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Warwick Course Guide
Having spent many years as a dual-purpose course, Warwick now stages exclusively National Hunt racing after the final Flat fixture took place in August 2014.
Meetings are staged throughout the heart of the jumps season from September onwards with the track’s two feature days falling in January and February. The former, usually falling on a Saturday in mid-January, features the Grade 3 Classic Chase, a handicap over three miles and five furlongs that invariably attracts a strong field and has been won by the likes of Hey Big Spender, Shotgun Paddy and Hawkes Point in recent years. It is supported by the Grade 2 Leamington Novices’ Hurdle run over two miles and five furlongs; past winners include Inglis Drever and The New One.
The Kingmaker Novice’s Chase, run over two miles in February, also has a fine reputation of highlighting future stars and is regarded as a trial for the Arkle Chase. Past winners include Flagship Uberalles, Voy Por Ustedes, Long Run and Finian’s Rainbow.
Left handed, and flat with the exception of a fairly steep climb soon after the winning line which descends in gradual fashion to the turn into the back straight. Essentially a sharp track by virtue of the tight bends, notwithstanding a long back straight. Widely regarded as a tricky jumping track on account of five fences coming in quick succession in the back straight, but the casualty rate is one of the lowest in Britain. The tight nature of the course results in front runners/those ridden prominently tending to do well on both courses.
Warwick is very much a speed track and, largely due to that reason, I rate it one of the toughest in Britain for a novice. It’s not unknown for an inexperienced horse to panic round there, as the fences come at them so quick, and the undulations don’t make it any easier. The hurdles course is especially sharp and, not surprisingly, ex-Flat horses often do well. There’s no point thinking you can get away with running a non-stayer in the long-distance chases, though, because they invariably go an end-to-end gallop.
View from the saddle: Mick Fitzgerald
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Upcoming races
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17:15 Warwick Mares' Hurdle (Listed Race) (GBB Race)
(Class 1) (2m 5f 5y) -
17:50 Kingmaker Novices' Chase (Grade 2) (GBB Race)
(Class 1) (2m 54y) -
18:25 Unibet Middle Distance Series Veterans' Handicap Chase (Series Qualifier)
(Class 2) (2m 4f) -
18:57 Join Racing Tv Now Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)
(Class 4) (2m 3f) -
19:35 Racingtv.Com Handicap Hurdle
(Class 4) (2m) -
20:10 Eventmasters.Co.Uk 40th Anniversary Handicap Hurdle
(Class 3) (2m 5f 5y) -
20:45 Fancave Cheltenham Preview Here 6th March Mares' Open National Hunt Flat Race (Category 1 Elimination) (GBB Race)
(Class 5) (2m)
Results
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Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m 54y Light N Strike (Good to Firm) 24 May 2023 3m 52.1s 2m 4f Vision Des Flos (Good) 20 Sep 2021 4m 48.99s 3m Bumpy Evans (Good) 23 Sep 2025 5m 43.86s 3m 1f 100y Ile De Jersey (Good) 23 Sep 2025 6m 9.17s 3m 5f 54y Eclair Surf (Soft) 15 Jan 2022 7m 40.56s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m Hamlet's Night (Good) 23 Sep 2025 3m 39.17s 2m 3f Mary (Good) 23 Sep 2025 4m 17.39s 2m 5f 5y Doc Mccoy (Good) 01 Oct 2025 4m 49.1s 3m 1f Picanha (Good) 21 Apr 2022 5m 48.9s 3m 2f My Gift To You (Good) 23 Sep 2025 5m 55.89s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 1m 6f Iliade Allen (Good to Soft) 17 Nov 2021 3m 20.18s 2m Bathara (Good) 01 Oct 2025 3m 35.3s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Dan Skelton 71 19 £218,871 26.76% -£26.12 Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies 31 6 £41,361 19.35% -£7.92 B Pauling 20 5 £41,218 25% -£5.20 W Greatrex 13 5 £24,425 38.46% £6.25 H D Daly 22 4 £26,538 18.18% -£5.09 Jonjo & A J O'Neill 22 4 £19,751 18.18% -£8.63 Sheila Lewis 14 4 £20,333 28.57% £6.66 O Murphy 13 4 £36,073 30.77% £2.00 Miss E C Lavelle 11 4 £88,324 36.36% £11.33 N J Gifford 8 4 £22,973 50% £29.50 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Dan Skelton 135 22 £105,330 16.3% -£47.58 O Murphy 52 12 £58,051 23.08% £16.12 N J Henderson 49 11 £64,938 22.45% -£18.72 Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies 40 8 £35,522 20% -£4.47 Jonjo & A J O'Neill 61 7 £34,284 11.48% -£41.23 Miss E C Lavelle 28 6 £25,844 21.43% -£1.76 F O'Brien 36 5 £23,070 13.89% -£1.69 G & J Moore 14 5 £20,942 35.71% £70.38 B Pauling 29 4 £18,079 13.79% -£1.38 Jamie Snowden 18 4 £19,506 22.22% -£5.09 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Dan Skelton 26 5 £10,890 19.23% -£8.17 B Pauling 13 4 £8,712 30.77% £47.00 F O'Brien 18 3 £13,334 16.67% -£4.53 Jonjo & A J O'Neill 13 3 £12,278 23.08% £5.45 A King 10 3 £6,534 30% £2.70 W Greatrex 3 2 £4,356 66.67% £11.00 N J Henderson 11 1 £2,178 9.09% -£7.00 P F Nicholls 9 1 £2,178 11.11% -£5.67 K C Bailey 4 1 £2,178 25% -£2.00 D McCain Jnr 3 1 £2,178 33.33% £20.00 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Harry Skelton 53 18 £214,910 33.96% -£9.37 Sam Twiston-Davies 32 7 £67,471 21.88% £0.74 Ben Jones 19 7 £53,101 36.84% £0.55 S Bowen 21 5 £40,298 23.81% £4.00 James Bowen 17 5 £28,254 29.41% £0.96 H Cobden 15 5 £32,743 33.33% -£0.23 Thomas Bellamy 19 4 £35,599 21.05% £9.83 James Davies 10 4 £23,501 40% £19.50 J J Burke 18 3 £47,822 16.67% -£1.63 Jack Tudor 14 3 £14,787 21.43% -£3.88 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Harry Skelton 82 15 £73,322 18.29% -£50.41 S Bowen 48 10 £47,322 20.83% -£17.88 N de Boinville 32 10 £60,854 31.25% -£8.72 H Cobden 23 6 £24,367 26.09% -£10.81 Thomas Bellamy 41 5 £20,307 12.2% -£14.00 G Sheehan 33 4 £16,725 12.12% -£23.84 Sam Twiston-Davies 42 4 £18,525 9.52% -£34.50 J J Burke 35 4 £16,082 11.43% -£12.84 Jonjo O'Neill Jr. 28 4 £17,005 14.29% -£18.85 Bryony Frost 9 4 £24,416 44.44% £27.75 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Harry Skelton 21 5 £10,890 23.81% -£1.17 Ben Jones 8 3 £6,534 37.5% £39.00 Tom Cannon 7 3 £6,534 42.86% £5.70 J J Burke 14 2 £11,156 14.29% -£6.40 Jonjo O'Neill Jr. 7 2 £10,100 28.57% £8.20 David Bass 9 2 £4,356 22.22% £1.00 James Bowen 7 2 £4,356 28.57% £7.00 Kielan Woods 9 1 £2,178 11.11% -£6.63 H Cobden 8 1 £2,178 12.5% -£3.67 S Bowen 5 1 £2,178 20% -£3.00
