Fontwell Park Races | Racecourse Guide, Help & Tips

Fontwell Park racecourse is located in West Sussex and hosts jumps racing. The hurdles track is of an oval shape, whereas the chase course was laid out in a figure eight shape to utilise space on the site. The Queen had her first winner as an owner at Fontwell Park when Monaveen won the Chichester Handicap Chase in 1949. The feature race of the season at Fontwell Park is the Grade 2 National Spirit Hurdle which takes place in February, and is a recognised Cheltenham Festival trial. My Way de Solzen won it for Alan King in 2006 before going on to win the World Hurdle at the Festival. Other notable races include the Southern National which takes place in November.

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Trainer	Runs	Wins	W%	Places	P%
Anthony Honeyball	150	43	29	90	60
Neil Mulholland	262	41	16	114	44
Chris Gordon	223	39	17	104	47
Gary & Josh Moore	125	25	20	67	54
Robert Walford	99	20	20	48	48
Jamie Snowden	86	20	23	51	59
Paul Nicholls	67	20	30	45	67
Joe Tizzard	90	17	19	43	48
Ben Pauling	91	16	18	46	51
Olly Murphy	80	14	18	37	46
Harry Fry	48	12	25	23	48
Warren Greatrex	76	11	14	38	50
Keiran Burke	41	10	24	21	51
Sheena West	51	9	18	23	45
Charlie Longsdon	44	9	20	23	52
Oliver Signy	38	9	24	23	61
Alexandra Dunn	38	9	24	13	34
James Owen	40	9	23	24	60
Seamus Mullins	141	9	6	51	36
Emma Lavelle	75	9	12	38	51
Evan Williams	76	9	12	24	32
Toby Lawes	61	9	15	28	46
Dan Skelton	65	8	12	26	40
David Pipe	83	8	10	31	37
Venetia Williams	37	8	22	20	54
David Bridgwater	37	7	19	16	43
Fergal O'Brien	43	7	16	25	58
Nick Gifford	63	7	11	20	32
Jonjo & A.J. O'Neill	24	6	25	12	50
Ben Clarke	27	6	22	12	44
Richard Hobson	20	6	30	14	70
Jim Boyle	19	5	26	9	47
Philip Hobbs & Johnson White	27	5	19	13	48
Nicky Henderson	37	5	14	21	57
Alan King	37	5	14	22	59
Christian Williams	34	5	15	16	47
Jeremy Scott	35	5	14	18	51
Richard Bandey	40	4	10	11	28
Karen Jewell	43	4	9	15	35
Suzy Smith	30	4	13	12	40
Gary Brown	22	4	18	9	41
Lydia Richards	20	4	20	7	35
Samuel Drinkwater	12	4	33	7	58
Tim Vaughan	13	4	31	4	31
Tom Lacey	15	4	27	10	67
Tom Symonds	14	3	21	7	50
Emma-Jane Bishop	16	3	19	5	31
Donald McCain	9	3	33	4	44
Lucy Wadham	22	3	14	13	59
Henrietta C Knight	25	3	12	15	60

Statistics for the last 5 seasons.

Jockey	Runs	Wins	W%	Places	P%
Gavin Sheehan	154	37	24	88	57
Sam Twiston-Davies	131	30	23	68	52
Rex Dingle	150	26	17	73	49
Tom Cannon	152	25	16	74	49
Brendan Powell	179	23	13	76	42
Caoilin Quinn	143	21	15	62	43
Harry Kimber	119	21	18	46	39
Sean Bowen	85	18	21	44	52
Marc Goldstein	135	18	13	44	33
Tom Bellamy	81	16	20	40	49
Harry Cobden	85	13	15	46	54
Jonjo O'Neill Jr.	45	12	27	30	67
Ben Godfrey	54	12	22	27	50
James Bowen	63	12	19	34	54
Freddie Gordon	66	12	18	28	42
Richie McLernon	70	11	16	27	39
Ben Jones	77	11	14	37	48
James Davies	124	10	8	36	29
Harry Bannister	77	9	12	29	38
Jack Tudor	56	9	16	25	45
Freddie Gingell	27	9	33	17	63
Freddie Mitchell	38	8	21	20	53
Bryan Carver	53	8	15	19	36
James Best	130	8	6	31	24
Jonathan Burke	62	8	13	29	47
Philip Armson	53	7	13	19	36
David Bass	37	6	16	11	30
Charlie Hammond	56	6	11	21	38
Paul O'Brien	40	6	15	19	48
Lilly Pinchin	34	6	18	15	44
Charlie Deutsch	35	6	17	16	46
Sean Houlihan	81	6	7	29	36
Robert Dunne	40	5	13	17	43
Bradley Harris	29	5	17	13	45
Conor O'Farrell	43	5	12	19	44
Alex Chadwick	13	5	38	9	69
Nico de Boinville	20	4	20	11	55
Harry Skelton	23	4	17	10	43
Luke Scott	24	4	17	10	42
Isabelle Ryder	25	4	16	11	44
Lorcan Williams	26	4	15	10	38
Jack Quinlan	45	4	9	18	40
K. Brogan	54	4	7	20	37
Kielan Woods	56	4	7	27	48
Bryony Frost	28	4	14	15	54
Charlie Price	34	4	12	13	38
Lorcan Murtagh	31	3	10	8	26
Tristan Durrell	22	3	14	9	41
Beau Morgan	15	3	20	7	47
Jay Tidball	14	3	21	5	36

Statistics for the last 5 seasons.

Left handed, sharp; the chase course is a figure of eight circuit, whilst the hurdles track is oval. The fences are easy but, given the nature of the track, course specialists abound. On the chase course, the lead rarely changes hands on the run in but often looks as though it might. The paddock exit is situated halfway up the run-in on the hurdles course and can lead to horses idling/ducking out on seeing it. Flights on the hurdles course differ in terms of their location, from inner to outer, though those who race wide on testing going are at an advantage regardless of the layout. As of August 2017, a 330-yard stretch of turf on the shared home turn was replaced by fibresand.

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