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Taunton Course Guide
Racing commenced at Taunton in 1927 and jumping takes place at the Somerset track throughout the winter months.
Some useful horses have started their hurdling and chasers careers at Taunton in the past, notably 2005 Triumph Hurdle hero Penzance and top two-mile chaser Well Chief whilst Oslot won on his first start in a 2006 Taunton Maiden Hurdle before going on to win the Galway Plate two years later.
Right handed, sharp. Fences have been traditionally regarded as small and easy, yet surprisingly the casualty rate on the chase course is among the highest, contributory factors being the low quality of horses which contest the majority of races and the sharp nature of the course.
They’ve recently installed a reservoir at Taunton and you often get better winter ground there than in other parts of Britain. It’s a great course to ride and any number of good horses have made their debut there. Some of them won and plenty got beaten. It can be a trappy track for a jockey, as they tend to start racing from a long way out, and you run downhill to the third-last over fences and the second-last over hurdles. Novices can get caught out by those obstacles.
View from the saddle: Mick Fitzgerald
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Taunton Racecourse Company Ltd
Orchard Portman
Taunton
Somerset
TA3 7BL
01823 337172
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Heavy-soft in places
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Upcoming races
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17:40 Racing To School Celebrates 25 Years Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)
(Class 4) (2m 3f 1y) -
18:10 9 March DragonBet Festival Fever Mares' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)
(Class 3) (2m 104y) -
18:40 26 February Landlord's Raceday Handicap Hurdle
(Class 4) (2m 104y) -
19:10 Arthur & Peggy White Memorial Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
(Class 3) (2m 7f 3y) -
19:40 24 March Behind The Scenes Raceday Novices' Handicap Chase
(Class 5) (2m 2f 40y) -
20:10 www.ledorneyvillascornwall.co.uk Handicap Hurdle
(Class 5) (2m 3f 1y)
Results
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Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m 12y Siam Park (Good) 10 Mar 2025 3m 56.19s 2m 2f 40y Young O'leary (Good) 23 Mar 2021 4m 32.27s 2m 5f 150y Lady Kk (Good) 02 Mar 2023 5m 32.82s 2m 7f Dead Right (Good-Good to Soft in places) 07 Feb 2023 5m 46.1s 3m 2f 57y Sumkindofking (Good) 23 Mar 2021 6m 39.53s 3m 4f 85y Musical Slave (Good) 10 Mar 2025 7m 14.47s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m 104y See The Sea (Good to Firm) 27 Oct 2021 3m 49.81s 2m 3f 1y Voodoo Doll (Good to Firm) 27 Oct 2021 4m 31.14s 2m 7f 198y Calva D'auge (Good to Firm) 08 Apr 2021 5m 46.5s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m 104y Kandoo Kid (Good to Firm) 08 Apr 2021 3m 52.54s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Miss V Williams 15 6 £42,169 40% £3.10 R Walford 15 4 £25,455 26.67% -£0.58 P Hobbs & J White 14 4 £29,786 28.57% £11.75 J Tizzard 31 3 £17,560 9.68% -£13.43 P F Nicholls 13 3 £19,544 23.08% -£0.64 J Tickle 9 3 £18,431 33.33% £4.25 J Scott 6 3 £19,672 50% £12.50 O Murphy 5 3 £22,946 60% £7.70 A J Honeyball 12 2 £12,463 16.67% -£2.00 T Dennis 8 2 £11,935 25% -£0.63 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L P F Nicholls 103 28 £167,079 27.18% -£3.04 P Hobbs & J White 61 13 £81,159 21.31% -£22.71 J Tizzard 53 10 £53,839 18.87% -£7.80 J Scott 59 8 £51,172 13.56% -£20.29 F O'Brien 51 7 £38,955 13.73% £7.62 N P Mulholland 60 6 £30,304 10% -£41.25 Evan Williams 56 5 £27,140 8.93% -£27.25 D Pipe 67 5 £25,428 7.46% -£55.26 Mrs J Williams 23 4 £22,092 17.39% -£10.97 Anthony Charlton 18 4 £21,114 22.22% £28.50 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L P F Nicholls 14 5 £13,610 35.71% -£1.10 J Tizzard 9 1 £2,722 11.11% -£7.75 H Fry 2 1 £2,722 50% £4.50 J Scott 3 1 £2,722 33.33% £5.50 S Thomas 2 1 £2,640 50% £0.25 T Lawes 2 1 £2,722 50% £6.00 Jamie Snowden 1 1 £2,640 100% £1.75 H Morrison 1 1 £2,722 100% £4.50 Jonjo & A J O'Neill 1 1 £2,640 100% £1.63 Anthony Charlton 1 1 £2,722 100% £2.50 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L H Cobden 20 5 £35,754 25% £4.25 Harry Kimber 22 5 £33,008 22.73% £3.92 Charlie Deutsch 8 4 £29,177 50% £2.85 James Bowen 10 3 £20,623 30% £2.42 David Noonan 14 3 £21,362 21.43% £9.50 S Bowen 8 3 £18,432 37.5% £4.75 Jack Tudor 19 2 £11,936 10.53% -£14.72 James Best 18 2 £13,704 11.11% -£9.50 Rex Dingle 16 2 £11,935 12.5% -£5.88 M G Nolan 15 2 £16,794 13.33% -£6.25 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L H Cobden 75 21 £122,195 28% -£18.41 M G Nolan 45 9 £53,909 20% -£22.36 Lorcan Williams 31 9 £52,712 29.03% £14.28 David Noonan 59 7 £35,497 11.86% £27.37 Brendan Powell 50 7 £38,648 14% -£17.63 Jack Tudor 43 6 £30,445 13.95% -£12.26 Rex Dingle 57 5 £24,680 8.77% -£6.67 Freddie Gingell 26 5 £25,410 19.23% -£4.17 James Bowen 24 5 £26,827 20.83% £29.13 David Prichard 10 5 £22,484 50% £28.71 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L H Cobden 10 5 £13,610 50% £5.20 Brendan Powell 6 1 £2,722 16.67% -£4.75 Rex Dingle 4 1 £2,722 25% £4.50 G Sheehan 4 1 £2,640 25% -£1.25 Freddie Gingell 2 1 £2,722 50% £0.20 Aidan Coleman 1 1 £2,722 100% £4.50 Tom Cannon 1 1 £2,722 100% £7.00 Lorcan Murtagh 1 1 £2,722 100% £5.50 Jonjo O'Neill Jr. 1 1 £2,640 100% £1.63 Dylan Johnston 1 1 £2,640 100% £1.25
