Kempton Course Guide
The closest racecourse to central London, situated 16 miles south-west of Trafalgar Square, Kempton Park is famously home of the Christmas jumping showpiece, the King George VI Chase. First run in 1937, the three-mile chase is the second-most important steeplechase in the calendar and boasts a roll of honour equal to the Gold Cup itself. The big race is the feature on a brilliant Boxing Day card that also includes the Grade 1 Christmas Hurdle and Feltham Novices’ Chase.
Other significant jump races at Kempton are the Lanzarote Hurdle in late January and, a month later, the Betbright Chase – a handicap over three miles won in the past by Desert Orchid and Rough Quest.
Kempton now stages flat racing throughout the year after its turf course was replaced with a Polytrack synthetic surface in 2006. All of Kempton’s historic races have been transferred to the ‘all-weather’ including the Easter Stakes, Magnolia Stakes and Rosebery Handicap.
Advance Going
Kempton switched to an all-weather track in 2006 and the surface in use is polytrack. Kempton is a flat, oval-shaped course with two loops. The inner circuit, used for races over five, nine and ten furlongs is sharp and has a finishing straight of just under two furlongs, favouring the speedy, handy type, particularly over the minimum trip. The turn on the outer course is more sweeping and the straight is almost three furlongs, making for a more straightforward test. Over both five and six furlongs, there is a relatively short run to the first bend.
The way the track is prepared at Kempton can play a massive part in whether it suits front-runners or horses coming from behind. Most of the time, the going is officially rated ‘standard’ but I know, from having ridden in America, that all artificial surfaces are dependent on weather conditions. An inside draw is a big advantage on the round course, as you don’t want to be running wide, and there’s a tendency for jockeys to get going a long from home. My preference would be to use patient tactics.
View from the saddle: Jason Weaver
Right handed, flat. Very fair with relatively easy fences, the course characteristics having seemingly remained the same since the opening of the all-weather circuit. Can represent a much stiffer test of stamina than expected on soft/heavy going.
It’s changed a fair bit in recent years, with the Polytrack crossings and all, but I’d still have to say it’s one of my favourite courses. It’s a great test and a fair test. You need a horse that travels and jumps, though, and one of the things you always notice around Kempton is that lots of runners are usually in contention turning in, but those same horses are often well spaced out by the time they get to the last. It’s only a short run from the home turn to that obstacle, but only horses that are travelling well are able to take a breather on that section, while those that have been struggling are having to work too hard to last home.
View from the saddle: Mick Fitzgerald
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Results
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Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m Mambonumberfive (Good) 27 Dec 2025 3m 45.51s 2m 2f Fidelio Vallis (Good) 03 May 2021 4m 18.61s 2m 4f 110y Barlovento (Good) 26 Dec 2025 4m 59.21s 3m Karl Philippe (Good) 06 May 2024 4m 12.96s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m Sir Gino (Good) 26 Dec 2025 3m 41.29s 2m 5f Oscar Rose (Good) 19 Apr 2021 4m 58.9s 3m 110y Halifax (Good) 06 May 2024 5m 15.35s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 5f Pablo Del Pueblo (Standard / Slow) 17 Jan 2023 59.32s 6f Night Raider (Standard / Slow) 02 Oct 2024 1m 10.08s 7f King Zain (Standard / Slow) 04 May 2022 1m 23.82s 1m Maljoom (Standard / Slow) 18 Apr 2022 1m 36.72s 1m 1f 