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Carlisle racecourse statistics

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

Figures as at 1 Nov 2026, 05:13 · last meeting in our archive 22 Oct 2026

Covers 9 February 2005 – 1 November 2026

Racing here today

7 races at Carlisle · cards as at 6:09

C&D: a declared runner that has already won on the course this race is run on, over a similar trip (the same distance band), in our results archive since 2005. Non-runners are left out.

3,228races · 467 meetings
29,099runners · 17,229 horses
31.3%favourites won · 1,103 of 3,527Last 12 months: 31.0% (54 of 174)
150/1biggest-priced winner · Freddie Steady Go (GB)

In brief

as at 1 Nov 2026

Carlisle has staged 3,228 races over 467 meetings in our archive since February 2005, with 29,099 runners.

Favourites have won 31.3% of their runs here (1,103 from 3,527), a level-stakes P/L of −361.82 points to a £1 stake at SP.

Donald McCain has the most winners here (119 from 776 runners, 15.3%). Among yards with 30 or more runners, Ralph Beckett has the best win rate: 33.3% (12 from 36).

Brian Hughes has the most winners here (120 from 757 rides, 15.9%). Among riders with 30 or more rides, A P McCoy has the best win rate: 27.7% (31 from 112).

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

6 angles here made a level-stakes profit at SP in both periods we test, on 100 or more runs.

Favourites and the market

by starting-price rank

Favourites have won 31.3% of their runs here (1,103 from 3,527), a level-stakes P/L of −361.82 points to a £1 stake at SP.

Position in the bettingRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
FavouriteRuns 3,527Won 1,103Win 31.3%£1 −361.82A/E 1.03
2nd–3rd in the bettingRuns 6,535Won 1,098Win 16.8%£1 −983.20A/E 0.99
4th–6th in the bettingRuns 9,121Won 719Win 7.9%£1 −1,606.17A/E 0.99
7th or biggerRuns 9,916Won 313Win 3.2%£1 −3,140.00A/E 0.96

Favourites by race type

RacesRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
FlatRuns 1,822Won 522Win 28.6%£1 −207.22A/E 1.02
ChaseRuns 803Won 254Win 31.6%£1 −60.89A/E 1.01
HurdleRuns 747Won 268Win 35.9%£1 −89.70A/E 1.05
NH FlatRuns 155Won 59Win 38.1%£1 −4.01A/E 1.10

Favourites by going

GoingRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
FirmRuns 45Won 17Win 37.8%£1 −6.86A/E 1.08
Good to FirmRuns 692Won 199Win 28.8%£1 −83.30A/E 1.00
GoodRuns 768Won 223Win 29.0%£1 −130.78A/E 0.98
Good to SoftRuns 750Won 229Win 30.5%£1 −44.13A/E 1.04
SoftRuns 825Won 267Win 32.4%£1 −90.17A/E 1.04
HeavyRuns 447Won 168Win 37.6%£1 −6.58A/E 1.13

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

Donald McCain has the most winners here (119 from 776 runners, 15.3%). Among yards with 30 or more runners, Ralph Beckett has the best win rate: 33.3% (12 from 36).

Most winners

TrainerRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
Donald McCainRuns 776Won 119Win 15.3%£1 −229.03A/E 0.94
Tim EasterbyRuns 1,124Won 117Win 10.4%£1 −214.95A/E 0.96
Richard FaheyRuns 740Won 95Win 12.8%£1 −154.83A/E 0.96
Nicky RichardsRuns 413Won 94Win 22.8%£1 +94.58A/E 1.41
Keith DalgleishRuns 534Won 76Win 14.2%£1 −33.28A/E 1.15
K R BurkeRuns 345Won 71Win 20.6%£1 +107.84A/E 1.30
Sue SmithRuns 480Won 64Win 13.3%£1 −68.54A/E 1.11
Mark JohnstonRuns 322Won 62Win 19.3%£1 +25.91A/E 1.19
Howard JohnsonRuns 274Won 61Win 22.3%£1 +33.18A/E 1.26
Kevin RyanRuns 375Won 58Win 15.5%£1 +59.71A/E 1.17

