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Newbury Racecourse

Newbury Racecourse Sign
Geof Sheppard, Wikimedia Commons

Berkshire is well served when it comes to top-class racecourses, with the likes of Ascot and Windsor located in the county so favoured by the Royals. Another track to be added into that mix is the excellent dual purpose venue of Newbury, which lies around 50 miles to the west of London.

Given that proximity to the capital and the nearby training centres in Wiltshire and Berkshire, the track – which opened for business more than 100 years ago in 1905 – was ideally situated to take high rank amongst British circuits, and has duly delivered on that potential.

Here we take a look at the home of Flat racing’s, Lockinge Stakes and National Hunt’s Ladbrokes Trophy.

Racecourse Facts

Location
Berkshire
Country
England
Race Type
Flat, Jumps
Track Surface
Turf

Upcoming Fixtures

Date Day Course Type Track
11/02/2023 Saturday Newbury Jump Turf
19/02/2023 Sunday Newbury Jump Turf
03/03/2023 Friday Newbury Jump Turf
See the full fixtures here

Course Summary

Newbury Flat and Jumps Racecourse Map

Both the bulk of the main flat course, and the National Hunt track at Newbury consist of a left-handed, roughly oval-shaped course. The first bend following the winning post provides a continuously sweeping turn into the back straight, with two more fairly gentle bends then taking the field from the back stretch into a home straight of around 4½f. The track is very level almost throughout, with the exception being the home straight which features slight undulations.

Newbury is noted for the consistently good racing ground which it provides. This reliability, regarding the going conditions, is in large part a result of the excellent drainage afforded by the gravel subsoil at the track. When soft ground does occur, it is most likely to appear down the back straight, which does tend to ride slower than the rest of the course. At the other end of the spectrum, Newbury also has a high quality watering system, making firm ground a real rarity.

Be it on the flat or over jumps, the wide straights and sweeping turns make Newbury one of the fairest tracks in the country, and a course where hard luck stories are thankfully in short supply. As such, it is understandably popular with trainers, jockeys and punters alike and is not a bad place for a horse to have their first race or two.

Notable Trends

Frankie Dettori has been the man to follow in the saddle at this Berkshire track, with the evergreen Italian boasting an impressive strike-rate of around 20% across his last 1000 or so rides at the venue, returning a level stakes net win of over £100 in that time.

It is one of Dettori’s chief partners in crime who leads the way in the training ranks, with John Gosden also operating at a 20% strike-rate and around £60 level stakes net win across his last thousand runners.

Newbury Flat Course

Newbury Flat Racecourse Map

The flat course lies outside of the jumps track and boasts a circumference of 1m7f. The main oval of the track contains starts for races over distances of 5f, 1m1f, 1m2f, 1m3f, 1m4f, 1m5f and 2m, with two additional spurs in the back straight providing the starting points for 1m and 1m5f contests.

The third spur of the flat course is the 3f extension which runs directly into the home straight, effectively creating a straight course of 1m in length – enabling races over 6f, 7f and 1m to take place. Over the 1m distance, this straight one mile track tends to be used more often than the turning 1m offered by the round course.

Overall there is no inherent pace bias to the flat track at Newbury. The long straights do favour the long striding galloping type, but conversely also provide hold-up performers with plenty of time to get themselves organised and deliver a late challenge. One thing which definitely is required around here is an ability to see out the trip, with the galloping nature of the course meaning that most races provide a thorough test at the distance.

Draw Bias

Although generally a fair track, the left-handed nature of the course does naturally confer a very slight advantage to those drawn low against the rail on the round course. This bias becomes more noticeable over the longer distances, particularly those of 1m4f or further.

Over the sprint distances on the straight course, those with a middle draw have boasted the best record over the past 10 years. At 5f the strike rate for those with a middle berth stands at 10% as opposed to 7% and 4% for low and high drawn runners respectively, whilst over 6f the figures are 10% for middle and 7% for both low and high.

The final thing to note regarding the draw is that the bias can be reversed on the round course when the ground is soft. A tendency for the inside rail to ride slower than the outside in the back straight in such conditions can lead to the field tacking over to the far rail, and so confers an advantage on those drawn high.

Newbury Jumps Course

Newbury Jumps Racecourse Map

Newbury’s jumps track lies just inside the flat course and as such is a shade shorter in circumference at 1m5f. Other than that reduced length, and the absence of the spurs present on the flat course, the configuration of the jumps track is almost identical to that of the flat, providing competitors with long wide straights and gentle sweeping turns. Again left-handed and galloping in nature, the jumps track is well suited to long striding types with an ability to stay the trip well.

The chase track features 11 fences in total, made up of nine plain fences and two open ditches – one of which is a water jump. Newbury’s fences are considered to be stiff, without posing quite the same level of difficulty as those to be found at Cheltenham for example. The obstacles are laid out fairly evenly around Newbury’s oval, with five in the back straight, one down the far side and five more in the home straight. A final run in of 250 yards greets the runners following the final fence.

Hurdle contests are held on the same course as the chase events, and feature seven standard hurdles per circuit. Events over the smaller obstacles are again well suited to long striding types who are able to get into a good jumping rhythm.

Full Fixtures

Date Day Course Type Track
11/02/2023 Saturday Newbury Jump Turf
19/02/2023 Sunday Newbury Jump Turf
03/03/2023 Friday Newbury Jump Turf
04/03/2023 Saturday Newbury Jump Turf
24/03/2023 Friday Newbury Jump Turf
25/03/2023 Saturday Newbury Jump Turf
21/04/2023 Friday Newbury Flat Turf
22/04/2023 Saturday Newbury Flat Turf
19/05/2023 Friday Newbury Flat Turf
20/05/2023 Saturday Newbury Flat Turf
07/06/2023 Wednesday Newbury Flat Turf
15/06/2023 Thursday Newbury Flat Turf
27/06/2023 Tuesday Newbury Flat Turf
06/07/2023 Thursday Newbury Flat Turf
13/07/2023 Thursday Newbury Flat Turf
21/07/2023 Friday Newbury Flat Turf
22/07/2023 Saturday Newbury Flat Turf
27/07/2023 Thursday Newbury Flat Turf
18/08/2023 Friday Newbury Flat Turf
19/08/2023 Saturday Newbury Flat Turf
29/08/2023 Tuesday Newbury Flat Turf
22/09/2023 Friday Newbury Flat Turf
23/09/2023 Saturday Newbury Flat Turf
27/10/2023 Friday Newbury Flat Turf
28/10/2023 Saturday Newbury Flat Turf
09/11/2023 Thursday Newbury Jump Turf
01/12/2023 Friday Newbury Jump Turf
02/12/2023 Saturday Newbury Jump Turf
20/12/2023 Wednesday Newbury Jump Turf
30/12/2023 Saturday Newbury Jump Turf

Major Races at Newbury

Last Run Race Grade Last Winner
31st Dec 2022 Challow Novices’ Hurdle Grade 1 Hermes Allen (11/10)
26th Nov 2022 Coral Gold Cup Premier Handicap Le Milos (9/2)
17th Sep 2022 Mill Reef Stakes Group 2 Sakheer (4/5)
13th Aug 2022 Hungerford Stakes Group 2 Jumby (9/1)
16th Jul 2022 Weatherbys Super Sprint Class 2 Eddies's Boy (15/2)
14th May 2022 Lockinge Stakes Group 1 Baaeed (4/9)
12th Feb 2022 Betfair Hurdle Grade 3 Glory And Fortune (20/1)

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