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 Favourite Statistics

• AW Handicaps: 290-980 (30%) -155.58
• AW Non-Handicaps: 115-241 (48%) -5.02
• Handicap Chases: 51-157 (32%) -12.34
• Handicap Hurdles: 80-214 (37%) +26.61
• Non-Handicap Chases: 11-25 (44%) -7.46
• Non-Handicap Hurdles: 67-131 (51%) -5.82

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.

Backing stall 6 at Southwell over a trip of 1m is the most profitable stall and trip combination at Southwell returning an LSP of +124.41 over the last five years. The stall with the worst loss at Southwell in the win market when breaking it down to race trips is stall 5 over a trip of 1m, backing all runners in this stall over that trip over the past five years would have returned a loss of -151.47.

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?

Whilst M Appleby is the most successful trainer at Southwell with a total of ninety-seven winners, if you backed all of their runners you would be showing a loss. K R Burke is the most successful trainer at Southwell for those who show a profit if backing all their runner's thanks to a total of forty-nine winners and an LSP of +95.43. 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 +68.62 which has been accumulated by a total of five placings which includes three winners. With an LSP of -246.40 at Southwell, M Appleby heads the list for worst trainers at this course, which is a result of ninety-seven winners from seven hundred sixty-two runners which is a strike rate of 13%.

Not only is B A Curtis is 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-seven winners for an LSP of +49.19. 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 fourteen winners over the previous five years for an eachway LSP of +67.98. At the other end of the spectrum is Luke Morris who has a terrible record at Southwell, of all the jockeys their LSP of -265.53 is the worse, they have a 9% strike rate with forty-nine winners from five hundred thirty-seven rides.

Southwell Picks & Hints

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

• 5-12 (42%) +34.25 - Backing Jamie Gormley rides when over a trip of 5f
• 5-12 (42%) +22.25 - Backing P W DArcy runners when over a trip of 1m
• 9-20 (45%) +22.06 - Backing Richard Hughes runners when over a trip of 1m
• 5-12 (42%) +20.25 - Backing Joshua Bryan rides when over a trip of 5f
• 5-12 (42%) +18.75 - Backing R A Fahey runners when over a trip of 1m4f

Southwell Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations

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

• 35 Wins: M Appleby & Ali Rawlinson
• 19 Wins: K R Burke & Clifford Lee
• 15 Wins: Antony Brittain & Cameron Hardie
• 14 Wins: T D Easterby & Duran Fentiman
• 12 Wins: Scott Dixon & K T O'Neill

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?

Whilst Daniel Skelton is the most successful trainer at Southwell with a total of forty-six winners, if you backed all of their runners you would be showing a loss. N J Henderson is the most successful trainer at Southwell for those who show a profit if backing all their runner's thanks to a total of twenty-six winners and an LSP of +4.27. When looking at trainers and looking for some eachway value at Southwell then the trainer who shows the best eachway profit is Mrs S J Humphrey, that LSP is +38.93 which has been accumulated by a total of six placings which includes two winners. At the other end of the spectrum is Daniel Skelton who has a terrible record at Southwell, of all the trainers their LSP of -66.54 is the worse, they have a 21% strike rate with forty-six winners from two hundred twenty-three runners.

Backing all of the Harry Skelton rides would have produced backing the most winners for a jockey here at Southwell with forty-seven but you would have returned a loss by doing so, Sean P Bowen leads the way for profitable jockey with an LSP of +50.79 from their twenty-four winners. 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 +80.27 which is courtesy of their fifteen placings (six winners). The jockey with the worst record at Southwell based on LSP is Ben J Poste who has only a 1% strike rate with one winner from ninety-seven rides which have returned an LSP of -94.50.

Southwell Picks & Hints

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

• 6-14 (43%) +54.58 - Backing Brian Hughes rides when over a trip of 2m½f
• 5-11 (45%) +19.71 - 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
• 8-19 (42%) +14.83 - Backing M Keighley runners when over a trip of 2m4½f
• 9-21 (43%) +13.83 - Backing M Keighley runners when in a Handicap Chase race

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
• 18 Wins: N J Henderson & Nico Boinville
• 15 Wins: Fergal O'Brien & P J Brennan
• 11 Wins: Jonjo O'Neill & Jonjo (Jr) O'Neill
• 11 Wins: Dr R D P Newland & Sam Twiston-Davies

Southwell Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Southwell Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit