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Ludlow racecourse statistics

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

Figures as at 21 Oct 2026, 10:38 · last meeting in our archive 10 May 2026

Covers 6 January 2005 – 21 October 2026

2,091races · 303 meetings
18,833runners · 11,843 horses
37.2%favourites won · 838 of 2,254Last 12 months: 34.7% (34 of 98)
100/1biggest-priced winner · Call Me Sid (GB)

In brief

as at 21 Oct 2026

Ludlow has staged 2,091 races over 303 meetings in our archive since January 2005, with 18,833 runners.

Favourites have won 37.2% of their runs here (838 from 2,254), a level-stakes P/L of −57.25 points to a £1 stake at SP.

Evan Williams has the most winners here (135 from 926 runners, 14.6%). Among yards with 30 or more runners, Nicky Henderson has the best win rate: 28.1% (116 from 413).

Richard Johnson has the most winners here (105 from 512 rides, 20.5%). Among riders with 30 or more rides, Barry Geraghty has the best win rate: 37.7% (20 from 53).

2 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 37.2% of their runs here (838 from 2,254), a level-stakes P/L of −57.25 points to a £1 stake at SP.

Position in the bettingRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
FavouriteRuns 2,254Won 838Win 37.2%£1 −57.25A/E 1.13
2nd–3rd in the bettingRuns 4,215Won 687Win 16.3%£1 −836.13A/E 0.94
4th–6th in the bettingRuns 5,865Won 431Win 7.3%£1 −1,145.00A/E 0.98
7th or biggerRuns 6,498Won 140Win 2.2%£1 −3,090.50A/E 0.82

Favourites by race type

RacesRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
HurdleRuns 1,196Won 452Win 37.8%£1 −76.63A/E 1.12
ChaseRuns 874Won 312Win 35.7%£1 +10.63A/E 1.13
NH FlatRuns 184Won 74Win 40.2%£1 +8.75A/E 1.21

Favourites by going

GoingRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
FirmRuns 6Won 2Win 33.3%£1 −1.64A/E 0.97
Good to FirmRuns 186Won 56Win 30.1%£1 −40.50A/E 0.92
GoodRuns 973Won 377Win 38.7%£1 +16.04A/E 1.16
Good to SoftRuns 570Won 202Win 35.4%£1 −26.27A/E 1.11
SoftRuns 470Won 182Win 38.7%£1 −2.01A/E 1.16
HeavyRuns 49Won 19Win 38.8%£1 −2.87A/E 1.10

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

Evan Williams has the most winners here (135 from 926 runners, 14.6%). Among yards with 30 or more runners, Nicky Henderson has the best win rate: 28.1% (116 from 413).

Most winners

TrainerRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
Evan WilliamsRuns 926Won 135Win 14.6%£1 −279.45A/E 1.03
Nicky HendersonRuns 413Won 116Win 28.1%£1 −13.95A/E 1.12
Henry DalyRuns 528Won 82Win 15.5%£1 −128.13A/E 1.13
Venetia WilliamsRuns 435Won 77Win 17.7%£1 −3.09A/E 1.21
Philip HobbsRuns 382Won 72Win 18.8%£1 −70.38A/E 0.97
Nigel Twiston-DaviesRuns 584Won 72Win 12.3%£1 −203.48A/E 0.88
Dan SkeltonRuns 305Won 54Win 17.7%£1 −97.82A/E 0.93
Fergal O'BrienRuns 297Won 52Win 17.5%£1 −70.62A/E 1.07
Jonjo O'NeillRuns 328Won 50Win 15.2%£1 −48.45A/E 1.21
Kim BaileyRuns 300Won 45Win 15.0%£1 −55.24A/E 1.04

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

Best win %

TrainerRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
Nicky HendersonRuns 413Won 116Win 28.1%£1 −13.95A/E 1.12
Anthony HoneyballRuns 39Won 9Win 23.1%£1 +29.98A/E 1.36
Gary MooreRuns 66Won 15Win 22.7%£1 +13.65A/E 1.28
Paul NichollsRuns 211Won 44Win 20.9%£1 −75.44A/E 0.86
Harry FryRuns 58Won 12Win 20.7%£1 −14.45A/E 1.07
Martin BosleyRuns 31Won 6Win 19.4%£1 +12.33A/E 2.39
Jamie SnowdenRuns 94Won 18Win 19.1%£1 −20.86A/E 1.08
Emma LavelleRuns 110Won 21Win 19.1%£1 −14.25A/E 1.17
Ben PaulingRuns 116Won 22Win 19.0%£1 −10.06A/E 1.45
Nigel & Willy Twiston-DaviesRuns 37Won 7Win 18.9%£1 −2.11A/E 1.07

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 ChapmanRuns 76Won 6Win 7.9%£1 +60.75A/E 2.04
Keith GoldsworthyRuns 74Won 11Win 14.9%£1 +139.42A/E 1.77
Ann PriceRuns 93Won 5Win 5.4%£1 −18.00A/E 1.62
Sheila LewisRuns 130Won 12Win 9.2%£1 −49.75A/E 1.49
John GroucottRuns 126Won 11Win 8.7%£1 −23.38A/E 1.46
Ben PaulingRuns 116Won 22Win 19.0%£1 −10.06A/E 1.45
Martin KeighleyRuns 139Won 21Win 15.1%£1 −14.71A/E 1.35
Alastair RalphRuns 199Won 29Win 14.6%£1 +73.21A/E 1.33
Richard PriceRuns 80Won 5Win 6.3%£1 −33.00A/E 1.32
Charlie MannRuns 104Won 19Win 18.3%£1 +27.14A/E 1.31

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 Johnson has the most winners here (105 from 512 rides, 20.5%). Among riders with 30 or more rides, Barry Geraghty has the best win rate: 37.7% (20 from 53).

