Salisbury Tips

Salisbury Racecourse in Wiltshire has around 16 meetings a year, their season starts at the end of April with the last meeting normally mid-October. 

Type of Racing: Flat racing only.

Highlights: There are two Group 3 races, the Dick Poole Fillies Stakes and the Sovereign Stakes and three Listed races, the Stonehenge Stakes. Cathedral Stakes and Upavon Fillies Stakes.

Others: Bibury Cup, Lochsong Fillies Stakes, Persian Punch Conditions Stakes, Salisbury Quidhampton Fillies Maiden.

TV Channel: Racing TV

Bookmaker Streaming Services are Available from Bet 365, Betfair, Coral, Hills and Unibet.

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

Salisbury Outright Favourite Statistics

• Flat Handicaps: 73-249 (29%) -35.13
• Flat Non-Handicaps: 71-153 (46%) +15.90

Flat: Races up to a mile are run on the straight course, there is a right-handed loop utilised for races over a mile.  Races over 1 mile 6 furlongs have a tape start (no stalls) which is after the finish line with the runners racing in the opposite direction to other race distances. The course is a little undulating with a steady rise to the finish.

Salisbury Racecourse Address: Salisbury, Netherhampton, Wiltshire SP2 8PN

Salisbury Racecourse Telephone: 01722 326461

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

The prize money is decent for both the Group 3 races (Dick Poole Fillies Stakes, Sovereign Stakes) and the big southern yards aiming their quality animals at those races.

The Listed Cathedral Stakes in June has been won by the Richard Hannon (Senior then Junior) stable six times since 2008.

Low numbers over shorter trips seem to have an advantage from the gates on this right-handed track, especially if they jump well, however as the race progresses the camber seems to inconvenience those close to the rail as the ground falls away.

Those horses are more to the middle of the course as the race reaches the final 2 furlongs and seem to be racing on a more even course, with forwarding motion seemingly easier.

So, in an ideal world, you would be drawn low and run low for 3 furlongs and then gradually move 3 or 4 horse widths away from the rail in the final 2 furlongs. Salisbury can ride a bit like Goodwood with the reverse loop and is very similar to Hamilton.

With an LSP of +108.60, the most successful stall at Salisbury is stall 9 when backing runners over a trip of 6f over the last five years. When breaking Salisbury down into trips then you can look at which stall and trip combination has produced the worst LSP, that would be stall 6 over a trip of 1m which has, over the last five years produced an LSP of -49.00.

Here we have the draw bias for Salisbury 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)

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 Salisbury?

Whilst R M Beckett is the most successful trainer at Salisbury with a total of thirty-five winners, if you backed all of their runners you would be showing a loss. Eve Johnson Houghton is the most successful trainer at Salisbury for those who show a profit if backing all their runners thanks to a total of fourteen winners and an LSP of +22.12. J A Osborne is the trainer to follow at Salisbury if you are backing eachway as they show the best LSP of all the trainers in the eachway markets, that is +40.02 which is courtesy of their nine placings (one winner). With an LSP of -58.24 at Salisbury, A M Balding heads the list for worst trainers at this course, which is a result of twenty-three winners from one hundred fifty-six runners which is a strike rate of 15%.

When looking at the leading jockeys based on wins for those who are also showing a profit when backing all of their rides then it is Oisin Murphy who comes out at the top here at Salisbury With a total of thirty-two winners and an LSP of +12.32. When looking at jockeys and looking for some eachway value at Salisbury, then the jockey who shows the best eachway profit is Kieran Shoemark, whose LSP is +69.03 which has been accumulated by a total of twenty-five placings which includes eleven winners. Richard Kingscote does not have a great record at Salisbury, their LSP of -59.24 has them stone dead bottom of the jockeys' list, which has come from seven winners from eighty-four rides which is an 8% strike rate.

Salisbury Picks & Hints

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

• 5-8 (63%) +42.50 - Backing Christopher Mason runners when over a trip of 5f
• 6-9 (67%) +27.58 - Backing Hugo Palmer runners when horses are aged 3yo
• 5-9 (56%) +20.50 - Backing J R Fanshawe runners when in a Handicap race
• 9-17 (53%) +21.43 - Backing Sir Mark Prescott runners when horses are aged 3yo
• 7-16 (44%) +18.75 - Backing Oisin Murphy rides when over a trip of 7f

Salisbury Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations

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

• 13 Wins: R M Beckett & Hector Crouch
• 9 Wins: R M Beckett & Rob Hornby
• 9 Wins: R M Beckett & Rossa Ryan
• 9 Wins: A M Balding & Oisin Murphy
• 8 Wins: Richard Hannon (Jnr) & Pat Dobbs

Salisbury Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Salisbury 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 Salisbury 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.