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Newcastle racecourse statistics

Every runner at Newcastle in our archive in the last 5 years (since 1 October 2021): who wins here, how favourites fare, the biggest-priced winners, and the angles that have paid at SP.

Figures as at 19 Oct 2026, 18:28 · last meeting in our archive 11 Apr 2026

Covers 1 October 2021 – 20 October 2026

Racing here today

9 races at Newcastle (AW) · cards as at 1:58

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.

413races · 59 meetings
3,324runners · 2,179 horses
37.4%favourites won · 164 of 438Last 12 months: 35.4% (29 of 82)
33/1biggest-priced winner · Goodoldbill (GB)

In brief

as at 19 Oct 2026

Newcastle has staged 413 races over 59 meetings in our archive in the last 5 years (since 1 October 2021), with 3,324 runners.

Favourites have won 37.4% of their runs here (164 from 438), a level-stakes P/L of −25.48 points to a £1 stake at SP.

Lucinda Russell has the most winners here (22 from 128 runners, 17.2%). Among yards with 30 or more runners, Dan Skelton has the best win rate: 32.4% (11 from 34).

Brian Hughes has the most winners here (37 from 210 rides, 17.6%). Among riders with 30 or more rides, Richie McLernon has the best win rate: 20.8% (10 from 48).

1 angle 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 37.4% of their runs here (164 from 438), a level-stakes P/L of −25.48 points to a £1 stake at SP.

Position in the bettingRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
FavouriteRuns 438Won 164Win 37.4%£1 −25.48A/E 1.08
2nd–3rd in the bettingRuns 824Won 148Win 18.0%£1 −161.75A/E 0.97
4th–6th in the bettingRuns 1,085Won 81Win 7.5%£1 −234.00A/E 0.98
7th or biggerRuns 977Won 22Win 2.3%£1 −568.50A/E 0.82

Favourites by race type

RacesRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
HurdleRuns 234Won 89Win 38.0%£1 −26.25A/E 1.05
ChaseRuns 159Won 58Win 36.5%£1 +2.43A/E 1.11
NH FlatRuns 45Won 17Win 37.8%£1 −1.66A/E 1.15

Favourites by going

GoingRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
GoodRuns 138Won 46Win 33.3%£1 −25.83A/E 0.91
Good to SoftRuns 161Won 65Win 40.4%£1 +6.47A/E 1.21
SoftRuns 45Won 14Win 31.1%£1 −14.28A/E 0.93
HeavyRuns 81Won 34Win 42.0%£1 +7.55A/E 1.21
Standard (AW)Runs 13Won 5Win 38.5%£1 +0.61A/E 1.19

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

last 5 years

Lucinda Russell has the most winners here (22 from 128 runners, 17.2%). Among yards with 30 or more runners, Dan Skelton has the best win rate: 32.4% (11 from 34).

Most winners

TrainerRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
Lucinda RussellRuns 128Won 22Win 17.2%£1 −1.93A/E 1.06
Rebecca MenziesRuns 135Won 22Win 16.3%£1 +8.92A/E 1.41
Donald McCainRuns 104Won 21Win 20.2%£1 +12.16A/E 1.07
Nicky RichardsRuns 93Won 18Win 19.4%£1 −26.07A/E 1.10
Micky HammondRuns 149Won 16Win 10.7%£1 −32.80A/E 1.15
Jennie CandlishRuns 62Won 15Win 24.2%£1 −1.34A/E 1.39
Dan SkeltonRuns 34Won 11Win 32.4%£1 +17.61A/E 1.32
Ben HaslamRuns 47Won 11Win 23.4%£1 +15.92A/E 1.94
Joel Parkinson & Sue SmithRuns 47Won 10Win 21.3%£1 −14.37A/E 1.12
Philip KirbyRuns 75Won 9Win 12.0%£1 −30.12A/E 1.26

