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Doncaster racecourse statistics

Every runner at Doncaster in our archive since January 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, 18:13 · last meeting in our archive 13 Sep 2026

Covers 17 January 2005 – 20 October 2026

4,725races · 666 meetings
47,180runners · 29,942 horses
31.5%favourites won · 1,615 of 5,128Last 12 months: 37.5% (105 of 280)
100/1biggest-priced winner · Morning Post (GB)

In brief

as at 19 Oct 2026

Doncaster has staged 4,725 races over 666 meetings in our archive since January 2005, with 47,180 runners.

Favourites have won 31.5% of their runs here (1,615 from 5,128), a level-stakes P/L of −355.16 points to a £1 stake at SP.

Richard Fahey has the most winners here (126 from 1,347 runners, 9.4%). Among yards with 30 or more runners, Nicky Henderson has the best win rate: 28.1% (97 from 345).

William Buick has the most winners here (112 from 523 rides, 21.4%). Among riders with 30 or more rides, Nico de Boinville has the best win rate: 26.3% (30 from 114).

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

3 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 31.5% of their runs here (1,615 from 5,128), a level-stakes P/L of −355.16 points to a £1 stake at SP.

Position in the bettingRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
FavouriteRuns 5,128Won 1,615Win 31.5%£1 −355.16A/E 1.08
2nd–3rd in the bettingRuns 9,670Won 1,554Win 16.1%£1 −1,403.01A/E 1.00
4th–6th in the bettingRuns 13,495Won 1,050Win 7.8%£1 −2,788.57A/E 0.98
7th or biggerRuns 18,887Won 515Win 2.7%£1 −7,825.00A/E 0.85

Favourites by race type

RacesRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
FlatRuns 3,656Won 1,121Win 30.7%£1 −205.15A/E 1.10
HurdleRuns 826Won 281Win 34.0%£1 −103.93A/E 1.02
ChaseRuns 553Won 179Win 32.4%£1 −45.82A/E 1.02
NH FlatRuns 93Won 34Win 36.6%£1 −0.26A/E 1.17

Favourites by going

GoingRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
FirmRuns 8Won 2Win 25.0%£1 −2.67A/E 0.77
Good to FirmRuns 1,285Won 444Win 34.6%£1 −49.15A/E 1.12
GoodRuns 1,799Won 545Win 30.3%£1 −154.99A/E 1.04
Good to SoftRuns 961Won 306Win 31.8%£1 −68.06A/E 1.08
SoftRuns 920Won 274Win 29.8%£1 −72.24A/E 1.08
HeavyRuns 155Won 44Win 28.4%£1 −8.05A/E 1.05

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

Richard Fahey has the most winners here (126 from 1,347 runners, 9.4%). Among yards with 30 or more runners, Nicky Henderson has the best win rate: 28.1% (97 from 345).

Most winners

TrainerRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
Richard FaheyRuns 1,347Won 126Win 9.4%£1 −308.90A/E 1.02
Nicky HendersonRuns 345Won 97Win 28.1%£1 −7.61A/E 1.12
Roger VarianRuns 403Won 93Win 23.1%£1 +7.34A/E 1.14
Richard HannonRuns 661Won 87Win 13.2%£1 −82.85A/E 1.02
William HaggasRuns 451Won 84Win 18.6%£1 −2.46A/E 1.05
John GosdenRuns 416Won 83Win 20.0%£1 −39.56A/E 1.06
Alan KingRuns 512Won 74Win 14.5%£1 −84.27A/E 0.95
David O'MearaRuns 818Won 74Win 9.0%£1 −304.47A/E 0.89
Mark JohnstonRuns 652Won 71Win 10.9%£1 −230.81A/E 0.88
Andrew BaldingRuns 420Won 64Win 15.2%£1 +59.56A/E 1.22

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

Best win %

TrainerRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
Nicky HendersonRuns 345Won 97Win 28.1%£1 −7.61A/E 1.12
John FergusonRuns 40Won 11Win 27.5%£1 +1.73A/E 1.12
Owen BurrowsRuns 66Won 17Win 25.8%£1 +16.52A/E 1.45
Martyn MeadeRuns 39Won 10Win 25.6%£1 +9.10A/E 2.02
Harry FryRuns 50Won 12Win 24.0%£1 −7.58A/E 1.22
Roger VarianRuns 403Won 93Win 23.1%£1 +7.34A/E 1.14
Charlie ApplebyRuns 247Won 57Win 23.1%£1 −5.08A/E 1.06
John & Thady GosdenRuns 169Won 39Win 23.1%£1 +7.36A/E 1.21
Paul NichollsRuns 233Won 53Win 22.7%£1 −51.17A/E 1.05
David LaniganRuns 36Won 8Win 22.2%£1 +18.55A/E 1.53

