Southwell Picks

Southwell in Nottinghamshire is one of the busiest tracks in the country, staging over 50 race days a year, and recently installed floodlights for evening racing.

Type of Racing: National Hunt (turf) and Flat (Fibresand prior to December 2021, Tapeta since then)

Highlights: Looking at the calendar there seem to be a couple of Class 2 handicaps, one from each code, and a couple of Class 3 handicaps on the Tapeta.

If you are heading to another racecourse today then head over to the 'Horse Racing Picks' page for selections from other courses.

* All statistics below are based on the previous five years at Southwell

Southwell Outright Favorite Statistics

• AW Handicaps: 319-1038 (31%) -129.20
• AW Non-Handicaps: 112-244 (46%) -12.87
• Handicap Chases: 54-157 (34%) -9.67
• Handicap Hurdles: 74-212 (35%) -1.94
• Non-Handicap Chases: 9-19 (47%) -3.96
• Non-Handicap Hurdles: 67-123 (54%) -0.07

Both courses are left-handed.

Flat: The All-Weather track is a mile and quarter oval of Tapeta.

National Hunt: The jumps course is speedy and rewards careful jumpers especially in the summer months. During the Autumn and Winter, the ground can become very heavy and those speedy types lose their edge with stayers coming to the fore.

Southwell Racecourse Address: Southwell NG25 0TS

Southwell Racecourse Telephone: 01636 814481

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

With an LSP of +92.20, the most successful stall at Southwell is stall 6 when backing runners over a trip of 1m over the last five years. With an LSP of -120.43, the most unsuccessful stall at Southwell is stall 3 when backing runners over a trip of 5f over the last five years.

Here we have the draw bias for Southwell 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 all-weather jockeys and trainers to bet on at Southwell?

M Appleby is the leading trainer here at Southwell with ninety-one winners but you would have recorded a loss if you backed all of their runners whilst following K R Burke would have returned the most winners (fifty-one) from a profitable trainer. When looking at trainers and looking for some eachway value at Southwell then the trainer who shows the best eachway profit is R Craggs, that LSP is +75.40 which has been accumulated by a total of thirteen placings which includes six winners. A total of ninety-one winners from seven hundred thirty-one runners at Southwell has M Appleby at the wrong end of the trainers' list with their 12% strike rate and worst LSP of -237.74.

Not only is B A Curtis the most successful jockey at Southwell in terms of the number of winners but they have also returned a profit if back all of their rides, B A Curtis has notched up a total of sixty-three winners for an LSP of +56.19. If you are looking for a jockey to follow in the eachway market then it is James P Sullivan who leads the way at Southwell, they have had a total of forty-three placings which includes fifteen winners over the previous five years for an eachway LSP of +71.43. The jockey with the worst record at Southwell based on LSP is Luke Morris who has only an 8% strike rate with forty-seven winners from five hundred fifty-four rides which have returned an LSP of -238.60.

Southwell Picks & Hints

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

• 5-11 (45%) +23.25 - Backing P W DArcy runners when over a trip of 1m
• 9-19 (47%) +23.06 - Backing Richard Hughes runners when over a trip of 1m
• 6-12 (50%) +21.38 - Backing David Allan rides when on horses aged 5yo
• 7-17 (41%) +17.47 - Backing Mike Murphy runners when over a trip of 5f
• 5-11 (45%) +17.13 - Backing Connor Murtagh rides when on horses aged 6yo

Southwell Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations

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

• 31 Wins: M Appleby & Ali Rawlinson
• 22 Wins: K R Burke & Clifford Lee
• 16 Wins: Antony Brittain & Cameron Hardie
• 14 Wins: Scott Dixon & Jonathan Fisher
• 14 Wins: T D Easterby & Duran Fentiman

Southwell Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Southwell Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Who are the best national hunt jockeys and trainers to bet on at Southwell?

Daniel Skelton is the leading trainer here at Southwell with forty-six winners but you would have recorded a loss if you backed all of their runners whilst following M Keighley would have returned the most winners (twenty-four) from a profitable trainer. If you are looking for a trainer to follow in the eachway market then it is Mrs. S J Humphrey who leads the way at Southwell, they have had a total of six placings which includes two winners over the previous five years for eachway LSP of +40.93. With an LSP of -70.44 at Southwell, Olly Murphy heads the list for worst trainers at this course, which is a result of eighteen winners from one hundred twenty-five runners which is a strike rate of 14%.

When looking at profitable jockeys only, then it is Brian Hughes who leads the way with a total of twenty-three winners producing an LSP of +43.62 whilst Harry Skelton leads the overall list with forty-seven winners but shows a loss overall. Charlie Hammond is the jockey to follow at Southwell if you are backing eachway as they show the best LSP of all the jockeys in the eachway markets, that is +81.65 which is courtesy of their twenty-one placings (ten winners). A total of two winners from ninety-eight rides at Southwell has Ben J Poste at the wrong end of the jockeys' list with their 2% strike rate and worst LSP of -93.00.

Southwell Picks & Hints

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

• 7-16 (44%) +57.08 - Backing Brian Hughes rides when over a trip of 2m½f
• 15-36 (42%) +27.09 - Backing Miss Laura Morgan runners when in a Handicap Chase race
• 5-12 (42%) +27.00 - Backing J W Mullins runners when in a Handicap Hurdle race
• 6-13 (46%) +23.71 - Backing P J Brennan rides when over a trip of 2m5f
• 5-10 (50%) +19.33 - Backing J A Best rides when over a trip of 2m4½f

Southwell Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations

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

• 40 Wins: Daniel Skelton & Harry Skelton
• 17 Wins: Jonjo O'Neill & Jonjo (Jr) O'Neill
• 17 Wins: Fergal O'Brien & P J Brennan
• 17 Wins: N J Henderson & Nico Boinville
• 13 Wins: Miss Laura Morgan & Adam Wedge

Southwell Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Southwell Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit