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, find the winners and it 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, from twenty-five winners only one went on to win next time out. Lord Du Mesnil (2021) was the last winner to head straight to the National and he failed to finish that race, Vieux Lion Rouge in 2017 also went straight to Aintree and he managed a sixth-place finish.
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.
Overall Haydock Park has 10 Graded races over jumps and 8 Group races on the flat.
TV Channel: Racing TV
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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: 138-466 (30%) -33.58
- Flat Non-Handicaps: 75-184 (41%) -29.91
- Handicap Chases: 18-68 (26%) -9.42
- Handicap Hurdles: 18-68 (26%) -9.19
- Non-Handicap Chases: 15-29 (52%) +2.50
- Non-Handicap Hurdles: 27-53 (51%) +4.76
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.

