Sedgefield Racecourse Guide & Tips
Sedgefield in County Durham classes itself as “the friendly course” and holds National Hunt fixtures during 10 months of the year.
Highlights: The best race at Sedgefield is the Durham National. The race is run at the back end of the year and is worth just under £20,000 to the winner.
TV Channel: Sky Sports Racing
Bookmaker Streaming Services Available: bet365, Ladbrokes, William Hill.
Sedgefield is fairly sharp and suits a nippy type of animal who can jump well at speed. The fences are fair to easy, and because field sizes tend to be small some races can be tactical.
The ground can get incredibly testing during the winter months and you will see jockeys looking for the best available ground.
The run-in is fairly short after the last hurdle/fence but uphill and races can change on this stretch, however, the lower quality of the animals often means the best horse stands out and wins the race.
If you are going racing to Sedgefield today then why not download the OLBG app to get all the latest Sedgefield tips at the course?
A good course for favourites, it's worth starting your form study with the top of the market. Look at the official ratings of horses as you often get a race where there is a huge discrepancy between the best and worst horses.
* All statistics below are based on the previous five years at Sedgefield
Sedgefield Outright Favourite Statistics
- Handicap Chases: 59-189 (31%) -19.56
- Handicap Hurdles: 60-157 (38%) +12.95
- Non-Handicap Chases: 3-6 (50%) -1.47
- Non-Handicap Hurdles: 61-123 (50%) -6.37
Sedgefield Racecourse Map
Left handed, sharp in nature and undulating with a climb towards the end of the back straight before the final turn and downhill into the home straight before a climb to the finish.
Sedgefield Racecourse Address: Racecourse Road, Sedgefield, Stockton-On-Tees, TS21 2HW
Sedgefield Racecourse Telephone Number: 01740 621925
To buy tickets for a race day at Sedgefield, head over to their official ticket booking webpage.

Sedgefield Jockey and Trainer Statitics
Who are the best national hunt jockeys and trainers to bet on at Sedgefield?
Focusing only on trainers who show a profit when backing all of their runners, top of the pile at Sedgefield for the number of winners is D McCain Jnr who has produced a total of fifty-three winners in return for an LSP of +20.57. If you are more of an eachway player then you may want to know which trainer is best to follow at Sedgefield and that would be V Thompson who shows the best eachway LSP which is +46.20 thanks to their six placings (two winners). Rebecca Menzies does not have a great record at Sedgefield, their LSP of -64.64 has them stone dead bottom of the trainers' list, which has come from twenty-one winners from one hundred sixty-six runners which is a 13% strike rate.
Brian Hughes is the leading jockey here at Sedgefield with eighty-two winners but you would have recorded a loss if you backed all of their rides whilst following Henry Brooke would have returned the most winners (twenty-eight) from a profitable jockey. With an eachway LSP of +30.99 at Sedgefield, A P Cawley leads the jockeys in profit for backing eachway which has been helped by their fourteen placings which include a total of six winners. With an LSP of -79.49 at Sedgefield, C O'Farrell heads the list for worst jockeys at this course, which is a result of twelve winners from one hundred thirty-three rides which is a strike rate of 9%.
Sedgefield Picks & Hints
Here are some factors at Sedgefield for certain trainers or jockeys which have been profitable:
- 6-13 (46%) +54.25 - Backing Daniel McMenamin rides when in a Handicap Novices Chase race
- 22-46 (48%) +32.81 - Backing Brian Hughes rides when in a Novices Hurdle race
- 5-9 (56%) +27.11 - Backing M F Harris runners when over a trip of 2m1f
- 6-14 (43%) +22.11 - Backing Adam Wedge rides when on horses aged 5yo
- 5-12 (42%) +19.38 - Backing Mr T Gillard rides when over a trip of 2m4f
Sedgefield Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations
Here are the best trainer and jockey combinations here at Sedgefield based on the number of winners:
- 36 Wins: D McCain Jnr & Brian Hughes
- 17 Wins: Jennie Candlish & Sean Quinlan
- 15 Wins: Sam England & Jonathan England
- 13 Wins: Micky Hammond & Emma Smith-Chaston
- 10 Wins: D McCain Jnr & Mr T Gillard
Sedgefield Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
Trainer | R-W-P | Win | EW |
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D McCain Jnr | 249-53-109 | +20.57 | -2.62 |
Oliver Greenall | 66-15-26 | +45.66 | +23.25 |
B M R Haslam | 110-14-39 | +12.22 | +3.28 |
M Todhunter | 42-10-17 | +15.86 | +8.31 |
Evan Williams | 49-9-18 | +10.21 | +0.24 |
M F Harris | 26-9-17 | +32.98 | +16.97 |
Mrs Dianne Sayer | 51-8-18 | +5.04 | -1.72 |
N G Richards | 35-7-11 | +61.59 | +34.38 |
Olly Murphy | 22-6-12 | +1.31 | +1.02 |
A B Hamilton | 14-6-8 | +34.00 | +21.94 |
Sedgefield Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
Jockey | R-W-P | Win | EW |
---|---|---|---|
Henry Brooke | 160-28-58 | +4.87 | +15.84 |
Daniel McMenamin | 137-25-47 | +69.76 | +30.60 |
Mr T Gillard | 60-14-22 | +17.42 | -3.11 |
Thomas Dowson | 95-13-25 | +15.08 | +15.40 |
Ross Chapman | 127-11-22 | +33.88 | +3.48 |
R P McLernon | 100-11-36 | +15.47 | +13.00 |
Adam Wedge | 49-11-19 | +11.91 | +3.73 |
Ryan Mania | 55-9-18 | +0.58 | -6.48 |
James C Bowen | 28-9-14 | +3.15 | +0.05 |
Jack Tudor | 21-9-12 | +9.54 | +5.23 |
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 Sedgefield Racecourse which includes the favourite statistics and the trainer and jockey statistics have been created using results from HorseRaceBase.