Bellewstown Racing Tips

Bellewstown in County Meath stages around five meetings through the year with festivals taking place in early July and late August, records show racing taking place here as early as 1726! 

Flat racing & National Hunt racing (Hurdles only) are both enjoyed at this course which is situated on high ground and going on the firm side is usual for the three-day fixture held in early July. 

Racing Channel: Racing TV

Check out the racing fixture list at Bellewstown including information on racing packages for racegoers. You can plan your trip and purchase tickets online and don't forget to download the OLBG app to get all the latest Bellewstown tips at the track.

* All statistics below are based on the previous five years at Bellewstown

Bellewstown Outright Favourite Statistics

• Flat Handicaps: 26-100 (26%) -11.71
• Flat Non-Handicaps: 31-64 (48%) -1.25
• Handicap Hurdles: 12-40 (30%) +3.13
• Non-Handicap Hurdles: 11-33 (33%) -11.46

Flat - Quite a sharp, left-handed oval of about nine furlongs. It is undulating, with the final two furlongs slightly uphill. 

National Hunt - A sharp undulating left-handed track around nine furlongs in extent, and with an uphill finish of around three furlongs. Suits the handy, nippy type, there are five hurdles to a circuit, with no races staged over fences.

Bellewstown Adress: Bellewstown Racecourse, Bellewstown, County Meath Ireland

Bellewstown Telephone: +353 (0) 41 9823614

You can book your race day tickets for Bellewstown racing online on their booking page.

Each day there is racing at Bellewstown, on OLBG, you’ll see a list of runners along with jockey colours and the latest betting odds updated regularly for your convenience.

The most popular tipped horse for each race at Bellewstown is highlighted and you’ll notice the number of tips made on this selection along with the number of comments made by the OLBG tipsters.

To read the comments left on a particular race, click on the ‘All Tips’ icon to bring you to the page. If there is more than one comment, you’ll see the option to ‘view all comments’ to the right of the screen.

You’ll see the 6-month strike rate & LSP for the tipster along with their monthly profit trend.

There’s also more information on the runners on this screen such as form, weights, trainer, age and draw number.

OLBG’s star rating system combines the popularity of a tip with the latest betting odds and we also off a price comparison feature where you can see the latest best betting odds for your selections at Bellewstown.

Click ‘Add' To betslip to see the best odds and repeat to see the best prices for your combination bets such as doubles, trebles, Lucky 15s and Lucky 31s.

Remember to also head over to the main Horse Racing Predictions page for tips from other racecourses staging meetings today.

There are several useful tools at your disposal on OLBG. You may perfect your way to use the betting tips available to you today for the racing at Bellewstown and beyond.

• You can use the most popular Bellewstown tips today to put into singles or put into a combo such as a double, treble or Lucky 15
• View and follow the tips of the most profitable tipsters from Bellewstown Racecourse to narrow down your options further
• Use the OLBG star rating system to see the most valuable betting selections today at Bellewstown

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The stall with the worst loss at Bellewstown in the win market when breaking it down to race trips is stall 7 over a trip of 1m, backing all runners in this stall over that trip over the past five years would have returned a loss of -51.00.

Here we have the draw bias for Bellewstown taken into consideration races with ten or more runners, we will break down the figures by race distance, draws can be much more important over the shorter trips in which runners do not have time to find their position during the race meaning the draw is probably more important than the races over longer distances.

• Sprints (5f to 7½f)
• Mile (1m to 1m1½f)
• Middle Distance (1m2f to 1m5½f)

The following table shows a breakdown over a group of trips and shows how each position of the draw does, for example in a twelve-runner race would be Low (Stalls 1-4), Mid (Stalls 5-8) and High (Stalls 9-12), the positions will always be lowest stall number to highest.

Who are the best flat jockeys and trainers to bet on at Bellewstown?

