Chelmsford Tips

Chelmsford City Racecourse is based in Essex and is one of seven 'All-Weather' tracks in the United Kingdom it has a Polytrack surface and was originally known as Great Leighs before its closure for a few years and opening under the new banner.

Type of Racing: Flat only, floodlights enable the course to stage numerous evening race meetings throughout the year.

Highlights: Family Fun Day on Bank Holiday Monday at the end of August, when 50% of admission fees go to the Macmillan charity. Check out the dates for future Chelmsford races by going to the official Chelmsford City Racecourse website.

TV Channel: Racing TV

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Read on below for useful Chelmsford top trainer and jockey stats, plus informative hints and tips for Chelmsford races to help you get the most out of your betting experience.

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

Chelmsford City Outright Favourite Statistics

• AW Handicaps: 362-1161 (31%) -105.83
• AW Non-Handicaps: 139-368 (38%) -85.96

Left-handed Polytrack, a pure oval with sweeping bends makes it a good track for galloping types. Kickback has been a major issue, resulting in coming from off the pace is more difficult. Changes are being made to make this less of a hindrance.

Races over 7f and 8f are run from different chutes, with the milers negotiating an extra bend. It often pays to follow horses that are up with the pace, as producing a turn of foot in the closing stages can be difficult.

Chelmsford Racecourse Address: Chelmsford City Racecourse, Chelmsford CM3 1QP

Chelmsford Racecourse Telephone: 01245 360300

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

Here you will find today's free Chelmsford tips from OLBG's knowledgeable horse racing tipsters. The most popular Chelmsford picks for each race are listed at the top of the page and to view all the predictions just click on the race time.

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Select your preferred bookie and you will then be directed to their site with your betslip selections already complete, just add your stake. Visit the OLBG horse racing best tipsters page to view the Chelmsford tips and comments by the best-performing horse racing tipsters.

✅ If you want the most profitable stall at Chelmsford City then you need to look at races over 1m and focus on stall 4 as this has produced an LSP of +91.76 over the last five years.

❌ The stall with the worst loss at Chelmsford City in the win market when breaking it down to race trips is stall 2 over a trip of 7f, backing all runners in this stall over that trip over the past five years would have returned a loss of -225.58.

Here we have the draw bias for Chelmsford City 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 Chelmsford City?

Whilst M Appleby is the most successful trainer at Chelmsford City with a total of sixty-five winners, if you backed all of their runners you would be showing a loss. M Johnston is the most successful trainer at Chelmsford City for those who show a profit if backing all their runners thanks to a total of forty-six winners and an LSP of +6.26. With an eachway LSP of +57.91 at Chelmsford City, Mike Murphy leads the trainers in profit for backing eachway which has been helped by their forty placings which include a total of twelve winners. The trainer with the worst record at Chelmsford City based on LSP is S C Williams who has only a 13% strike rate with fifty-five winners from four hundred twenty-three runners who have returned an LSP of -137.68.

With a total number of fifty-five winners at Chelmsford City, Jack Mitchell leads the way for winners from jockeys who have shown a profit (+20.33) for all of their rides at Chelmsford City. If you are more of an eachway player then you may want to know which jockey is best to follow at Chelmsford City and that would be R Dawson who shows the best eachway LSP which is +30.38 thanks to their fifty-four placings (twenty-seven winners). A total of forty-five winners from three hundred eighty-three rides at Chelmsford City has David Probert at the wrong end of the jockeys' list with their 12% strike rate and worst LSP of -108.97.

Chelmsford City Picks & Hints

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

• 7-17 (41%) +26.03 - Backing Jack Gilligan rides when in a Handicap race
• 12-27 (44%) +23.13 - Backing J H M Gosden runners when over a trip of 7f
• 5-11 (45%) +16.33 - Backing Mohamed Moubarak runners when over a trip of 7f
• 5-11 (45%) +16.04 - Backing Charlie Appleby runners when over a trip of 7f
• 6-10 (60%) +16.90 - Backing Charles Hills runners when horses are aged 2yo

Chelmsford City Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations

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

• 19 Wins: J H M Gosden & Robert Havlin
• 18 Wins: S C Williams & Marco Ghiani
• 17 Wins: Archie Watson & Hollie Doyle
• 15 Wins: M Johnston & Francis Norton
• 13 Wins: M Appleby & Ali Rawlinson

Chelmsford City Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Chelmsford City 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 Chelmsford 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.