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: 382-1246 (31%) -158.08
• AW Non-Handicaps: 147-308 (48%) -8.37
• Handicap Chases: 66-172 (38%) +2.23
• Handicap Hurdles: 72-216 (33%) -8.23
• Non-Handicap Chases: 4-9 (44%) -2.36
• Non-Handicap Hurdles: 50-112 (45%) -19.70

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.

✅ With an LSP of +91.08, the most successful stall at Southwell is stall 11 when backing runners over a trip of 7f over the last five years.

❌ Backing stall 1 at Southwell over a trip of 7f is the most unsuccessful stall and trip combination at Southwell returning an LSP of -183.51 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?

M Appleby is the leading trainer here at Southwell with seventy-nine winners but you would have recorded a loss if you backed all of their runners whilst following T D Easterby would have returned the most winners (thirty-four) 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 Southwell and that would be David Loughnane who shows the best eachway LSP which is +70.78 thanks to their forty-five placings (twenty-four winners). With an LSP of -270.43 at Southwell, M Appleby heads the list for worst trainers at this course, which is a result of seventy-nine winners from six hundred eighty-eight runners which is a strike rate of 11%.

Whilst Jason Hart is the most successful jockey at Southwell with a total of fifty-seven winners, if you backed all of their rides you would be showing a loss. B A Curtis is the most successful jockey at Southwell for those who show a profit if backing all their rides thanks to a total of forty-seven winners and an LSP of +30.27. With an eachway LSP of +42.20 at Southwell, Laura Pearson leads the jockeys in profit for backing eachway which has been helped by their thirty-two placings which include a total of fifteen winners. A total of thirty-two winners from five hundred and four rides at Southwell has Cameron Hardie at the wrong end of the jockeys' list with their 6% strike rate and worst LSP of -309.36.

Southwell Picks & Hints

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

• 5-12 (42%) +67.25 - Backing P W DArcy runners when in a Handicap race
• 5-10 (50%) +23.00 - Backing J P Owen runners when over a trip of 1m4f
• 5-8 (63%) +20.13 - Backing Connor Murtagh rides when on horses aged 6yo
• 6-12 (50%) +15.13 - Backing D H Brown runners when horses are aged 5yo
• 8-16 (50%) +15.44 - Backing B A Curtis rides when in a Novices race

Southwell Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations

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

• 24 Wins: M Appleby & Ali Rawlinson
• 20 Wins: K R Burke & Clifford Lee
• 19 Wins: S R Bowring & Lewis Edmunds
• 19 Wins: M W Easterby & Joanna Mason
• 19 Wins: T D Easterby & David Allan

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?

Following Ben Pauling would have returned a profit here at Southwell with an LSP of +6.65 and their nineteen winners have them at the head of the profitable trainers' list. Daniel Skelton does lead the trainers' list overall with thirty-six winners but shows an overall loss. If you are looking for a trainer to follow in the eachway market then it is P R Webber who leads the way at Southwell, they have had a total of five placings which includes three winners over the previous five for an eachway LSP of +51.16. The trainer with the worst record at Southwell based on LSP is Miss Laura Morgan who has only a 14% strike rate with twenty-two winners from one hundred fifty-seven runners who have returned an LSP of -67.83.

Harry Skelton is the leading jockey here at Southwell with thirty-eight winners but you would have recorded a loss if you backed all of their rides whilst following Brian Hughes would have returned the most winners (twenty-four) from a profitable jockey. With an eachway LSP of +83.58 at Southwell, Charlie Hammond leads the jockeys in profit for backing eachway which has been helped by their twenty placings which include a total of nine winners. With an LSP of -78.50 at Southwell, Ben J Poste heads the list for worst jockeys at this course, which is a result of one winner from eighty-one rides which is a strike rate of 1%.

Southwell Picks & Hints

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

• 5-10 (50%) +37.46 - Backing Sean P Bowen rides when in a Handicap Novices Chase race
• 6-13 (46%) +23.71 - Backing P J Brennan rides when over a trip of 2m5f
• 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
• 6-12 (50%) +16.63 - Backing Jonjo (Jr) O'Neill rides when over a trip of 2m5½f

Southwell Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations

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

• 31 Wins: Daniel Skelton & Harry Skelton
• 18 Wins: N J Henderson & Nico Boinville
• 17 Wins: Fergal O'Brien & P J Brennan
• 15 Wins: Jonjo O'Neill & Jonjo (Jr) O'Neill
• 14 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.