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Haydock racecourse statistics

Every runner at Haydock 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 21 Oct 2026, 09:23 · last meeting in our archive 16 Oct 2026

Covers 22 January 2005 – 21 October 2026

4,391races · 646 meetings
39,459runners · 24,872 horses
31.3%favourites won · 1,513 of 4,832Last 12 months: 34.9% (61 of 175)
100/1biggest-priced winner · Lola's Theme (GB)

In brief

as at 21 Oct 2026

Haydock has staged 4,391 races over 646 meetings in our archive since January 2005, with 39,459 runners.

Favourites have won 31.3% of their runs here (1,513 from 4,832), a level-stakes P/L of −356.68 points to a £1 stake at SP.

William Haggas has the most winners here (139 from 523 runners, 26.6%). Among yards with 30 or more runners, Owen Burrows has the best win rate: 33.3% (14 from 42).

Richard Kingscote has the most winners here (135 from 819 rides, 16.5%). Among riders with 30 or more rides, Paul O'Brien has the best win rate: 29.7% (11 from 37).

At trips under 6f in Flat races of 8 or more runners, the lowest third of the stalls has won 7.6% of its runs (761) and the highest third 11.2% (1,177).

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 (1,513 from 4,832), a level-stakes P/L of −356.68 points to a £1 stake at SP.

Position in the bettingRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
FavouriteRuns 4,832Won 1,513Win 31.3%£1 −356.68A/E 1.07
2nd–3rd in the bettingRuns 8,962Won 1,482Win 16.5%£1 −1,166.52A/E 1.00
4th–6th in the bettingRuns 12,284Won 988Win 8.0%£1 −1,924.17A/E 0.97
7th or biggerRuns 13,380Won 414Win 3.1%£1 −4,639.50A/E 0.85

Favourites by race type

RacesRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
FlatRuns 3,548Won 1,115Win 31.4%£1 −231.00A/E 1.09
HurdleRuns 664Won 227Win 34.2%£1 −26.98A/E 1.10
ChaseRuns 553Won 148Win 26.8%£1 −89.00A/E 0.95
NH FlatRuns 67Won 23Win 34.3%£1 −9.70A/E 1.01

Favourites by going

GoingRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
FirmRuns 36Won 10Win 27.8%£1 −6.90A/E 0.99
Good to FirmRuns 1,163Won 374Win 32.2%£1 −90.55A/E 1.06
GoodRuns 1,156Won 341Win 29.5%£1 −115.93A/E 1.08
Good to SoftRuns 829Won 248Win 29.9%£1 −76.61A/E 1.04
SoftRuns 949Won 317Win 33.4%£1 −3.05A/E 1.13
HeavyRuns 699Won 223Win 31.9%£1 −63.64A/E 1.04

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

William Haggas has the most winners here (139 from 523 runners, 26.6%). Among yards with 30 or more runners, Owen Burrows has the best win rate: 33.3% (14 from 42).

Most winners

TrainerRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
William HaggasRuns 523Won 139Win 26.6%£1 +52.28A/E 1.26
Tom DascombeRuns 786Won 128Win 16.3%£1 +202.19A/E 1.31
Mark JohnstonRuns 833Won 102Win 12.2%£1 −208.55A/E 0.96
Richard FaheyRuns 1,151Won 101Win 8.8%£1 −399.25A/E 0.89
Donald McCainRuns 541Won 91Win 16.8%£1 −69.00A/E 1.20
K R BurkeRuns 677Won 88Win 13.0%£1 −13.51A/E 1.12
Tim EasterbyRuns 1,085Won 81Win 7.5%£1 −349.61A/E 0.85
David O'MearaRuns 666Won 80Win 12.0%£1 +34.77A/E 1.07
Kevin RyanRuns 722Won 74Win 10.2%£1 −96.35A/E 0.93
John GosdenRuns 273Won 68Win 24.9%£1 +59.86A/E 1.23

