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Bath racecourse statistics

Every runner at Bath in our archive since April 2005: who wins here, how favourites fare, the biggest-priced winners, the draw and the angles that have paid at SP.

Figures as at 19 Oct 2026, 16:38 · last meeting in our archive 19 Oct 2026

Covers 21 April 2005 – 20 October 2026

3,014races · 432 meetings
27,058runners · 15,126 horses
32.4%favourites won · 1,059 of 3,272Last 12 months: 34.4% (63 of 183)
100/1biggest-priced winner · Valentine Mist (IRE)

In brief

as at 19 Oct 2026

Bath has staged 3,014 races over 432 meetings in our archive since April 2005, with 27,058 runners.

Favourites have won 32.4% of their runs here (1,059 from 3,272), a level-stakes P/L of −224.99 points to a £1 stake at SP.

Mick Channon has the most winners here (93 from 661 runners, 14.1%). Among yards with 30 or more runners, Saeed bin Suroor has the best win rate: 32.8% (20 from 61).

David Probert has the most winners here (86 from 670 rides, 12.8%). Among riders with 30 or more rides, Tony Culhane has the best win rate: 23.4% (11 from 47).

No trip here shows the lowest and highest thirds of the stalls more than 3 points apart on 100 or more runs each.

No angle here has made a level-stakes profit at SP in both periods we test.

Favourites and the market

by starting-price rank

Favourites have won 32.4% of their runs here (1,059 from 3,272), a level-stakes P/L of −224.99 points to a £1 stake at SP.

Position in the bettingRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
FavouriteRuns 3,272Won 1,059Win 32.4%£1 −224.99A/E 1.08
2nd–3rd in the bettingRuns 6,176Won 1,019Win 16.5%£1 −977.20A/E 0.99
4th–6th in the bettingRuns 8,397Won 673Win 8.0%£1 −1,776.17A/E 0.97
7th or biggerRuns 9,213Won 273Win 3.0%£1 −3,267.00A/E 0.87

Favourites by race type

RacesRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
FlatRuns 3,269Won 1,058Win 32.4%£1 −225.74A/E 1.08
ChaseRuns 3Won 1Win 33.3%£1 +0.75A/E 1.66

Favourites by going

GoingRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
FirmRuns 1,188Won 445Win 37.5%£1 −7.76A/E 1.13
Good to FirmRuns 623Won 188Win 30.2%£1 −47.62A/E 1.06
GoodRuns 744Won 222Win 29.8%£1 −65.46A/E 1.06
Good to SoftRuns 431Won 131Win 30.4%£1 −46.18A/E 1.08
SoftRuns 223Won 60Win 26.9%£1 −37.01A/E 0.95
HeavyRuns 63Won 13Win 20.6%£1 −20.96A/E 0.75

Favourites include joint favourites. Dimmed rows have fewer than 30 runs. Fair A/E compares wins with a margin-stripped market expectation at SP. Favourite-heavy samples naturally read a few points warm, so 1.05 means "beat the margin-free market read", not "the market underrates this by 5%". £1 P/L is level stakes at SP.

Trainers

since 2005

Mick Channon has the most winners here (93 from 661 runners, 14.1%). Among yards with 30 or more runners, Saeed bin Suroor has the best win rate: 32.8% (20 from 61).

Most winners

TrainerRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
Mick ChannonRuns 661Won 93Win 14.1%£1 −148.47A/E 1.04
Tony CarrollRuns 823Won 93Win 11.3%£1 −194.03A/E 1.20
Clive CoxRuns 423Won 82Win 19.4%£1 +1.87A/E 1.09
Ronald HarrisRuns 815Won 68Win 8.3%£1 −243.37A/E 0.91
Malcolm SaundersRuns 517Won 65Win 12.6%£1 −90.09A/E 1.14
Rod MillmanRuns 514Won 63Win 12.3%£1 −16.06A/E 1.12
Andrew BaldingRuns 427Won 59Win 13.8%£1 −93.76A/E 0.87
David EvansRuns 589Won 59Win 10.0%£1 −123.09A/E 0.93
Mark JohnstonRuns 244Won 57Win 23.4%£1 +2.89A/E 1.13
Richard Hannon SnrRuns 301Won 55Win 18.3%£1 −27.88A/E 1.21

Ordered by winners here; a tie goes to the fewer runners.

Best win %

TrainerRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
Saeed bin SuroorRuns 61Won 20Win 32.8%£1 +3.15A/E 1.30
Sir Mark Prescott BtRuns 135Won 42Win 31.1%£1 −37.63A/E 1.00
Roger VarianRuns 76Won 22Win 28.9%£1 −17.18A/E 1.00
Roger CharltonRuns 176Won 45Win 25.6%£1 +7.93A/E 1.22
George ScottRuns 40Won 10Win 25.0%£1 −1.27A/E 1.39
Mark JohnstonRuns 244Won 57Win 23.4%£1 +2.89A/E 1.13
Sir Michael StouteRuns 82Won 19Win 23.2%£1 −25.14A/E 0.91
Luca CumaniRuns 62Won 14Win 22.6%£1 +5.63A/E 1.21
George BougheyRuns 89Won 20Win 22.5%£1 −4.47A/E 1.24
William HaggasRuns 117Won 26Win 22.2%£1 −25.45A/E 0.97

Ordered by win rate, among those with 30 or more runners here; a tie goes to the bigger sample.

Beat the market

TrainerRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
Jonathan GeakeRuns 82Won 15Win 18.3%£1 +31.25A/E 1.86
John FlintRuns 155Won 21Win 13.5%£1 +53.16A/E 1.74
Simon DowRuns 56Won 12Win 21.4%£1 +66.08A/E 1.68
Dai BurchellRuns 56Won 5Win 8.9%£1 +11.50A/E 1.62
Robyn BrislandRuns 73Won 10Win 13.7%£1 +19.66A/E 1.58
Brian MeehanRuns 242Won 52Win 21.5%£1 +57.78A/E 1.49
Jim BoyleRuns 94Won 15Win 16.0%£1 +18.00A/E 1.48
Bryn PallingRuns 152Won 15Win 9.9%£1 +14.08A/E 1.40
Milton HarrisRuns 78Won 10Win 12.8%£1 +4.87A/E 1.38
Peter HiattRuns 88Won 10Win 11.4%£1 +19.62A/E 1.37

Ordered by fair A/E, among those with 50 or more runners at a fair price here: above 1.00, their winners came at bigger prices than the margin-free market expected.

£1 P/L is level stakes at SP. Dimmed rows have fewer than 30 runners.

Jockeys

since 2005

David Probert has the most winners here (86 from 670 rides, 12.8%). Among riders with 30 or more rides, Tony Culhane has the best win rate: 23.4% (11 from 47).

Most winners

JockeyRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
David ProbertRuns 670Won 86Win 12.8%£1 −72.68A/E 1.04
Luke MorrisRuns 734Won 80Win 10.9%£1 −257.56A/E 0.83
Liam KeniryRuns 623Won 69Win 11.1%£1 −127.87A/E 1.16
Dane O'NeillRuns 421Won 55Win 13.1%£1 −94.92A/E 1.03
Steve DrowneRuns 448Won 55Win 12.3%£1 −82.84A/E 1.06
Martin DwyerRuns 404Won 53Win 13.1%£1 −86.02A/E 1.05
Adam KirbyRuns 288Won 51Win 17.7%£1 +9.16A/E 1.19
Richard HughesRuns 244Won 47Win 19.3%£1 −43.31A/E 1.02
Tom MarquandRuns 254Won 47Win 18.5%£1 +49.58A/E 1.28
Pat DobbsRuns 267Won 46Win 17.2%£1 −43.33A/E 1.14

Ordered by winners here; a tie goes to the fewer rides.

