Ripon Course Guide
Racing takes place at the North Yorkshire track throughout the summer with two distinct highlights, the Great St Wilfrid Stakes and the Ripon Champion Two year Old Trophy.
The Great St Wilfrid Stakes is a valuable sprint handicap run over six furlongs for three-year-olds and upwards and takes place in mid-August. The richest race staged at the North Yorkshire venue, the handicap has established itself as a milestone in the flat season and serves as a potential stepping stone to the Ayr Gold Cup.
Trainers David O’Meara and Richard Fahey have dominated the race in recent years, between them winning all five renewals from 2011-2015.
Ripon’s other feature race is the Listed Ripon Champion Two year Old Trophy, which takes place on August Bank Holiday Monday, and is run over six furlongs.
Advance Going
A right-handed, oval circuit of thirteen furlongs, with a run-in of five furlongs, and a straight six-furlong course. Owing to the rather cramped bends and the surface undulations in the straight, the Ripon track is rather sharp in character.
In good conditions, Ripon is a front-runner’s course. There’s a ridge about a furlong and a half out, from where you can kick on and, if you can get away at that point, you’ll be very hard to beat. It’s a track that can give the impression of being bowling-green flat but, believe me, it’s not at all and a lot of horses get lost around there. On the sprint course, up against the stands’ side rail is the place to be, ideal for fast horses. They’ve worked hard on the round track latterly – and most horses handle it nicely.
View from the saddle: Jason Weaver
Replays & Results
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Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 5f Zayer (Good to Firm) 27 Aug 2024 57.11s 6f Justanotherbottle (Good) 16 Jun 2022 1m 9.04s 1m Artistic Rifles (Good to Firm) 24 Apr 2021 1m 37.15s 1m 1f 170y Claim The Crown (Good) 04 Jul 2022 2m 0.48s 1m 2f 190y Rogue Sea (Good to Firm) 07 Jun 2023 2m 17.5s 1m 4f 10y Pendragon (Good) 19 Jun 2025 2m 31.21s 1m 6f Lord Caprio (Good to Soft) 01 Aug 2022 3m 2.59s 2m Ghadbbaan (Good) 24 Sep 2022 3m 28.43s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L T D Easterby 350 33 £205K 9.43% -£137.88 D O'Meara 123 16 £108K 13.01% -£41.77 R A Fahey 112 16 £169K 14.29% -£3.42 W J Haggas 33 13 £93K 39.39% -£9.78 K R Burke 64 11 £54K 17.19% -£1.88 C Johnston 88 9 £62K 10.23% -£41.85 P T Midgley 82 9 £51K 10.98% -£42.12 A Keatley 47 9 £48K 19.15% -£3.58 Grant Tuer 71 8 £94K 11.27% -£19.13 R Fell & S Murray 40 8 £40K 20% £3.00 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L D Allan 190 21 £122K 11.05% -£64.17 D Tudhope 61 18 £134K 29.51% -£18.49 D Nolan 96 15 £110K 15.63% -£7.08 Jason Hart 97 14 £93K 14.43% -£32.17 S H James 76 12 £119K 15.79% -£4.00 J Fanning 60 12 £74K 20% £10.90 Callum Rodriguez 56 12 £81K 21.43% -£13.70 P Mulrennan 50 10 £75K 20% -£7.46 O J Orr 60 8 £97K 13.33% -£15.25 J P Sullivan 65 7 £49K 10.77% £10.00
Address & Contact
Ripon Race Company Ltd
The Racecourse
Boroughbridge Road
Ripon
North Yorkshire
HG4 1UG
01765 530530
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