Newbury Tips

Newbury in Berkshire is a Grade 1 track packed with quality races under both codes. 

The flat highlights include the Group 1 Lockinge Stakes in early May and Group 2 Hungerford and Dubai Duty-Free. The £200k Lockinge Stakes, Group 1 run over a mile has been won by top horses like Canford Cliffs, Ribchester and the unbeaten Frankel in the past. On the same day as the Lockinge Stakes, we have the London Gold Cup, a valuable heritage handicap for three-year-olds.

The Spring Trials take place in April and is a day which can provide plenty of pointers for future races, on that day we have the John Porter Stakes and the Fred Darling Stakes which serve as a trial for the classics restricted to fillies, the Greenham Stakes is a race that Frankel won in 2011 before going on to win the 2000 Guineas and the Newbury Spring Cup.

There are also numerous top-class handicaps on the flat, one of the highlights being the Weatherbys Super Sprint where two-year-old runners compete over five furlongs and the race is unique where only horses sold under a certain price at auction can enter.

Over Jumps, there is the Grade 1 Challow Novice Hurdle as well as a plethora of Graded jump races including the Coral Gold Cup (formerly known as the Hennessy Gold Cup) and the Betfair Hurdle in February.

On the same day as the Betfair Hurdle, we have the Denman Chase, named in honour of the Tank and serves as a trial for the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Also on that day is the Game Spirit Chase which serves as a pointer for the Champion Chase with plenty of the winners going on to run in that race.

The Ladbrokes Trophy (formerly known as the Hennessy Gold Cup) meeting in November is Newbury's major jumps festival and national hunt enthusiasts have witnessed the very best top-class chasers win the 'Hennessy' in years gone by with the likes of Denman carrying a hefty weight of 11 st 12 lbs and jumping his rivals into submission, one of the many highlights.

Also during the two-day November meeting is the Berkshire Novices' Chase a race won by some top-class chasers in the past, the Gerry Fielden Hurdle and also the Long Distance Hurdle for a chance of an early look at some Stayers Hurdle contenders.

Early in March, the course hosts the Greatwood Gold Cup, a popular handicap chase which has been a favourite of Paul Nicholls who has produced numerous winners over the years.

Newbury plays host to 23 Group and Graded races in total which attracts the cream of Southern-based trainers and those from the nearby training centre at Lambourn (14 miles away).

On the flat Charles Hills, Clive Cox and Mick Channon are all based in or around the Lambourn area, over jumps you have Nicky Henderson, Oliver Sherwood and Warren Greatrex, in total, there are over 30 trainers who belong to the Lambourn Trainers Association, runners from this training centre should always be noted by horse racing tipsters.

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

Newbury Outright Favourite Statistics

• Flat Handicaps: 76-289 (26%) -49.47
• Flat Non-Handicaps: 56-177 (32%) -47.00
• Handicap Chases: 30-106 (28%) -23.22
• Handicap Hurdles: 21-87 (24%) -18.82
• Non-Handicap Chases: 13-26 (50%) +2.59
• Non-Handicap Hurdles: 48-84 (57%) +9.11

Flat & National Hunt: Left-handed, the straight mile (for flat races) is a little undulating otherwise it's mainly level and suits galloping types. The fences are fairly stiff and are a true test for chasers.

Flat draw bias: There seems little bias at Newbury with most races up to a mile run on the wide straight course. In longer races around a bend, there is enough room to keep out of trouble.

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✅ When breaking Newbury down into trips then you can look at which stall and trip combination has produced the best LSP, that would be stall 10 over a trip of 1m which has, over the last five years produced an LSP of +208.51.

❌ Backing stall 4 at Newbury over a trip of 6f is the most unsuccessful stall and trip combination at Newbury returning an LSP of -75.14 over the last five years.

Here we have the draw bias for Newbury 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 Newbury?