Best win %

JockeyRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
Tony CulhaneRuns 47Won 11Win 23.4%£1 +33.90A/E 1.73
David EganRuns 134Won 31Win 23.1%£1 +50.25A/E 1.54
Michael J M MurphyRuns 52Won 11Win 21.2%£1 +25.05A/E 1.73
Silvestre De SousaRuns 203Won 42Win 20.7%£1 −13.70A/E 1.11
Jack DuernRuns 34Won 7Win 20.6%£1 +16.50A/E 1.80
George BakerRuns 197Won 40Win 20.3%£1 −15.17A/E 1.35
Ted DurcanRuns 90Won 18Win 20.0%£1 +16.21A/E 1.30
Paddy BradleyRuns 36Won 7Win 19.4%£1 +24.20A/E 2.15
Richard HughesRuns 244Won 47Win 19.3%£1 −43.31A/E 1.02
Jimmy FortuneRuns 157Won 30Win 19.1%£1 −8.27A/E 1.14

Ordered by win rate, among those with 30 or more rides here; a tie goes to the bigger sample.

Beat the market

JockeyRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
Michael J M MurphyRuns 52Won 11Win 21.2%£1 +25.05A/E 1.73
Mollie PhillipsRuns 64Won 10Win 15.6%£1 +22.91A/E 1.70
David KinsellaRuns 63Won 5Win 7.9%£1 −6.00A/E 1.63
Russ KennemoreRuns 53Won 6Win 11.3%£1 +34.25A/E 1.60
Matthew DaviesRuns 53Won 9Win 17.0%£1 +8.33A/E 1.54
David EganRuns 134Won 31Win 23.1%£1 +50.25A/E 1.54
Eoin WalshRuns 85Won 10Win 11.8%£1 −16.92A/E 1.48
Adam BeschizzaRuns 73Won 12Win 16.4%£1 +8.87A/E 1.45
Hayley TurnerRuns 166Won 22Win 13.3%£1 +38.08A/E 1.41
Marco GhianiRuns 54Won 10Win 18.5%£1 +1.91A/E 1.40

Ordered by fair A/E, among those with 50 or more rides at a fair price here: above 1.00, their winners came at bigger prices than the margin-free market expected.

£1 P/L is level stakes at SP. Dimmed rows have fewer than 30 rides.

Course specialists

3+ wins here

Blue Hero (CAN) has won here 11 times from 38 runs, more than any other horse since April 2005.

Biggest-priced winners

at starting price

The biggest-priced winner here since April 2005 was Valentine Mist (IRE) at 100/1 on 27 August 2019.

The draw

Flat, 8+ runners

No trip here shows the lowest and highest thirds of the stalls more than 3 points apart on 100 or more runs each.

Under 6f

StallsRunsWonWin %Place %Fair A/E
Low thirdRuns 2,628Won 244Win 9.3%Place 27.8%A/E 1.01
Middle thirdRuns 2,916Won 259Win 8.9%Place 28.4%A/E 0.95
High thirdRuns 3,819Won 370Win 9.7%Place 28.3%A/E 1.04

1m – 1m1f

StallsRunsWonWin %Place %Fair A/E
Low thirdRuns 1,251Won 109Win 8.7%Place 27.4%A/E 1.00
Middle thirdRuns 1,381Won 125Win 9.1%Place 26.4%A/E 0.99
High thirdRuns 1,847Won 168Win 9.1%Place 27.3%A/E 1.01

1m2f – 1m4f

StallsRunsWonWin %Place %Fair A/E
Low thirdRuns 1,325Won 119Win 9.0%Place 26.3%A/E 1.04
Middle thirdRuns 1,496Won 120Win 8.0%Place 25.9%A/E 0.89
High thirdRuns 1,925Won 192Win 10.0%Place 29.8%A/E 1.06