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

Best win %

TrainerRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
Dan SkeltonRuns 34Won 11Win 32.4%£1 +17.61A/E 1.32
Jennie CandlishRuns 62Won 15Win 24.2%£1 −1.34A/E 1.39
Ben HaslamRuns 47Won 11Win 23.4%£1 +15.92A/E 1.94
Joel Parkinson & Sue SmithRuns 47Won 10Win 21.3%£1 −14.37A/E 1.12
Ruth JeffersonRuns 33Won 7Win 21.2%£1 +14.03A/E 1.45
Donald McCainRuns 104Won 21Win 20.2%£1 +12.16A/E 1.07
Nicky RichardsRuns 93Won 18Win 19.4%£1 −26.07A/E 1.10
Lucinda RussellRuns 128Won 22Win 17.2%£1 −1.93A/E 1.06
Rebecca MenziesRuns 135Won 22Win 16.3%£1 +8.92A/E 1.41
Ann HamiltonRuns 37Won 5Win 13.5%£1 −26.86A/E 0.81

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
Rebecca MenziesRuns 135Won 22Win 16.3%£1 +8.92A/E 1.41
Jennie CandlishRuns 62Won 15Win 24.2%£1 −1.34A/E 1.39
Philip KirbyRuns 75Won 9Win 12.0%£1 −30.12A/E 1.26
Micky HammondRuns 149Won 16Win 10.7%£1 −32.80A/E 1.15
Nicky RichardsRuns 93Won 18Win 19.4%£1 −26.07A/E 1.10
Donald McCainRuns 104Won 21Win 20.2%£1 +12.16A/E 1.07
Lucinda RussellRuns 128Won 22Win 17.2%£1 −1.93A/E 1.06
Susan CorbettRuns 61Won 5Win 8.2%£1 −32.25A/E 1.05
Sandy ThomsonRuns 78Won 9Win 11.5%£1 −11.38A/E 0.95
Brian EllisonRuns 52Won 5Win 9.6%£1 −23.62A/E 0.89

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

last 5 years

Brian Hughes has the most winners here (37 from 210 rides, 17.6%). Among riders with 30 or more rides, Richie McLernon has the best win rate: 20.8% (10 from 48).

Most winners

JockeyRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
Brian HughesRuns 210Won 37Win 17.6%£1 −44.54A/E 0.87
Danny McMenaminRuns 151Won 28Win 18.5%£1 −47.77A/E 1.15
Sean QuinlanRuns 184Won 26Win 14.1%£1 −59.35A/E 1.00
Ryan ManiaRuns 115Won 14Win 12.2%£1 −4.38A/E 1.09
Nathan MoscropRuns 80Won 13Win 16.3%£1 +12.24A/E 1.53
Patrick WadgeRuns 74Won 12Win 16.2%£1 −3.22A/E 1.24
Conor O'FarrellRuns 93Won 11Win 11.8%£1 +0.19A/E 1.49
Richie McLernonRuns 48Won 10Win 20.8%£1 +8.25A/E 2.02
Henry BrookeRuns 90Won 10Win 11.1%£1 −52.05A/E 0.86
Jamie HamiltonRuns 124Won 10Win 8.1%£1 −32.50A/E 0.77

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

Best win %

JockeyRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
Richie McLernonRuns 48Won 10Win 20.8%£1 +8.25A/E 2.02
Danny McMenaminRuns 151Won 28Win 18.5%£1 −47.77A/E 1.15
Brian HughesRuns 210Won 37Win 17.6%£1 −44.54A/E 0.87
Nathan MoscropRuns 80Won 13Win 16.3%£1 +12.24A/E 1.53
Patrick WadgeRuns 74Won 12Win 16.2%£1 −3.22A/E 1.24
Thomas DowsonRuns 44Won 7Win 15.9%£1 −15.80A/E 1.70
William MaggsRuns 49Won 7Win 14.3%£1 −14.30A/E 1.41
Sean QuinlanRuns 184Won 26Win 14.1%£1 −59.35A/E 1.00
Theo GillardRuns 38Won 5Win 13.2%£1 −9.72A/E 1.18
Derek FoxRuns 55Won 7Win 12.7%£1 −16.59A/E 0.74

