Taunton Course Guide
Racing commenced at Taunton in 1927 and jumping takes place at the Somerset track throughout the winter months.
Some useful horses have started their hurdling and chasers careers at Taunton in the past, notably 2005 Triumph Hurdle hero Penzance and top two-mile chaser Well Chief whilst Oslot won on his first start in a 2006 Taunton Maiden Hurdle before going on to win the Galway Plate two years later.
Advance Going
Right handed, sharp. Fences have been traditionally regarded as small and easy, yet surprisingly the casualty rate on the chase course is among the highest, contributory factors being the low quality of horses which contest the majority of races and the sharp nature of the course.
They’ve recently installed a reservoir at Taunton and you often get better winter ground there than in other parts of Britain. It’s a great course to ride and any number of good horses have made their debut there. Some of them won and plenty got beaten. It can be a trappy track for a jockey, as they tend to start racing from a long way out, and you run downhill to the third-last over fences and the second-last over hurdles. Novices can get caught out by those obstacles.
View from the saddle: Mick Fitzgerald
Upcoming races
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12:35 Kings College Taunton EBF Junior 'National Hunt' Hurdle
(Class 4) (2m 104y) -
13:05 Jim Woodborne And Colin Dyer Memorial Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)
(Class 4) (2m 104y) -
13:35 Boyle Sports Opening Soon In Taunton Novices' Handicap Hurdle
(Class 5) (2m 104y) -
14:05 Prestige Holidays Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
(Class 4) (2m 7f 3y) -
14:35 Summerfield Handicap Hurdle
(Class 3) (2m 3f 1y) -
15:05 Sandals Resorts Handicap Chase
(Class 5) (2m 2f 40y) -
15:35 Jetset/Dave Criddle Travel Handicap Hurdle
(Class 5) (2m 7f 198y)
Results
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Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m 12y Siam Park (Good) 10 Mar 2025 3m 56.19s 2m 2f 40y Young O'leary (Good) 23 Mar 2021 4m 32.27s 2m 5f 150y Lady Kk (Good) 02 Mar 2023 5m 32.82s 2m 7f Dead Right (Good-Good to Soft in places) 07 Feb 2023 5m 46.1s 3m 2f 57y Sumkindofking (Good) 23 Mar 2021 6m 39.53s 3m 4f 85y Musical Slave (Good) 10 Mar 2025 7m 14.47s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m 104y See The Sea (Good to Firm) 27 Oct 2021 3m 49.81s 2m 3f 1y Voodoo Doll (Good to Firm) 27 Oct 2021 4m 31.14s 2m 7f 198y Calva D'auge (Good to Firm) 08 Apr 2021 5m 46.5s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m 104y Kandoo Kid (Good to Firm) 08 Apr 2021 3m 52.54s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Miss V Williams 15 6 £42K 40% £3.10 P F Nicholls 13 4 £28K 30.77% £1.86 R Walford 13 4 £25K 30.77% £1.42 J Tizzard 30 3 £18K 10% -£12.43 J Scott 6 3 £20K 50% £12.50 O Murphy 6 3 £23K 50% £6.70 T Dennis 9 2 £12K 22.22% -£1.63 A J Honeyball 10 2 £12K 20% £0.00 P Hobbs & J White 14 2 £17K 14.29% -£6.25 Christian Williams 11 2 £12K 18.18% -£1.59 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L P F Nicholls 104 33 £188K 31.73% £4.16 P Hobbs & J White 63 13 £81K 20.63% -£24.71 J Tizzard 51 9 £49K 17.65% -£10.80 F O'Brien 44 7 £39K 15.91% £14.62 J Scott 53 6 £30K 11.32% -£30.17 Evan Williams 52 5 £27K 9.62% -£23.25 D Pipe 70 5 £25K 7.14% -£59.26 R Walford 13 5 £34K 38.46% £12.33 N P Mulholland 53 4 £20K 7.55% -£16.25 Mrs J Williams 21 4 £22K 19.05% -£7.97 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L P F Nicholls 14 5 £14K 35.71% -£1.10 J Tizzard 9 1 £3K 11.11% -£7.75 H Fry 2 1 £3K 50% £4.50 J Scott 3 1 £3K 33.33% £5.50 S Thomas 2 1 £3K 50% £0.25 T Lawes 2 1 £3K 50% £6.00 H Morrison 1 1 £3K 100% £4.50 Jonjo & A J O'Neill 1 1 £3K 100% £1.63 Jamie Snowden 1 1 £3K 100% £1.75 Anthony Charlton 1 1 £3K 100% £2.50 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L H Cobden 21 7 £50K 33.33% £8.88 Harry Kimber 21 6 £38K 28.57% £14.42 Charlie Deutsch 8 4 £29K 50% £2.85 David Noonan 15 3 £21K 20% £8.50 James Bowen 8 3 £21K 37.5% £4.42 Jack Tudor 19 2 £12K 10.53% -£14.72 Rex Dingle 15 2 £12K 13.33% -£4.88 M G Nolan 15 2 £17K 13.33% -£6.25 Ben Jones 10 2 £11K 20% £1.50 Paul O'Brien 8 2 £12K 25% £1.50 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L H Cobden 75 24 £136K 32% -£11.63 M G Nolan 46 9 £54K 19.57% -£23.36 Lorcan Williams 25 8 £45K 32% £7.28 David Noonan 61 7 £35K 11.48% £25.37 Freddie Gingell 27 7 £35K 25.93% £0.00 Brendan Powell 49 6 £34K 12.24% -£21.63 Jack Tudor 39 6 £30K 15.38% -£8.26 Rex Dingle 55 5 £25K 9.09% -£5.67 David Prichard 12 5 £22K 41.67% £26.71 Sean Houlihan 60 4 £21K 6.67% -£38.00 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L H Cobden 10 5 £14K 50% £5.20 Brendan Powell 6 1 £3K 16.67% -£4.75 Rex Dingle 4 1 £3K 25% £4.50 G Sheehan 4 1 £3K 25% -£1.25 Freddie Gingell 2 1 £3K 50% £0.20 Jonjo O'Neill Jr. 1 1 £3K 100% £1.63 Dylan Johnston 1 1 £3K 100% £1.25 Aidan Coleman 1 1 £3K 100% £4.50 Lorcan Murtagh 1 1 £3K 100% £5.50 Tom Cannon 1 1 £3K 100% £7.00
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Address & Contact
Taunton Racecourse Company Ltd
Orchard Portman
Taunton
Somerset
TA3 7BL
01823 337172
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