219y Living Legend (Standard / Slow) 26 Mar 2022 2m 4.52s 1m 2f 219y Teumessias Fox (Standard / Slow) 29 Mar 2025 2m 17.69s 1m 3f 219y Shader (Standard / Slow) 03 Nov 2025 2m 29.45s 1m 7f 218y Cool Party (Standard / Slow) 29 Mar 2025 3m 25.33s 2m 2f Aggy With It (Standard / Slow) 09 Feb 2021 4m 4.15s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L B Pauling 16 8 £326K 50% £24.79 J Tizzard 37 6 £67K 16.22% -£11.50 P F Nicholls 44 6 £186K 13.64% -£21.63 N J Henderson 38 5 £96K 13.16% -£21.43 A King 18 5 £88K 27.78% £1.41 Dan Skelton 53 4 £95K 7.55% -£43.63 Jamie Snowden 9 4 £28K 44.44% £7.00 T Lacey 10 4 £78K 40% £8.96 F O'Brien 13 3 £31K 23.08% £3.50 G & J Moore 35 2 £63K 5.71% -£25.50 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L N J Henderson 59 19 £388K 32.2% £2.43 P F Nicholls 52 10 £211K 19.23% -£29.65 Dan Skelton 49 7 £127K 14.29% £3.23 Harry Derham 30 7 £54K 23.33% -£14.02 F O'Brien 30 5 £62K 16.67% -£16.63 M Keighley 10 4 £19K 40% £5.45 G & J Moore 57 3 £22K 5.26% -£47.75 C Gordon 42 3 £13K 7.14% -£27.67 A King 31 3 £17K 9.68% -£27.88 K C Bailey 13 3 £15K 23.08% £2.45 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L C Gordon 7 3 £8K 42.86% £10.50 A King 8 1 £3K 12.5% £3.00 Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies 6 1 £3K 16.67% £28.00 N J Henderson 6 1 £3K 16.67% £7.00 B Pauling 4 1 £9K 25% -£1.25 F O'Brien 3 1 £3K 33.33% -£1.25 Harry Derham 2 1 £3K 50% £0.75 S Hodgson 1 1 £3K 100% £5.50 H Fry 1 1 £3K 100% £5.00 K Burke 1 1 £8K 100% £40.00 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L A M Balding 399 67 £537K 16.79% -£135.62 C Appleby 130 49 £407K 37.69% -£18.13 J & T Gosden 210 43 £374K 20.48% -£72.38 R M Beckett 193 38 £283K 19.69% -£41.86 R Hughes 184 36 £176K 19.57% £19.41 R Varian 166 35 £166K 21.08% -£48.16 J R Fanshawe 195 33 £218K 16.92% -£33.55 W J Haggas 162 29 £196K 17.9% -£38.07 R Hannon 298 27 £133K 9.06% -£113.53 C Johnston 230 25 £140K 10.87% -£53.78 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Ben Jones 19 9 £335K 47.37% £23.79 Brendan Powell 33 7 £79K 21.21% -£2.00 G Sheehan 18 7 £193K 38.89% £18.50 H Cobden 45 6 £217K 13.33% -£8.63 Thomas Bellamy 23 5 £79K 21.74% £6.78 N de Boinville 33 4 £70K 12.12% -£20.43 Tom Cannon 22 4 £67K 18.18% -£0.75 Stan Sheppard 11 4 £78K 36.36% £7.96 Harry Skelton 34 3 £77K 8.82% -£25.13 J M Quinlan 7 3 £37K 42.86% £25.50 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L N de Boinville 37 14 £306K 37.84% -£8.12 H Cobden 54 10 £225K 18.52% -£28.78 Paul O'Brien 28 6 £49K 21.43% -£12.63 Harry Skelton 27 5 £70K 18.52% -£9.52 Sam Twiston-Davies 22 4 £55K 18.18% -£0.29 Ben Jones 24 4 £77K 16.67% £10.50 David Bass 9 4 £20K 44.44% £13.20 Freddie Gordon 25 3 £21K 12% -£18.50 J J Burke 28 3 £52K 10.71% -£22.51 James Bowen 20 3 £66K 15% £7.55 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Rex Dingle 4 2 £5K 50% £9.00 Tom Cannon 4 1 £3K 25% £7.00 Ben Jones 4 1 £9K 25% -£1.25 Mr Jamie Neild 2 1 £3K 50% £32.00 G Sheehan 3 1 £8K 33.33% £38.00 Sam Twiston-Davies 3 1 £3K 33.33% £12.00 J J Burke 3 1 £3K 33.33% -£0.25 Freddie Gordon 2 1 £3K 50% £2.50 Mr F Maguire 1 1 £3K 100% £2.75 Mitchell Bastyan 1 1 £3K 100% £5.50 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Oisin Murphy 463 102 £763K 22.03% -£106.20 W Buick 173 56 £521K 32.37% -£27.40 Rossa Ryan 363 54 £276K 14.88% -£108.74 Daniel Muscutt 361 52 £283K 14.4% -£105.02 Billy Loughnane 337 52 £264K 15.43% -£33.11 H Crouch 258 46 £376K 17.83% -£20.58 Tom Marquand 226 38 £272K 16.81% -£16.61 David Probert 277 37 £195K 13.36% -£6.26 K Shoemark 276 36 £223K 13.04% -£6.31 J Mitchell 234 31 £158K 13.25% -£59.10
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Address & Contact
Kempton Park
Staines Road East
Sunbury on Thames
Middlesex
TW16 5AQ
01932 782292
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