Sedgefield Racecourse Guide & Tips
Sedgefield in County Durham classifies 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.
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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: 64-190 (34%) -9.44
- Handicap Hurdles: 59-163 (36%) +0.11
- Non-Handicap Chases: 3-4 (75%) +0.53
- Non-Handicap Hurdles: 59-120 (49%) -10.15
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?
Backing all of the D McCain Jnr runners would have produced backing the most winners for a trainer here at Sedgefield, with fifty-one, but you would have returned a loss by doing so. B Ellison leads the way for profitable trainers with an LSP of +14.59 from their twenty-two winners. N G Richards is the trainer to follow at Sedgefield if you are backing eachway, as they show the best LSP of all the trainers in the eachway markets, that is +33.12, which is courtesy of their sixteen placings (eight winners). The trainer with the worst record at Sedgefield based on LSP is Rebecca Menzies, who has only a 14% strike rate with twenty-four winners from one hundred sixty-eight runners, which have returned an LSP of -50.87.
Following Henry Brooke would have returned a profit here at Sedgefield with an LSP of +4.84, and their twenty-three winners have them at the head of the profitable jockeys' list. Brian Hughes leads the jockeys' list overall with eighty-one winners, but shows an overall loss. When looking at jockeys and looking for some eachway value at Sedgefield, then the jockey who shows the best eachway profit is A P Cawley, that LSP is +40.04, which has been accumulated by a total of thirteen placings, which includes six winners. Nathan Moscrop does not have a great record at Sedgefield; their LSP of -67.18 has them stone dead bottom of the jockeys' list, which has come from eight winners from one hundred four rides, which is an 8% strike rate.
Sedgefield Picks & Hints
Here are some factors at Sedgefield for certain trainers or jockeys which have been profitable:
- 5-11 (45%) +43.25 - Backing Daniel McMenamin rides when in a Handicap Novices Chase race
- 5-12 (42%) +35.25 - Backing Craig Nichol rides when over a trip of 2m4f
- 5-9 (56%) +27.11 - Backing M F Harris runners when over a trip of 2m1f
- 6-13 (46%) +23.11 - Backing Adam Wedge rides when on horses aged 5yo
- 6-10 (60%) +11.75 - Backing Jack Tudor rides when in a Handicap Chase race
Sedgefield Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations
Here are the best trainer and jockey combinations at Sedgefield based on the number of winners:
- 35 Wins: D McCain Jnr & Brian Hughes
- 15 Wins: Jennie Candlish & Sean Quinlan
- 13 Wins: Sam England & Jonathan England
- 12 Wins: P A Kirby & Joseph Williamson
- 10 Wins: Micky Hammond & Emma Smith-Chaston
Sedgefield Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
| Trainer | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| B Ellison | 123-22-49 | +14.59 | +5.90 |
| Oliver Greenall | 49-12-19 | +48.53 | +24.90 |
| J P Owen | 22-9-14 | +5.55 | +2.39 |
| N G Richards | 37-8-16 | +58.22 | +33.12 |
| M Todhunter | 31-8-13 | +15.76 | +9.26 |
| M F Harris | 24-8-16 | +17.98 | +8.37 |
| N P Mulholland | 19-7-11 | +5.34 | +3.56 |
| A B Hamilton | 16-6-7 | +32.00 | +16.14 |
| Jamie Snowden | 12-5-6 | +8.16 | +3.01 |
| D E Pipe | 11-5-8 | +8.66 | +5.05 |
Sedgefield Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit
| Jockey | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Brooke | 126-23-48 | +4.84 | +2.43 |
| Daniel McMenamin | 147-21-48 | +34.67 | +9.13 |
| Ross Chapman | 120-13-22 | +55.13 | +14.95 |
| Sam W Coltherd | 101-11-25 | +6.76 | -9.70 |
| James C Bowen | 28-9-14 | +5.90 | +1.95 |
| Thomas Dowson | 63-6-11 | +13.00 | +15.88 |
| A P Cawley | 54-6-13 | +62.75 | +40.04 |
| Adam Wedge | 32-6-10 | +4.11 | +1.44 |
| Jack Tudor | 16-6-8 | +5.75 | +3.13 |
| William T Shanahan | 26-5-8 | +5.13 | -1.57 |
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 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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