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	607	38	6	147	24
David O'Meara	248	36	15	95	38
Michael Dods	338	33	10	107	32
K. R. Burke	142	27	19	62	44
Richard Fahey	197	24	12	59	30
Kevin Ryan	193	21	11	62	32
Declan Carroll	128	14	11	36	28
Julie Camacho	107	13	12	35	33
William Haggas	46	13	28	30	65
Paul Midgley	171	11	6	37	22
Michael & David Easterby	118	10	8	30	25
Ruth Carr	153	10	7	29	19
Ollie Pears	81	10	12	24	30
David & Nicola Barron	95	9	9	26	27
Edward Bethell	70	9	13	27	39
Roger Varian	37	9	24	22	59
Charlie Johnston	66	8	12	29	44
John Quinn	60	8	13	24	40
Nigel Tinkler	130	8	6	20	15
Bryan Smart	70	7	10	20	29
George Boughey	39	7	18	20	51
Ed Walker	27	7	26	12	44
Simon & Ed Crisford	34	7	21	25	74
Hugo Palmer	32	6	19	15	47
George Scott	26	6	23	13	50
Jim Goldie	37	6	16	11	30
Archie Watson	23	6	26	8	35
Andrew Balding	25	6	24	16	64
Geoffrey Harker	49	6	12	13	27
Rebecca Menzies	53	6	11	11	21
Sir Mark Prescott Bt	17	6	35	11	65
Tom Dascombe	16	5	31	7	44
Charles Hills	15	5	33	8	53
Charlie Appleby	8	5	63	7	88
Ann Duffield	59	5	8	12	20
Tracy Waggott	60	5	8	15	25
Grant Tuer	73	5	7	28	38
Adrian Nicholls	76	5	7	17	22
Roger Fell	116	5	4	29	25
David Evans	22	5	23	8	36
Ralph Beckett	21	4	19	11	52
Richard Hannon	23	4	17	10	43
Sam England	23	4	17	6	26
James Tate	35	4	11	11	31
Mark Walford	83	4	5	19	23
Iain Jardine	66	4	6	15	23
Brian Ellison	67	4	6	12	18
Philip Kirby	55	4	7	15	27
Ben Haslam	49	4	8	13	27
Jedd O'Keeffe	52	3	6	12	23

Statistics for the last 5 seasons.

Jockey	Runs	Wins	W%	Places	P%
Daniel Tudhope	168	34	20	84	50
Connor Beasley	307	31	10	116	38
Paul Mulrennan	199	26	13	60	30
David Allan	309	25	8	91	29
Oisin James Orr	141	19	13	53	38
David Nolan	104	17	16	39	38
Jason Hart	214	16	7	59	28
Callum Rodriguez	123	15	12	45	37
Kevin Stott	97	13	13	38	39
P. J. McDonald	118	13	11	43	36
Joanna Mason	150	12	8	36	24
Sam James	164	11	7	50	30
Shane Gray	129	11	9	26	20
Jason Watson	65	11	17	25	38
Clifford Lee	83	11	13	28	34
Billy Garritty	81	10	12	25	31
Tom Eaves	176	10	6	44	25
Pierre-Louis Jamin	26	10	38	16	62
James Sullivan	148	9	6	32	22
Harry Russell	65	9	14	18	28
Duran Fentiman	142	8	6	27	19
Silvestre De Sousa	33	8	24	13	39
Rossa Ryan	19	7	37	11	58
S. B. Kirrane	99	7	7	19	19
Jack Garritty	95	7	7	26	27
Mark Winn	90	7	8	21	23
Zak Wheatley	58	7	12	16	28
Ryan Sexton	60	6	10	17	28
William Pyle	58	6	10	19	33
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
William Buick	8	5	63	6	75
Oisin McSweeney	56	5	9	15	27
Ben Robinson	93	4	4	18	19
Andrew Mullen	107	4	4	22	21
Cam Hardie	148	4	3	25	17
Alistair Rawlinson	31	4	13	11	35
Dale Swift	39	4	10	6	15
Oliver Stammers	36	3	8	9	25
Harry Davies	27	3	11	7	26
David Egan	18	3	17	9	50
James Doyle	8	3	38	6	75
George Downing	8	3	38	4	50
Jake Dickson	11	3	27	6	55
Benoit de la Sayette	11	3	27	5	45
Jack Callan	12	3	25	6	50
William Carver	6	3	50	4	67

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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