Hereford Course Guide
We did think we wouldn’t see horse racing again at Hereford after the course closed in 2012, after a commercial decision by the owners; however, the course bounced back, and racing returned in 2016.
The course situated on the English/Welsh border features National Hunt Racing, holding around a dozen fixtures each year.
Highlights: A couple of valuable chases with the best known, probably the 188bet.co.uk Handicap Chase just before Cheltenham.
TV Channel: Sky Sports Racing
Bookmaker Streaming Services: Bet 365, Betfair, Coral, Hills, Unibet.
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* All statistics below are based on the previous five years at Hereford
Hereford Outright Favourite Statistics
- Handicap Chases: 53-144 (37%) +4.20
- Handicap Hurdles: 52-141 (37%) +6.45
- Non-Handicap Chases: 2-8 (25%) -3.52
- Non-Handicap Hurdles: 65-119 (55%) -0.13
Hereford Racecourse Map
Right-handed, mile and a half course square shaped. The fences are strategically placed for awkwardness, and you need a well-balanced horse that is adaptable. It does seem you are always on the turn at Hereford. A shortish run-in after the last means you should not let runners get away from you; the downhill run-in also means horses can accelerate away.
Hereford Racecourse Address: Roman Road, Hereford, HR4 9QU
Hereford Racecourse Telephone Number: 01432 273560
To buy tickets for a race day at Hereford, head over to their official ticket booking webpage.
Tips From The Racecourse for Hereford
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At Hereford, partly because of its location and its many midweek race days, you tend to get 1 or 2 stand-out horses at a meeting, with the other runners not good enough to compete.
This should make finding the winner easier, with those towards the head of the market strongly favoured. Look to Welsh and Midlands trainers for winners.
Venetia Williams is based close to the course, and Henry Oliver from Worcester and David Rees all have decent records here.
Hereford Jockey and Trainer Statistics
Who are the best National Hunt jockeys and trainers to bet on at Hereford?
Following Miss Kerry Lee would have returned a profit here at Hereford with an LSP of +14.87, and their sixteen winners have them at the head of the profitable trainers' list. P F Nicholls leads the trainers' list overall with nineteen winners, but shows an overall loss. H J Evans is the trainer to follow at Hereford if you are backing eachway, as they show the best LSP of all the trainers in the eachway markets, that is +27.30, which is courtesy of their seven placings (two winners). With an LSP of -89.84 at Hereford, Evan Williams heads the list for worst trainers at this course, which is a result of fifteen winners from one hundred seventy-two runners, which is a strike rate of 9%.
With a total number of twenty-seven winners at Hereford, Sam Twiston-Davies leads the way for winners from jockeys who have shown a profit (+37.32) for all of their rides at Hereford. When looking at jockeys and looking for some eachway value at Hereford, then the jockey who shows the best eachway profit is Harry Kimber, that LSP is +24.97, which has been accumulated by a total of eleven placings, which includes three winners. At the other end of the spectrum is Sean M Houlihan, who has a terrible record at Hereford. Of all the jockeys, their LSP of -78.42 is the worst; they have a 4% strike rate with four winners from ninety-nine rides.
Hereford Picks & Hints
Here are some factors at Hereford for certain trainers or jockeys which have been profitable:
- 6-10 (60%) +16.88 - Backing Miss Kerry Lee runners when horses are aged 7yo
- 5-11 (45%) +14.19 - Backing Stan Sheppard rides when over a trip of 2m6f
- 5-8 (63%) +13.13 - Backing Jonjo (Jr) O'Neill rides when in a Handicap Novices Chase race
- 5-12 (42%) +11.63 - Backing Ben Pauling runners when horses are aged 4yo
- 5-10 (50%) +10.52 - Backing Sam Thomas runners when horses are aged 5yo
Hereford Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations
Here are the best trainer and jockey combinations here at Hereford, based on the number of winners:
- 15 Wins: Daniel Skelton & Harry Skelton
- 11 Wins: Miss Kerry Lee & Richard Patrick
- 11 Wins: P F Nicholls & Harry Cobden
- 10 Wins: N A Twiston-Davies & Sam Twiston-Davies
- 9 Wins: Jonjo O'Neill & Jonjo (Jr) O'Neill
Hereford Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
| Trainer | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Kerry Lee | 61-16-24 | +14.87 | +0.41 |
| N P Mulholland | 59-15-18 | +18.84 | -3.64 |
| Jonjo O'Neill | 45-13-19 | +7.97 | -5.21 |
| M Sheppard | 66-9-28 | +32.75 | +14.97 |
| Dr R D P Newland | 38-9-20 | +15.37 | +13.20 |
| A King | 40-8-16 | +3.16 | -2.71 |
| Olly Murphy | 49-7-18 | +10.20 | -0.23 |
| Sam Thomas | 29-7-14 | +13.77 | +6.06 |
| Joe Tizzard | 28-7-13 | +0.16 | -3.89 |
| Henry Oliver | 38-6-14 | +9.25 | -4.27 |
Hereford Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
| Jockey | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Twiston-Davies | 124-27-55 | +37.32 | +15.73 |
| James C Bowen | 81-16-38 | +7.95 | +4.30 |
| Harry Skelton | 41-16-23 | +27.00 | +14.22 |
| Tom Bellamy | 79-15-35 | +9.60 | +9.27 |
| Nico Boinville | 23-10-12 | +18.97 | +8.30 |
| A Coleman | 21-8-11 | +26.54 | +11.14 |
| Ben Godfrey | 31-6-14 | +30.79 | +13.11 |
| P J Brennan | 15-6-8 | +5.53 | +2.52 |
| Charlie Hammond | 31-5-11 | +11.87 | +8.70 |
| Lorcan Williams | 35-4-9 | +4.58 | -2.53 |
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 Hereford 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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