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
Nathan MoscropRuns 80Won 13Win 16.3%£1 +12.24A/E 1.53
Conor O'FarrellRuns 93Won 11Win 11.8%£1 +0.19A/E 1.49
Joe WilliamsonRuns 57Won 7Win 12.3%£1 −22.20A/E 1.28
Patrick WadgeRuns 74Won 12Win 16.2%£1 −3.22A/E 1.24
Danny McMenaminRuns 151Won 28Win 18.5%£1 −47.77A/E 1.15
Tom MidgleyRuns 86Won 8Win 9.3%£1 −29.75A/E 1.15
Ross ChapmanRuns 73Won 7Win 9.6%£1 −3.68A/E 1.13
Ryan ManiaRuns 115Won 14Win 12.2%£1 −4.38A/E 1.09
Alan DoyleRuns 53Won 6Win 11.3%£1 +7.67A/E 1.07
Sean QuinlanRuns 184Won 26Win 14.1%£1 −59.35A/E 1.00

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

Since Day One (IRE) has won here 5 times from 7 runs, more than any other horse in the last 5 years (since 1 October 2021).

Biggest-priced winners

at starting price

The biggest-priced winner here in the last 5 years (since 1 October 2021) was Goodoldbill (GB) at 33/1 on 23 November 2023.

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 Rebecca Menzies+13.0% ROI · +30.50 pts from 235 runs · 37 winners (15.7%)Jan 2005 – Sep 2021: +21.6% on 100 · Since Oct 2021: +6.6% on 135 · without the biggest winner (22/1): +7.50 pts

Quick answers

How do favourites do at Newcastle?

Favourites (joint favourites included) have won 164 of 438 runs at Newcastle in the last 5 years (since 1 October 2021) — 37.4%, a £1 level-stakes P/L of −25.48 points at SP (as at 19 Oct 2026).

Which trainer has the most winners at Newcastle?

Lucinda Russell, with 22 winners from 128 runners (17.2%) in the last 5 years (since 1 October 2021).

Which jockey has ridden the most winners at Newcastle?

Brian Hughes, with 37 winners from 210 rides (17.6%) in the last 5 years (since 1 October 2021).

Which trainer has the best strike rate at Newcastle?

Among yards with 30 or more runners here in the last 5 years (since 1 October 2021), Dan Skelton has the best win rate: 32.4% (11 from 34).

Which jockey has the best strike rate at Newcastle?

Among riders with 30 or more rides here in the last 5 years (since 1 October 2021), Richie McLernon has the best win rate: 20.8% (10 from 48).

Which horses have won most at Newcastle?

The leading course winners in the last 5 years (since 1 October 2021): Since Day One (IRE) (5 from 7), Six One Nine (IRE) (4 from 13), North Parade (IRE) (3 from 5).

What is the biggest-priced winner at Newcastle?

Goodoldbill (GB) at 33/1 on 23 November 2023 in the Favourite From The Sun Every Day Novices' Handicap Chase — the biggest starting price among Newcastle winners in the last 5 years (since 1 October 2021).

About Newcastle

checked October 2026

Layout and key facts

  • Where: High Gosforth Park, north of Newcastle upon Tyne — Flat on Tapeta, jumps on turf.
  • All-weather: A left-handed Tapeta course of about 1m6f with a straight mile; the Flat has raced on the all-weather surface since 2016.
  • Jumps: Left-handed and galloping, about 1m6f round, with a stiff finish.

Going and the seasons

  • All-weather: The surface is read as Standard or Standard to Slow and changes little with the weather; the straight mile is open to the wind.
  • Jumps: The winter fixtures are most often soft or heavy.

Signature races and fixtures

  • Flat: The Northumberland Plate (2m handicap) and the Chipchase Stakes (6f) at the end of June; the Burradon Stakes (1m, three-year-olds) in March; the Northumberland Vase on Plate weekend.
  • Jumps: The Fighting Fifth Hurdle (2m) and the Rehearsal Chase (3m handicap) at the end of November or start of December; the Eider Chase (about 4m1f handicap) in February.

Practical notes

  • Getting there: Off the A1 with large car parks; by Metro to Regent Centre and a bus or taxi.
  • Viewing: The straight mile is seen head-on from the stands; the jumps course is covered by the big screens.

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.