Wetherby Picks

Wetherby Racetrack offers National Hunt racing and since 2015 Flat racing, hosting around 15 NH fixtures and 5 flat fixtures a year.

Highlights: Wetherby stages 4 graded national hunt events (3 chases & 1 hurdle) and 3 listed (2 hurdles & 1 chase). 

The Charlie Hall meeting run in late October or early November usually throws up a few early pointers for the Cheltenham Festival in March.  The Charlie Hall Chase itself has seen top-class chasers go on to King George glory on Boxing Day or/and the Cheltenham Gold Cup, the likes of One Man, See More Business (twice), Silviniaco Conti and Cue Card have all won the Charlie Hall Chase.

The West Yorkshire Hurdle run at the Charlie Hall meeting is a decent pointer for Stayers Hurdle possibles come Cheltenham, some classy sorts like Pridwell, Marello, Inglis Drever, Tidal Bay (twice), and Cole Harden have won this down the years.

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

Wetherby Outright Favorite Statistics

• Flat Handicaps: 20-58 (34%) -2.04
• Flat Non-Handicaps: 11-25 (44%) -2.35
• Handicap Chases: 35-140 (25%) -39.89
• Handicap Hurdles: 45-119 (38%) +26.70
• Non-Handicap Chases: 19-34 (56%) +1.26
• Non-Handicap Hurdles: 53-124 (43%) -16.05

The course is left-handed with the flat course sharing the jumps course and is a mile and a half in distance.

Wetherby Racecourse Address: Wetherby LS22 5EJ

Wetherby Racecourse Telephone: 01937 582035

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

Due to the high quality of the horses running at Wetherby over jumps, the speed at which the races are run can cause a high number of mistakes and you need to be on the ball around this sharp track and up with the pace, or get left behind.

The 3 graded chases run here tend to be won by runners towards the head of the market. There has only been 1 double-figure winner of the Charlie Hall Chase (late October/early November) and Towton Novice Chase (late January/early February) in the last 10 years, and only 2 in the Rowland Meyrick Chase (Boxing Day).  

It's early days for the flat course but a check of recent results shows that over sprint distances low numbers 2-3-4-5 seem to be doing well, but not necessarily the inside stall (1). It can pay to be prominent it seems.

The Wetherby betting markets on the flat tend to be accurate remembering that a lot of the participants are local to the track.

Check the comments left by OLBG tipsters for the races at Wetherby and decide who makes the most sense and has the most knowledge. You’ll see that the tipster’s monthly profit trend, Level Stakes Profit (LSP) & strike rate are indicated under their username.

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The stall with the worst loss at Wetherby in the win market when breaking it down to race trips is stall 5 over a trip of 5½f, backing all runners in this stall over that trip over the past five years would have returned a loss of -20.00.

Here we have the draw bias for Wetherby 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)

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 Wetherby?

With a total number of eight winners at Wetherby, D O'Meara leads the way for winners from trainers who have shown a profit (+5.49) for all of their runners at Wetherby. If you are looking for a trainer to follow in the eachway market then it is Kevin Frost who leads the way at Wetherby, they have had a total of six placings which includes three winners over the previous five for an eachway LSP of +10.70. A total of zero winners from twenty runners at Wetherby has Micky Hammond at the wrong end of the trainers' list with their 0% strike rate and worst LSP of -20.00.

Not only is Daniel Tudhope the most successful jockey at Wetherby in terms of the number of winners but they have also returned a profit if back all of their rides, Daniel Tudhope has notched up a total of ten winners for an LSP of +18.49. With an eachway LSP of +8.09 at Wetherby, Daniel Tudhope leads the jockeys in profit for backing eachway which has been helped by their sixteen placings which include a total of ten winners. With an LSP of -20.00 at Wetherby, James P Sullivan heads the list for worst jockeys at this course, which is a result of zero winners from twenty rides which is a strike rate of 0%.

Wetherby Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations

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

• 7 Wins: D O'Meara & Daniel Tudhope

Wetherby Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Wetherby Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

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

Not only is Daniel Skelton the most successful trainer at Wetherby in terms of the number of winners but they have also returned a profit if back all of their runners, Daniel Skelton has notched up a total of fifty winners for an LSP of +16.71. If you are looking for a trainer to follow in the eachway market then it is Nick Kent who leads the way at Wetherby, they have had a total of six placings which includes four winners over the previous five for an eachway LSP of +65.16. The trainer with the worst record at Wetherby based on LSP is P A Kirby who has only a 6% strike rate with nine winners from one hundred forty runners which have returned an LSP of -104.46.

With a total number of forty-one winners at Wetherby, Harry Skelton leads the way for winners from jockeys who have shown a profit (+14.88) for all of their rides at Wetherby. When looking at jockeys and looking for some eachway value at Wetherby, then the jockey who shows the best eachway profit is Charlie Hammond, whose LSP is +63.80 which has been accumulated by a total of sixteen placings which includes twelve winners. At the other end of the spectrum is Sean Quinlan who has a terrible record at Wetherby, of all the jockeys their LSP of -79.54 is the worst, they have an 11% strike rate with twenty-two winners from one hundred ninety-six rides.

Wetherby Picks & Hints

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

• 10-23 (43%) +16.21 - Backing Harry Skelton rides when on horses aged 7yo
• 5-8 (63%) +14.33 - Backing N G Richards runners when horses are aged 7yo
• 5-12 (42%) +12.83 - Backing Charlie Hammond rides when on horses aged 7yo
• 6-14 (43%) +10.01 - Backing Harry Skelton rides when in a Hurdle race

Wetherby Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations

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

• 40 Wins: Daniel Skelton & Harry Skelton
• 9 Wins: D McCain Jnr & Brian Hughes
• 9 Wins: Jonjo O'Neill & Jonjo (Jr) O'Neill
• 9 Wins: Olly Murphy & Sean P Bowen
• 7 Wins: N G Richards & Brian Hughes

Wetherby Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Wetherby Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit