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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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Upcoming races
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19:53 Best Dressed Competitions Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)
(Class 4) (2m 3f 1y) -
20:30 Royal Ascot Lunch Saturday 20 June Mares' Handicap Hurdle
(Class 5) (2m 7f 198y) -
21:00 Ron Hatton Memorial Handicap Hurdle
(Class 4) (2m 3f 1y) -
21:30 Dave Criddle Travel Handicap Hurdle
(Class 5) (2m 104y) -
22:00 Charles Clark Memorial Handicap Hurdle
(Class 4) (2m 7f 198y) -
22:30 Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance Novices' Limited 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 Midnight Midge (Good) 08 Dec 2022 4m 33.5s 2m 5f 150y Wheresmemoneygone (Good to Soft) 26 Feb 2026 5m 27.66s 2m 7f Dead Right (Good-Good to Soft in places) 07 Feb 2023 5m 46.1s 3m 2f 57y Jukebox D'eddy (Good) 30 Dec 2025 6m 50.87s 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 Valentino (Good to Firm) 27 Oct 2021 5m 49.9s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m 104y Canty's Cove (Good to Firm) 27 Nov 2025 3m 53.44s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L P Hobbs & J White 16 6 £48,270 37.5% £15.20 Miss V Williams 15 6 £42,169 40% £3.10 P F Nicholls 15 5 £29,846 33.33% £2.70 R Walford 13 4 £25,984 30.77% £1.42 J Tizzard 29 3 £17,560 10.34% -£11.43 J Tickle 10 3 £18,431 30% £3.25 M Keighley 9 3 £18,432 33.33% £2.25 Christian Williams 12 2 £11,936 16.67% -£2.59 W Greatrex 7 2 £13,599 28.57% -£3.58 M Sheppard 7 2 £11,936 28.57% £0.88 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L P F Nicholls 98 29 £179,514 29.59% £4.39 P Hobbs & J White 54 12 £73,871 22.22% -£14.21 J Tizzard 46 9 £46,551 19.57% -£4.05 J Scott 57 8 £52,492 14.04% -£19.88 F O'Brien 56 7 £39,483 12.5% -£14.48 N P Mulholland 62 7 £37,856 11.29% -£41.00 D Pipe 64 6 £30,874 9.38% -£49.26 Evan Williams 52 5 £27,140 9.62% -£24.25 R Walford 20 5 £33,957 25% £11.63 Miss E C Lavelle 18 5 £24,169 27.78% £24.63 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L P F Nicholls 12 4 £10,888 33.33% -£5.10 J Tizzard 7 1 £2,722 14.29% -£5.75 O Murphy 4 1 £2,722 25% -£0.50 J Scott 5 1 £2,722 20% £3.50 Mrs C Williams 2 1 £2,722 50% £3.00 T Lawes 1 1 £2,722 100% £7.00 Jamie Snowden 1 1 £2,640 100% £1.75 S Thomas 1 1 £2,640 100% £1.25 B Pauling 1 1 £2,722 100% £1.50 Anthony Charlton 1 1 £2,722 100% £2.50 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Harry Kimber 21 6 £38,976 28.57% £8.42 H Cobden 18 5 £35,754 27.78% £6.25 Ben Jones 9 4 £27,329 44.44% £11.25 Charlie Deutsch 9 4 £29,177 44.44% £1.85 James Bowen 10 3 £20,623 30% £2.42 David Noonan 11 3 £21,362 27.27% £12.50 S Bowen 7 3 £18,432 42.86% £5.75 Jack Tudor 18 2 £11,936 11.11% -£13.72 James Best 24 2 £13,704 8.33% -£16.50 Sean Houlihan 20 2 £16,266 10% -£14.80 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L H Cobden 71 21 £127,309 29.58% -£8.85 Lorcan Williams 35 9 £52,712 25.71% £10.28 M G Nolan 36 8 £46,621 22.22% -£13.86 Jack Tudor 42 7 £38,690 16.67% -£18.76 Freddie Gingell 33 7 £36,302 21.21% -£8.05 Brendan Powell 39 6 £31,360 15.38% -£9.88 James Bowen 24 5 £26,827 20.83% £29.13 Rex Dingle 55 4 £20,455 7.27% -£16.67 J J Burke 24 4 £30,246 16.67% -£0.33 Sean Houlihan 58 4 £21,326 6.9% -£31.25 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L H Cobden 9 4 £10,888 44.44% £0.20 Brendan Powell 6 1 £2,722 16.67% -£4.75 Freddie Gingell 3 1 £2,722 33.33% -£0.80 Rex Dingle 5 1 £2,722 20% £3.50 Jack Tudor 4 1 £2,722 25% £0.50 James Bowen 2 1 £2,722 50% £3.00 G Sheehan 3 1 £2,640 33.33% -£0.25 Ben Jones 3 1 £2,722 33.33% -£0.50 Dylan Johnston 1 1 £2,640 100% £1.25 Tom Cannon 1 1 £2,722 100% £7.00
