Newbury
Racecourse guide: course statistics, top jockeys and trainers, and recent winners.
Newbury Course Guide and Statistics
The course at Newbury
Newbury is a wide, flat, left-handed oval of nearly two miles, with a long home straight and a straight mile. It is a galloping course with no significant gradients, and it stages high-quality racing on the Flat and over jumps. The fences on the jumps course are fair but stiff enough to test a chaser.
Betting at Newbury
A fair track where form usually works out, so the most able horse in the race tends to win. In big fields on the straight course, the draw can favour one side, especially when the going is soft. Over jumps, the flat, galloping nature suits strong-staying chasers who jump well and can keep up a good gallop.
Key races and meetings
- Lockinge Stakes (Group 1, May)
- Ladbrokes Trophy (formerly the Hennessy Gold Cup, late November)
- Greenham Stakes and Fred Darling Stakes (April Classic trials)
- Betfair Hurdle (February)
Newbury by the numbers
Equine Tips Intel has recorded 179 races across 24 meetings at Newbury since 7 February 2026, 69 of them with full official results.
Flat racing makes up 78% of the races we hold, run on a turf surface.
The most common going is Good To Firm (41% of races) and the most frequently run distance is 7f.
Fields average 8.9 runners. Favourites have won 24 of 69 races (34.8%), and the median winning starting price is 7/2.
Race types
- Flat139 races · 78%
- Hurdle23 races · 13%
- Chase13 races · 7%
- NH Flat4 races · 2%
Going
- Good To Firm73 races · 41%
- Good To Soft40 races · 22%
- Good39 races · 22%
- Soft20 races · 11%
- Heavy7 races · 4%
Common distances
- 7f27 races · 15%
- 6f25 races · 14%
- 1m2f24 races · 13%
- 2m½f22 races · 12%
- 1m18 races · 10%
- 1m4f11 races · 6%
Top jockeys at Newbury
| Jockey | Wins | Runs | Strike |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Buick | 10 | 26 | 38.5% |
| David Egan | 4 | 11 | 36.4% |
| Sean Levey | 4 | 26 | 15.4% |
| Hector Crouch | 3 | 14 | 21.4% |
| Saffie Osborne | 3 | 15 | 20% |
Top trainers at Newbury
| Trainer | Wins | Runs | Strike |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Appleby | 5 | 12 | 41.7% |
| John & Thady Gosden | 4 | 7 | 57.1% |
| Clive Cox | 4 | 16 | 25% |
| Brian Meehan | 3 | 13 | 23.1% |
| Ed Walker | 3 | 24 | 12.5% |
Our model at Newbury
Every settled primary selection our machine learning model has made at Newbury, 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 Newbury
- D&H Racing Stakes (Listed Race) (Registered As The Radley Stakes)Listed · 24 Oct
- Betvictor St Simon Stakes (Group 3)Group 3 · 24 Oct
- Betvictor Horris Hill Stakes (Group 3)Group 3 · 24 Oct
- Dubai International Airport World Trophy Stakes (Group 3)Group 3 · 19 Sept
- Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef Stakes (Group 2) (In Honour Of Ian Balding)Group 2 · 19 Sept
- Dubai Duty Free Cup Stakes (Listed Race)Listed · 18 Sept
- Highclere Thoroughbred Racing Geoffrey Freer Stakes (Group 3)Group 3 · 15 Aug
- Visit Malta Hungerford Stakes (Group 2)Group 2 · 15 Aug
- Visit Malta St Hugh's Stakes (Listed Race)Listed · 14 Aug
- Betvictor Steventon Stakes (Listed Race)Listed · 18 Jul
Recent winners at Newbury
| Date | Winner | SP | Jockey / Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Nov | Wordfromhome (IRE)British Horse Society Open National Hunt Flat Race (Category 1 Elimination) (Div I) (GBB Race) | 5/4F | Sam Twiston-Davies / Paul Nicholls |
| 5 Nov | Masaccio (IRE)Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle Race (Pertemps Hurdle Series Qualifier) (GBB Race) | 33/1 | Tom Bellamy / Alan King |
| 5 Nov | Coolnav (IRE)Check Out The BetVictor Betbuilder Novices' Hurdle Race (GBB Race) | 17/2 | Lorcan Williams / Jeremy Scott |
| 5 Nov | Radiant Walk (IRE)BetVictor Open National Hunt Flat Race (Category 1 Elimination) (Div II) (GBB Race) | 16/1 | Paul O'Brien / Harry Derham |
| 5 Nov | Presley (IRE)CSP Maiden Hurdle Race (GBB Race) | 85/40 | Harry Skelton / Dan Skelton |
| 5 Nov | Zarakerjack (FR)OLBG Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Race | 4/1 | Freddie Mitchell / Jamie Moore & Josh Moore |
| 5 Nov | Royal Response (IRE)Grahame Church Memorial Mares' Novices' Hurdle Race (GBB Race) | 3/1 | Nico de Boinville / Nicky Henderson |
| 19 Sept | Pearl River (GB)Dubai Duty Free Autumn Cup Handicap Stakes (gbbplus Race) | 9/2 | Silvestre De Sousa / Richard Hannon |
| 19 Sept | Abundant (IRE)Dubai Duty Free Finest Surprise Handicap Stakes | 2/5F | Sean Levey / Tom Ward |
| 19 Sept | Balzac (GER)Dubai Duty Free Handicap Stakes (gbbplus Race) | 11/2 | Ryan Moore / Jane Chapple-Hyam |
No racing at Newbury today. See today's meetings