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Ffos Las Course Guide
Located in west Wales, Ffos Las stages racing both on the Flat and over jumps and has proved popular with horsemen thanks to its flat, galloping and fair nature which many trainers compare as being similar to Newbury.
The course opened in June 2009, becoming the first new national hunt track to be built for 80 years, and its late January meeting has emerged is its annual feature, where the two big races are the West Wales National – and handicap chase over three and a half miles – and the Welsh Champion Hurdle, a limited handicap over two and a half miles which has been won by useful jumpers Oscar Whiskey, Medinas and Saphir Du Rheu.
The best horse to have raced at Ffos Las to date is undoubtedly champion two-mile chaser Sprinter Sacre, who won a novices’ hurdle by 10 lengths at the track in February 2011.
A left-handed track, essentially galloping in nature. Approximately a mile and a half in extent, the course is very flat and fair, with a long home straight, including an extension to enable a straight track for races over five and six furlongs.
I’ve never ridden at Ffos Las, but all the current jocks tell me it’s a good, fair, honest course, with no kinks or ridges. There don’t seem to be any obvious quirks about it, viewed from the stands at least, and I’ve not spotted any great bias, either regarding the draw or across-the-track pace. They always seem to go a sensible gallop there, which suggests the configuration is straightforward enough, but I have noticed they tend to race up the middle, rather than stick to the rails, when the going gets soft.
View from the saddle: Jason Weaver
A wide, galloping, left-handed circuit of 1½ miles, with a straight of just over 4f. It has no undulations but a very slight rise over the course of the back straight and the opposite in the home straight. There are short run-ins for both hurdles and chases, though it is in essence a fair track, with the chase course providing a good test of jumping. Field sizes tend to be on the small side.
I walked the course at Ffos Las on the day it opened for racing and there’s no doubt about it - it’s a beautiful set-up, you can’t help being impressed. I don’t think it gets the backing from some people that it deserves, because all the current jocks - Flat and jumps - say good things about it. The jumping lads reckon the fences are a fair test - not too stiff, but no pushover - and it’s grand to ride. The one worry about it is that the going can become extreme. When it gets properly soft, it can be really hard work.
View from the saddle: Mick Fitzgerald
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Ffos Las Racecourse
Trimsaran
Carmarthenshire
SA17 4DE
01554 810092
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Advance Going
Heavy-soft in places
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Upcoming races
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17:20 Turf Services Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)
(Class 4) (2m 4f) -
17:50 Ffos Las Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)
(Class 4) (1m 7f 182y) -
18:20 Paned At 3A's Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
(Class 4) (2m 7f 177y) -
18:50 3A's Leisure Handicap Hurdle
(Class 5) (2m 7f 191y) -
19:25 Celtic Subaru Mares' Handicap Chase
(Class 5) (2m 3f 83y) -
20:00 Turf Services Handicap Hurdle
(Class 4) (1m 7f 182y) -
20:35 dragonbet.co.uk Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Chase
(Class 5) (2m)
Replays & Results
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Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m Courtland (Good to Firm) 17 Jun 2021 3m 45.23s 2m 3f 83y Lermoos Legend (Good) 17 Jun 2021 4m 43.48s 2m 4f 199y Pure Vision (Soft) 10 Feb 2022 3m 45.3s 2m 5f 110y Smiling Getaway (Good to Soft) 13 Oct 2024 5m 51.02s 2m 7f 177y Easkey Lad (Good to Firm) 22 May 2023 5m 57.2s 3m 1f 60y Holokea (Soft) 28 Oct 2025 6m 30.11s 3m 3f 208y Amateur (Good) 22 May 2023 6m 56.2s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m Effernock Fizz (Good) 09 Oct 2022 3m 34.43s 2m 4f Neachells Bridge (Good) 28 May 2022 4m 20.5s 2m 5f 192y Jaunty Viking (Good) 03 Jun 2021 5m 23.1s 2m 7f 191y Scrum Diddly (Good) 22 May 2023 5m 39.1s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 1m 7f 182y Walk Of The Roses (Good to Firm) 22 May 2023 3m 40.01s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 5f Fox Degree (Good to Firm) 11 Jul 2022 56.03s 6f Time Step (Good to Firm) 11 Jul 2022 1m 7.95s 7f 80y Mabo (Good to Firm) 03 Aug 2021 1m 28.26s 1m Imperial Express (Good to Soft) 10 Jul 2024 1m 38.47s 1m 1f Cotswold Cottage (Good) 05 Aug 2025 1m 57.52s 1m 2f Zambezi Magic (Good to Soft) 17 Jul 2024 2m 4.54s 1m 3f 209y Pearly Prince (Good to Firm) 03 Aug 2021 2m 29.77s 1m 6f Lusaka (Good) 25 Jun 2023 3m 0.61s 2m Simiyann (Good) 22 Aug 2025 3m 28.81s -
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