Haydock Racecourse Guide
Haydock Park in Merseyside features high-class National Hunt and Flat racing throughout the year.
Type of Racing: Flat & NH
NH Highlights: The Grade 1 Betfair Chase at Haydock is the pinnacle of their National Hunt season, the race takes place in November often on testing ground conditions and has been won by top-quality chasers like Kauto Star, Cue Card, Silviniaco Conti and Bristol De Mai in recent years.
On the same day as the Betfair Chase is the Betfair Stayers Handicap Hurdle, another race which can be very demanding and attracts large fields, but finding the winners can be very rewarding. Early in the year, we have the Peter Marsh Chase, a race that can feature some of the top three milers.
In February, Haydock hosts a Grand National Trial; however, the form of the winner of this has been questionable. During May, Haydock hosts a noteworthy event outside of the regular jumps season - the Swinton Handicap Hurdle. This race typically draws in a good number of competitors and takes place on the same day as the Long Distance Handicap Hurdle.
Flat Highlights: The Group 1 Haydock Sprint Cup in September is the most prestigious event. Worth over £150k, the race attracts the top sprinters from around Europe and on the same day, there is the Old Borough Cup, a class two handicap run over one mile and six furlongs.
In July, we get to see the fillies and mares in the Group 2 Lancashire Oaks, which has been present since 1939 and has been won by the likes of Alpinista, who went on to win the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe the following year. That racecard also features the class two handicap, the Old Newton Cup, which more often than not throws up a decent-priced winner.
In terms of heritage handicaps, the Silver Bowl is contested in May and is restricted to three-year-old runners, which can attract decent-sized fields. On the same card are a couple of Group 2 races in the Sandy Lane Stakes and the Temple Stakes.
Overall, Haydock Park has 10 Graded races over jumps and 8 Group races on the flat.
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Before you place your Haydock bets, read on below for the Haydock top jockey and trainer stats and useful pointers for Haydock tips.
* All statistics below are based on the previous five years at Haydock
Haydock Outright Favourite Statistics
- Flat Handicaps: 127-456 (28%) -71.60
- Flat Non-Handicaps: 80-184 (43%) -19.47
- Handicap Chases: 24-80 (30%) -5.33
- Handicap Hurdles: 25-86 (29%) -1.96
- Non-Handicap Chases: 10-23 (43%) -2.61
- Non-Handicap Hurdles: 24-58 (41%) -9.13
Haydock Racecourse Map
Left-handed oval track of 1 mile and 5 furlongs, mainly flat with a slight uphill finish.
Races run on the flat up to six furlongs take place on the straight track.
National Hunt Course: The chase course has ten fairly stiff fences; the hurdles track is inside the chase track and has five hurdles per circuit.
Haydock Racecourse Address: Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, WA12 0HQ.
Haydock Racecourse Telephone: 01942 725963
To buy tickets for a race day at Haydock, head over to their official ticket booking webpage.
How To Use The Tips for Haydock Racecourse
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The two National Hunt courses at Haydock are considered fair and suit galloping horses who revel in the wide expanse of the course. The fences are fairly stiff and take some jumping, especially with the often poor weather in the North West, and the ground can get testing during winter. You often see a tough stayer doing well at Haydock. Check the Best Tipsters page for today's free horse racing tips from OLBG's most profitable horse racing tipsters.
Haydock Draw Bias
✅ When breaking Haydock down into trips, you can look at which stall and trip combination has produced the best LSP. That would be stall 4 over a trip of 6f, which has, over the last five years, produced an LSP of +32.18.
❌ Backing stall 5 at Haydock over a trip of 1m is the most unsuccessful stall and trip combination at Haydock, returning an LSP of -87.93 over the last five years.
Here we have the draw bias for Haydock 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)
- Middle Distance (1m2f to 1m5½f)
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.
Haydock Jockey and Trainer Statistics (Flat)
Who are the best flat jockeys and trainers to bet on at Haydock?
W J Haggas has produced a total of forty-nine winners at Haydock racecourse, and with an LSP of +21.23, they top the winners list for trainers who also show a profit. If you are looking for a trainer to follow in the eachway market, then it is Mrs L Williamson who leads the way at Haydock. They have had a total of seven placings, which includes three winners for an eachway LSP of +37.21. T D Easterby does not have a great record at Haydock; their LSP of -112.37 has them stone dead bottom of the trainers' list, which has come from sixteen winners from two hundred fifty-two runners, which is a 6% strike rate.
Tom Marquand is the leading jockey here at Haydock with thirty-five winners, but you would have recorded a loss if you backed all of their rides, whilst following William Buick would have returned the most winners (thirty-five) from a profitable jockey. Finley Marsh is the jockey to follow at Haydock if you are backing eachway, as they show the best LSP of all the jockeys in the eachway markets, that is +45.38, which is courtesy of their six placings (three winners). With an LSP of -78.25 at Haydock, David Egan heads the list for worst jockeys at this course, which is a result of eight winners from one hundred eight rides, which is a strike rate of 7%.
Haydock Picks & Hints
Here are some factors at Haydock for certain trainers or jockeys which have been profitable:
- 7-17 (41%) +42.96 - Backing Cieren Fallon rides when over a trip of 6f
- 11-21 (52%) +39.56 - Backing William Buick rides when in a Non-Handicap race
- 14-33 (42%) +32.25 - Backing William Buick rides when on horses aged 3yo
- 5-12 (42%) +28.58 - Backing Archie Watson runners when horses are aged 4yo
- 5-12 (42%) +22.63 - Backing Andrea Atzeni rides when in a Non-Handicap race
Haydock Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations
Here are the best trainer and jockey combinations here at Haydock based on the number of winners:
- 24 Wins: W J Haggas & Tom Marquand
- 16 Wins: D O'Meara & Daniel Tudhope
- 13 Wins: R M Beckett & Hector Crouch
- 12 Wins: W J Haggas & Cieren Fallon
- 12 Wins: Charlie Appleby & William Buick
Haydock Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
| Trainer | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| W J Haggas | 194-49-106 | +21.23 | +9.65 |
| D O'Meara | 226-30-78 | +6.69 | +3.86 |
| Ed Walker | 144-30-56 | +64.88 | +32.35 |
| Charlie Appleby | 70-27-43 | +2.29 | -0.19 |
| A M Balding | 131-20-49 | +11.24 | +4.72 |
| J H M Gosden | 82-20-42 | +1.32 | +2.30 |
| Hugo Palmer | 143-18-52 | +0.49 | +3.92 |
| Ed Bethell | 86-17-35 | +17.60 | +2.06 |
| C G Cox | 95-16-35 | +11.51 | +6.41 |
| Charles Hills | 78-12-31 | +9.63 | +5.55 |
Haydock Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
| Jockey | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Buick | 105-35-60 | +39.94 | +17.94 |
| Cieren Fallon | 95-18-49 | +21.62 | +19.76 |
| Callum Rodriguez | 86-18-37 | +9.59 | +1.62 |
| Paul Mulrennan | 122-14-28 | +18.60 | -1.29 |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 72-14-30 | +27.34 | +14.27 |
| David Probert | 91-13-34 | +0.37 | +4.09 |
| Joe Fanning | 81-11-17 | +3.25 | -14.80 |
| Robert Havlin | 46-11-19 | +17.58 | +7.41 |
| Harry Davies | 64-9-27 | +22.75 | +14.32 |
| Jason Watson | 77-8-20 | +29.90 | +8.76 |
Haydock Jockey and Trainer Statistics (NH)
Who are the best National Hunt jockeys and trainers to bet on at Haydock?
Backing all of the Daniel Skelton runners would have produced backing the most winners for a trainer here at Haydock, with eighteen, but you would have returned a loss by doing so. Miss Venetia Williams leads the way for profitable trainers with an LSP of +5.21 from their fourteen winners. If you are more of an eachway player, then you may want to know which trainer is best to follow at Haydock, and that would be C Gordon, who shows the best eachway LSP, which is +13.32, thanks to their five placings (four winners). The trainer with the worst record at Haydock based on LSP is D McCain Jnr, who has only a 13% strike rate with thirteen winners from ninety-eight runners, which have returned an LSP of -43.04.
Following Gavin Sheehan would have returned a profit here at Haydock with an LSP of +19.13, and their nine winners have them at the head of the profitable jockeys' list. Harry Skelton leads the jockeys' list overall with thirteen winners, but shows an overall loss. When looking at jockeys and looking for some eachway value at Haydock, then the jockey who shows the best eachway profit is Mr Fred Gordon, that LSP is +17.32, which has been accumulated by a total of five placings, which includes four winners. A total of ten winners from one hundred one rides at Haydock has Brian Hughes at the wrong end of the jockeys' list with their 10% strike rate and worst LSP of -43.54.
Haydock Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations
Here are the best trainer and jockey combinations here at Haydock based on the number of winners:
- 13 Wins: Daniel Skelton & Harry Skelton
- 8 Wins: Miss Venetia Williams & Charlie Deutsch
- 7 Wins: D McCain Jnr & Brian Hughes
- 7 Wins: Harry Derham & P V O'Brien
- 5 Wins: D McCain Jnr & Mr T Gillard
Haydock Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
| Trainer | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Venetia Williams | 77-14-24 | +5.21 | -11.20 |
| Mrs S J Smith | 56-8-18 | +0.66 | -11.10 |
| Harry Derham | 21-7-11 | +2.18 | -1.27 |
| N A Twiston-Davies | 63-6-20 | +1.50 | -3.55 |
| Olly Murphy | 50-6-18 | +6.50 | -1.37 |
| N W Alexander | 48-6-13 | +10.83 | +1.69 |
| Jonjo O'Neill | 35-6-12 | +5.01 | -1.51 |
| A King | 36-5-11 | +3.25 | -4.83 |
| Dr R D P Newland | 27-5-7 | +3.88 | -4.21 |
| Sam England | 26-5-11 | +5.50 | +1.20 |
Haydock Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
| Jockey | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gavin Sheehan | 52-9-19 | +19.13 | +4.72 |
| P V O'Brien | 24-8-11 | +8.18 | +1.31 |
| Caoilin Quinn | 15-5-7 | +10.73 | +3.78 |
| Tom Bellamy | 27-4-16 | +2.05 | +4.86 |
| Ciaran Gethings | 19-4-8 | +5.75 | +2.22 |
| T J O'Brien | 16-4-5 | +6.75 | +1.48 |
| Harry A A Bannister | 14-4-4 | +19.58 | +8.89 |
| Stan Sheppard | 13-4-6 | +13.17 | +3.25 |
| Jamie Hamilton | 8-4-5 | +25.50 | +13.64 |
| Mr Fred Gordon | 5-4-5 | +30.25 | +17.32 |
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 Haydock 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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