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

Best win %

TrainerRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
Owen BurrowsRuns 42Won 14Win 33.3%£1 +11.74A/E 1.39
Michael JarvisRuns 115Won 31Win 27.0%£1 +37.26A/E 1.50
William HaggasRuns 523Won 139Win 26.6%£1 +52.28A/E 1.26
Charlie ApplebyRuns 190Won 49Win 25.8%£1 −50.47A/E 1.01
George BougheyRuns 35Won 9Win 25.7%£1 −0.29A/E 1.28
Jamie SnowdenRuns 55Won 14Win 25.5%£1 −1.07A/E 1.42
John GosdenRuns 273Won 68Win 24.9%£1 +59.86A/E 1.23
John & Thady GosdenRuns 87Won 21Win 24.1%£1 −2.19A/E 1.22
Nick WilliamsRuns 51Won 11Win 21.6%£1 +31.16A/E 1.39
B W HillsRuns 196Won 41Win 20.9%£1 +3.60A/E 1.33

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
Lucy WadhamRuns 72Won 13Win 18.1%£1 +77.00A/E 2.29
Ann DuffieldRuns 68Won 13Win 19.1%£1 +39.50A/E 1.93
Mark WalfordRuns 58Won 9Win 15.5%£1 +2.32A/E 1.88
David ElsworthRuns 65Won 13Win 20.0%£1 +27.50A/E 1.76
Steph HollinsheadRuns 72Won 7Win 9.7%£1 −13.00A/E 1.69
Michael JarvisRuns 115Won 31Win 27.0%£1 +37.26A/E 1.50
Peter BowenRuns 91Won 14Win 15.4%£1 +61.23A/E 1.50
Chris WallRuns 77Won 13Win 16.9%£1 +2.12A/E 1.48
Fergal O'BrienRuns 76Won 14Win 18.4%£1 −15.88A/E 1.48
Charlie FellowesRuns 89Won 15Win 16.9%£1 −1.67A/E 1.47

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

Richard Kingscote has the most winners here (135 from 819 rides, 16.5%). Among riders with 30 or more rides, Paul O'Brien has the best win rate: 29.7% (11 from 37).

Most winners

JockeyRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
Richard KingscoteRuns 819Won 135Win 16.5%£1 +21.94A/E 1.15
Daniel TudhopeRuns 614Won 88Win 14.3%£1 −59.14A/E 1.08
Paul HanaganRuns 659Won 81Win 12.3%£1 −164.79A/E 0.97
William BuickRuns 331Won 78Win 23.6%£1 +22.17A/E 1.17
Franny NortonRuns 565Won 74Win 13.1%£1 −11.62A/E 1.20
Jamie SpencerRuns 357Won 56Win 15.7%£1 −76.05A/E 1.01
Graham LeeRuns 503Won 56Win 11.1%£1 −124.64A/E 0.98
James DoyleRuns 306Won 55Win 18.0%£1 −45.81A/E 1.06
Oisin MurphyRuns 270Won 52Win 19.3%£1 −32.87A/E 1.13
Jim CrowleyRuns 305Won 52Win 17.0%£1 −8.52A/E 1.16

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

Best win %

JockeyRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
Paul O'BrienRuns 37Won 11Win 29.7%£1 +33.92A/E 1.73
Jack DoughtyRuns 33Won 9Win 27.3%£1 +35.45A/E 2.25
Richard HillsRuns 48Won 12Win 25.0%£1 −12.12A/E 1.33
Timmy MurphyRuns 65Won 16Win 24.6%£1 +7.02A/E 1.60
David BassRuns 37Won 9Win 24.3%£1 +14.87A/E 1.35
William BuickRuns 331Won 78Win 23.6%£1 +22.17A/E 1.17
Megan NichollsRuns 35Won 8Win 22.9%£1 +26.72A/E 1.66
Jason MaguireRuns 200Won 45Win 22.5%£1 +5.06A/E 1.30
R WalshRuns 36Won 8Win 22.2%£1 −11.57A/E 0.90
Sean BowenRuns 96Won 21Win 21.9%£1 +13.16A/E 1.29

