Salisbury Course Guide
The Wiltshire course stage races throughout the summer including three Listed contests but the highlight of Salisbury’s season is the Group 3 Sovereign Stakes, traditionally staged in August.
Upgraded from Listed status in 2004, the David Elsworth-trained Norse Dancer landed the first Pattern race of his career in the year the one-mile contest was upgraded to Group Three status. Other recent winners include the very smart Captain Cat (2014) and Kodi Bear (2015).
Other feature races staged at Salisbury include the 12-furlong Listed Upavon Fillies’ Stakes and the Cathedral Stakes, which takes place annually on a Sunday meeting in mid-June. Run over six furlongs for three-year-olds and older, the race was won in 2007 by Sakhee’s Secret, who landed the Group 1 July Cup at Newmarket on his next start.
The final Listed event of the season is the Dick Poole Fillies’ Stakes which is restricted to two-year-olds and run over six furlongs.
Advance Going
Right handed. A loop course, and despite the run-in of seven furlongs (with a right-handed elbow after three furlongs), those ridden handily can gain an advantage as the gallop is often on the steady side around the sharp loop section. The straight course is uphill throughout the last half-mile and rather testing, especially for early season two-year-olds, so an ability to see out the trip thoroughly is important.
The ground runs away from you down towards the bottom loop at Salisbury and the bend is tighter than some people think. It doesn’t seem to ride as a smooth turn, either, with a short ‘straight’ before the long left-hander into the home straight. You definitely do not want to be wide on that bend and, when it’s wet, it can be a bit slippy. Poor positioning going into the loop is a big disadvantage, too, but, because Salisbury is a track that’s largely on the collar, you don’t get many hard-luck stories there.
View from the saddle: Jason Weaver
Results
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Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 5f Glamorous Breeze (Good to Firm) 10 Aug 2022 58.85s 6f Fair Angellica (Good to Firm) 24 May 2025 1m 11.28s 6f 213y Equatorial (Good to Firm) 13 Jun 2023 1m 24.46s 1m Dubai Mirage (Good to Firm) 22 Jun 2022 1m 38.33s 1m 1f 201y Lyrical Lady (Good) 07 Jun 2022 2m 5.54s 1m 4f 5y Allonsy (Good to Firm) 15 Aug 2024 2m 33.21s 1m 6f 44y Spirit Mixer (Good to Firm) 01 May 2022 2m 59.48s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L R M Beckett 108 24 £261K 22.22% -£30.23 R Hannon 107 16 £86K 14.95% -£30.75 A M Balding 84 16 £156K 19.05% -£6.90 C G Cox 77 13 £75K 16.88% -£24.21 Eve Johnson Houghton 83 10 £83K 12.05% £2.37 E Walker 61 10 £65K 16.39% £14.91 J & T Gosden 30 10 £143K 33.33% -£1.54 W J Haggas 32 8 £42K 25% -£12.11 B R Millman 54 7 £56K 12.96% -£27.25 H Palmer 14 6 £33K 42.86% £7.38 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Oisin Murphy 77 24 £226K 31.17% £24.75 Rossa Ryan 98 15 £188K 15.31% -£30.77 H Crouch 58 13 £104K 22.41% £3.37 Tom Marquand 68 13 £73K 19.12% -£14.85 Rob Hornby 79 12 £86K 15.19% £29.46 T E Whelan 67 11 £120K 16.42% £36.58 David Probert 55 8 £39K 14.55% -£1.19 Billy Loughnane 45 8 £54K 17.78% -£12.11 R Kingscote 42 8 £60K 19.05% -£8.81 S M Levey 60 7 £43K 11.67% -£12.50
Address & Contact
Salisbury Racecourse
Netherhampton
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP2 8PN
01722 326461
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