Wetherby Tips

Wetherby Racecourse offers National Hunt racing and since 2015 Flat racing, hosting around 15 NH fixtures and 5 flat fixtures a year.

Highlights: Wetherby stages 4 graded national hunt events (3 chases & 1 hurdle) and 3 listed (2 hurdles & 1 chase). 

The Charlie Hall meeting run in late October or early November usually throws up a few early pointers for the Cheltenham Festival in March. 

The Charlie Hall Chase itself has seen top-class chasers go on to King George glory on Boxing Day or/and the Cheltenham Gold Cup, the likes of One Man, See More Business (twice), Silviniaco Conti and Cue Card have all won the Charlie Hall Chase.

The West Yorkshire Hurdle run at the Charlie Hall meeting is a decent pointer for Stayers Hurdle possibles come to Cheltenham, some classy sorts like Pridwell, Marello, Inglis Drever, Tidal Bay (twice) and Cole Harden have won this down the years.

TV Channel: Racing TV

Bookmaker Streaming Services Available From Betfair, William Hill

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

Wetherby Outright Favourite Statistics

• Flat Handicaps: 24-57 (42%) +16.00
• Flat Non-Handicaps: 10-23 (43%) -1.47
• Handicap Chases: 40-145 (28%) -37.14
• Handicap Hurdles: 41-118 (35%) +8.05
• Non-Handicap Chases: 14-29 (48%) -2.11
• Non-Handicap Hurdles: 61-128 (48%) -7.17

The course is left-handed with the flat course sharing the jumps course and is a mile and a half in distance.

Wetherby Racecourse Address: Wetherby LS22 5EJ

Wetherby Racecourse Telephone: 01937 582035

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

Wetherby because of the quality of the runners over jumps gets horses “at it”, you need to be on the ball around this sharp track and up with the pace, or get left behind.

The 3 graded chases run here tend to go towards the head of the market, there has only been 1 double-figure winner of the Charlie Hall Chase (late October/early November) and Towton Novice Chase (late January/early February) in the last 10 years, and only 2 in the Rowland Meyrick Chase (Boxing Day).  

It's early days for the flat course but a check of recent results shows that over sprint distances low numbers 2-3-4-5 seem to be doing well, but not necessarily the inside stall (1). It can pay to be prominent it seems.

The Wetherby betting markets on the flat tend to be accurate remembering that a lot of the participants are local to the track.

Check the comments left by OLBG tipsters for the races at Wetherby and decide who makes the most sense and has the most knowledge. 

You’ll see that the tipster’s monthly profit trend, Level Stakes Profit (LSP) & strike rate are indicated under their username.

If you are going racing to Wetherby today then be sure to download the OLBG app to get all the latest Wetherby tips at the course.

❌ The stall with the worst loss at Wetherby in the win market when breaking it down to race trips is stall 2 over a trip of 5½f, backing all runners in this stall over that trip over the past five years would have returned a loss of -24.00.

Here we have the draw bias for Wetherby 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 Wetherby?

When looking at the leading trainers based on wins for those who are also showing a profit when backing all of their runners then it is D O'Meara who comes out at the top here at Wetherby With a total of ten winners and an LSP of +23.88. D O'Meara is the trainer to follow at Wetherby if you are backing eachway as they show the best LSP of all the trainers in the eachway markets, that is +16.19 which is courtesy of their eighteen placings (ten winners). At the other end of the spectrum is D Carroll who has a terrible record at Wetherby, of all the trainers their LSP of -17.00 is the worst, they have a 0% strike rate with zero winners from seventeen runners.

Not only is Daniel Tudhope the most successful jockey at Wetherby in terms of the number of winners but they have also returned a profit if back all of their rides, Daniel Tudhope has notched up a total of ten winners for an LSP of +16.63. With an eachway LSP of +17.86 at Wetherby, Oisin Orr leads the jockeys in profit for backing eachway which has been helped by their fourteen placings which include a total of ten winners. Harrison Shaw does not have a great record at Wetherby, their LSP of -23.00 has them stone dead bottom of the jockeys' list, which has come from one winner from twenty-five rides which is a 4% strike rate.

Wetherby Picks & Hints

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

• 6-14 (43%) +21.06 - Backing Oisin Orr rides when in a Handicap race
• 5-10 (50%) +18.56 - Backing Oisin Orr rides when on horses aged 3yo
• 5-8 (63%) +12.33 - Backing Oisin Orr rides when over a trip of 5½f
• 5-9 (56%) +11.33 - Backing R A Fahey runners when over a trip of 5½f

Wetherby Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations

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

• 8 Wins: R A Fahey & Oisin Orr
• 7 Wins: D O'Meara & Daniel Tudhope
• 5 Wins: T D Easterby & David Allan

Wetherby Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Wetherby Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

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

Focusing only on trainers who show a profit when backing all of their runners, top of the pile at Wetherby for the number of winners is Daniel Skelton who has produced a total of forty-nine winners in return for an LSP of +3.18. With an eachway LSP of +64.75 at Wetherby, Nick Kent leads the trainers in profit for backing eachway which has been helped by their eight placings which include a total of four winners. The trainer with the worst record at Wetherby based on LSP is Mrs S J Smith who has only a 6% strike rate with nine winners from one hundred sixty runners who have returned an LSP of -93.87.

When looking at the leading jockeys based on wins for those who are also showing a profit when backing all of their rides then it is Harry Skelton who comes out at the top here at Wetherby With a total of thirty-nine winners and an LSP of +9.34. If you are looking for a jockey to follow in the eachway market then it is Charlie Hammond who leads the way at Wetherby, they have had a total of seventeen placings which includes thirteen winners over the previous five for an eachway LSP of +71.07. At the other end of the spectrum is Sean Quinlan who has a terrible record at Wetherby, of all the jockeys their LSP of -77.79 is the worst, they have an 11% strike rate with twenty-one winners from one hundred ninety rides.

Wetherby Picks & Hints

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

• 5-11 (45%) +27.38 - Backing Sean P Bowen rides when in a Handicap Chase race
• 6-10 (60%) +18.58 - Backing Charlie Hammond rides when on horses aged 7yo
• 5-7 (71%) +15.33 - Backing N G Richards runners when horses are aged 7yo
• 10-23 (43%) +16.21 - Backing Harry Skelton rides when on horses aged 7yo
• 5-12 (42%) +10.82 - Backing Sean P Bowen rides when on horses aged 5yo

Wetherby Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations

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

• 38 Wins: Daniel Skelton & Harry Skelton
• 12 Wins: Mark Walford & Jamie Hamilton
• 12 Wins: Olly Murphy & Sean P Bowen
• 11 Wins: D McCain Jnr & Brian Hughes
• 9 Wins: Jonjo O'Neill & Jonjo (Jr) O'Neill

Wetherby Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Wetherby 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 Wetherby 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.