1m5f – 2m

StallsRunsWonWin %Place %Fair A/E
Low thirdRuns 378Won 34Win 9.0%Place 27.8%A/E 0.91
Middle thirdRuns 425Won 40Win 9.4%Place 27.8%A/E 1.05
High thirdRuns 589Won 58Win 9.8%Place 29.4%A/E 1.02

2m1f – 2m4f

StallsRunsWonWin %Place %Fair A/E
Low thirdRuns 182Won 17Win 9.3%Place 28.6%A/E 1.19
Middle thirdRuns 210Won 20Win 9.5%Place 31.9%A/E 1.00
High thirdRuns 281Won 23Win 8.2%Place 23.1%A/E 0.89

Stall number as a share of the field: low is the lowest third of the stalls. Flat races with 8 or more runners. Fair A/E near 1.00 means the market had already priced the draw in.

Angles that have paid

at SP, two periods

Past results at starting price, not a forecast. Each angle made a £1 level-stakes profit in both periods (Jan 2005 – Sep 2021, and since Oct 2021), with at least 100 SP-priced runs and 10 winners in all, and is still in profit with its single biggest winner taken out. The same on every view of this page.

No angle at Bath clears those tests. Nothing here has paid consistently at SP — which is itself worth knowing.

Quick answers

How do favourites do at Bath?

Favourites (joint favourites included) have won 1,059 of 3,272 runs at Bath since April 2005 — 32.4%, a £1 level-stakes P/L of −224.99 points at SP (as at 19 Oct 2026).

Which trainer has the most winners at Bath?

Mick Channon, with 93 winners from 661 runners (14.1%) since April 2005.

Which jockey has ridden the most winners at Bath?

David Probert, with 86 winners from 670 rides (12.8%) since April 2005.

Which trainer has the best strike rate at Bath?

Among yards with 30 or more runners here since April 2005, Saeed bin Suroor has the best win rate: 32.8% (20 from 61).

Which jockey has the best strike rate at Bath?

Among riders with 30 or more rides here since April 2005, Tony Culhane has the best win rate: 23.4% (11 from 47).

Which horses have won most at Bath?

The leading course winners since April 2005: Blue Hero (CAN) (11 from 38), Delagate This Lord (GB) (8 from 20), Symbol of Hope (GB) (7 from 38).

What is the biggest-priced winner at Bath?

Valentine Mist (IRE) at 100/1 on 27 August 2019 in the Play 'Four From The Top' At valuerater.co.uk Handicap — the biggest starting price among Bath winners since April 2005.

Is there a draw bias at Bath?

No trip at Bath shows the lowest and highest thirds of the stalls more than 3 points apart on samples of 100 or more runs each, in Flat races of 8 or more runners since April 2005.

About Bath

checked October 2026

Layout and key facts

  • Where: Lansdown Hill, about two miles north-west of Bath, Somerset — Flat only, turf.
  • Shape: Left-handed, about 1m4f round, with a long uphill home straight of nearly 4f.
  • Watering: The course is not watered, so it races on whatever the weather gives it.

Going and the seasons

  • Summer: Firm or good to firm is usual in dry spells, which makes Bath one of the quickest tracks in Britain.
  • Spring and autumn: The early and late fixtures race on easier ground after rain; the climb to the line stays stiff whatever the going.

Signature races and fixtures

  • Listed races: The Lansdown Fillies' Stakes (5f) in April and the Beckford Stakes in the autumn.
  • Summer: Evening and weekend fixtures of handicaps from May to September.

Practical notes

  • Getting there: Shuttle buses run from Bath Spa station on racedays; by road from the A46 and the M4 (junction 18).
  • Viewing: The stands sit high on the hill with the whole course and the city below in view.

These notes are written and checked by KTB (last checked October 2026); the statistics above are computed from our results archive. Check the course's own site for fixtures, going and travel before you go.