Tips From Newcastle Racecourse
Newcastle Racecourse is a dual code course with National Hunt racing in the winter and All-Weather flat racing all year round.
Type of Racing: Flat (All Weather) & NH
The course currently holds over 50 race days a year, making it the busiest racecourse in the north of England.
Over 30 flat meetings are staged in the evening under floodlights.
There are around a dozen National Hunt meetings from November through to April.
Flat Highlights: The historic Northumberland Plate, or Pitmen’s Derby as the locals call it, is held at the end of June and is one of the most valuable staying handicaps in world horse racing.
Newcastle also plays host to the All-Weather Championships Finals Day, which takes place on Good Friday with the following races:
- Burradon Stakes
- All Weather 3yo Championships
- All Weather Fillies & Mares Championships
- All Weather Mile Championships
- All Weather Sprint Championships
- All Weather Middle Distance Championships
- All Weather Marathon Championships
NH Highlights: The Fighting Fifth Hurdle held towards the end of November is an early-season pointer towards the Champion Hurdle, the Rehearsal Chase takes place on the same day, and the Eider Handicap Chase in February is a long-distance staying chase for Grand National possibles.
TV Channel: Sky Sports Racing
Check our Best Bookmakers For Live Streaming Guide to see where you can watch the live action after placing your Newcastle bets.
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* All statistics below are based on the previous five years at Newcastle
Newcastle Outright Favourite Statistics
- AW Handicaps: 488-1693 (29%) -196.30
- AW Non-Handicaps: 205-449 (46%) -55.26
- Handicap Chases: 56-140 (40%) +6.77
- Handicap Hurdles: 35-127 (28%) -26.63
- Non-Handicap Chases: 0-1 (0%) -1.00
- Non-Handicap Hurdles: 48-89 (54%) -2.11
Newcastle Racecourse Map
Flat Course: An Oval 'All Weather' track with a Tapeta surface, floodlights enable evening racing. Races up to a mile are run on a straight course. No conclusive draw bias on the track.
National Hunt Course: Left-handed galloping, very flat like Newbury.
The 11 National Hunt fences per circuit are 'stiffish' and need to be approached carefully. Because it’s a galloping track, horses can bowl along too quickly, so caution is always needed. A run-in of over 1 furlong is uphill.
Newcastle Racecourse Address: High Gosforth Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 5HP.
Newcastle Racecourse Telephone: 01912 362020
To buy tickets for a race day at Newcastle, head over to their official ticket booking webpage.
How To Use The Newcastle Tips
On this page, you will find the most popular Newcastle tips from OLBG's knowledgeable horse racing tipsters. Newcastle selections receiving the most picks are highlighted alongside each race time.
Also shown are the current odds and the number of tips received against the total number placed on the race, giving a confidence rating. The 1 to 5-star value rating indicates a potential value bet which considers the number of tips received, the total placed and the betting odds.
Click on a race time to view all the predictions for the race. Here, you will also see the Best Tipster's tip, which is from the best-performing profit tipster over the last 12 months. To place a bet on the Newcastle tips, click on the 'Add' to betslip option, and the selections will be saved on your betslip.
Check the odds comparison table at the top of the screen to see which bookmaker is offering the best odds.
Before finalising your Newcastle bets, you may wish to check our Best Bookmakers for Horse Racing Guide to catch the latest offers for maximising your horse racing betting.
When you are ready to place your bet, select your preferred bookie, and you will be directed to their site with your betslip selections already filled. Just add your stake.
Newcastle Pointers:
Newcastle installed a tapeta all-weather surface in 2016, and since May of that year, all flat race meetings have now held on the tapeta rather than the turf. The track is the northernmost all-weather surface; before this, trainers had to travel to Wolverhampton and Southwell to run their horses on the All-Weather. The tapeta is a similar surface to Wolverhampton; these two tracks are the only two all-weather tracks in the UK with this kind of surface. So worth keeping an eye on horses running here for the first time who have winning form at Wolverhampton.
When there is no racing at Newcastle, head over to the racing predictions page to see what the tipsters are backing today.
