Warwick Course Guide
Having spent many years as a dual-purpose course, Warwick now stages exclusively National Hunt racing after the final Flat fixture took place in August 2014.
Meetings are staged throughout the heart of the jumps season from September onwards with the track’s two feature days falling in January and February. The former, usually falling on a Saturday in mid-January, features the Grade 3 Classic Chase, a handicap over three miles and five furlongs that invariably attracts a strong field and has been won by the likes of Hey Big Spender, Shotgun Paddy and Hawkes Point in recent years. It is supported by the Grade 2 Leamington Novices’ Hurdle run over two miles and five furlongs; past winners include Inglis Drever and The New One.
The Kingmaker Novice’s Chase, run over two miles in February, also has a fine reputation of highlighting future stars and is regarded as a trial for the Arkle Chase. Past winners include Flagship Uberalles, Voy Por Ustedes, Long Run and Finian’s Rainbow.
Left handed, and flat with the exception of a fairly steep climb soon after the winning line which descends in gradual fashion to the turn into the back straight. Essentially a sharp track by virtue of the tight bends, notwithstanding a long back straight. Widely regarded as a tricky jumping track on account of five fences coming in quick succession in the back straight, but the casualty rate is one of the lowest in Britain. The tight nature of the course results in front runners/those ridden prominently tending to do well on both courses.
Warwick is very much a speed track and, largely due to that reason, I rate it one of the toughest in Britain for a novice. It’s not unknown for an inexperienced horse to panic round there, as the fences come at them so quick, and the undulations don’t make it any easier. The hurdles course is especially sharp and, not surprisingly, ex-Flat horses often do well. There’s no point thinking you can get away with running a non-stayer in the long-distance chases, though, because they invariably go an end-to-end gallop.
View from the saddle: Mick Fitzgerald
Advance Going
Results
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Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m 54y Light N Strike (Good to Firm) 24 May 2023 3m 52.1s 2m 4f Vision Des Flos (Good) 20 Sep 2021 4m 48.99s 3m Bumpy Evans (Good) 23 Sep 2025 5m 43.86s 3m 1f 100y Ile De Jersey (Good) 23 Sep 2025 6m 9.17s 3m 5f 54y House Of Habsburg (Good to Soft) 08 Mar 2026 7m 40.21s 4m 218y My Gift To You (Good) 01 May 2026 8m 39.72s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m Beorma (Good) 03 Jun 2026 3m 35.17s 2m 3f Mary (Good) 23 Sep 2025 4m 17.39s 2m 5f 5y Doc Mccoy (Good) 01 Oct 2025 4m 49.1s 3m 1f Picanha (Good) 21 Apr 2022 5m 48.9s 3m 2f My Gift To You (Good) 23 Sep 2025 5m 55.89s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 1m 6f Iliade Allen (Good to Soft) 17 Nov 2021 3m 20.18s 2m Bathara (Good) 01 Oct 2025 3m 35.3s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Dan Skelton 72 20 £244,886 27.78% -£25.39 Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies 30 7 £59,845 23.33% -£2.42 B Pauling 20 5 £41,218 25% -£5.20 Christian Williams 17 5 £45,105 29.41% £0.25 Jonjo & A J O'Neill 23 5 £24,504 21.74% -£6.13 H D Daly 22 4 £26,538 18.18% -£6.09 W Greatrex 13 4 £19,144 30.77% £1.25 O Murphy 13 4 £36,073 30.77% £2.00 A King 17 3 £33,883 17.65% -£6.00 O Greenall & J Guerriero 14 3 £22,824 21.43% -£1.67 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Dan Skelton 123 22 £130,653 17.89% -£49.42 O Murphy 60 15 £72,871 25% £25.12 N J Henderson 43 9 £42,572 20.93% -£18.63 Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies 40 7 £31,438 17.5% -£7.67 Jamie Snowden 22 7 £51,543 31.82% £0.49 Harry Derham 22 7 £37,508 31.82% £10.18 B Pauling 39 6 £29,103 15.38% -£9.50 Miss E C Lavelle 31 6 £25,844 19.35% -£4.76 Jonjo & A J O'Neill 62 5 £24,259 8.06% -£48.63 A Ralph 38 4 £17,774 10.53% -£18.17 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Dan Skelton 21 5 £10,890 23.81% -£3.17 B Pauling 15 5 £10,890 33.33% £50.50 F O'Brien 15 3 £13,334 20% -£9.95 Jonjo & A J O'Neill 15 3 £12,278 20% £2.45 W Greatrex 4 3 £6,534 75% £16.00 A King 11 1 £2,178 9.09% -£5.50 P F Nicholls 9 1 £2,178 11.11% -£5.67 C E Longsdon 3 1 £2,178 33.33% £0.50 D McCain Jnr 3 1 £2,178 33.33% £20.00 Ben Clarke 2 1 £2,178 50% £7.50 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Harry Skelton 52 19 £240,925 36.54% -£6.64 Sam Twiston-Davies 29 6 £46,659 20.69% -£3.76 Ben Jones 22 6 £45,179 27.27% -£5.70 S Bowen 22 5 £40,298 22.73% £3.00 James Bowen 19 5 £28,254 26.32% -£1.04 Jack Tudor 17 5 £45,105 29.41% £0.25 J J Burke 23 4 £51,651 17.39% -£3.63 Thomas Bellamy 19 3 £20,875 15.79% -£3.75 C Gethings 15 3 £19,012 20% £10.75 H Cobden 13 3 £23,237 23.08% -£2.38 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Harry Skelton 83 18 £109,595 21.69% -£47.36 S Bowen 47 10 £48,684 21.28% -£18.88 N de Boinville 26 8 £38,488 30.77% -£8.63 G Sheehan 37 6 £44,678 16.22% -£19.51 Ben Jones 45 6 £31,554 13.33% -£20.00 Thomas Bellamy 41 5 £20,307 12.2% -£14.00 R T Dunne 25 5 £22,444 20% £24.00 Bryan Carver 15 5 £22,989 33.33% £23.75 Sam Twiston-Davies 38 4 £18,525 10.53% -£31.50 Paul O'Brien 24 4 £18,595 16.67% -£3.25 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Harry Skelton 18 5 £10,890 27.78% £1.83 Ben Jones 10 4 £8,712 40% £42.50 J J Burke 13 3 £13,334 23.08% -£1.83 James Bowen 8 3 £6,534 37.5% £12.00 Jonjo O'Neill Jr. 7 2 £10,100 28.57% £7.20 H Cobden 8 1 £2,178 12.5% -£3.67 S Bowen 6 1 £2,178 16.67% -£4.00 Kielan Woods 9 1 £2,178 11.11% -£6.63 David Bass 7 1 £2,178 14.29% -£4.25 G Sheehan 6 1 £2,178 16.67% -£2.50
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Warwick Racecourse
Hampton Street
Warwick
CV34 6HN
01926 405560
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