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

Best win %

TrainerRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
Ralph BeckettRuns 36Won 12Win 33.3%£1 +1.04A/E 1.04
Jamie SnowdenRuns 34Won 11Win 32.4%£1 +6.15A/E 1.30
William HaggasRuns 56Won 17Win 30.4%£1 −4.08A/E 1.08
Tim VaughanRuns 30Won 9Win 30.0%£1 +2.90A/E 1.44
David PipeRuns 42Won 12Win 28.6%£1 +0.20A/E 1.14
Sir Mark Prescott BtRuns 56Won 15Win 26.8%£1 −1.68A/E 1.14
Nigel HawkeRuns 38Won 10Win 26.3%£1 +28.38A/E 1.32
Andrew BaldingRuns 43Won 11Win 25.6%£1 +0.75A/E 1.15
Olly MurphyRuns 56Won 14Win 25.0%£1 −0.87A/E 1.05
Ben PaulingRuns 45Won 11Win 24.4%£1 +12.19A/E 1.16

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
Karen McLintockRuns 51Won 10Win 19.6%£1 +22.10A/E 1.89
Alan BrownRuns 80Won 8Win 10.0%£1 +27.50A/E 1.66
James WaltonRuns 68Won 9Win 13.2%£1 −9.50A/E 1.56
Karen TuttyRuns 84Won 12Win 14.3%£1 +11.00A/E 1.56
Ron BarrRuns 52Won 6Win 11.5%£1 +25.50A/E 1.54
Hugo PalmerRuns 50Won 12Win 24.0%£1 −9.45A/E 1.52
Ann DuffieldRuns 211Won 31Win 14.7%£1 +95.24A/E 1.51
Ian DuncanRuns 55Won 7Win 12.7%£1 −5.25A/E 1.50
William AmosRuns 55Won 7Win 12.7%£1 +89.75A/E 1.44
David NichollsRuns 138Won 23Win 16.7%£1 +24.16A/E 1.44

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

Brian Hughes has the most winners here (120 from 757 rides, 15.9%). Among riders with 30 or more rides, A P McCoy has the best win rate: 27.7% (31 from 112).

Most winners

JockeyRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
Brian HughesRuns 757Won 120Win 15.9%£1 −218.69A/E 0.98
Paul MulrennanRuns 594Won 70Win 11.8%£1 −219.28A/E 0.93
Graham LeeRuns 542Won 65Win 12.0%£1 −185.36A/E 0.92
Joe FanningRuns 374Won 62Win 16.6%£1 +105.02A/E 1.26
Ben CurtisRuns 246Won 54Win 22.0%£1 +128.97A/E 1.45
P J McDonaldRuns 379Won 52Win 13.7%£1 −62.54A/E 1.16
David AllanRuns 463Won 52Win 11.2%£1 −81.29A/E 0.94
Paul HanaganRuns 323Won 50Win 15.5%£1 −76.57A/E 1.03
Danny McMenaminRuns 228Won 42Win 18.4%£1 +11.21A/E 1.41
Tom EavesRuns 582Won 40Win 6.9%£1 −252.42A/E 0.78

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

Best win %

JockeyRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
A P McCoyRuns 112Won 31Win 27.7%£1 −8.90A/E 1.11
Richard JohnsonRuns 91Won 25Win 27.5%£1 −2.41A/E 1.15
Jamie SpencerRuns 37Won 10Win 27.0%£1 +0.17A/E 1.26
Paul MoloneyRuns 49Won 13Win 26.5%£1 +14.43A/E 1.43
Shane ByrneRuns 46Won 12Win 26.1%£1 +63.50A/E 2.16
Jonjo O'Neill JrRuns 101Won 25Win 24.8%£1 +6.14A/E 1.16
Sam Twiston-DaviesRuns 90Won 22Win 24.4%£1 −7.76A/E 1.19
Noel FehilyRuns 42Won 10Win 23.8%£1 −6.21A/E 1.05
Mark WinnRuns 57Won 13Win 22.8%£1 +36.61A/E 2.13
Charlie DeutschRuns 44Won 10Win 22.7%£1 +6.77A/E 1.04

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
Mark WinnRuns 57Won 13Win 22.8%£1 +36.61A/E 2.13
Dale SwiftRuns 86Won 16Win 18.6%£1 +61.08A/E 1.75
Gemma TuttyRuns 73Won 12Win 16.4%£1 +22.00A/E 1.75
Campbell GilliesRuns 60Won 8Win 13.3%£1 +92.50A/E 1.51
Amy RyanRuns 53Won 8Win 15.1%£1 +40.00A/E 1.50
Miss Emma SayerRuns 81Won 9Win 11.1%£1 +42.00A/E 1.49
Ben CurtisRuns 246Won 54Win 22.0%£1 +128.97A/E 1.45
Wilson RenwickRuns 227Won 35Win 15.4%£1 +62.59A/E 1.44
Michael O'ConnellRuns 59Won 5Win 8.5%£1 −1.25A/E 1.44
Fergal LynchRuns 85Won 12Win 14.1%£1 +34.88A/E 1.44

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

Hello Judge (GB) has won here 6 times from 13 runs, more than any other horse since February 2005.

Biggest-priced winners

at starting price

The biggest-priced winner here since February 2005 was Freddie Steady Go (GB) at 150/1 on 18 May 2026.

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 497Won 55Win 11.1%Place 29.0%A/E 1.11
Middle thirdRuns 556Won 46Win 8.3%Place 29.9%A/E 0.87
High thirdRuns 713Won 69Win 9.7%Place 28.6%A/E 1.02

6f – 7f

StallsRunsWonWin %Place %Fair A/E
Low thirdRuns 1,478Won 138Win 9.3%Place 28.5%A/E 0.97
Middle thirdRuns 1,666Won 156Win 9.4%Place 29.7%A/E 0.97
High thirdRuns 2,174Won 212Win 9.8%Place 28.5%A/E 1.04

1m – 1m1f

StallsRunsWonWin %Place %Fair A/E
Low thirdRuns 1,120Won 110Win 9.8%Place 28.9%A/E 1.04
Middle thirdRuns 1,265Won 125Win 9.9%Place 29.5%A/E 1.08
High thirdRuns 1,679Won 138Win 8.2%Place 26.5%A/E 0.91

1m2f – 1m4f

StallsRunsWonWin %Place %Fair A/E
Low thirdRuns 310Won 26Win 8.4%Place 25.8%A/E 0.94
Middle thirdRuns 351Won 46Win 13.1%Place 32.2%A/E 1.43
High thirdRuns 463Won 28Win 6.0%Place 24.8%A/E 0.72

1m5f – 2m

StallsRunsWonWin %Place %Fair A/E
Low thirdRuns 72Won 4Win 5.6%Place 30.6%A/E 0.52
Middle thirdRuns 85Won 7Win 8.2%Place 34.1%A/E 0.81
High thirdRuns 116Won 17Win 14.7%Place 28.4%A/E 1.46

2m1f – 2m4f

StallsRunsWonWin %Place %Fair A/E
Low thirdRuns 76Won 11Win 14.5%Place 32.9%A/E 1.58
Middle thirdRuns 92Won 12Win 13.0%Place 25.0%A/E 1.41
High thirdRuns 123Won 3Win 2.4%Place 26.0%A/E 0.29

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 – Oct 2021, and since Nov 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.

  • Rides by Billy Garritty+43.1% ROI · +45.25 pts from 105 runs · 14 winners (13.3%)Jan 2005 – Oct 2021: +40.7% on 43 · Since Nov 2021: +44.8% on 62 · without the biggest winner (33/1): +11.25 pts
  • Runners trained by K R Burke+31.3% ROI · +107.84 pts from 345 runs · 71 winners (20.6%)Jan 2005 – Oct 2021: +44.4% on 229 · Since Nov 2021: +5.3% on 116 · without the biggest winner (33/1): +73.84 pts
  • Rides by Joe Fanning+28.1% ROI · +105.02 pts from 374 runs · 62 winners (16.6%)Jan 2005 – Oct 2021: +24.8% on 334 · Since Nov 2021: +55.3% on 40 · without the biggest winner (28/1): +76.02 pts
  • Runners trained by Nicky Richards+22.9% ROI · +94.58 pts from 413 runs · 94 winners (22.8%)Jan 2005 – Oct 2021: +26.0% on 296 · Since Nov 2021: +15.1% on 117 · without the biggest winner (22/1): +71.58 pts
  • Runners trained by Kevin Ryan+15.9% ROI · +59.71 pts from 375 runs · 58 winners (15.5%)Jan 2005 – Oct 2021: +15.5% on 275 · Since Nov 2021: +17.0% on 100 · without the biggest winner (25/1): +33.71 pts
  • Runners by Kodiac (GB) (sire)+13.7% ROI · +34.49 pts from 251 runs · 42 winners (16.7%)Jan 2005 – Oct 2021: +4.4% on 136 · Since Nov 2021: +24.7% on 115 · without the biggest winner (28/1): +5.49 pts

Quick answers

How do favourites do at Carlisle?

Favourites (joint favourites included) have won 1,103 of 3,527 runs at Carlisle since February 2005 — 31.3%, a £1 level-stakes P/L of −361.82 points at SP (as at 1 Nov 2026).

Which trainer has the most winners at Carlisle?

Donald McCain, with 119 winners from 776 runners (15.3%) since February 2005.

Which jockey has ridden the most winners at Carlisle?

Brian Hughes, with 120 winners from 757 rides (15.9%) since February 2005.

Which trainer has the best strike rate at Carlisle?

Among yards with 30 or more runners here since February 2005, Ralph Beckett has the best win rate: 33.3% (12 from 36).

Which jockey has the best strike rate at Carlisle?

Among riders with 30 or more rides here since February 2005, A P McCoy has the best win rate: 27.7% (31 from 112).

Which horses have won most at Carlisle?

The leading course winners since February 2005: Hello Judge (GB) (6 from 13), Teenando (IRE) (6 from 15), Detective (GB) (6 from 30).

What is the biggest-priced winner at Carlisle?

Freddie Steady Go (GB) at 150/1 on 18 May 2026 in the racingtv.com Novice Stakes (GBB Race) — the biggest starting price among Carlisle winners since February 2005.

Is there a draw bias at Carlisle?

No trip at Carlisle 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 February 2005.

About Carlisle

checked October 2026

Layout and key facts

  • Where: Durdar, just south of Carlisle, Cumbria, close to the M6 — Flat and jumps, turf.
  • Shape: Right-handed, galloping and undulating, about 1m5f round, with a stiff uphill finish; a straight course for 5f and 6f on the Flat.
  • Jumps: Fair fences set on gentle bends; the run-in climbs to the line.

Going and the seasons

  • Autumn to spring: Soft or heavy ground is common through the jumps season.
  • Summer: The Flat fixtures usually race on good ground, which still rides stiff up the hill.

Signature races and fixtures

  • Flat: The Carlisle Bell and the Cumberland Plate (about 1m3f) in June, and the Eternal Stakes (7f, three-year-old fillies) in the summer.
  • Jumps: The Colin Parker Memorial Chase in November.

Practical notes

  • Getting there: By road from the M6 (junction 42) with parking on site; by rail to Carlisle and a taxi.
  • Viewing: The stands look down the rising straight; fields string out in soft ground.

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.