Nottingham Tips

The track is situated in Colwick Park and is often referred to by that name, racing has been staged at this venue since 1900. 

Nottingham since dispensing with National Hunt racing in 1996 has suffered, it lacks quality and identity and is surrounded by racetracks that seem to be working harder to attract publicity

Southwell and Leicester are only 20 minutes away and hold the same standard of racing, Doncaster is an hour away and if racegoers wanted a special “day at the races” they are far more likely to travel the hour to Doncaster.

Nottingham, it seems needs some love and attention from its owners, the Jockey Club.

Type Of Racing: Flat only

TV Channel: Racing TV

Bookmaker Streaming Services Available from Betfair, Bet 365, Ladbrokes. To choose who you stream races from check Your Guide to the Best Bookmakers. 

If you are going racing to Nottingham today then why not download the OLBG app to get all the latest Nottingham tips at the course?

The course holds over 20 race meetings a year with the highlights being:

• Listed Further Flight Stakes (April)
• Kilvington Stakes (May)
• Nottinghamshire Oaks (June)

* All statistics below are based on the previous five seasons at Nottingham

Nottingham Outright Favourite Statistics

• Flat Handicaps: 117-399 (29%) -43.79
• Flat Non-Handicaps: 72-163 (44%) +0.11

Flat: Left-handed, mainly flat with a fairly tight turn into the home straight. Generally suits galloping types with plenty of stamina reserves.

Nottingham Racecourse Address: Colwick Park, Nottingham NG2 4BE

Nottingham Racecourse Telephone: 0115 958 0620

To buy tickets for a race day at Nottingham, head over to their official ticket booking webpage.

If tipsters watch the races at the course you can see that the left-hand bends are sharp and tight, away from the turns it suits long-striding galloping types, especially the home straight which seems to go on forever. Horses can go off too quickly without realising that energy needs to be conserved at Nottingham. 

It seems high numbers are favoured over 5 and 6 furlongs, low numbers do seem inconvenienced somewhat, horse racing tipsters will need to monitor this as this seems a new and recent bias. Over 7 furlongs it helps to be a true miler, over 1 mile 2 it helps if you can get a mile and a half.

Be wary of betting on photo finishes particularly in the sprints as the winning line is angled and camera shots may be deceptive.

If you want the most profitable stall at Nottingham then you need to look at races over 5f and focus on stall 7 as this has produced an LSP of +70.84 over the last five years. With an LSP of -124.89, the most unsuccessful stall at Nottingham is stall 1 when backing runners over a trip of 1m½f over the last five years.

Here we have the draw bias for Nottingham taken into consideration races with ten or more runners, we will break down the figures by race distance, draws can be much more important over the shorter trips in which runners do not have time to find their position during the race meaning the draw is probably more important than the races over longer distances.

• Sprints (5f to 7½f)
• Mile (1m to 1m1½f)
• Middle Distance (1m2f to 1m5½f)

The following table shows a breakdown over 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 lowest stall number to highest.

Who are the best flat jockeys and trainers to bet on at Nottingham?

Focusing only on trainers who show a profit when backing all of their runners, top of the pile at Nottingham for the number of winners is M Appleby who has produced a total of thirty winners in return for an LSP of +90.91. With an eachway LSP of +56.69 at Nottingham, M Appleby leads the trainers in profit for backing eachway which has been helped by their sixty-eight placings which include a total of thirty winners. With an LSP of -56.63 at Nottingham, R A Fahey heads the list for worst trainers at this course, which is a result of five winners from eighty runners which is a strike rate of 6%.

James Doyle is the leading jockey here at Nottingham with twenty-five winners but you would have recorded a loss if you backed all of their rides whilst following Rob Hornby would have returned the most winners (seventeen) from a profitable jockey. If you are looking for a jockey to follow in the eachway market then it is Tom Marquand who leads the way at Nottingham, they have had a total of thirty-nine placings which includes fourteen winners over the previous five for an eachway LSP of +53.16. D Muscutt does not have a great record at Nottingham, their LSP of -45.42 has them stone dead bottom of the jockeys' list, which has come from six winners from seventy-three rides which is an 8% strike rate.

Nottingham Picks & Hints

Here are some factors at Nottingham for certain trainers or jockeys which have been profitable:

• 6-14 (43%) +40.08 - Backing B Brookhouse runners when in a Handicap race
• 7-13 (54%) +14.88 - Backing Rae Guest runners when in a Handicap race
• 6-8 (75%) +15.01 - Backing William Buick rides when on horses aged 4yo
• 5-10 (50%) +13.58 - Backing Sir Michael Stoute runners when over a trip of 1m2½f
• 6-14 (43%) +10.52 - Backing Sir Mark Prescott runners when in a Handicap race

Nottingham Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations

Here are the best trainer and jockey combinations here at Nottingham based on the number of winners:

• 7 Wins: R M Beckett & Rob Hornby
• 6 Wins: T D Easterby & David Allan
• 6 Wins: K R Burke & Clifford Lee
• 6 Wins: M Appleby & Frederick Larson
• 6 Wins: W J Haggas & Cieren Fallon

Nottingham Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Nottingham Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

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 Nottingham Racecourse which includes the favourite statistics, draw bias and the trainer and jockey statistics have been created using results from HorseRaceBase.

Darren Brett

Tipster competition manager

Darren has worked in the horse racing industry for decades bringing to OLBG for the last 20 years a wealth of knowledge, creating much of our content on these sports. Darren also manages our Grand National Guide and is the go-to font of knowledge for the world's greatest steeplechase.

James Banting

Tipster competition assistant

James Banting, a passionate horse racing enthusiast and aficionado, brings a wealth of experience to OLBG, having attended numerous race meetings over the years. His background working with the Jockey Club provides him with a unique insider's perspective on the industry.

Andy Powell

Content editor

Andy is a seasoned professional with more than 15 years of experience in the field of horse racing. He has a thorough understanding of the sport, from analyzing complex statistical data to being part of a winning syndicate at the Cheltenham Festival. Andy is responsible for managing the horse racing trend blogs on OLBG.