Salisbury
Racecourse guide: course statistics, top jockeys and trainers, and recent winners.
Salisbury Course Guide and Statistics
The course at Salisbury
Salisbury has a right-handed loop and a straight mile that rises steadily towards the finish. The stiff climb makes the course a demanding test, even over sprint distances.
Betting at Salisbury
The uphill finish rewards stamina, and horses that have only run on flat tracks can struggle. Salisbury is known for strong two-year-old maidens, with leading trainers often giving their promising juveniles a debut here, so winners of those races are worth following.
Key races and meetings
- Sovereign Stakes (Group 3, August)
- Two-year-old maidens through the summer
Salisbury by the numbers
Equine Tips Intel has recorded 107 races across 15 meetings at Salisbury since 3 May 2026, 57 of them with full official results.
All of the racing we hold here is Flat racing, run on a turf surface.
The most common going is Good To Firm (38% of races) and the most frequently run distance is 6f.
Fields average 7.4 runners. Favourites have won 17 of 57 races (29.8%), and the median winning starting price is 7/2.
Race types
- Flat107 races · 100%
Going
- Good To Firm38 races · 38%
- Good33 races · 33%
- Soft20 races · 20%
- Good To Soft9 races · 9%
Common distances
- 6f31 races · 29%
- 1m2f21 races · 20%
- 1m18 races · 17%
- 7f16 races · 15%
- 1m4f8 races · 8%
- 5f7 races · 7%
Top jockeys at Salisbury
| Jockey | Wins | Runs | Strike |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oisin Murphy | 7 | 22 | 31.8% |
| Hector Crouch | 7 | 25 | 28% |
| Callum Rodriguez | 4 | 10 | 40% |
| Kieran Shoemark | 4 | 12 | 33.3% |
| Charlie Tucker | 3 | 8 | 37.5% |
Top trainers at Salisbury
| Trainer | Wins | Runs | Strike |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Beckett | 10 | 30 | 33.3% |
| Andrew Balding | 6 | 17 | 35.3% |
| Roger Varian | 5 | 7 | 71.4% |
| Ed Walker | 3 | 18 | 16.7% |
| Rod Millman | 3 | 20 | 15% |
Our model at Salisbury
Every settled primary selection our machine learning model has made at Salisbury, 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 Salisbury
- IRE-Incentive, It Pays To Buy Irish Dick Poole Fillies' Stakes (Group 3)Group 3 · 3 Sept
- British Stallion Studs EBF Upavon Fillies' Stakes (Listed Race)Listed · 12 Aug
- British Stallion Studs EBF Stonehenge Stakes (Listed Race)Listed · 12 Aug
- British Stallion Studs EBF Cathedral Stakes (Listed Race)Listed · 23 May
Recent winners at Salisbury
| Date | Winner | SP | Jockey / Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct | Kamaal (IRE)'pyledriver' British Ebf Novice Stakes (Div II) (gbb Race) | 11/4F | Colin Keane / Jack Jones |
| 1 Oct | Treble Bass (GB)Madar Corporation 'season Finale' Handicap Stakes (gbbplus Race) | 12/1 | Jack Mitchell / Roger Varian |
| 1 Oct | Gran Dia (IRE)Salisbury Annual Badgeholders 'Bluestocking' British EBF Novice Stakes (GBB/GBBPlus Race) | 6/1 | Callum Hutchinson / Andrew Balding |
| 1 Oct | Due To Henry (GB)Barbara Snow 60th Birthday Celebration Handicap Stakes (Div II) | 33/1 | Oliver Carmichael / Eve Johnson Houghton |
| 1 Oct | A Bear Affair (IRE)British Ebf Joan Snow Memorial Conditions Stakes (gbb Race) | 4/1 | Pat Dobbs / Richard Hannon |
| 1 Oct | Regional Rock (GB)Sandown Kia Salisbury Handicap Stakes | 9/2F | Hector Crouch / Ralph Beckett |
| 1 Oct | Hello Cotai (IRE)Barbara Snow 60th Birthday Celebration Handicap Stakes (Div I) | 20/1 | Pat Cosgrave / Jim Boyle |
| 1 Oct | Meticulously (GB)'Pyledriver' British EBF Novice Stakes (Div I) (GBB Race) | 13/8F | George Downing / Ed Walker |
| 11 Sept | The Quiet Gent (IRE)PKF Francis Clark Handicap Stakes | 15/2 | Callum Rodriguez / Brian Toomey |
| 11 Sept | Grapple (GB)Happy 40th Birthday Kevin Baker Selling Stakes | 5/1 | Hector Crouch / Ralph Beckett |
No racing at Salisbury today. See today's meetings