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	142	39	27	84	59
Neil Mulholland	247	38	15	110	45
Chris Gordon	203	34	17	91	45
Gary & Josh Moore	158	28	18	80	51
Robert Walford	94	20	21	48	51
Joe Tizzard	97	19	20	47	48
Jamie Snowden	82	19	23	51	62
Ben Pauling	93	18	19	51	55
Paul Nicholls	56	17	30	34	61
Harry Fry	48	15	31	26	54
Dan Skelton	62	11	18	28	45
Olly Murphy	67	11	16	31	46
Emma Lavelle	69	10	14	38	55
Warren Greatrex	73	10	14	38	52
Seamus Mullins	118	10	8	45	38
Charlie Longsdon	46	10	22	24	52
Alexandra Dunn	38	10	26	14	37
James Owen	42	9	21	26	62
Oliver Signy	35	8	23	20	57
Jonjo & A.J. O'Neill	35	8	23	18	51
Keiran Burke	35	8	23	18	51
Dr Richard Newland	37	8	22	20	54
Richard Hobson	25	8	32	16	64
Sheena West	50	8	16	21	42
Nick Gifford	62	8	13	21	34
Toby Lawes	54	8	15	25	46
Henrietta C Knight	39	7	18	26	67
David Bridgwater	33	6	18	14	42
Christian Williams	37	6	16	18	49
Gary Brown	26	6	23	11	42
David Pipe	65	6	9	25	38
Venetia Williams	30	5	17	17	57
Fergal O'Brien	38	5	13	19	50
Philip Hobbs & Johnson White	29	5	17	14	48
Ben Clarke	33	5	15	14	42
Nicky Henderson	34	4	12	22	65
Richard Bandey	43	4	9	14	33
Jeremy Scott	29	4	14	15	52
Suzy Smith	27	4	15	12	44
Samuel Drinkwater	12	4	33	8	67
Lydia Richards	16	4	25	7	44
Karen Jewell	53	4	8	16	30
Andy Irvine	64	3	5	17	27
Tim Vaughan	15	3	20	3	20
Barry Brennan	15	3	20	9	60
Donald McCain	9	3	33	4	44
Alex Hales	23	3	13	8	35
Alan King	25	3	12	14	56
Lucy Wadham	18	3	17	10	56
Ben Case	19	3	16	9	47

Statistics for the last 5 seasons.

Jockey	Runs	Wins	W%	Places	P%
Gavin Sheehan	131	33	25	77	59
Sam Twiston-Davies	122	28	23	64	52
Tom Cannon	144	26	18	74	51
Caoilin Quinn	162	22	14	68	42
Brendan Powell	165	22	13	77	47
Harry Kimber	120	22	18	48	40
Sean Bowen	76	17	22	40	53
Marc Goldstein	138	17	12	44	32
Ben Jones	81	14	17	39	48
Harry Cobden	65	13	20	36	55
Tom Bellamy	72	13	18	35	49
Richie McLernon	74	12	16	30	41
James Bowen	56	12	21	33	59
Freddie Gordon	68	12	18	29	43
Freddie Gingell	34	12	35	21	62
Adam Wedge	60	11	18	27	45
Bryan Carver	56	10	18	24	43
Harry Bannister	86	9	10	33	38
James Davies	103	9	9	32	31
Jonjo O'Neill Jr.	33	9	27	20	61
Freddie Mitchell	51	8	16	23	45
Jack Tudor	52	8	15	24	46
James Best	114	8	7	26	23
Ben Godfrey	54	8	15	23	43
Philip Armson	52	7	13	19	37
Harry Skelton	26	7	27	14	54
Paul O'Brien	45	6	13	20	44
Charlie Hammond	49	6	12	20	41
Isabelle Ryder	34	6	18	14	41
Lilly Pinchin	34	6	18	16	47
Bradley Harris	38	6	16	16	42
David Bass	38	5	13	11	29
Jonathan Burke	46	5	11	21	46
Conor O'Farrell	48	5	10	22	46
Sean Houlihan	66	5	8	22	33
Charlie Price	33	5	15	13	39
Alex Chadwick	14	5	36	10	71
Chad Bament	11	4	36	6	55
Lorcan Murtagh	33	4	12	9	27
Robert Dunne	33	4	12	12	36
Ned Fox	18	4	22	13	72
Dylan Johnston	23	4	17	12	52
Tristan Durrell	24	4	17	11	46
Luke Scott	25	4	16	10	40
Lorcan Williams	26	4	15	10	38
Kielan Woods	41	4	10	23	56
K. Brogan	53	3	6	20	38
David Noonan	41	3	7	6	15
Tabitha Worsley	78	3	4	13	17
Ciaran Gethings	19	3	16	11	58

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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