Haydock
Racecourse guide: course statistics, top jockeys and trainers, and recent winners.
Haydock Course Guide and Statistics
The course at Haydock
Haydock Park is a flat, left-handed oval of about a mile and five furlongs, with a separate six-furlong straight. The track is galloping with only gentle gradients, and it stages top-class racing both on the Flat and over jumps. The ground can get very testing in winter, which turns jumps races into real stamina tests.
Betting at Haydock
On the Flat, it is a fair track where the best horse usually wins, though the straight course can favour one side in big fields. Over jumps in heavy ground, proven stamina and soft-ground form are essential, and horses with high cruising speed who have not shown they stay can be opposed. Front-runners can do well when the ground is good, because the track has no testing climb.
Key races and meetings
- Sprint Cup (Group 1, September)
- Betfair Chase (Grade 1, November)
- Temple Stakes (May) and the Old Newton Cup (July)
- Grand National Trial (February)
Haydock by the numbers
Equine Tips Intel has recorded 149 races across 18 meetings at Haydock since 14 February 2026, 57 of them with full official results.
Flat racing makes up 79% of the races we hold, run on a turf surface.
The most common going is Good (28% of races) and the most frequently run distance is 1m.
Fields average 8.5 runners. Favourites have won 22 of 57 races (38.6%), and the median winning starting price is 7/2.
Race types
- Flat117 races · 79%
- Hurdle19 races · 13%
- Chase11 races · 7%
- NH Flat2 races · 1%
Going
- Good34 races · 28%
- Heavy27 races · 23%
- Good To Soft26 races · 22%
- Soft26 races · 22%
- Good To Firm7 races · 6%
Common distances
- 1m27 races · 18%
- 7f25 races · 17%
- 6f16 races · 11%
- 5f13 races · 9%
- 1m2f10 races · 7%
- 3m½f8 races · 5%
Top jockeys at Haydock
| Jockey | Wins | Runs | Strike |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kieran Shoemark | 5 | 9 | 55.6% |
| Tom Marquand | 5 | 22 | 22.7% |
| Clifford Lee | 5 | 27 | 18.5% |
| Hector Crouch | 4 | 33 | 12.1% |
| William Buick | 3 | 5 | 60% |
Top trainers at Haydock
| Trainer | Wins | Runs | Strike |
|---|---|---|---|
| K. R. Burke | 8 | 28 | 28.6% |
| Ed Walker | 5 | 18 | 27.8% |
| William Haggas | 5 | 19 | 26.3% |
| Charlie Appleby | 3 | 5 | 60% |
| Ralph Beckett | 3 | 14 | 21.4% |
Our model at Haydock
Every settled primary selection our machine learning model has made at Haydock, to a 1 unit level stake (Betfair SP less 5% commission where available, otherwise SP). Past results do not guarantee future returns.
Feature races at Haydock
- Betfair Sprint Cup Stakes (Group 1)Group 1 · 5 Sept
- Betfair Backs Opinions Superior Mile Stakes (Group 3)Group 3 · 5 Sept
- Betfair Celebrates Bow Echo Ascendant Stakes (Listed Race)Listed · 5 Sept
- Betway Rose Of Lancaster Stakes (Group 3)Group 3 · 8 Aug
- Irish Stallion Farms EBF Dick Hern Stakes (Listed Race)Listed · 8 Aug
- Betway Achilles Stakes (Listed Race)Listed · 30 May
- Betway Lester Piggott Fillies' Stakes (Group 3) (Formerly Known As The Pinnacle Stakes)Group 3 · 30 May
- William Hill Sandy Lane Stakes (Group 2)Group 2 · 23 May
- William Hill Temple Stakes (Group 2)Group 2 · 23 May
- William Hill Epic Boost British EBF Hedge Of Oak Stakes (Listed Race)Listed · 23 May
Recent winners at Haydock
| Date | Winner | SP | Jockey / Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Oct | Urchin (GB)Get Daily Tips At racingtv.com Handicap Stakes (GBBPlus Race) | 100/30 | Clifford Lee / K. R. Burke |
| 16 Oct | Crazy Cubana (IRE)Vantage Consulting Powered By Requidex Nursery Handicap Stakes | 6/1 | Kieran Shoemark / Ed Walker |
| 16 Oct | Arthurian (GB)British Stallion Studs Future Stayers EBF Maiden Stakes (Sire And Dam Restricted Race) (GBB Race) | 2/7F | Oisin Murphy / Andrew Balding |
| 16 Oct | Maximising (IRE)M6Toll Road To Victory Handicap Stakes (Div II) | 11/2 | David Egan / Kevin Philippart de Foy |
| 16 Oct | Faith In Florence (IRE)Jill Wilcox Jones Memorial EBF Maiden Fillies' Stakes (GBB Race) | 1/1F | Kieran Shoemark / Ed Walker |
| 16 Oct | Viper (GB)M6Toll Road To Victory Handicap Stakes (Div I) | 11/2 | Rowan Scott / Brian Ellison |
| 16 Oct | Proof (GB)Weatherbys Stallion Book Handicap Stakes | 12/1 | Mark Winn / Charles Hills |
| 16 Oct | Irish Nectar (GB)Shape Engineering Handicap Stakes | 7/4F | Dylan Hogan / Michael Herrington |
| 26 Sept | Game Character (GB)J&P Civil Engineering British EBF Maiden Stakes (Colts And Geldings Only) | 7/1 | David Probert / Hugo Palmer |
| 26 Sept | Black Star Boy (IRE)Forever Our Mike Handicap Stakes | 18/1 | Kieran Shoemark / Ed Walker |
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