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
Pierre-Louis JaminRuns 66Won 11Win 16.7%£1 +13.45A/E 1.69
Paul QuinnRuns 51Won 4Win 7.8%£1 +55.33A/E 1.62
Timmy MurphyRuns 65Won 16Win 24.6%£1 +7.02A/E 1.60
Josephine GordonRuns 52Won 7Win 13.5%£1 +65.50A/E 1.54
Liam TreadwellRuns 50Won 9Win 18.0%£1 −1.00A/E 1.53
Callum ShepherdRuns 89Won 15Win 16.9%£1 +75.98A/E 1.52
Phil DennisRuns 70Won 8Win 11.4%£1 +48.00A/E 1.51
Wayne HutchinsonRuns 92Won 16Win 17.4%£1 +44.67A/E 1.49
Peter BuchananRuns 103Won 13Win 12.6%£1 +10.33A/E 1.43
Jane ElliottRuns 63Won 7Win 11.1%£1 +18.00A/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

Chosen Character (IRE) has won here 6 times from 26 runs, more than any other horse since January 2005.

Biggest-priced winners

at starting price

The biggest-priced winner here since January 2005 was Lola's Theme (GB) at 100/1 on 7 September 2018.

The draw

Flat, 8+ runners

At trips under 6f in Flat races of 8 or more runners, the lowest third of the stalls has won 7.6% of its runs (761) and the highest third 11.2% (1,177).

Under 6f

StallsRunsWonWin %Place %Fair A/E
Low thirdRuns 761Won 58Win 7.6%Place 27.9%A/E 0.87
Middle thirdRuns 854Won 72Win 8.4%Place 28.3%A/E 0.87
High thirdRuns 1,177Won 132Win 11.2%Place 29.5%A/E 1.17

6f – 7f

StallsRunsWonWin %Place %Fair A/E
Low thirdRuns 2,361Won 215Win 9.1%Place 27.4%A/E 1.01
Middle thirdRuns 2,628Won 247Win 9.4%Place 28.1%A/E 1.01
High thirdRuns 3,511Won 328Win 9.3%Place 28.9%A/E 0.99

1m – 1m1f

StallsRunsWonWin %Place %Fair A/E
Low thirdRuns 1,374Won 125Win 9.1%Place 28.9%A/E 0.95
Middle thirdRuns 1,547Won 146Win 9.4%Place 28.4%A/E 1.01
High thirdRuns 2,039Won 189Win 9.3%Place 27.5%A/E 1.03

1m2f – 1m4f

StallsRunsWonWin %Place %Fair A/E
Low thirdRuns 1,304Won 110Win 8.4%Place 27.2%A/E 0.90
Middle thirdRuns 1,481Won 146Win 9.9%Place 30.6%A/E 1.06
High thirdRuns 2,031Won 199Win 9.8%Place 28.5%A/E 1.04

1m5f – 2m

StallsRunsWonWin %Place %Fair A/E
Low thirdRuns 492Won 37Win 7.5%Place 26.2%A/E 0.85
Middle thirdRuns 548Won 60Win 10.9%Place 30.3%A/E 1.18
High thirdRuns 748Won 65Win 8.7%Place 27.4%A/E 0.96

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.

