Chepstow Racecourse Guide
Just inside the Welsh border, Chepstow is a busy track with around 32 race days a year covering flat and national hunt racing. It’s the most important race track in Wales, holding four Graded National Hunt races.
Highlights: Welsh National and also the Welsh National Trial earlier in the month, the Finale Juvenile Hurdle, Persian War Novice Hurdle, and Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle. The quality of races is better over jumps than on the flat, with predominantly handicaps on the flat.
The big meeting of the year is normally the day after Boxing Day, with the Welsh National and Finale Hurdle taking place that day. The National meeting can suffer from inclement weather and has been cancelled 3 times in recent years.
TV Channel: Sky Sports Racing
Bookmaker Streaming Services Available From Ladbrokes, William Hill.
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* All statistics below are based on the previous five years at Chepstow
Chepstow Outright Favourite Statistics
- Flat Handicaps: 114-333 (34%) +5.84
- Flat Non-Handicaps: 39-88 (44%) -13.06
- Handicap Chases: 58-176 (33%) -6.03
- Handicap Hurdles: 36-139 (26%) -41.23
- Non-Handicap Chases: 5-13 (38%) -4.97
- Non-Handicap Hurdles: 84-160 (53%) +8.69
Chepstow Racecourse Map
Left-handed, an oval configuration with the course undulating, making NH races stop-start, it's neither galloping nor speedy, horses over jumps need to get the distance, especially when the going is heavy, as it often is. A 5-furlong home straight takes some getting when horses are becoming tired.
Chepstow Racecourse Address: St Lawrence Rd, Chepstow NP16 6BE
Chepstow Racecourse Telephone: 01291 622260
To buy tickets for a race day at Chepstow, head over to their official ticket booking webpage.
Tips From Chepstow Racecourse
It is key to know that the flat course has a long 1 mile straight, running in a straight line for a mile can take a lot out of a horse, and it seems a long way home.
Bends slow horses down. With no bends, you can get inexperienced jockeys going off too fast and not getting home. Running in a straight line when the going is heavy is even more taxing for the horse.
Look to the top flat jockeys at Chepstow up to a mile as we feel the course needs to be ridden well and pace handled perfectly, which the better, more experienced jockeys are ably equipped.
When looking at the going description for the Welsh National over the last 10 years, it either featured the word heavy or soft in the description, in some cases both! So look for a mudlark at Chepstow, just below top class, who is well weighted to win National Hunt races.
We would say that you should always check the going description at Chepstow, as this has more relevance to finding winners than at many other race tracks. Trainers expect heavy and target those from their stables who do not mind 'Somme' like conditions.
The Chepstow fences are not the hardest in comparison to other courses, but they do find out tiring horses; they still need to be jumped!
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Chepstow Draw Bias
✅ If you want the most profitable stall at Chepstow, then you need to look at races over 7f and focus on stall 4, as this has produced an LSP of +48.04 over the last five years.
❌ For the least profitable stall at Chepstow, you need to look at races over 6f and focus on stall 3 as this has produced an LSP of -64.25 over the last five years.
Here we have the draw bias for Chepstow taken into consideration in races with ten or more runners. We will break down the figures by race trips. Draws can be much more important in shorter trips, where runners do not have time to find their position during the race, meaning the draw is probably more important than in races over longer distances.
- Sprints (5f to 7½f)
- Mile (1m to 1m1½f)
The following table shows a breakdown of 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 the lowest stall number to the highest.
Chepstow Jockey and Trainer Statistics (Flat)
Who are the best flat jockeys and trainers to bet on at Chepstow?
Backing all of the J G M Oshea runners would have produced backing the most winners for a trainer here at Chepstow, with twenty-one, but you would have returned a loss by doing so. P D Evans leads the way for profitable trainers with an LSP of +13.75 from their seventeen winners. With an eachway LSP of +36.15 at Chepstow, M Mullineaux leads the trainers in profit for backing eachway, which has been helped by their ten placings, which include a total of four winners. With an LSP of -104.96 at Chepstow, Miss G Harris heads the list for worst trainers at this course, which is a result of twelve winners from one hundred sixty-five runners, which is a strike rate of 7%.
With a total number of twenty-seven winners at Chepstow, Hollie Doyle leads the way for winners from jockeys who have shown a profit (+20.93) for all of their rides at Chepstow. When looking at jockeys and looking for some eachway value at Chepstow, then the jockey who shows the best eachway profit is John Egan, that LSP is +35.32, which has been accumulated by a total of five placings, which includes two winners. At the other end of the spectrum is David Probert, who has a terrible record at Chepstow; of all the jockeys, their LSP of -58.24 is the worst, they have a 11% strike rate with twelve winners from one hundred fourteen rides.
Chepstow Picks & Hints
Here are some factors at Chepstow for certain trainers or jockeys which have been profitable:
- 9-20 (45%) +34.36 - Backing Archie Watson runners when in a Maiden race
- 7-17 (41%) +26.24 - Backing Archie Watson runners when over a trip of 6f
- 9-15 (60%) +23.34 - Backing Hollie Doyle rides when on horses aged 2yo
- 9-13 (69%) +20.32 - Backing Hollie Doyle rides when in a Maiden race
Chepstow Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations
Here are the best trainer and jockey combinations here at Chepstow based on the number of winners:
- 11 Wins: Christopher Mason & Gina Mangan
- 9 Wins: A Wintle & Finley Marsh
- 9 Wins: Archie Watson & Hollie Doyle
- 7 Wins: J A Osborne & Saffie Osborne
- 6 Wins: A W Carroll & Mollie Phillips
Chepstow Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
| Trainer | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| P D Evans | 114-17-43 | +13.75 | +6.31 |
| Archie Watson | 64-17-28 | +28.74 | +10.75 |
| A Wintle | 129-14-36 | +9.25 | -7.05 |
| J L Flint | 66-12-20 | +64.83 | +31.18 |
| Eve Johnson Houghton | 64-10-18 | +9.79 | -9.45 |
| J A Osborne | 34-9-15 | +10.25 | +7.23 |
| Ms D C Faulkner | 57-8-19 | +22.79 | +14.96 |
| D O'Meara | 24-8-13 | +2.46 | -1.38 |
| Jack Channon | 35-7-13 | +9.18 | -0.12 |
| Mrs Alex Dunn | 33-6-10 | +16.33 | +10.16 |
Chepstow Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
| Jockey | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollie Doyle | 94-27-41 | +20.93 | -0.25 |
| Callum Hutchinson | 97-13-29 | +2.96 | -8.51 |
| William Cox | 111-12-33 | +13.46 | +1.38 |
| Finley Marsh | 88-12-32 | +7.76 | +2.88 |
| R Dawson | 57-12-23 | +57.13 | +29.58 |
| Georgia Dobie | 76-10-20 | +56.00 | +19.04 |
| Hector Crouch | 44-10-14 | +32.41 | +12.01 |
| Mr Billy Loughnane | 48-9-17 | +1.98 | -4.20 |
| Mollie Phillips | 66-8-22 | +11.50 | +7.29 |
| Ross Coakley | 48-8-20 | +29.00 | +14.63 |
Chepstow Jockey and Trainer Statistics (NH)
Who are the best National Hunt jockeys and trainers to bet on at Chepstow?
Following Sam Thomas would have returned a profit here at Chepstow with an LSP of +25.46, and their twenty winners have them at the head of the profitable trainers' list. P F Nicholls leads the trainers' list overall with fifty winners, but shows an overall loss. With an eachway LSP of +16.01 at Chepstow, Dr R D P Newland leads the trainers in profit for backing eachway, which has been helped by their eleven placings, which include a total of three winners. With an LSP of -100.48 at Chepstow, Daniel Skelton heads the list for worst trainers at this course, which is a result of twenty-one winners from one hundred ninety runners, which is a strike rate of 11%.
Harry Cobden is the leading jockey here at Chepstow with forty-one winners, but you would have recorded a loss if you backed all of their rides, whilst following Ben R Jones would have returned the most winners (twenty-three) from a profitable jockey. If you are more of an eachway player, then you may want to know which jockey is best to follow at Chepstow, and that would be Ben R Jones, who shows the best eachway LSP, which is +38.82, thanks to their fifty-one placings (twenty-three winners). At the other end of the spectrum is J A Best, who has a terrible record at Chepstow of all the jockeys; their LSP of -69.25 is the worst, they have a 4% strike rate with four winners from ninety-four rides.
Chepstow Picks & Hints
Here are some factors at Chepstow for certain trainers or jockeys which have been profitable:
- 7-15 (47%) +28.13 - Backing Sam Thomas runners when horses are aged 6yo
- 5-12 (42%) +25.20 - Backing Sam Thomas runners when in a Novices Hurdle race
- 7-14 (50%) +25.55 - Backing Ben R Jones rides when on horses aged 8yo
- 7-13 (54%) +15.20 - Backing Lorcan Williams' rides when in an NH Flat race
- 6-14 (43%) +14.16 - Backing Mrs Jane Williams runners when over a trip of 2m
Chepstow Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations
Here are the best trainer and jockey combinations here at Chepstow based on the number of winners:
- 33 Wins: P F Nicholls & Harry Cobden
- 17 Wins: Evan Williams & Adam Wedge
- 15 Wins: Daniel Skelton & Harry Skelton
- 13 Wins: Jonjo O'Neill & Jonjo (Jr) O'Neill
- 11 Wins: Fergal O'Brien & P J Brennan
Chepstow Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
| Trainer | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Thomas | 80-20-42 | +25.46 | +14.71 |
| Miss Rebecca Curtis | 97-15-39 | +18.93 | +8.40 |
| D Brace | 34-7-12 | +11.75 | +10.09 |
| C Gordon | 24-5-9 | +5.80 | +0.99 |
| Mrs Alex Dunn | 27-4-6 | +3.50 | -0.49 |
| Miss Nicky Martin | 20-4-8 | +14.75 | +5.68 |
| M J Scudamore | 14-4-5 | +1.25 | -1.78 |
| Dr R D P Newland | 28-3-11 | +27.00 | +16.01 |
| Tom Symonds | 23-3-12 | +1.00 | +5.96 |
| J P Owen | 9-3-3 | +2.37 | -0.98 |
Chepstow Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
| Jockey | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben R Jones | 112-23-51 | +57.06 | +38.82 |
| Gavin Sheehan | 89-20-31 | +28.75 | -2.75 |
| Tom J Cannon | 33-9-15 | +8.68 | +2.15 |
| Connor Brace | 50-7-11 | +9.70 | +5.42 |
| Dylan Johnston | 28-7-11 | +10.71 | +1.26 |
| Joe Anderson | 38-6-17 | +1.75 | +11.23 |
| S M Quinlan | 33-6-12 | +8.50 | +4.55 |
| Charlie Hammond | 35-5-10 | +34.50 | +14.27 |
| Jamie Moore | 35-5-8 | +6.33 | -5.60 |
| Harry Reed | 30-4-8 | +17.74 | -0.49 |
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 Chepstow Racecourse, which includes the trainer and jockey statistics, has been created using statistics available from HorseRaceBase. The data includes all races throughout the last five years (2021 to 2025).
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