Joseph Patrick O'Brien is the leading trainer here at Bellewstown with eighteen winners but you would have recorded a loss if you backed all of their runners whilst following T G McCourt would have returned the most winners (eight) from a profitable trainer. If you are more of an eachway player then you may want to know which trainer is best to follow at Bellewstown and that would be James McAuley who shows the best eachway LSP which is +10.33 thanks to their twenty-four placings (seven winners). At the other end of the spectrum is John C McConnell who has a terrible record at Bellewstown, of all the trainers their LSP of -85.00 is the worse, they have a 5% strike rate with seven winners from one hundred thirty-three runners.

Backing all of the C T Keane rides would have produced backing the most winners for a jockey here at Bellewstown with twenty-six but you would have returned a loss by doing so, Wesley Joyce leads the way for profitable jockey with an LSP of +5.38 from their five winners. With an eachway LSP of +18.92 at Bellewstown, S M Crosse leads the jockeys in profit for backing eachway which has been helped by their nine placings which include a total of four winners. The jockey with the worst record at Bellewstown based on LSP is G F Carroll who has only a 6% strike rate with five winners from seventy-seven rides which have returned an LSP of -56.12.

Bellewstown Picks & Hints

Here are some factors at Bellewstown for certain trainers or jockeys which have been profitable:

• 10-17 (59%) +14.16 - Backing Joseph Patrick O'Brien runners when horses are aged 2yo

Bellewstown Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations

Here are the best trainer and jockey combinations here at Bellewstown based on the number of winners:

• 10 Wins: G M Lyons & C T Keane
• 9 Wins: Mrs John Harrington & Shane Foley
• 5 Wins: Noel Meade & C T Keane
• 5 Wins: Joseph Patrick O'Brien & Dylan B McMonagle

Bellewstown Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Bellewstown Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Who are the best national hunt jockeys and trainers to bet on at Bellewstown?

Focusing only on trainers who show a profit when backing all of their runners, top of the pile at Bellewstown for the number of winners is Gavin Patrick Cromwell who has produced a total of fifteen winners in return for an LSP of +5.42. If you are more of an eachway player then you may want to know which trainer is best to follow at Bellewstown and that would be David Peter Dunne who shows the best eachway LSP which is +19.45 thanks to their six placings (two winners). A total of five winners from sixty-four runners at Bellewstown has John C McConnell at the wrong end of the trainers' list with their 8% strike rate and worst LSP of -49.25.

Not only is K M Donoghue the most successful jockey at Bellewstown in terms of the number of winners but they have also returned a profit if back all of their rides, K M Donoghue has notched up a total of seven winners for an LSP of +0.67. When looking at jockeys and looking for some eachway value at Bellewstown, then the jockey who shows the best eachway profit is E Walsh, whose LSP is +19.90 which has been accumulated by a total of seven placings which includes five winners. With an LSP of -19.00 at Bellewstown, K C Sexton heads the list for worst jockeys at this course, which is a result of zero winners from nineteen rides which is a strike rate of 0%.

Bellewstown Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations

Here are the best trainer and jockey combinations here at Bellewstown based on the number of winners:

• 7 Wins: Gavin Patrick Cromwell & K M Donoghue
• 5 Wins: Gordon Elliott & J W Kennedy

Bellewstown Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Bellewstown Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

With a huge combined experience of horse racing between them, this content has been created and is maintained by Darren Brett, James Banting and Andy Powell. All of the data for Bellewstown Racecourse which includes the favourite statistics, draw bias and the trainer and jockey statistics have been created using results from HorseRaceBase.

Darren Brett

Tipster competition manager

Darren has worked in the horse racing industry for decades bringing to OLBG for the last 20 years a wealth of knowledge, creating much of our content on these sports. Darren also manages our Grand National Guide and is the go-to font of knowledge for the world's greatest steeplechase.

James Banting

Tipster competition assistant

James Banting, a passionate horse racing enthusiast and aficionado, brings a wealth of experience to OLBG, having attended numerous race meetings over the years. His background working with the Jockey Club provides him with a unique insider's perspective on the industry.

Andy Powell

Content editor

Andy is a seasoned professional with more than 15 years of experience in the field of horse racing. He has a thorough understanding of the sport, from analyzing complex statistical data to being part of a winning syndicate at the Cheltenham Festival. Andy is responsible for managing the horse racing trend blogs on OLBG.