Newcastle Draw Bias (AW)
✅ When breaking Newcastle down into trips, you can look at which stall and trip combination has produced the best LSP. That would be stall 1 over a trip of 1m, which has, over the last five years, produced an LSP of +82.56.
❌ Backing stall 7 at Newcastle over a trip of 1m is the most unsuccessful stall and trip combination at Newcastle, returning an LSP of -175.99 over the last five years.
Here we have the draw bias for Newcastle 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)
- Long Distance (1m6f or further)
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.
Newcastle Jockey & Trainer Statistics (AW)
Who are the best all-weather jockeys and trainers to bet on at Newcastle?
Following A M Balding would have returned a profit here at Newcastle with an LSP of +76.51, and their fifty-one winners have them at the head of the profitable trainers' list. R A Fahey leads the trainers' list overall with eighty-one winners, but shows an overall loss. If you are looking for a trainer to follow in the eachway market, then it is A D Brown who leads the way at Newcastle. They have had a total of ninety-one placings, which includes thirty-six winners for an eachway LSP of +60.86. The trainer with the worst record at Newcastle based on LSP is Antony Brittain, who has only a 7% strike rate with forty-four winners from six hundred runners, which have returned an LSP of -292.45.
Paul Mulrennan is the leading jockey here at Newcastle with one hundred thirty winners, but you would have recorded a loss if you backed all of their rides, whilst following P J McDonald would have returned the most winners (seventy-two) from a profitable jockey. When looking at jockeys and looking for some eachway value at Newcastle, then the jockey who shows the best eachway profit is Amie Waugh, that LSP is +143.70, which has been accumulated by a total of twenty-nine placings, which includes nine winners. At the other end of the spectrum is Cameron Hardie, who has a terrible record at Newcastle of all the jockeys; their LSP of -538.34 is the worst, they have a 4% strike rate with forty-one winners from nine hundred twenty-nine rides.
Newcastle Picks & Hints
Here are some factors at Newcastle for certain trainers or jockeys which have been profitable:
- 12-29 (41%) +51.66 - Backing A M Balding runners when over a trip of 1m2f
- 10-17 (59%) +35.03 - Backing Oisin Murphy rides when over a trip of 6f
- 5-12 (42%) +32.50 - Backing John Butler runners when in a Maiden race
- 5-7 (71%) +23.50 - Backing M D I Usher runners when horses are aged 3yo
- 7-13 (54%) +20.14 - Backing Marco Ghiani rides when over a trip of 1m
Newcastle Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations
Here are the best trainer and jockey combinations here at Newcastle, based on the number of winners:
- 41 Wins: J S Goldie & Paul Mulrennan
- 34 Wins: B Ellison & Ben Robinson
- 27 Wins: K R Burke & Clifford Lee
- 27 Wins: Archie Watson & Hollie Doyle
- 24 Wins: R A Fahey & Oisin Orr
Newcastle Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
| Trainer | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| A M Balding | 195-51-89 | +76.51 | +44.92 |
| K A Ryan | 303-48-114 | +6.32 | -18.68 |
| N Tinkler | 436-40-113 | +60.04 | +41.30 |
| Charlie Johnston | 265-40-81 | +24.56 | -19.92 |
| A D Brown | 297-36-91 | +79.17 | +60.86 |
| Miss L A Perratt | 255-34-77 | +10.55 | -10.89 |
| Stella Barclay | 279-27-61 | +10.29 | -38.83 |
| Hugo Palmer | 181-26-59 | +4.76 | -13.71 |
| Ivan Furtado | 172-23-42 | +22.75 | +5.84 |
| Craig Lidster | 169-22-53 | +56.91 | +32.70 |
Newcastle Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
| Jockey | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| P J McDonald | 458-72-157 | +31.21 | -7.96 |
| Kevin Stott | 284-48-111 | +22.85 | +2.59 |
| Billy Garritty | 366-38-107 | +99.98 | +28.09 |
| Jonny Peate | 262-34-82 | +30.26 | +8.65 |
| B A Curtis | 182-30-73 | +28.37 | +13.09 |
| K T O'Neill | 156-21-45 | +64.34 | +18.75 |
| Oisin Murphy | 73-21-37 | +26.22 | +11.09 |
| Paul Hanagan | 117-16-34 | +25.86 | +13.74 |
| Tommie Jakes | 102-16-37 | +91.16 | +49.73 |
| Saffie Osborne | 62-13-20 | +95.75 | +48.10 |
Newcastle Jockey & Trainer Statistics (NH)
Who are the best National Hunt jockeys and trainers to bet on at Newcastle?