  • Rides by David Probert+52.3% ROI · +130.11 pts from 249 runs · 28 winners (11.2%)Jan 2005 – Sep 2021: +26.8% on 161 · Since Oct 2021: +98.8% on 88 · without the biggest winner (100/1): +29.11 pts
  • David O'Meara, ridden by Daniel Tudhope+39.6% ROI · +110.52 pts from 279 runs · 46 winners (16.5%)Jan 2005 – Sep 2021: +51.3% on 198 · Since Oct 2021: +11.1% on 81 · without the biggest winner (33/1): +76.52 pts
  • Runners trained by Ed Walker+32.4% ROI · +97.27 pts from 300 runs · 60 winners (20.0%)Jan 2005 – Sep 2021: +6.4% on 155 · Since Oct 2021: +60.2% on 145 · without the biggest winner (66/1): +30.27 pts
  • Rides by Cieren Fallon+31.5% ROI · +47.62 pts from 151 runs · 26 winners (17.2%)Jan 2005 – Sep 2021: +50.5% on 46 · Since Oct 2021: +23.2% on 105 · without the biggest winner (40/1): +6.62 pts
  • Rides by Callum Rodriguez+12.7% ROI · +19.81 pts from 156 runs · 28 winners (17.9%)Jan 2005 – Sep 2021: +22.5% on 52 · Since Oct 2021: +7.8% on 104 · without the biggest winner (16/1): +2.81 pts
  • Runners trained by William Haggas+10.0% ROI · +52.28 pts from 523 runs · 139 winners (26.6%)Jan 2005 – Sep 2021: +7.4% on 333 · Since Oct 2021: +14.6% on 190 · without the biggest winner (25/1): +26.28 pts

Quick answers

How do favourites do at Haydock?

Favourites (joint favourites included) have won 1,513 of 4,832 runs at Haydock since January 2005 — 31.3%, a £1 level-stakes P/L of −356.68 points at SP (as at 21 Oct 2026).

Which trainer has the most winners at Haydock?

William Haggas, with 139 winners from 523 runners (26.6%) since January 2005.

Which jockey has ridden the most winners at Haydock?

Richard Kingscote, with 135 winners from 819 rides (16.5%) since January 2005.

Which trainer has the best strike rate at Haydock?

Among yards with 30 or more runners here since January 2005, Owen Burrows has the best win rate: 33.3% (14 from 42).

Which jockey has the best strike rate at Haydock?

Among riders with 30 or more rides here since January 2005, Paul O'Brien has the best win rate: 29.7% (11 from 37).

Which horses have won most at Haydock?

The leading course winners since January 2005: Chosen Character (IRE) (6 from 26), The New One (IRE) (5 from 5), Royale Pagaille (FR) (5 from 10).

What is the biggest-priced winner at Haydock?

Lola's Theme (GB) at 100/1 on 7 September 2018 in the 32Red Casino British EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes (Plus 10) — the biggest starting price among Haydock winners since January 2005.

Is there a draw bias at Haydock?

At trips under 6f in Flat races of 8 or more runners since January 2005, runners drawn in the lowest third of the stalls have won 58 of 761 runs (7.6%) and those in the highest third 132 of 1,177 (11.2%). Fair A/E 0.87 low against 1.17 high says how much of that the market had already priced.

About Haydock

checked October 2026

Layout and key facts

  • Where: Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, between Liverpool and Manchester — Flat and jumps, turf.
  • Shape: Left-handed and galloping, mostly flat, with a straight course for 5f and 6f and a long home straight on the round course.
  • Jumps: Portable fences on the chase course; the track rides stiff when the ground is soft.

Going and the seasons

  • Spring and summer: The May and June meetings are usually run on good or good to firm ground.
  • September: Sprint Cup day is often run on good to soft or soft ground.
  • Winter: The November to February jumps fixtures are frequently soft or heavy.

Signature races and fixtures

  • Flat: The Sprint Cup (6f, September); the Temple Stakes (5f) and the Sandy Lane Stakes (6f) in May; the John of Gaunt Stakes (7f) in June; the Lancashire Oaks (1m4f) in July; the Rose of Lancaster Stakes (1m2f) in August.
  • Jumps: The Betfair Chase (about 3m1f) in November; the Tommy Whittle Chase in December; the Peter Marsh Chase (3m) and the Champion Hurdle Trial (2m) in January; the Rendlesham Hurdle (about 3m) in February.

Practical notes

  • Getting there: Close to the M6 and M62 with plenty of parking; by rail to Newton-le-Willows or Earlestown and a short taxi ride.
  • Viewing: The straight course is seen head-on from the main stands; big screens cover the far side of the round course.

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.