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	557	35	6	131	24
David O'Meara	228	33	14	89	39
Michael Dods	302	30	10	96	32
K. R. Burke	130	26	20	56	43
Richard Fahey	197	24	12	59	30
Kevin Ryan	170	19	11	56	33
William Haggas	40	12	30	27	68
Declan Carroll	111	11	10	30	27
Julie Camacho	99	11	11	32	32
Michael & David Easterby	102	10	10	27	26
Roger Varian	35	9	26	21	60
Edward Bethell	60	9	15	26	43
Ollie Pears	76	9	12	22	29
David & Nicola Barron	84	8	10	25	30
Nigel Tinkler	118	8	7	20	17
Ruth Carr	140	8	6	25	18
Paul Midgley	156	8	5	34	22
Bryan Smart	66	7	11	19	29
Charlie Johnston	57	7	12	25	44
George Boughey	39	7	18	20	51
Simon & Ed Crisford	33	7	21	24	73
Hugo Palmer	31	6	19	15	48
Archie Watson	23	6	26	8	35
George Scott	25	6	24	12	48
Andrew Balding	22	5	23	14	64
David Evans	22	5	23	8	36
Ed Walker	22	5	23	9	41
Charles Hills	15	5	33	8	53
Tom Dascombe	16	5	31	7	44
Charlie Appleby	8	5	63	7	88
Jim Goldie	28	5	18	9	32
Geoffrey Harker	44	5	11	12	27
Rebecca Menzies	47	5	11	9	19
Ann Duffield	59	5	8	12	20
Adrian Nicholls	72	5	7	17	24
Roger Fell	109	5	5	25	23
Ben Haslam	43	4	9	12	28
Brian Ellison	60	4	7	10	17
Iain Jardine	65	4	6	15	23
Mark Walford	78	4	5	18	23
Philip Kirby	50	4	8	14	28
Tracy Waggott	53	4	8	14	26
James Tate	31	4	13	10	32
Sir Mark Prescott Bt	14	4	29	8	57
Sam England	23	4	17	6	26
Roy Bowring	22	3	14	9	41
David Loughnane	20	3	15	10	50
Michael Bell	14	3	21	5	36
Ralph Beckett	16	3	19	8	50
Darryll Holland	7	3	43	5	71

Statistics for the last 5 seasons.

Jockey	Runs	Wins	W%	Places	P%
Daniel Tudhope	158	32	20	79	50
Connor Beasley	278	28	10	105	38
David Allan	294	23	8	87	30
Paul Mulrennan	186	23	12	54	29
Oisin James Orr	130	19	15	51	39
Callum Rodriguez	114	15	13	43	38
David Nolan	94	14	15	36	38
Jason Hart	194	13	7	54	28
Kevin Stott	91	13	14	36	40
Clifford Lee	80	11	14	28	35
Jason Watson	65	11	17	25	38
P. J. McDonald	105	11	10	39	37
Joanna Mason	121	10	8	27	22
Billy Garritty	77	10	13	24	31
Pierre-Louis Jamin	26	10	38	16	62
Shane Gray	118	9	8	22	19
Sam James	147	9	6	45	31
Tom Eaves	161	9	6	39	24
James Sullivan	141	8	6	30	21
Duran Fentiman	126	8	6	21	17
Silvestre De Sousa	30	8	27	12	40
Harry Russell	58	8	14	15	26
S. B. Kirrane	84	7	8	16	19
Jack Garritty	91	7	8	25	27
Mark Winn	67	6	9	18	27
William Pyle	48	6	13	17	35
Hollie Doyle	21	6	29	6	29
Jack Mitchell	22	6	27	12	55
Cieren Fallon	24	5	21	9	38
Billy Loughnane	25	5	20	16	64
Kieran O'Neill	30	5	17	16	53
Zak Wheatley	45	5	11	12	27
Oisin McSweeney	46	5	11	13	28
William Buick	8	5	63	6	75
Rossa Ryan	11	5	45	7	64
Ryan Sexton	51	4	8	13	25
Ben Robinson	84	4	5	15	18
Alistair Rawlinson	29	4	14	10	34
Dale Swift	36	4	11	6	17
Andrew Mullen	103	4	4	22	21
Cam Hardie	138	4	3	24	17
Rowan Scott	136	3	2	31	23
Benoit de la Sayette	11	3	27	5	45
Jonny Peate	52	3	6	8	15
Lewis Edmunds	53	3	6	15	28
Luke Morris	46	3	7	15	33
David Egan	16	3	19	8	50
Harry Davies	18	3	17	6	33
James Doyle	8	3	38	6	75
Stevie Donohoe	8	2	25	3	38

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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