Yarmouth Course Guide
The Norfolk venue hosts racing throughout the summer, with the highlight being the John Musker Fillies Stakes. Run over one mile and two furlongs and open to fillies aged three years and older, the listed event often attracts a sizable field – it is the highlight of Yarmouth’s three-day Eastern meeting.
The course at Yarmouth underwent extensive work in 2015 to level the home-straight and provide one of the best straight mile courses in the county.
A notable track for Maiden races, some exceptional horses have started their career at Yarmouth before going on to global stardom; seven-time Group 1-winning filly Ouija Board and Dubai World Cup Winner Dubai Millennium both won Yarmouth Maidens.
Advance Going
A narrow, left-handed, oval track, about thirteen furlongs in extent, with a run-in of five furlongs. There is a straight mile course. Apart from a slight fall just before the run-in, the track is perfectly flat, with sharpish bends. The straight was levelled to remove surface undulations and then resurfaced in 2015.
If the recent relaying work at Yarmouth restores the course to what it used to be, which is obviously the idea, it could be one of the best galloping tracks in Britain. Yes, it had developed ridges, hence the changes they’ve made, but it’s a lovely fair course. The home straight is big and long, giving jockeys plenty of time from the turn in, and, if it’s going to be even flatter than of old when the relaying is complete, you might just get a few hard-luck stories tight on the far rail. Otherwise, it’s beautiful to ride.
View from the saddle: Jason Weaver
Replays & Results
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Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 5f 42y Grace Angel (Good) 17 Sep 2024 58.63s 6f 3y War Bride (Good to Firm) 18 Sep 2024 1m 8.7s 7f 3y Shaw Park (Good to Firm) 14 May 2025 1m 21.31s 1m 3y Cavalry Call (Good to Firm) 19 Sep 2024 1m 34.34s 1m 1f 21y James Webb (Good to Firm) 18 Sep 2024 1m 48.77s 1m 2f 23y Sound Angela (Good to Firm) 18 Sep 2024 2m 2.76s 1m 3f 104y Overture (Good to Firm) 18 Sep 2024 2m 22.21s 1m 6f 17y Expressionless (Good to Firm) 25 Jul 2024 3m 1.82s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L W J Haggas 71 22 £111K 30.99% £52.65 M L W Bell 87 17 £95K 19.54% £7.53 J & T Gosden 80 15 £100K 18.75% -£6.33 C Appleby 32 15 £148K 46.88% £27.20 G Boughey 89 12 £78K 13.48% -£23.03 R Varian 55 11 £98K 20% -£19.56 P J McBride 59 11 £62K 18.64% £35.88 Miss A Murphy 57 10 £44K 17.54% -£5.19 P S McEntee 70 9 £35K 12.86% £13.58 James Owen 52 9 £38K 17.31% £10.83 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L W Buick 57 19 £151K 33.33% £8.49 Billy Loughnane 151 17 £114K 11.26% -£44.64 Callum Shepherd 122 17 £123K 13.93% -£37.33 K Shoemark 120 17 £80K 14.17% -£33.46 A J Farragher 95 16 £79K 16.84% £38.17 J Mitchell 106 14 £68K 13.21% -£18.11 Oisin Murphy 71 14 £95K 19.72% -£14.66 Daniel Muscutt 99 13 £64K 13.13% £24.87 Tom Marquand 76 13 £66K 17.11% -£11.00 S De Sousa 85 12 £78K 14.12% -£19.85
Address & Contact
Great Yarmouth Racecourse
Jellicoe Road
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
NR30 4AU
01493842527
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