Nottingham Course Guide
Racing has taken place at Nottingham since 1773 and two of its feature races both take place in the early part of the flat season. Run over one mile and six furlongs for older horses at the start of April, the Listed Further Flight Stakes has been won by some very useful types including the Hughie Morrison-trained Alcazar, who won the 2003 and 2004 renewals before winning the Group 1 Prix Royal Oak at Longchamp later in his career and Opinion Poll, who went on to add two Lonsdale Cups, a Goodwood Cup and Dubai Gold Cup to his victory tally after winning the race in 2010.
Another valuable race in Nottingham’s calendar is the Listed Kilvington Fillies Stakes. Open to three-year-olds and older fillies and mares and run over six furlongs in early May, the contest usually attracts a sizable field.
Advance Going
Left handed. The gallop is often steady due to the relatively sharp bends, particularly into the straight, so those ridden prominently can be difficult to reel in. In races over a mile and a mile and a quarter, those drawn high in big fields are often forced wide on the turn, the alternatives being to drop out in the rear, or expend a lot of energy in the early stages to get across and race prominently. Five and six furlong races are contested over a straight course with minor undulations and speedy, handy types are favoured.
They’ve done a good job realigning the top turn at Nottingham, which for a while was very tricky. It seems fine now. The bottom bend isn’t the easiest to ride, because, in distance races, you need to come out right and then swing in left-handed, almost negotiating a turn, a straight and another turn. There’s a long home straight, where they often start racing too soon, setting it up for a closer, and, on the inner sprint course, you’ll sometimes see one getting away, particularly in extreme conditions.
View from the saddle: Jason Weaver
Results
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Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 5f 8y Rebel At Dawn (Good) 02 Jun 2021 57.6s 6f 18y Aramram (Good) 11 May 2024 1m 11.39s 1m 75y Fast Medicine (Good) 16 Apr 2022 1m 41.36s 1m 2f 50y West Wind Blows (Good) 06 May 2022 2m 8.13s 1m 6f Sir Ron Priestley (Good to Firm) 07 Apr 2021 2m 58.42s 2m Yagood (Good to Firm) 29 Jul 2021 3m 28.52s 2m 1f 208y Trojan Sun (Heavy) 23 Oct 2025 4m 28.17s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L R M Beckett 53 16 £97K 30.19% £8.14 M Appleby 112 15 £68K 13.39% £11.83 P T Midgley 54 12 £52K 22.22% -£2.43 T D Easterby 94 10 £46K 10.64% -£25.54 W J Haggas 58 10 £66K 17.24% -£14.91 K R Burke 45 10 £106K 22.22% -£9.25 R Varian 40 9 £39K 22.5% -£13.94 E Bethell 26 9 £61K 34.62% £21.83 E Walker 31 8 £32K 25.81% £13.65 Dylan Cunha 32 8 £46K 25% £29.13 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L James Doyle 45 13 £54K 28.89% -£0.23 H Crouch 56 12 £55K 21.43% -£16.69 Rob Hornby 54 10 £71K 18.52% £10.53 Cieren Fallon 60 10 £48K 16.67% -£16.79 Rossa Ryan 63 9 £67K 14.29% -£25.34 R Havlin 41 9 £50K 21.95% -£2.10 Callum Rodriguez 44 9 £63K 20.45% -£8.04 Alistair Rawlinson 58 8 £34K 13.79% £1.00 Billy Loughnane 38 8 £49K 21.05% -£4.00 D Allan 44 7 £38K 15.91% -£6.04
Address & Contact
Nottingham Racecourse
Colwick Park
Nottingham
NG2 4BE
0115 958 0620
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