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
Michael MullineauxRuns 80Won 6Win 7.5%£1 +58.50A/E 2.11
John RyanRuns 67Won 8Win 11.9%£1 +36.62A/E 2.00
Chris FairhurstRuns 79Won 8Win 10.1%£1 +18.10A/E 1.69
John & Sean QuinnRuns 60Won 7Win 11.7%£1 −3.50A/E 1.63
Derek ShawRuns 146Won 10Win 6.8%£1 +33.00A/E 1.55
Ben CaseRuns 97Won 13Win 13.4%£1 +15.71A/E 1.53
David DennisRuns 55Won 8Win 14.5%£1 −17.55A/E 1.51
Roy BowringRuns 111Won 14Win 12.6%£1 +101.50A/E 1.50
Tom CloverRuns 53Won 11Win 20.8%£1 +11.20A/E 1.50
Owen BurrowsRuns 66Won 17Win 25.8%£1 +16.52A/E 1.45

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

William Buick has the most winners here (112 from 523 rides, 21.4%). Among riders with 30 or more rides, Nico de Boinville has the best win rate: 26.3% (30 from 114).

Most winners

JockeyRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
William BuickRuns 523Won 112Win 21.4%£1 +44.46A/E 1.25
Jamie SpencerRuns 570Won 95Win 16.7%£1 +47.82A/E 1.20
Ryan MooreRuns 441Won 88Win 20.0%£1 −51.32A/E 1.10
Andrea AtzeniRuns 442Won 83Win 18.8%£1 −0.92A/E 1.26
Paul HanaganRuns 671Won 76Win 11.3%£1 −143.96A/E 0.98
Daniel TudhopeRuns 593Won 74Win 12.5%£1 −60.73A/E 1.03
Frankie DettoriRuns 303Won 61Win 20.1%£1 −26.11A/E 1.07
Silvestre De SousaRuns 461Won 61Win 13.2%£1 −11.74A/E 1.10
Brian HughesRuns 486Won 57Win 11.7%£1 −161.43A/E 0.88
Oisin MurphyRuns 327Won 52Win 15.9%£1 −32.10A/E 1.06

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

Best win %

JockeyRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
Nico de BoinvilleRuns 114Won 30Win 26.3%£1 −5.35A/E 1.14
Harry CobdenRuns 48Won 12Win 25.0%£1 −6.98A/E 1.10
A P McCoyRuns 81Won 20Win 24.7%£1 −23.09A/E 1.06
David BassRuns 134Won 31Win 23.1%£1 +34.16A/E 1.26
Benoit De La SayetteRuns 49Won 11Win 22.4%£1 +9.91A/E 1.86
William BuickRuns 523Won 112Win 21.4%£1 +44.46A/E 1.25
Jeremiah McGrathRuns 38Won 8Win 21.1%£1 −4.11A/E 1.07
Robert ThorntonRuns 82Won 17Win 20.7%£1 +8.82A/E 1.19
Barry GeraghtyRuns 54Won 11Win 20.4%£1 −28.95A/E 0.81
Frankie DettoriRuns 303Won 61Win 20.1%£1 −26.11A/E 1.07

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
J-P GuillambertRuns 58Won 9Win 15.5%£1 +24.50A/E 2.05
Lee EdwardsRuns 64Won 10Win 15.6%£1 +56.48A/E 1.94
Martin DwyerRuns 155Won 20Win 12.9%£1 +12.03A/E 1.73
Neil FarleyRuns 76Won 8Win 10.5%£1 +27.50A/E 1.69
Brendan PowellRuns 64Won 10Win 15.6%£1 +7.50A/E 1.65
Josephine GordonRuns 69Won 10Win 14.5%£1 −20.80A/E 1.62
Phil KinsellaRuns 53Won 5Win 9.4%£1 −3.67A/E 1.60
Fergus SweeneyRuns 83Won 10Win 12.0%£1 +2.00A/E 1.56
Dominic ElsworthRuns 60Won 10Win 16.7%£1 +26.37A/E 1.51
Greg FairleyRuns 50Won 6Win 12.0%£1 +39.50A/E 1.51

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

Lady Buttons (GB) has won here 5 times from 6 runs, more than any other horse since January 2005.

Biggest-priced winners

at starting price

The biggest-priced winner here since January 2005 was Morning Post (GB) at 100/1 on 12 September 2013.

