	77	16	30	£105,265	20.78%	-£4.77
C Appleby	32	16	9	£154,631	50%	£27.77
G Boughey	90	14	40	£90,824	15.56%	-£4.83
James Owen	67	13	24	£55,360	19.4%	£15.88
R Varian	53	12	25	£104,055	22.64%	-£16.61
P J McBride	64	11	23	£61,273	17.19%	£76.88
J R Fanshawe	75	10	35	£46,331	13.33%	-£4.53
G G Margarson	87	9	27	£62,516	10.34%	-£4.17

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

Flat

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
W Buick	51	20	17	£158,671	39.22%	£9.86
Billy Loughnane	151	19	74	£125,898	12.58%	-£37.51
S De Sousa	108	18	44	£103,582	16.67%	£29.08
J Mitchell	118	18	43	£87,818	15.25%	-£20.66
Callum Shepherd	119	17	46	£123,070	14.29%	-£34.33
K Shoemark	121	16	43	£75,907	13.22%	-£39.46
Tom Marquand	79	15	32	£78,483	18.99%	-£9.22
Daniel Muscutt	98	14	35	£65,336	14.29%	£19.37
A J Farragher	88	14	28	£70,982	15.91%	£40.73
Benoit D L Sayette	86	11	27	£48,467	12.79%	£21.13