Tips For Bangor Races
Bangor in North Wales hosts around 15 meetings throughout the year, it is Britain's only racecourse without a grandstand for spectators.
Type of Racing: National Hunt racing only.
Highlights: The biggest race run at Bangor is probably the Anne Duchess of Westminster Memorial Handicap Chase at the end of November, worth £16k to the winner.
Guide to the course: Obviously, the weather in North Wales can make the going demanding. Tends to be smaller fields at Bangor, therefore, races run at an even pace and no particular issues with fences are regarded as being on the fair side, although because of the lower standard of the horse at the track, there are casualties caused by a lack of jumping quality.
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* All statistics below are based on the previous five years at Bangor
Bangor Outright Favourite Statistics
- Handicap Chases: 38-126 (30%) -20.63
- Handicap Hurdles: 36-122 (30%) -22.04
- Non-Handicap Chases: 7-12 (58%) +1.42
- Non-Handicap Hurdles: 44-86 (51%) +1.07
Bangor Racecourse Map
The track is left handed, shaped like a small letter d and is a sharp 1 mile 4 furlongs with three main turns.
Racecourse Address: Bangor-Is-Y-Coed, Wrexham, LL13 0DA
Racecourse Telephone Number: 01978 780 323
To buy tickets for a race day at Bangor, head over to their official ticket booking webpage

Bangor Jockey & Trainer Statistics
Who are the best national hunt jockeys and trainers to bet on at Bangor?
D McCain Jnr is the leading trainer here at Bangor with sixty-one winners but you would have recorded a loss if you backed all of their runners whilst following Alastair Ralph would have returned the most winners (thirteen) from a profitable trainer. Alastair Ralph is the trainer to follow at Bangor if you are backing eachway as they show the best LSP of all the trainers in the eachway markets, that is +43.52 which is courtesy of their thirty-four placings (thirteen winners). D McCain Jnr does not have a great record at Bangor, their LSP of -84.09 has them stone dead bottom of the trainers' list, which has come from sixty-one winners from three hundred thirty runners which is an 18% strike rate.
Backing all of the Brian Hughes rides would have produced backing the most winners for a jockey here at Bangor with forty-seven but you would have returned a loss by doing so, Toby Wynne leads the way for profitable jockey with an LSP of +31.83 from their ten winners. If you are more of an eachway player then you may want to know which jockey is best to follow at Bangor and that would be Kevin Brogan who shows the best eachway LSP which is +27.65 thanks to their fourteen placings (four winners). A total of one winner from forty-eight rides at Bangor has Tabitha Worsley at the wrong end of the jockeys' list with their 2% strike rate and worst LSP of -43.00.
Bangor Picks & Hints
Here are some factors at Bangor for certain trainers or jockeys which have been profitable:
- 5-8 (63%) +19.74 - Backing Jennie Candlish runners when horses are aged 6yo
- 5-10 (50%) +18.25 - Backing Brian Hughes rides when over a trip of 2m7f
- 5-11 (45%) +15.08 - Backing Fergal O'Brien runners when in a Handicap Novices Chase race
- 7-15 (47%) +15.58 - Backing Fergal O'Brien runners when horses are aged 7yo
Bangor Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations
Here are the best trainer and jockey combinations here at Bangor based on the number of winners:
- 41 Wins: D McCain Jnr & Brian Hughes
- 9 Wins: Daniel Skelton & Harry Skelton
- 8 Wins: D McCain Jnr & Mr T Gillard
- 8 Wins: Miss Venetia Williams & Charlie Deutsch
- 7 Wins: Jennie Candlish & Sean Quinlan
Bangor Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
Trainer | R-W-P | Win | EW |
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Alastair Ralph | 80-13-34 | +58.24 | +43.52 |
Jonjo O'Neill | 60-10-20 | +55.19 | +26.48 |
N P Mulholland | 42-9-18 | +0.16 | +10.62 |
Ben Pauling | 41-7-16 | +5.10 | +6.59 |
C E Longsdon | 35-5-13 | +2.70 | -0.03 |
Melanie Rowley | 28-4-7 | +12.00 | +1.59 |
Miss E C Lavelle | 21-4-6 | +11.00 | +1.34 |
Graeme P McPherson | 19-4-8 | +24.33 | +14.91 |
Jedd O'Keeffe | 8-4-6 | +19.50 | +9.45 |
Miss Sarah-Jayne Davies | 39-3-6 | +3.00 | +2.40 |
Bangor Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
Jockey | R-W-P | Win | EW |
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Toby Wynne | 54-10-21 | +31.83 | +15.48 |
Gavin Sheehan | 42-8-17 | +14.43 | +8.27 |
K K Woods | 40-8-16 | +17.34 | +17.78 |
A Coleman | 19-8-11 | +13.39 | +4.51 |
Connor Brace | 25-6-8 | +8.23 | +0.62 |
Luca Morgan | 20-5-8 | +20.00 | +10.22 |
Kevin Brogan | 49-4-14 | +41.85 | +27.65 |
Miss L M Pinchin | 19-4-10 | +2.70 | +3.73 |
Jack Tudor | 28-3-8 | +19.41 | +9.32 |
Adam Wedge | 26-3-5 | +9.00 | -1.65 |
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 Bangor Racecourse which includes the favourite statistics, draw bias and the trainer and jockey statistics have been created using results from HorseRaceBase.