Thirsk Races | Racecourse Guide, Help & Tips

Flat racing is the only type of horse racing to take place at Thirsk, and the most notable race of the season is the Thirsk Hunt Cup, a handicap run over a mile in early summer. The Thirsk Hunt Cup was won by Godolphin’s Farhh in 2012, and was that horse’s last start in handicaps before he made a very successful step up to group level, eventually winning the Lockinge and the Champion Stakes at Group 1 level, having chased home Frankel in the likes of the Juddmonte International at York prior to that.

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Trainer	Runs	Wins	W%	Places	P%
Tim Easterby	537	35	7	126	23
David O'Meara	223	32	14	87	39
Michael Dods	291	29	10	94	32
K. R. Burke	128	26	20	55	43
Richard Fahey	197	24	12	59	30
Kevin Ryan	160	17	11	51	32
William Haggas	38	12	32	26	68
Declan Carroll	111	11	10	30	27
Julie Camacho	99	11	11	32	32
Michael & David Easterby	95	10	11	26	27
Ollie Pears	76	9	12	22	29
Roger Varian	33	9	27	21	64
Edward Bethell	56	8	14	23	41
David & Nicola Barron	81	8	10	24	30
Nigel Tinkler	115	8	7	20	17
Ruth Carr	134	8	6	24	18
Paul Midgley	155	8	5	34	22
Charlie Johnston	55	7	13	24	44
Bryan Smart	64	7	11	19	30
Simon & Ed Crisford	33	7	21	24	73
George Boughey	39	7	18	20	51
George Scott	25	6	24	12	48
Hugo Palmer	31	6	19	15	48
David Evans	22	5	23	8	36
Jim Goldie	23	5	22	8	35
Tom Dascombe	16	5	31	7	44
Archie Watson	21	5	24	7	33
Ed Walker	22	5	23	9	41
Charlie Appleby	8	5	63	7	88
Charles Hills	14	5	36	8	57
Geoffrey Harker	42	5	12	11	26
Rebecca Menzies	47	5	11	9	19
Ann Duffield	59	5	8	12	20
Adrian Nicholls	70	5	7	17	24
Mark Walford	77	4	5	18	23
Iain Jardine	63	4	6	15	24
Roger Fell	106	4	4	24	23
Philip Kirby	49	4	8	14	29
Tracy Waggott	52	4	8	14	27
Brian Ellison	59	4	7	10	17
Ben Haslam	39	4	10	12	31
Sir Mark Prescott Bt	14	4	29	8	57
Andrew Balding	21	4	19	13	62
Sam England	21	4	19	6	29
James Tate	29	4	14	10	34
Tina Jackson	26	3	12	5	19
Stella Barclay	26	3	12	4	15
Roy Bowring	22	3	14	9	41
Ralph Beckett	15	3	20	7	47
David Loughnane	19	3	16	10	53

Statistics for the last 5 seasons.

Jockey	Runs	Wins	W%	Places	P%
Paul Mulrennan	178	23	13	53	30
David Allan	283	22	8	83	29
Oisin James Orr	125	19	15	50	40
Callum Rodriguez	110	14	13	41	37
David Nolan	89	14	16	35	39
Jason Hart	188	13	7	54	29
Kevin Stott	86	11	13	32	37
Jason Watson	64	11	17	25	39
Billy Garritty	73	10	14	23	32
P. J. McDonald	101	10	10	38	38
Pierre-Louis Jamin	25	10	40	15	60
Sam James	140	9	6	42	30
Tom Eaves	161	9	6	39	24
Joanna Mason	115	9	8	26	23
Shane Gray	115	9	8	21	18
Duran Fentiman	124	8	6	20	16
James Sullivan	138	8	6	30	22
S. B. Kirrane	76	7	9	15	20
Jack Garritty	91	7	8	25	27
Harry Russell	56	7	13	14	25
Mark Winn	62	6	10	18	29
William Pyle	45	6	13	16	36
Jack Mitchell	22	6	27	12	55
Billy Loughnane	25	5	20	16	64
Kieran O'Neill	29	5	17	16	55
Hollie Doyle	16	5	31	5	31
Zak Wheatley	45	5	11	12	27
Oisin McSweeney	44	5	11	13	30
William Buick	8	5	63	6	75
Andrew Mullen	94	4	4	20	21
Ben Robinson	84	4	5	15	18
Alistair Rawlinson	29	4	14	10	34
Cam Hardie	138	4	3	24	17
Rossa Ryan	9	4	44	5	56
Dale Swift	35	4	11	6	17
Cieren Fallon	22	4	18	8	36
Harry Davies	18	3	17	6	33
David Egan	16	3	19	8	50
Rowan Scott	134	3	2	31	23
Luke Morris	44	3	7	13	30
Jonny Peate	52	3	6	8	15
Lewis Edmunds	53	3	6	15	28
James Doyle	7	3	43	6	86
Pat Cosgrave	7	2	29	3	43
Joey Haynes	6	2	33	3	50
Jack Callan	7	2	29	4	57
Oisin Murphy	4	2	50	2	50
George Downing	5	2	40	2	40
Lauren Young	2	2	100	2	100
Faye McManoman	64	2	3	6	9

Statistics for the last 5 seasons.

The Thirsk round course is a left-handed, oval track, just over a mile and a quarter in extent, with a run-in of half a mile. There is a straight six-furlong course, which is slightly undulating throughout. The round course itself is almost perfectly flat, but though the turns are relatively easy and the ground well levelled all round, the track is on the sharp side and by no means ideal for a horse that requires time to settle down, and time and space to get down to work in the straight. A high draw over seven furlongs and a mile has been an advantage in recent times.

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