Lingfield Tips

Lingfield is the only UK course to hold Flat racing on both Turf and the All-Weather (Polytrack) as well as National Hunt racing on Turf.

Although the course is in Surrey, it is close to the borders of Kent, West Sussex, and East Sussex. Easily accessible from many main routes (M25, M23, A22) it is not far north of East Grinstead and virtually due west of Royal Tunbridge Wells.

It is kept busy throughout the year, and because of the climate is often called upon to arrange fixtures at short notice when other tracks are unfit for racing.

The racecourse opened in 1890 initially as an NH track but commenced flat racing 4 years later. The original Equitrack surface, opened in 1989, was the first AW surface in the UK. This was replaced by the current Polytrack in 2001 and relaid in 2012.

Highlights: Although still holding meaningful classic trials in May on the turf with similarities between Lingfield and Epsom making Derby and Oaks trials more meaningful than may otherwise be the case, the highlight of the season is now the All-Weather Championships on Good Friday.

Top-class horses from a series of qualifying races through the winter meet in 6 races covering different categories. Qualification is by either running a minimum of 3 times during the season on AW or winning one of the 4 ‘fast track’ qualifying races in a specific category.

The AW Championships have been held here since the 2013-14 season. It is the most valuable day’s racing held on any AW surface in Europe but caused some controversy by designating Good Friday as the date.

Once Sunday racing had been accepted, Good Friday was traditionally the only day away from the Christmas period that did not have any racing.

The Group 3 Winter Derby also takes place on the Polytrack here in February in addition to the Listed Quebec Stakes which takes place in December.

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

Lingfield Outright Favourite Statistics

• AW Handicaps: 421-1416 (30%) -225.90
• AW Non-Handicaps: 211-430 (49%) +2.83
• Flat Handicaps: 70-202 (35%) -1.95
• Flat Non-Handicaps: 47-82 (57%) +13.39
• Handicap Chases: 32-80 (40%) +11.29
• Handicap Hurdles: 24-66 (36%) -4.27
• Non-Handicap Chases: 4-8 (50%) -0.06
• Non-Handicap Hurdles: 22-55 (40%) -9.84

Course: Left-Handed, the flat turf course is level for most of the circuit but has a slight climb that leads into a downhill turn to the home straight. 

The 'All-Weather' Polytrack is inside the turf track so is triangular generally in shape and mainly flat apart from a slight downhill run before the final turn into the home straight.

The NH course has a more level feel to it but does have some undulations.

Lingfield Racecourse Address: Racecourse Rd, Lingfield RH7 6PQ

Lingfield Racecourse Telephone: 01342 834800

To buy tickets for a race day at Lingfield, head over to their official ticket booking webpage.

On this page, you will find free Lingfield betting tips from OLBG's army of horse racing tipsters. The most popular Lingfield selections are listed along with the race time and current odds.

A confidence percentage reflects the number of tips received against the total number placed on each race. The 1 to 5-star value rating indicates a potential value bet when considering the confidence figure and betting odds.

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Lingfield Pointers:

National Hunt: Other than when the ground gets very soft, which it regularly does, the fences are comparatively easy. The soft ground on the back straight places much more emphasis on jumping and stamina (paramount on soft or heavy). It is generally not as undulating as the Flat courses but both NH courses are sharper than the Flat course. At about 13f, the chase course is longer than the hurdles course.

Flat (Turf): The Turf course has similarities with Epsom, having a slight climb to the crest of a hill before a downhill stretch that includes the turn for home. It is essential to keep a horse balanced at this stage. On the straight course, it is probably an advantage to be on the stands side unless a gap on the far rail would see a smooth run-through, and for this reason, prominent runners may also have an advantage.

Flat (All-Weather): The AW track lies inside the turf track and is particularly sharp in places. A low draw is a huge advantage in races over 5f, 6f, and 10f where runners encounter a bend very soon after the start. Due to the sharp track, races rarely run at a fast pace, so stamina is not normally a concern. Horses getting an easy lead and pushing for home from the final turn can be difficult to catch, front runners that have been flat out for some time do tend to get caught in the Lingfield straight on the Polytrack, despite the fairly short run in.

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✅ The most profitable stall at Lingfield in the win market when breaking it down to race trips is stall 1 over a trip of 1m2f, backing all runners in this stall over that trip over the past five years would have returned a profit of +60.96.

❌ With an LSP of -196.27, the most unsuccessful stall at Lingfield is stall 1 when backing runners over a trip of 7f over the last five years.

Here we have the draw bias for Lingfield 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)
• Long Distance (1m6f or further)

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 all-weather jockeys and trainers to bet on at Lingfield?

A M Balding has produced a total of fifty-nine winners at Lingfield racecourse and with an LSP of +63.35, they top the winner's list for trainers who also show a profit. If you are more of an eachway player then you may want to know which trainer is best to follow at Lingfield and that would be D J S Ffrench Davis who shows the best eachway LSP which is +51.56 thanks to their twelve placings (four winners). The trainer with the worst record at Lingfield based on LSP is M J Attwater who has only a 6% strike rate with twenty-five winners from three hundred ninety-one runners who have returned an LSP of -150.62.

Focusing only on jockeys who show a profit when backing all of their rides, top of the pile at Lingfield for the number of winners is David Probert who has produced a total of ninety-one winners in return for an LSP of +94.91. Paddy Bradley is the jockey to follow at Lingfield if you are backing eachway as they show the best LSP of all the jockeys in the eachway markets, that is +97.30 which is courtesy of their sixty-four placings (twenty-nine winners). At the other end of the spectrum is Rob Hornby who has a terrible record at Lingfield, of all the jockeys their LSP of -233.56 is the worse, they have a 4% strike rate with twelve winners from two hundred eighty-four rides.

Lingfield Picks & Hints

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

• 7-13 (54%) +31.50 - Backing Jamie Spencer rides when over a trip of 1m4f
• 6-12 (50%) +30.50 - Backing R Dawson rides when on horses aged 5yo
• 5-12 (42%) +28.50 - Backing R Dawson rides when over a trip of 6f
• 8-18 (44%) +23.58 - Backing Sir Mark Prescott runners when horses are aged 4yo
• 12-26 (46%) +21.35 - Backing Oisin Murphy rides when in a Maiden race

Lingfield Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations

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

• 24 Wins: Archie Watson & Hollie Doyle
• 23 Wins: A M Balding & David Probert
• 21 Wins: J H M Gosden & Robert Havlin
• 20 Wins: Richard Hannon (Jnr) & S M Levey
• 17 Wins: Roger Varian & Jack Mitchell

Lingfield Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Lingfield Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

✅ Backing stall 2 at Lingfield over a trip of 7f is the most profitable stall and trip combination at Lingfield returning an LSP of +130.53 over the last five years.

❌ When breaking Lingfield down into trips then you can look at which stall and trip combination has produced the worst LSP, that would be stall 2 over a trip of 6f which has, over the last five years produced an LSP of -38.64.

Here we have the draw bias for Lingfield 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)

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 Lingfield?

When looking at profitable trainers only, then it is W J Haggas who leads the way with a total of eight winners producing an LSP of +3.84 whilst Richard Hannon (Jnr) leads the overall list with ten winners but shows a loss overall. If you are more of an eachway player then you may want to know which trainer is best to follow at Lingfield and that would be M D I Usher who shows the best eachway LSP which is +88.01 thanks to their seven placings (four winners). With an LSP of -36.62 at Lingfield, J / Cook Bridger heads the list for worst trainers at this course, which is a result of one winner from thirty-nine runners which is a strike rate of 3%.

With a total number of twelve winners at Lingfield, Oisin Murphy leads the way for winners from jockeys who have shown a profit (+5.54) for all of their rides at Lingfield. With an eachway LSP of +45.72 at Lingfield, Callum Shepherd leads the jockeys in profit for backing eachway which has been helped by their sixteen placings which include a total of seven winners. K T O'Neill does not have a great record at Lingfield, their LSP of -63.54 has them stone dead bottom of the jockeys' list, which has come from six winners from ninety-two rides which is a 7% strike rate.

Lingfield Picks & Hints

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

• 5-12 (42%) +32.75 - Backing Rae Guest runners when in a Handicap race
• 9-20 (45%) +13.80 - Backing Oisin Murphy rides when in a Handicap race

Lingfield Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations

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

• 5 Wins: G L Moore & Rhys Clutterbuck

Lingfield Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Lingfield Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

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

Focusing only on trainers who show a profit when backing all of their runners, top of the pile at Lingfield for the number of winners is G L Moore who has produced a total of thirty-one winners in return for an LSP of +20.15. If you are more of an eachway player then you may want to know which trainer is best to follow at Lingfield and that would be R Rowe who shows the best eachway LSP which is +83.19 thanks to their twelve placings (three winners). A total of three winners from fifty-three runners at Lingfield has N A Twiston-Davies at the wrong end of the trainers' list with their 6% strike rate and worst LSP of -43.00.

Jamie Moore has produced a total of twenty-four winners at Lingfield racecourse and with an LSP of +52.48, they top the winner's list for jockeys who also show a profit. With an eachway LSP of +105.36 at Lingfield, Sean P Bowen leads the jockeys in profit for backing eachway which has been helped by their thirty-three placings which include a total of seventeen winners. Sam Twiston-Davies does not have a great record at Lingfield, their LSP of -54.00 has them stone dead bottom of the jockeys' list, which has come from three winners from sixty-four rides which is a 5% strike rate.

Lingfield Picks & Hints

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

• 7-13 (54%) +52.24 - Backing Jamie Moore rides when in a Handicap Chase race
• 5-10 (50%) +50.26 - Backing Ian Williams runners when in a NH Flat race
• 5-11 (45%) +49.26 - Backing Ian Williams runners when over a trip of 2m
• 7-9 (78%) +27.22 - Backing Jamie Moore rides when over a trip of 2m7½f
• 8-17 (47%) +22.97 - Backing G L Moore runners when over a trip of 2m7½f

Lingfield Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations

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

• 22 Wins: G L Moore & Jamie Moore
• 12 Wins: Miss Venetia Williams & Charlie Deutsch
• 11 Wins: Daniel Skelton & Harry Skelton
• 8 Wins: Olly Murphy & Sean P Bowen
• 7 Wins: G L Moore & Joshua Moore

Lingfield Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Lingfield 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 Lingfield 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.