Whilst Richard Hannon (Jnr) is the most successful trainer at Newbury with a total of forty-nine winners, if you backed all of their runners you would be showing a loss. A M Balding is the most successful trainer at Newbury for those who show a profit if backing all their runners thanks to a total of twenty-nine winners and an LSP of +25.87. With an eachway LSP of +170.34 at Newbury, Mrs H S Main leads the trainers in profit for backing eachway which has been helped by their seventeen placings which include a total of six winners. The trainer with the worst record at Newbury based on LSP is Richard Hannon (Jnr) who has only an 11% strike rate with forty-nine winners from four hundred sixty-two runners who have returned an LSP of -92.14.

Backing all of the Tom Marquand rides would have produced backing the most winners for a jockey here at Newbury with forty-eight but you would have returned a loss by doing so, Oisin Murphy leads the way for profitable jockey with an LSP of +10.12 from their forty-two winners. If you are more of an eachway player then you may want to know which jockey is best to follow at Newbury and that would be Cieren Fallon who shows the best eachway LSP which is +108.65 thanks to their ten placings (four winners). With an LSP of -118.00 at Newbury, Richard Kingscote heads the list for worst jockeys at this course, which is a result of ten winners from one hundred eighty-three rides which is a strike rate of 5%.

Newbury Picks & Hints

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

• 5-9 (56%) +66.71 - Backing S M Levey rides when over a trip of 5f
• 5-7 (71%) +31.55 - Backing H Morrison runners when over a trip of 1m5½f
• 14-33 (42%) +16.41 - Backing Charlie Appleby runners when horses are aged 3yo

Newbury Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations

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

• 31 Wins: W J Haggas & Tom Marquand
• 20 Wins: Richard Hannon (Jnr) & Pat Dobbs
• 16 Wins: Charlie Appleby & William Buick
• 15 Wins: Richard Hannon (Jnr) & S M Levey
• 13 Wins: J H M Gosden & L Dettori

Newbury Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Newbury Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

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

Focusing only on trainers who show a profit when backing all of their runners, top of the pile at Newbury for the number of winners is P F Nicholls who has produced a total of fifty winners in return for an LSP of +22.05. If you are looking for a trainer to follow in the eachway market then it is Jonjo and AJ O'Neill who lead the way at Newbury, they have had a total of five placings which includes three winners over the previous five for an eachway LSP of +17.03. At the other end of the spectrum is A King who has a terrible record at Newbury, of all the trainers their LSP of -79.57 is the worse, they have a 7% strike rate with nine winners from one hundred twenty-five runners.

Following Nico Boinville would have returned a profit here at Newbury with an LSP of +11.33 and their thirty winners have them at the head of the profitable jockeys' list. Harry Cobden does lead the jockeys' list overall with forty-five winners but shows an overall loss. With an eachway LSP of +17.98 at Newbury, Niall F Houlihan leads the jockeys in profit for backing eachway which has been helped by their thirteen placings which include a total of seven winners. A total of nine winners from one hundred sixteen rides at Newbury has Tom J Cannon at the wrong end of the jockeys' list with their 8% strike rate and worst LSP of -68.57.

Newbury Picks & Hints

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

• 7-16 (44%) +25.95 - Backing P F Nicholls runners when over a trip of 2m5f
• 5-11 (45%) +18.45 - Backing Harry Cobden rides when over a trip of 2m5f
• 9-21 (43%) +16.21 - Backing P F Nicholls runners when over a trip of 2m7½f

Newbury Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations

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

• 41 Wins: P F Nicholls & Harry Cobden
• 29 Wins: N J Henderson & Nico Boinville
• 17 Wins: Daniel Skelton & Harry Skelton
• 12 Wins: Miss Venetia Williams & Charlie Deutsch
• 10 Wins: Fergal O'Brien & P J Brennan

Newbury Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Newbury 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 Newbury Racecourse which includes the favourite statistics, draw bias and the trainer and jockey statistics have been created using results from HorseRaceBase.

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