Most winners

JockeyRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
Richard JohnsonRuns 512Won 105Win 20.5%£1 −97.81A/E 1.09
Sam Twiston-DaviesRuns 497Won 67Win 13.5%£1 −181.22A/E 0.80
Paul MoloneyRuns 420Won 66Win 15.7%£1 −143.05A/E 1.04
A P McCoyRuns 243Won 63Win 25.9%£1 −49.14A/E 1.04
Paddy BrennanRuns 343Won 58Win 16.9%£1 −74.16A/E 1.11
Harry SkeltonRuns 213Won 43Win 20.2%£1 −54.52A/E 0.96
Tom O'BrienRuns 290Won 42Win 14.5%£1 −47.60A/E 1.07
David BassRuns 204Won 39Win 19.1%£1 +65.12A/E 1.19
Jonathan BurkeRuns 203Won 34Win 16.7%£1 +20.70A/E 1.16
Aidan ColemanRuns 246Won 33Win 13.4%£1 −82.54A/E 0.91

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

Best win %

JockeyRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
Barry GeraghtyRuns 53Won 20Win 37.7%£1 +3.69A/E 1.25
Jeremiah McGrathRuns 43Won 13Win 30.2%£1 +18.16A/E 2.03
Miss Gina AndrewsRuns 37Won 11Win 29.7%£1 +18.67A/E 1.74
A P McCoyRuns 243Won 63Win 25.9%£1 −49.14A/E 1.04
Miss Lucy TurnerRuns 37Won 9Win 24.3%£1 +11.58A/E 1.71
Mick FitzgeraldRuns 50Won 11Win 22.0%£1 +5.62A/E 1.28
Nico de BoinvilleRuns 136Won 29Win 21.3%£1 −29.08A/E 1.02
Harry CobdenRuns 100Won 21Win 21.0%£1 −23.31A/E 0.93
Mr William BiddickRuns 34Won 7Win 20.6%£1 +5.56A/E 1.35
Richard JohnsonRuns 512Won 105Win 20.5%£1 −97.81A/E 1.09

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
Harry BannisterRuns 53Won 10Win 18.9%£1 +4.75A/E 1.92
Mark GrantRuns 61Won 6Win 9.8%£1 +16.50A/E 1.68
Lee StephensRuns 141Won 10Win 7.1%£1 +54.25A/E 1.54
Kielan WoodsRuns 121Won 18Win 14.9%£1 +15.95A/E 1.49
Miss Lorna BrookeRuns 119Won 6Win 5.0%£1 −45.00A/E 1.47
Robert DunneRuns 141Won 16Win 11.3%£1 +57.55A/E 1.40
Charlie HammondRuns 78Won 9Win 11.5%£1 −36.19A/E 1.40
Stan SheppardRuns 98Won 16Win 16.3%£1 −6.22A/E 1.39
David NoonanRuns 88Won 9Win 10.2%£1 +0.25A/E 1.38
Alan JohnsRuns 74Won 7Win 9.5%£1 −17.38A/E 1.37

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

Hold Court (IRE) 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 Call Me Sid (GB) at 100/1 on 18 January 2018.

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 Alastair Ralph+36.8% ROI · +73.21 pts from 199 runs · 29 winners (14.6%)Jan 2005 – Sep 2021: +52.9% on 90 · Since Oct 2021: +23.5% on 109 · without the biggest winner (28/1): +44.21 pts
  • Runners trained by Neil Mulholland+25.3% ROI · +32.87 pts from 130 runs · 23 winners (17.7%)Jan 2005 – Sep 2021: +25.8% on 79 · Since Oct 2021: +24.5% on 51 · without the biggest winner (25/1): +6.87 pts

Quick answers

How do favourites do at Ludlow?

Favourites (joint favourites included) have won 838 of 2,254 runs at Ludlow since January 2005 — 37.2%, a £1 level-stakes P/L of −57.25 points at SP (as at 21 Oct 2026).

Which trainer has the most winners at Ludlow?

Evan Williams, with 135 winners from 926 runners (14.6%) since January 2005.

Which jockey has ridden the most winners at Ludlow?

Richard Johnson, with 105 winners from 512 rides (20.5%) since January 2005.

Which trainer has the best strike rate at Ludlow?

Among yards with 30 or more runners here since January 2005, Nicky Henderson has the best win rate: 28.1% (116 from 413).

Which jockey has the best strike rate at Ludlow?

Among riders with 30 or more rides here since January 2005, Barry Geraghty has the best win rate: 37.7% (20 from 53).

Which horses have won most at Ludlow?

The leading course winners since January 2005: Hold Court (IRE) (5 from 6), Theatre Diva (IRE) (5 from 8), Tyup Pompey (IRE) (5 from 38).

What is the biggest-priced winner at Ludlow?

Call Me Sid (GB) at 100/1 on 18 January 2018 in the Jubilee Restaurant Maiden Hurdle — the biggest starting price among Ludlow winners since January 2005.

About Ludlow

checked October 2026

Layout and key facts

  • Where: Bromfield, two miles north of Ludlow, Shropshire, on the A49 — jumps only, turf.
  • Shape: Right-handed, sharp and flat, about 1m4f round, with the chase course outside the hurdles course and a run-in that is not long.

Going and the seasons

  • Winter: Soft ground is common from December to February.
  • Autumn and spring: The October and the spring fixtures more often race on good or good to soft ground.

Signature races and fixtures

  • Programme: Handicap chases and novice hurdles from October to May, with no graded races.

Practical notes

  • Getting there: On the A49 between Shrewsbury and Hereford with parking on site; by rail to Ludlow and a taxi.
  • Viewing: A small country course with the whole circuit in 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.