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Temp: 5.1° - 8.1°
Rainfall: 7.14mm
Wind: 17.3 mph S
Wincanton Course Guide
Wincanton host Jump racing throughout the winter with the stand-out feature being the Kingwell Hurdle. Run over two miles in mid-February, the Grade 2 contest is a key Champion Hurdle trial, and the last one in the calendar. Several horses have won the Kingwell Hurdle then followed up at the Festival in the same season including Bula (1971 & 72), Lanzarote (1974), Kribensis (1990), Alderbrook (1995), Hors La Loi III (2002) and Katchit (2008). Other exceptional horses to win the race include Desert Orchid (1984), Azertyiuop (2001), Inglis Drever (2005) and Binocular (2012).
Wincanton also stages a valuable card in early November. The feature handicap is the listed Badger Ales Trophy, run over an extended three miles and one furlong, and it is supported by the Grade 2 Elite Hurdle and the two mile five furlong Rising Stars Novices Chase.
Right handed, flat and essentially sharp in character. One of the sharpest tests in the country when the ground is firmer than good, hold-up tactics usually counter-productive, but on very testing going the course can provide a surprisingly thorough test, often resulting in strung-out fields and a low percentage of completions, especially on the hurdles course, perhaps a cause of its fundamentally tight nature ensuring races are well run regardless of conditions, front runners often overdoing things. The fences are stiff and claim plenty of casualties, with the three in the home straight coming so close together that it often proves difficult to come from behind.
Wincanton is a very fast course and you really do need a horse that travels around it. The two-mile track there is one of the quickest in Britain and you run downhill virtually all the way from the home turn. If something poaches a lead turning in, chances are it won’t come back to you, so jockeys have to be very careful about positioning. Letting a rival get away from you at that point, especially one with stamina, can be disastrous. It’s certainly not unusual for the one in front at the second-last to stay there all the way to the line.
View from the saddle: Mick Fitzgerald
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Wincanton Racecourse
Wincanton
Somerset
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Advance Going
Hurdle: heavy-soft in places; chase: soft-heavy in places
Current Weather today at: Wincanton
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Temp: 3.7° - 8.1°
Rainfall: 1.34mm
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Last Update: 24/01/2026 07:00
Upcoming races
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17:33 EBF Mares' 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)
(Class 4) (2m 5f 82y) -
18:03 Follow At RacingTV On X Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
(Class 4) (2m 4f 35y) -
18:33 Racing TV Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)
(Class 4) (1m 7f 50y) -
19:03 racingtv.com Handicap Hurdle
(Class 5) (2m 3f 179y) -
19:33 Dick Hunt Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
(Class 3) (3m 1f 30y) -
20:03 Stewart Tory Memorial Open Hunters' Chase
(Class 5) (3m 1f 30y) -
20:33 Join Racing TV Now Mares' Open Maiden NH Flat Race (GBB Race)
(Class 5) (1m 7f 50y)
Results
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Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 1m 7f 149y Authoceltic (Good) 20 Nov 2025 3m 34.13s 2m 4f 35y Boombawn (Good) 09 Nov 2024 4m 52.27s 3m 1f 30y Mr Mafia (Good to Firm) 14 Oct 2021 6m 11.6s 3m 2f 162y Irish Prophecy (Good) 24 Oct 2021 6m 37.33s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 1m 7f 50y See The Sea (Good to Firm) 14 Oct 2021 3m 22.15s 2m 3f 166y Beholden (Good to Firm) 14 Oct 2021 4m 33s 2m 5f 82y Annie Magic (Good to Soft) 01 Dec 2022 4m 31.97s 3m 150y Bethpage (Good) 24 Mar 2025 5m 55.76s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 1m 7f 50y Meatloaf (Good to Soft) 01 Dec 2022 3m 19.41s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L P F Nicholls 35 10 £149,534 28.57% -£5.36 J Tizzard 80 9 £70,897 11.25% -£27.38 A J Honeyball 39 8 £140,253 20.51% -£8.25 D Pipe 29 5 £38,683 17.24% £0.75 P Hobbs & J White 22 4 £26,669 18.18% -£13.45 R Walford 22 3 £12,939 13.64% -£12.42 J Scott 21 3 £18,616 14.29% £1.38 S Hosie 18 3 £18,219 16.67% -£4.25 G & J Moore 12 3 £13,599 25% £15.75 Miss E C Lavelle 13 3 £22,708 23.08% -£4.75 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L P F Nicholls 105 31 £286,133 29.52% -£16.11 J Tizzard 75 12 £72,005 16% -£29.55 J Scott 44 7 £76,897 15.91% -£1.93 P Hobbs & J White 37 7 £50,612 18.92% £0.88 N P Mulholland 71 6 £25,667 8.45% -£33.29 A J Honeyball 60 5 £35,935 8.33% -£8.00 Harry Derham 27 5 £25,605 18.52% -£9.83 Miss E C Lavelle 30 4 £21,883 13.33% -£18.75 D Pipe 37 4 £23,715 10.81% £26.00 K Woollacott 17 4 £18,202 23.53% £26.50 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L P F Nicholls 17 4 £14,637 23.53% -£8.38 F O'Brien 8 3 £7,078 37.5% £4.33 A J Honeyball 14 2 £4,901 14.29% -£8.00 J Tizzard 10 2 £11,164 20% £7.00 H Fry 8 1 £2,112 12.5% -£5.25 N J Henderson 6 1 £2,178 16.67% -£3.63 Harry Derham 3 1 £2,178 33.33% £6.00 Dan Skelton 4 1 £2,178 25% £2.50 O Murphy 2 1 £2,112 50% £0.00 S Thomas 2 1 £2,178 50% -£0.56 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Brendan Powell 49 6 £55,846 12.24% -£13.38 H Cobden 28 6 £102,522 21.43% -£17.50 Jack Tudor 20 5 £37,759 25% £11.20 Rex Dingle 20 5 £115,037 25% £1.88 M G Nolan 22 4 £25,480 18.18% £6.30 Sam Twiston-Davies 22 4 £24,821 18.18% -£4.63 J J Burke 17 4 £19,672 23.53% £3.83 James Best 22 4 £28,781 18.18% -£9.25 Harry Kimber 24 3 £12,279 12.5% £12.33 Freddie Gingell 26 3 £25,746 11.54% -£13.50 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L H Cobden 66 23 £230,270 34.85% £4.27 Brendan Powell 66 9 £53,276 13.64% -£37.55 Sam Twiston-Davies 38 8 £70,799 21.05% £5.83 M G Nolan 42 7 £44,031 16.67% -£11.88 Paul O'Brien 32 6 £30,085 18.75% £30.17 Lorcan Williams 34 5 £65,452 14.71% -£6.47 Gearoid Harney 14 4 £24,293 28.57% £31.00 Miss Olive Nicholls 12 4 £25,059 33.33% £3.92 Jordan Nailor 8 4 £20,579 50% £10.28 Sean Houlihan 47 3 £19,384 6.38% -£25.75 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L H Cobden 10 3 £12,459 30% -£4.38 J J Burke 10 3 £6,468 30% £3.58 C Brace 3 2 £4,900 66.67% £6.00 Brendan Powell 9 1 £2,178 11.11% £4.00 Sam Twiston-Davies 6 1 £2,178 16.67% -£5.56 S Bowen 5 1 £2,112 20% -£3.00 Rex Dingle 5 1 £2,723 20% -£3.50 James Bowen 5 1 £2,178 20% -£2.63 Miss Olive Nicholls 3 1 £2,178 33.33% £0.00 Jack Tudor 3 1 £2,178 33.33% £10.00
