Bath Horse Racing Tips

Bath Racecourse is situated on Lansdown Hill a couple of miles from the city centre and has the distinction of being the 'highest' flat racecourse in the country.

Type of Racing: Flat racing only.

Highlights: The Lansdown Fillies Stakes is a listed race run in April worth over £20,000 to the winner.

There is also a late-season (September) 5.5-furlong race worth £13,000, the majority of racing, however, is more run of the mill.

TV Channel: Sky Sports Racing

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

For live streaming details, why not have a look at our 'Best Bookmakers for Live Streaming' article which is available?

Visit the OLBG tips pages to view the tips and comments by the top horse racing tipsters.

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

Bath Outright Favourite Statistics

• Flat Handicaps: 151-464 (33%) +12.37
• Flat Non-Handicaps: 58-132 (44%) -14.02

Flat Only: Left-handed, undulating with fairly tight bends and a steady climb in the home straight to the finish.

Bath Racecourse Address: Bath Racecourse, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 9BU

Bath Racecourse Telephone: 01225 424609

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

Backing stall 5 at Bath over a trip of 1m3½f is the most profitable stall and trip combination at Bath returning an LSP of +64.23 over the last five years. For the least profitable stall at Bath, you need to look at races over 5½f and focus on stall 6 as this has produced an LSP of -67.68 over the last five years.

Here we have the draw bias for Bath 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 Bath?

Following C G Cox would have returned a profit here at Bath with an LSP of +48.61 and their twenty-eight winners have them at the head of the profitable trainers' list. A W Carroll does lead the trainers' list overall with thirty-one winners but shows an overall loss. With an eachway LSP of +22.50 at Bath, C G Cox leads the trainers in profit for backing eachway which has been helped by their forty-nine placings which include a total of twenty-eight winners. The trainer with the worst record at Bath based on LSP is A W Carroll who has only a 10% strike rate with thirty-one winners from three hundred four runners who have returned an LSP of -76.70.

Not only is David Probert the most successful jockey at Bath in terms of the number of winners but they have also returned a profit if back all of their rides, David Probert has notched up a total of thirty-four winners for an LSP of +25.61. If you are looking for a jockey to follow in the eachway market then it is David Egan who leads the way at Bath, they have had a total of twenty-seven placings which includes fifteen winners over the previous five for an eachway LSP of +37.62. William Carson does not have a great record at Bath, their LSP of -68.00 has them stone dead bottom of the jockeys' list, which has come from three winners from eighty-eight rides which is a 3% strike rate.

Bath Picks & Hints

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

• 13-31 (42%) +51.76 - Backing C G Cox runners when horses are aged 2yo
• 5-8 (63%) +19.00 - Backing Simon Crisford runners when in a Maiden race
• 5-9 (56%) +14.22 - Backing Adam Kirby rides when on horses aged 2yo

Bath Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations

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

• 11 Wins: Eve Johnson Houghton & Charles Bishop
• 10 Wins: Eve Johnson Houghton & Georgia Dobie
• 9 Wins: A W Carroll & Mollie Phillips
• 9 Wins: C G Cox & Adam Kirby
• 8 Wins: A Wintle & Tyler Heard

Bath Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Bath 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 Bath 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.