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 950Won 69Win 7.3%Place 22.1%A/E 0.96
Middle thirdRuns 1,059Won 77Win 7.3%Place 27.2%A/E 0.92
High thirdRuns 1,366Won 123Win 9.0%Place 26.3%A/E 1.10

6f – 7f

StallsRunsWonWin %Place %Fair A/E
Low thirdRuns 4,129Won 340Win 8.2%Place 25.0%A/E 1.03
Middle thirdRuns 4,521Won 378Win 8.4%Place 26.5%A/E 1.02
High thirdRuns 5,873Won 463Win 7.9%Place 24.9%A/E 0.96

1m – 1m1f

StallsRunsWonWin %Place %Fair A/E
Low thirdRuns 1,190Won 114Win 9.6%Place 26.7%A/E 1.15
Middle thirdRuns 1,309Won 110Win 8.4%Place 25.5%A/E 1.05
High thirdRuns 1,687Won 114Win 6.8%Place 24.8%A/E 0.86

1m2f – 1m4f

StallsRunsWonWin %Place %Fair A/E
Low thirdRuns 1,633Won 133Win 8.1%Place 25.6%A/E 0.98
Middle thirdRuns 1,833Won 169Win 9.2%Place 27.3%A/E 1.09
High thirdRuns 2,363Won 186Win 7.9%Place 26.3%A/E 0.95

1m5f – 2m

StallsRunsWonWin %Place %Fair A/E
Low thirdRuns 387Won 41Win 10.6%Place 27.9%A/E 1.15
Middle thirdRuns 424Won 41Win 9.7%Place 29.0%A/E 1.03
High thirdRuns 552Won 46Win 8.3%Place 28.8%A/E 0.90

2m1f – 2m4f

StallsRunsWonWin %Place %Fair A/E
Low thirdRuns 32Won 3Win 9.4%Place 25.0%A/E 1.08
Middle thirdRuns 37Won 5Win 13.5%Place 35.1%A/E 1.27
High thirdRuns 46Won 4Win 8.7%Place 32.6%A/E 0.76

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.

  • Runners trained by Roy Bowring+91.4% ROI · +101.50 pts from 111 runs · 14 winners (12.6%)Jan 2005 – Sep 2021: +88.6% on 57 · Since Oct 2021: +94.4% on 54 · without the biggest winner (40/1): +60.50 pts
  • Rides by Rob Hornby+28.5% ROI · +30.50 pts from 107 runs · 13 winners (12.1%)Jan 2005 – Sep 2021: +35.6% on 52 · Since Oct 2021: +21.8% on 55 · without the biggest winner (22/1): +7.50 pts
  • Rides by William Buick+8.5% ROI · +44.46 pts from 523 runs · 112 winners (21.4%)Jan 2005 – Sep 2021: +1.9% on 426 · Since Oct 2021: +37.6% on 97 · without the biggest winner (25/1): +18.46 pts

Quick answers

How do favourites do at Doncaster?

Favourites (joint favourites included) have won 1,615 of 5,128 runs at Doncaster since January 2005 — 31.5%, a £1 level-stakes P/L of −355.16 points at SP (as at 19 Oct 2026).

Which trainer has the most winners at Doncaster?

Richard Fahey, with 126 winners from 1,347 runners (9.4%) since January 2005.

Which jockey has ridden the most winners at Doncaster?

William Buick, with 112 winners from 523 rides (21.4%) since January 2005.

Which trainer has the best strike rate at Doncaster?

Among yards with 30 or more runners here since January 2005, Nicky Henderson has the best win rate: 28.1% (97 from 345).

Which jockey has the best strike rate at Doncaster?

Among riders with 30 or more rides here since January 2005, Nico de Boinville has the best win rate: 26.3% (30 from 114).

Which horses have won most at Doncaster?

The leading course winners since January 2005: Lady Buttons (GB) (5 from 6), Sultans Pride (GB) (4 from 5), Docpickedme (IRE) (4 from 7).

What is the biggest-priced winner at Doncaster?

Morning Post (GB) at 100/1 on 12 September 2013 in the Weatherbys Hamilton Insurance 300,000 2-y-o Stakes — the biggest starting price among Doncaster winners since January 2005.

Is there a draw bias at Doncaster?

No trip at Doncaster 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 January 2005.

About Doncaster

checked October 2026

Layout and key facts

  • Where: Town Moor, Doncaster, South Yorkshire — Flat and jumps, turf.
  • Shape: Left-handed, flat and galloping, about 1m7f round, with a home straight of about 4f; a straight mile serves the sprints and the Lincoln.
  • Season: The Flat opens here with the Lincoln meeting in late March and closes with the Futurity Trophy in late October or early November; jumps fixtures run through the winter.

Going and the seasons

  • Spring: The Lincoln meeting is often run on soft ground.
  • September: The St Leger Festival is usually good or good to soft.
  • Winter: The jumps fixtures from December to February more often race on soft or heavy ground.

Signature races and fixtures

  • March: The Lincoln (1m handicap on the straight course).
  • St Leger Festival (September, four days): The St Leger (about 1m6½f — the oldest Classic, first run in 1776), the Doncaster Cup (about 2m2f), the May Hill (1m) and the Champagne Stakes (7f) for two-year-olds, the Park Stakes (7f) and the Portland (about 5½f handicap).
  • Late season: The Futurity Trophy (1m, two-year-olds).
  • Jumps: The Sky Bet Chase (3m handicap) in January.

Practical notes

  • Getting there: About a mile from Doncaster station, with buses on racedays; by road from the M18 and A638.
  • Viewing: The straight course and the home straight are in open view from the stands.

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.