Newbury Racing
Newbury is one of the best dual-purpose tracks for horse racing in the UK. Get the latest Newbury tips, odds, and racecards for races at this venue here.
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Newbury Races Today & Odds
There is no horse racing at Newbury today so there are no odds available for this course. Instead, check out the horse racing odds on today’s races at other courses.
Newbury Results (Past 12 Months)
Newbury Races Overview
Newbury racecourse is situated 20 miles from the racing training centre of Lambourn and hosts both quality flat and national hunt racing throughout the year.
The Ladbrokes Trophy, previously known as the Hennessy Gold Cup is the biggest jumps race of the winter season whilst the Group 1 Lockinge Stakes is the feature flat race.
The flat course at Newbury is left-handed and galloping, covering just under two miles with a five-furlong run-in. Similarly, the jumps track mirrors these characteristics, being left-handed and galloping and is considered as one of the fairest courses in the country.
Location: Newbury Racecourse, Racecourse Road, Newbury, RG14 7NZ.
Main Racing Fixtures at Newbury
Coral Gold Cup
The Coral Gold Cup Trophy is a Premier Handicap Chase run in late November or early December and is run over 3 miles 1 furlong and 214 yards. It is one of the biggest pre-Christmas handicap chases in the UK and was known until 2016 as the Hennessey Gold Cup. The race is worth around £142,000 to the winner and there are twenty one fences to be jumped .The winner will normally be set for a good season in all the staying handicap chases and even the Cheltenham Gold Cup as was done most recently by Native River in 2018.
Betfair Hurdle
The Betfair Hurdle is a Premier Handicap run over 2 miles and 69 yards in February and has eight hurdles to navigate. It currently has a maximum field of 24 with the winner likely to pick up a cheque for around £87,000. The winner is likely to be contesting one of the good handicap hurdles at Cheltenham with two past winners in Make A Stand and Persian War going on to win the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham the following month.
Challow Novices’ Hurdle
The Challow Novices’ Hurdle is a Grade 1 hurdle for novices run over 2 miles 4 furlongs and 118 yards scheduled to take place in late December each year, with ten hurdles needing to be jumped. The winner is likely to pick up a cheque for around £34,000. The winner is likely to be seen at the Cheltenham Festival in one of the novice hurdles, probably the Ballymore Novice Hurdle over the same distance.
Long Distance Hurdle
The Long Distance Hurdle is a Grade 2 race run over 3 miles and 52 yards with twelve hurdles to be jumped. The race is scheduled to be run each year in late November or early December and carries a first place prize of around £35,000. The winner will normally become a leading contender for the Stayers Hurdle at Cheltenham the following March.
Greenham Stakes
The Greenham Stakes is a Group 3 flat contest run over a distance of 7 furlongs for three year old colts and geldings. Run in April as a trial for the following month’s 2000 Guineas at Newmarket. The winner is likely to receive a cheque for around £51,000.
Fred Darling Stakes
The Fred Darling Stakes is a Group 3 flat contest run over a distance of 7 furlongs for three year old fillies. Run in April it is the female version of the Greenham Stakes, run on the same card and is a trial for the following month’s 1000 Guineas at Newmarket. The winner is likely to take home around £40,000.
Lockinge Stakes
The Lockinge Stakes is Newbury’s Premier race of the season with Group 1 status. Open to horses aged four years and older, it is run over a distance of 1 mile in May with the winner taking home around £192,000. The leading horse from the Lockinge often goes on to compete in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot with Frankel the last horse to win both races in the same year.
Hungerford Stakes
The Hungerford Stakes is a Group 2 flat contest for horses aged three years and older and is run in August over a distance of 7 furlongs with the winner’s purse around £62,000. It is named after a local town to the west of Newbury with trainer John Gosden having won a record six renewals.
Newbury Betting Trends & Statistics
Newbury is one of the fairest courses in the country with its galloping nature makes it flat track ideal for the big, long striding type.
Local handler Richard Hannon has the best record here on the flat course over the last five years although he does have plenty of runners here. William Haggas is another trainer who likes running his horses here. Godolphin trainer Charlie Appleby has a very good strike rate of around 28% and his horses are always respected.
All the top flat jockeys excel at this top track with the likes of James Doyle, Tom Marquand and Oisin Murphy all riding plenty of winners at the track.
On the jumps course the trainer to follow is locally based Nicky Henderson who often unleashes some of his nicer types at the track. Paul Nicholls is another trainer who does well here whilst Venetia Williams’ runners are worthy of a second look with a decent wins to runs ratio of around 25%.
Not surprisingly as stable jockeys for Messr’s Henderson and Nicholls, Nico de Boinville and Harry Cobden ride the most winners here with Charlie Deutsch worth a mention with a wins to runs ratio of around 39%.
On the flat track high numbers are best in large fields, especially on very soft or heavy ground conditions.
Newbury Races History
The only Group 1 event held at Newbury is The Lockinge Stakes over a mile in May where Sir Michael Stoute has won a staggering eight renewals over the years in Scottish Reel (1986), Safawan (1990), Soviet Line (1995 & 1996), Medicean (2001), Russian Rhythm(2004), Peeress (2006) and Mustashry (2019). Sir Michael trains out of Freemason stables in Newmarket and has a great association with the Berkshire racecourse as his stats show.
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