Sedgefield Course Guide

Jumping takes place throughout the year at Sedgefield and the calendar highlight is the Durham National Handicap Chase. Previously run in April, the 3m 5f event is now staged in the autumn, being won in 2014 by the useful Royale Knight.

The County Durham course is something of a specialist’s track and one of the most popular equine regulars in recent years was Fatehalkhair, who won 13 races at the course.

Jumps Racing

Left handed, undulating. Easy fences and one of the lowest casualty rates, fallers/unseats at the two fences in the home straight being especially rare. In theory, uphill finish should dictate that plenty of races change complexion late in the day but, in practice, that isn't the case, the run-in on the hurdles course being short and plenty having a tendency to pick up again when challenged on the chase track.

A fast, accurate jumper is ideally what you want to be on at Sedgefield. The fences aren’t difficult there, though, in fact they’re relatively easy, and, especially for summer racing, you can often get away with it on a horse that’s not the greatest of jumpers. It’s different in the middle of winter, when the ground can get testing, and, on days it’s like that, you see a lot of the jocks coming up the stands’ rail, particularly in hurdle races. That can prove a bit of a golden highway when underfoot conditions are soft.

View from the saddle: Mick Fitzgerald

Sedgefield Top Times
Last 5 years

Chase
Hurdle
National Hunt Flat

Distance	Horse (Going)	Date	Winning time
2m 77y	Delpotro (Good to Firm)	13 May 2025	3m 46.68s
2m 1f	El Borracho (Good)	26 Aug 2021	4m 1.21s
2m 3f 65y	Delpotro (Good)	04 Sep 2025	4m 42.9s
2m 5f 28y	Jackpot Cash (Good)	13 May 2025	5m 2s
3m 2f 59y	Pescatorius (Good to Firm)	08 Oct 2025	6m 35.7s
3m 2f 202y	Montanna (Good)	26 Aug 2021	6m 36.2s
3m 5f 48y	Ivane (Good)	19 Oct 2025	7m 18.96s

Distance	Horse (Going)	Date	Winning time
2m 178y	Addosh (Good to Firm)	13 May 2025	3m 44s
2m 3f 188y	Janworth (Good to Firm)	13 May 2025	4m 28.1s
2m 5f 34y	Adherence (Good)	19 Apr 2022	4m 59.7s
3m 3f 9y	Thatbeatsbanagher (Good to Firm)	01 Sep 2022	6m 25.3s

Distance	Horse (Going)	Date	Winning time
2m 178y	Opale De Maine (Good to Firm)	08 Oct 2025	3m 47.26s

Sedgefield Top Trainers
Last 3 years (ordered by number of winners)

Chase
Hurdle
National Hunt Flat

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
Micky Hammond	53	8	20	£33,878	15.09%	-£13.25
S England	37	6	20	£21,256	16.22%	-£12.17
C Grant	27	5	14	£16,398	18.52%	-£1.17
J Parkinson & S Smith	22	5	12	£19,144	22.73%	£6.50
James Owen	5	5	0	£31,656	100%	£12.56
P A Kirby	12	4	4	£16,055	33.33%	£10.25
W Coltherd	22	3	8	£12,806	13.64%	£7.50
D Thompson	12	3	7	£11,196	25%	£13.25
C E Longsdon	8	3	4	£11,354	37.5%	£1.75
H Hogarth	7	3	3	£10,193	42.86%	£21.00

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
D McCain Jnr	78	12	34	£48,163	15.38%	-£7.46
J Candlish	55	11	27	£41,445	20%	-£13.64
P A Kirby	52	11	16	£38,791	21.15%	-£4.87
R Menzies	62	10	21	£40,394	16.13%	-£16.00
Micky Hammond	71	7	24	£26,215	9.86%	-£35.67
B Ellison	34	6	16	£24,847	17.65%	£27.10
S England	40	5	13	£18,167	12.5%	-£4.30
P Neville	23	5	8	£22,361	21.74%	-£7.25
B Haslam	31	5	7	£20,115	16.13%	-£15.05
P F Nicholls	5	5	0	£18,821	100%	£17.54

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
D McCain Jnr	10	5	4	£12,255	50%	£7.07
R Menzies	10	2	7	£4,902	20%	-£5.22
Dan Skelton	5	2	3	£6,808	40%	£3.25
D Pipe	3	2	1	£4,902	66.67%	£1.41
Jamie Snowden	2	2	0	£6,372	100%	£1.03
C Grant	12	1	5	£2,614	8.33%	-£5.50
Ruth Jefferson	3	1	1	£2,614	33.33%	£7.00
J & S Quinn	3	1	1	£2,451	33.33%	-£0.25
B Brookhouse	2	1	1	£2,614	50%	-£0.20
J C McConnell	2	1	1	£2,614	50%	-£0.75

Sedgefield Top Jockeys
Last 3 years (ordered by number of winners)

Chase
Hurdle
National Hunt Flat

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
B S Hughes	52	9	23	£35,357	17.31%	-£12.42
Danny McMenamin	38	9	17	£33,746	23.68%	£15.08
Sean Quinlan	46	6	24	£22,339	13.04%	-£18.75
Henry Brooke	17	4	10	£17,507	23.53%	-£6.64
Tom Midgley	15	4	10	£14,602	26.67%	£8.08
Emma Smith-Chaston	19	4	8	£16,213	21.05%	-£0.13
S Bowen	16	4	8	£14,444	25%	-£4.95
Sam Coltherd	18	3	6	£12,806	16.67%	£13.50
William Maggs	12	3	6	£12,648	25%	£2.75
Joe Williamson	13	3	5	£11,196	23.08%	-£2.75

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
B S Hughes	91	17	42	£72,271	18.68%	-£25.64
Sean Quinlan	70	13	30	£51,786	18.57%	-£13.08
Ross Chapman	54	9	14	£39,395	16.67%	-£5.50
Joe Williamson	54	7	17	£22,736	12.96%	-£25.99
Danny McMenamin	50	5	21	£19,588	10%	-£12.04
Nathan Moscrop	35	5	11	£17,058	14.29%	-£8.75
Theo Gillard	23	5	10	£18,996	21.74%	£11.83
Craig Nichol	38	4	12	£15,446	10.53%	£5.50
S Bowen	17	4	9	£18,103	23.53%	-£9.42
Jonathan England	31	4	8	£14,919	12.9%	£2.50

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
B S Hughes	13	4	7	£9,804	30.77%	£2.00
Nathan Moscrop	8	2	5	£4,902	25%	-£4.22
G Sheehan	3	2	1	£6,372	66.67%	£1.03
William Maggs	7	1	3	£2,614	14.29%	-£0.50
Joe Williamson	9	1	2	£2,451	11.11%	£10.00
Callum Bewley	4	1	1	£2,614	25%	£5.00
Henry Brooke	3	1	1	£2,451	33.33%	£2.50
S Bowen	3	1	1	£3,921	33.33%	-£0.13
J J Burke	2	1	1	£2,451	50%	-£0.09
Jonjo O'Neill Jr.	2	1	1	£3,921	50%	£1.00