Rebecca Menzies has produced a total of twenty-seven winners at Newcastle racecourse, and with an LSP of +7.00, they top the winners list for trainers who also show a profit. If you are more of an eachway player, then you may want to know which trainer is best to follow at Newcastle, and that would be James Moffatt, who shows the best eachway LSP, which is +29.80, thanks to their nine placings (five winners). A total of seven winners from ninety-three runners at Newcastle has N W Alexander at the wrong end of the trainers' list with their 8% strike rate and worst LSP of -60.56.
Following Nathan Moscrop would have returned a profit here at Newcastle with an LSP of +17.24, and their seventeen winners have them at the head of the profitable jockeys' list. Brian Hughes leads the jockeys' list overall with forty-five winners, but shows an overall loss. Charlotte Jones is the jockey to follow at Newcastle if you are backing eachway, as they show the best LSP of all the jockeys in the eachway markets, that is +34.00, which is courtesy of their ten placings (five winners). Craig Nichol does not have a great record at Newcastle; their LSP of -102.00 has them stone dead bottom of the jockeys' list, which has come from nine winners from one hundred sixty-two rides, which is a 6% strike rate.
Newcastle Picks & Hints
Here are some factors at Newcastle for certain trainers or jockeys which have been profitable:
- 5-9 (56%) +18.86 - Backing Miss Lucinda V Russell runners when in a Handicap Novices Chase race
- 5-12 (42%) +15.58 - Backing Daniel Skelton runners when horses are aged 5yo
- 5-12 (42%) +11.26 - Backing Mrs S J Smith runners when horses are aged 7yo
Newcastle Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations
Here are the best trainer and jockey combinations here at Newcastle, based on the number of winners:
- 15 Wins: D McCain Jnr & Brian Hughes
- 13 Wins: Rebecca Menzies & Nathan Moscrop
- 10 Wins: Jennie Candlish & Sean Quinlan
- 9 Wins: Miss Lucinda V Russell & P Wadge
- 8 Wins: B M R Haslam & R P McLernon
Newcastle Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
| Trainer | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rebecca Menzies | 165-27-56 | +7.00 | -8.26 |
| B M R Haslam | 54-15-22 | +28.06 | +10.61 |
| Mark Walford | 68-10-24 | +4.00 | -0.33 |
| Mrs Susan Corbett | 70-7-22 | +47.75 | +24.91 |
| Jedd O'Keeffe | 25-7-15 | +11.75 | +9.39 |
| T D Easterby | 39-6-10 | +29.38 | +7.95 |
| Ruth Jefferson | 34-6-15 | +11.73 | +7.39 |
| James Moffatt | 33-5-9 | +51.00 | +29.80 |
| Harry Derham | 10-5-8 | +1.24 | +1.59 |
| Miss Venetia Williams | 9-4-5 | +16.50 | +8.69 |
Newcastle Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
| Jockey | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Moscrop | 106-17-36 | +17.24 | -0.85 |
| R P McLernon | 49-11-19 | +10.13 | +0.78 |
| Harry Skelton | 27-8-17 | +5.42 | +3.44 |
| Sam W Coltherd | 90-6-21 | +27.25 | +17.42 |
| Alan Doyle | 52-6-14 | +8.67 | -4.96 |
| Jonathan Burke | 21-6-7 | +22.76 | +7.81 |
| A P Cawley | 38-5-9 | +16.00 | +7.56 |
| Charlotte Jones | 30-5-10 | +54.00 | +34.00 |
| K K Woods | 17-5-8 | +3.08 | -2.03 |
| C J Todd | 16-4-6 | +8.75 | +3.88 |
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 Newcastle 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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