Southwell Tips

Southwell in Nottinghamshire is one of the busiest tracks in the country, staging over 50 race days a year and recently installed floodlights for evening racing.

Type of Racing: National Hunt (turf) and Flat (Fibresand before December 2021, Tapeta since then)

Highlights: Looking at the calendar there seem to be a couple of Class 2 handicaps, one from each code and a couple of Class 3 handicaps on the Tapeta.

TV Channel: Sky Sports Racing

Bookmaker Streaming Services are Available from Bet 365, Betfair, Coral, Hills and Unibet.

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

Southwell Outright Favourite Statistics

• AW Handicaps: 348-1113 (31%) -119.45
• AW Non-Handicaps: 120-259 (46%) -7.61
• Handicap Chases: 63-167 (38%) +0.10
• Handicap Hurdles: 75-218 (34%) -5.91
• Non-Handicap Chases: 7-14 (50%) -1.91
• Non-Handicap Hurdles: 58-116 (50%) -8.00

Both courses are left-handed.

Flat: The All-Weather track is a mile and quarter oval of Tapeta.

National Hunt: The jumps course is speedy and rewards careful jumpers especially in the summer months. During the Autumn and Winter, the ground can become very heavy and those speedy types lose their edge with stayers coming to the fore.

Southwell Racecourse Address: Southwell NG25 0TS

Southwell Racecourse Telephone: 01636 814481

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

The most profitable stall at Southwell in the win market when breaking it down to race trips is stall 6 over a trip of 1m, backing all runners in this stall over that trip over the past five years would have returned a profit of +114.95. For the least profitable stall at Southwell, you need to look at races over 7f and focus on stall 4 as this has produced an LSP of -147.22 over the last five years.

Here we have the draw bias for Southwell 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 all-weather jockeys and trainers to bet on at Southwell?

Following K R Burke would have returned a profit here at Southwell with an LSP of +7.44 and their forty-seven winners have them at the head of the profitable trainers' list. M Appleby does lead the trainers' list overall with ninety-one winners but shows an overall loss. When looking at trainers and looking for some eachway value at Southwell then the trainer who shows the best eachway profit is David Loughnane, that LSP is +55.12 which has been accumulated by a total of thirty-one placings which includes seventeen winners. A total of ninety-one winners from seven hundred eight runners at Southwell has M Appleby at the wrong end of the trainers' list with their 13% strike rate and worst LSP of -229.56.

With a total number of sixty winners at Southwell, B A Curtis leads the way for winners from jockeys who have shown a profit (+23.18) for all of their rides at Southwell. If you are more of an eachway player then you may want to know which jockey is best to follow at Southwell and that would be George Downing who shows the best eachway LSP which is +32.55 thanks to their six placings (two winners). With an LSP of -246.64 at Southwell, Luke Morris heads the list for worst jockeys at this course, which is a result of forty-five winners from five hundred thirty-seven rides which is a strike rate of 8%.

Southwell Picks & Hints

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

• 8-19 (42%) +28.63 - Backing David Allan rides when on horses aged 5yo
• 5-10 (50%) +24.25 - Backing P W DArcy runners when over a trip of 1m
• 6-14 (43%) +18.63 - Backing D W Thompson runners when horses are aged 5yo
• 5-10 (50%) +18.13 - Backing Connor Murtagh rides when on horses aged 6yo
• 8-17 (47%) +15.06 - Backing Richard Hughes runners when over a trip of 1m

Southwell Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations

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

• 27 Wins: M Appleby & Ali Rawlinson
• 20 Wins: K R Burke & Clifford Lee
• 16 Wins: Antony Brittain & Cameron Hardie
• 14 Wins: Scott Dixon & Jonathan Fisher
• 14 Wins: T D Easterby & Duran Fentiman

Southwell Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Southwell Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

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

Daniel Skelton is the leading trainer here at Southwell with forty-one winners but you would have recorded a loss if you backed all of their runners whilst following Fergal O'Brien would have returned the most winners (twenty-nine) from a profitable trainer. When looking at trainers and looking for some eachway value at Southwell then the trainer who shows the best eachway profit is A M Hales, that LSP is +23.82 which has been accumulated by a total of thirty-three placings which includes ten winners. The trainer with the worst record at Southwell based on LSP is Miss Laura Morgan who has only a 15% strike rate with twenty winners from one hundred thirty-four runners which have returned an LSP of -57.33.

Backing all of the Harry Skelton rides would have produced backing the most winners for a jockey here at Southwell with forty but you would have returned a loss by doing so, Sean P Bowen leads the way for profitable jockey with an LSP of +8.09 from their thirty-two winners. If you are more of an eachway player then you may want to know which jockey is best to follow at Southwell and that would be Charlie Hammond who shows the best eachway LSP which is +69.09 thanks to their sixteen placings (seven winners). A total of two winners from ninety-three rides at Southwell has Ben J Poste at the wrong end of the jockeys' list with their 2% strike rate and worst LSP of -88.00.

Southwell Picks & Hints

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

• 18-44 (41%) +51.78 - Backing Sean P Bowen rides when on horses aged 6yo
• 6-13 (46%) +23.71 - Backing P J Brennan rides when over a trip of 2m5f
• 5-8 (63%) +21.33 - Backing J A Best rides when over a trip of 2m4½f
• 7-17 (41%) +19.30 - Backing Jonathan England rides when on horses aged 6yo
• 6-12 (50%) +17.25 - Backing Oliver Greenall runners when horses are aged 6yo

Southwell Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations

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

• 34 Wins: Daniel Skelton & Harry Skelton
• 19 Wins: Fergal O'Brien & P J Brennan
• 18 Wins: Jonjo O'Neill & Jonjo (Jr) O'Neill
• 17 Wins: N J Henderson & Nico Boinville
• 13 Wins: Miss Laura Morgan & Adam Wedge

Southwell Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Southwell 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 Southwell 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.