Uttoxeter Course Guide
Uttoxeter hold meetings throughout the year and two of its high-profile races take place either side of the calendar with the Midlands Grand National staged during the traditional jumps season in March and the Summer Cup run in June.
First run in 1969, the four mile and one furlong Listed Midlands Grand National is often a key pointer to the Grand National at Aintree, with Rag Trade winning the race for trainer Fred Rimmell in 1975 before going on to Aintree glory the following season. The most famous Grand National winner to come out of the Midlands National is Lord Gyllene, who was beaten into second place by Seven Towers at Uttoxeter in 1997.
The Listed Summer Cup is run over 3m 2f and replaced the half-mile longer Summer National in 2012.
Advance Going
Left handed, sharp. Although sharp in nature, the track has a reputation for gruelling conditions during the winter, ability to see out the trip being of paramount importance. When the going is on the firm side it often pays to race prominently, especially on the chase course. Fences no more than average in terms of stiffness, many casualties occurring as a result of fatigue in the latter stages. In the last couple of seasons, the number of flights on the hurdles track has been reduced from ten to nine.
Because Uttoxeter is a quick track, it naturally puts a premium on a horse’s ability to travel on the bridle. If you’re already shoving one along with a circuit to go there, you’re going to struggle to win, whether you’re riding over fences or hurdles. Tactically, it’s much the same for both disciplines, and punters shouldn’t be alarmed if they see a jockey going wide down the back straight, because there’s actually a little bit of an ’S’ configuration there and the shortest way is not necessarily on the inside.
View from the saddle: Mick Fitzgerald
Replays & Results
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Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 1m 7f 214y Greenways (Good) 08 Jul 2025 3m 45.1s 2m 4f Demachine (Good) 29 May 2022 4m 52.2s 2m 4f 189y A Different Kind (Good) 30 Jul 2023 5m 0.5s 2m 6f 108y Kinondo Kwetu (Good) 13 Sep 2022 5m 34.5s 3m Do No Wrong (Good) 30 Aug 2023 5m 54.12s 3m 2f 13y Landofsmiles (Good) 30 Jul 2023 6m 23.4s 4m 2f 8y Time To Get Up (Good to Soft) 20 Mar 2021 9m 3.1s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 1m 7f 168y Enthused (Good) 28 Jul 2024 3m 39.71s 2m 3f 207y Full Monty (Good) 28 Jul 2024 4m 38.75s 2m 6f 45y Letthetruthbeknown (Good to Soft) 17 Dec 2021 5m 52.74s 2m 7f 70y Dinons (Good) 28 Jul 2024 5m 27.34s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 1m 7f 168y Sevarana (Good) 09 Jul 2025 3m 44.2s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L O Murphy 35 10 £55K 28.57% £3.95 F O'Brien 34 9 £71K 26.47% £16.33 Dan Skelton 52 7 £49K 13.46% -£38.36 James Owen 12 6 £31K 50% £1.33 O Greenall & J Guerriero 44 5 £21K 11.36% -£23.25 D McCain Jnr 22 5 £27K 22.73% £0.98 Mickey Bowen 13 5 £31K 38.46% £7.96 B Pauling 27 4 £69K 14.81% -£4.72 Christian Williams 23 4 £13K 17.39% -£1.63 Jonjo & A J O'Neill 28 3 £44K 10.71% £1.50 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L O Murphy 130 31 £125K 23.85% -£25.54 F O'Brien 94 17 £70K 18.09% -£40.70 Dan Skelton 94 15 £127K 15.96% -£14.02 N P Mulholland 78 10 £42K 12.82% -£14.23 James Owen 35 10 £56K 28.57% -£4.82 O Greenall & J Guerriero 68 9 £31K 13.24% £2.50 B Pauling 42 7 £40K 16.67% -£19.83 N J Henderson 27 7 £32K 25.93% -£8.64 Jonjo & A J O'Neill 60 6 £37K 10% -£7.42 Jamie Snowden 35 6 £29K 17.14% -£10.95 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L F O'Brien 18 3 £7K 16.67% -£3.75 Dan Skelton 9 2 £5K 22.22% -£4.00 N P Mulholland 4 2 £5K 50% £5.67 Jamie Snowden 4 2 £5K 50% £16.75 Noel Williams 2 2 £13K 100% £9.50 O Murphy 8 1 £2K 12.5% £0.00 T H Weston 5 1 £2K 20% £6.00 R Bandey 3 1 £2K 33.33% £2.00 N B King 3 1 £3K 33.33% £4.00 P F Nicholls 2 1 £4K 50% £3.50 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L S Bowen 76 18 £100K 23.68% -£15.95 Sam Twiston-Davies 32 7 £38K 21.88% -£3.67 Nick Scholfield 17 7 £56K 41.18% £54.50 Harry Skelton 32 6 £46K 18.75% -£16.61 B S Hughes 21 6 £33K 28.57% £5.23 Jack Tudor 27 4 £104K 14.81% £0.63 James Bowen 27 3 £14K 11.11% -£15.88 Stan Sheppard 14 3 £12K 21.43% £9.00 Kielan Woods 17 3 £13K 17.65% -£6.75 Adam Wedge 19 3 £36K 15.79% -£5.33 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L S Bowen 140 38 £171K 27.14% -£7.78 J J Burke 56 11 £44K 19.64% -£22.27 Sam Twiston-Davies 62 9 £43K 14.52% -£14.42 G Sheehan 49 9 £44K 18.37% -£5.99 Harry Skelton 55 8 £37K 14.55% -£21.02 Thomas Bellamy 48 8 £33K 16.67% -£27.55 James Bowen 42 7 £34K 16.67% -£21.53 Henry Brooke 24 6 £27K 25% -£3.75 Kielan Woods 35 5 £24K 14.29% £47.50 Ben Jones 31 5 £20K 16.13% -£6.32 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L J J Burke 9 3 £7K 33.33% £8.25 G Sheehan 9 2 £13K 22.22% -£3.25 Harry Skelton 5 2 £5K 40% £0.00 H Cobden 5 2 £7K 40% £8.00 C O'Farrell 4 2 £5K 50% £10.67 Benjamin Poste 5 1 £2K 20% £6.00 J M Quinlan 4 1 £3K 25% £3.00 Harry Bannister 3 1 £2K 33.33% £2.00 Ben Jones 5 1 £2K 20% £6.00 Jack Hogan 3 1 £2K 33.33% £2.50
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Uttoxeter Racecourse
Wood Lane
Uttoxeter
Staffordshire
ST14 8BD
01889 562561
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