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	242	37	15	107	44
Chris Gordon	200	34	17	90	45
Gary & Josh Moore	155	28	18	80	52
Robert Walford	94	20	21	48	51
Joe Tizzard	97	19	20	47	48
Jamie Snowden	81	19	23	50	62
Ben Pauling	91	17	19	49	54
Paul Nicholls	56	17	30	34	61
Harry Fry	48	15	31	26	54
Olly Murphy	65	11	17	31	48
Emma Lavelle	66	10	15	37	56
Warren Greatrex	72	10	14	37	51
Seamus Mullins	118	10	8	45	38
Alexandra Dunn	38	10	26	14	37
James Owen	41	9	22	25	61
Dan Skelton	60	9	15	26	43
Charlie Longsdon	45	9	20	23	51
Sheena West	48	8	17	21	44
Nick Gifford	62	8	13	21	34
Oliver Signy	35	8	23	20	57
Keiran Burke	35	8	23	18	51
Richard Hobson	25	8	32	16	64
Toby Lawes	54	8	15	25	46
Jonjo & A.J. O'Neill	29	7	24	14	48
David Bridgwater	32	6	19	14	44
Christian Williams	34	6	18	17	50
David Pipe	62	6	10	24	39
Fergal O'Brien	37	5	14	19	51
Henrietta C Knight	35	5	14	23	66
Philip Hobbs & Johnson White	29	5	17	14	48
Venetia Williams	30	5	17	17	57
Ben Clarke	32	5	16	13	41
Gary Brown	24	5	21	10	42
Suzy Smith	27	4	15	12	44
Jeremy Scott	29	4	14	15	52
Nicky Henderson	33	4	12	21	64
Richard Bandey	43	4	9	14	33
Samuel Drinkwater	12	4	33	8	67
Lydia Richards	15	4	27	6	40
Karen Jewell	53	4	8	16	30
Tim Vaughan	15	3	20	3	20
Lucy Wadham	18	3	17	10	56
Ben Case	18	3	17	8	44
Alex Hales	22	3	14	8	36
Andy Irvine	64	3	5	17	27
Alan King	25	3	12	14	56
Donald McCain	9	3	33	4	44
Dean Summersby	9	2	22	6	67
L J Morgan	5	2	40	4	80

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	159	22	14	68	43
Harry Kimber	120	22	18	48	40
Brendan Powell	161	20	12	74	46
Marc Goldstein	134	17	13	43	32
Sean Bowen	74	17	23	40	54
Ben Jones	77	13	17	37	48
Tom Bellamy	72	13	18	35	49
Richie McLernon	73	12	16	29	40
Harry Cobden	62	12	19	34	55
Freddie Gingell	34	12	35	21	62
James Bowen	54	11	20	31	57
Bryan Carver	54	10	19	24	44
Harry Bannister	85	9	11	32	38
James Davies	102	9	9	32	31
Jonjo O'Neill Jr.	29	9	31	18	62
James Best	114	8	7	26	23
Ben Godfrey	54	8	15	23	43
Freddie Mitchell	49	8	16	23	47
Jack Tudor	50	8	16	24	48
Philip Armson	52	7	13	19	37
Charlie Hammond	49	6	12	20	41
Lilly Pinchin	34	6	18	16	47
Bradley Harris	35	5	14	15	43
David Bass	37	5	14	10	27
Paul O'Brien	44	5	11	19	43
Sean Houlihan	66	5	8	22	33
Conor O'Farrell	48	5	10	22	46
Isabelle Ryder	31	5	16	12	39
Charlie Price	33	5	15	13	39
Harry Skelton	22	5	23	11	50
Alex Chadwick	14	5	36	10	71
Chad Bament	11	4	36	6	55
Ned Fox	18	4	22	13	72
Dylan Johnston	22	4	18	11	50
Tristan Durrell	24	4	17	11	46
Luke Scott	25	4	16	10	40
Lorcan Williams	26	4	15	10	38
Robert Dunne	33	4	12	12	36
Lorcan Murtagh	33	4	12	9	27
Jonathan Burke	45	4	9	20	44
Kielan Woods	40	4	10	23	58
David Noonan	40	3	8	5	13
K. Brogan	53	3	6	20	38
Tabitha Worsley	78	3	4	13	17
Charlie Deutsch	30	3	10	13	43
Beau Morgan	17	3	18	7	41
Ciaran Gethings	18	3	17	11	61

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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