Fakenham Course Guide

National Hunt racing has taken place at Fakenham since 1905 and the course hosts action throughout the winter. The highlight of the season is the Fakenham Silver Cup, which is a class three handicap hurdle ran over two miles, that takes place during their Spring National Hunt meeting in March.

The Prince of Wales is Patron of Fakenham racecourse and officially opened a new £1million Members’ Stand in 2002, which is named after His Royal Highness. Her Majesty the Queen’s horse Gold Award won a Bumper at Fakenham on his first start before running in the 2008 Champion Bumper at the Cheltenham Festival.

Jumps Racing

Left handed, very sharp, with a short run-in on both courses. The tightest jumps track in the country and, in theory, ideal for handy, front-running types as opposed to long-striding gallopers, though underfoot conditions are usually more testing than advertised and races often strongly-run, too, resulting in the emphasis being much more on stamina than might be expected. As a result, there is a fairly high proportion of casualties over fences for a minor track.

Plenty of people think of Fakenham as being a very sharp track and, to some extent, that’s true. It is sharp, there’s no doubt about that, but you still need a horse who gets the trip really well. As a jockey, you find that being on a quick jumper makes an awful lot of difference, because if you’re on one that takes a bit of time in the air, you’re always playing catch-up. The price you pay for going too fast, on the other hand, is that you find it’s a long way home. Ideally, I always liked to sit and bide my time.

View from the saddle: Mick Fitzgerald

Fakenham Top Times
Last 5 years

Chase
Hurdle
National Hunt Flat

Distance	Horse (Going)	Date	Winning time
2m 59y	Salto Chisco (Good)	22 May 2016	4m 0.9s
2m 5f 44y	Butlergrove King (Good)	07 May 2019	5m 2.5s
3m 38y	Master Workman (Good)	17 Apr 2017	6m 3.6s
3m 5f 24y	Rebeccas Choice (Good)	03 May 2016	7m 25.3s

Distance	Horse (Going)	Date	Winning time
2m 3y	Sid Hoodie (Good to Firm)	22 Apr 2019	3m 49.8s
2m 4f 1y	Chaparral Prince (Good)	07 May 2019	4m 49.2s
2m 7f 95y	Bazarov (Good to Firm)	22 Apr 2019	5m 42.2s

Distance	Horse (Going)	Date	Winning time
2m 3y	Sopat (Good to Firm)	22 Apr 2019	3m 42s

Fakenham Top Trainers
Last 3 years (ordered by number of winners)

Chase
Hurdle
National Hunt Flat

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
Christian Williams	25	7	13	£45,554	28%	-£0.22
Olly Murphy	19	4	10	£20,924	21.05%	-£7.63
P F Nicholls	11	4	4	£34,732	36.36%	-£0.62
Stuart Edmunds	8	4	4	£48,605	50%	£16.58
G L Moore	9	3	4	£18,779	33.33%	-£3.70
N B King	20	2	10	£18,389	10%	-£16.00
D Skelton	9	2	5	£16,245	22.22%	-£2.60
Mrs S J Humphrey	13	2	4	£9,747	15.38%	-£9.88
K C Bailey	5	2	3	£17,674	40%	-£1.96
Richard Spencer	5	2	3	£11,310	40%	£2.25

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
Olly Murphy	81	18	42	£94,221	22.22%	-£10.85
Mrs L Wadham	26	8	11	£48,600	30.77%	£12.13
Christian Williams	19	6	3	£29,549	31.58%	£1.78
A King	11	5	3	£39,441	45.45%	£17.20
Stuart Edmunds	13	5	2	£23,412	38.46%	£31.00
N J Henderson	16	4	8	£24,628	25%	-£7.99
N P Mulholland	17	4	7	£16,779	23.53%	-£4.00
C Gordon	6	4	2	£20,460	66.67%	£11.37
D Pipe	7	3	1	£13,320	42.86%	£4.00
Archie Watson	4	3	1	£18,942	75%	£26.00

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
Olly Murphy	8	2	4	£5,522	25%	-£1.83
Mrs L Wadham	5	2	2	£5,522	40%	£3.25
N J Henderson	5	1	3	£2,274	20%	-£3.38
W Greatrex	2	1	1	£2,274	50%	£7.00
P R Webber	2	1	0	£2,274	50%	£15.00
Miss V Williams	1	1	0	£3,248	100%	£7.00
P J Hobbs	1	1	0	£3,421	100%	£0.83
P W Middleton	1	1	0	£3,899	100%	£4.00
Stuart Edmunds	5	0	2	£	0%	-£5.00
N A Twiston-Davies	3	0	2	£	0%	-£3.00

Fakenham Top Jockeys
Last 3 years (ordered by number of winners)

Chase
Hurdle
National Hunt Flat

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
James Bowen	20	6	11	£44,162	30%	-£0.22
C Gethings	10	4	6	£48,605	40%	£15.58
Jack Quinlan	9	3	5	£17,089	33.33%	£11.25
Bryony Frost	12	3	4	£21,249	25%	-£4.02
H Cobden	9	3	4	£26,674	33.33%	-£0.35
Adam Wedge	6	3	2	£14,427	50%	£6.50
Mr J Andrews	11	2	6	£13,625	18.18%	-£4.00
Benjamin Poste	9	2	5	£11,046	22.22%	-£3.40
S Bowen	7	2	5	£10,916	28.57%	-£1.88
R Johnson	10	2	4	£14,816	20%	-£3.25

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
R Johnson	25	6	16	£30,477	24%	-£5.43
C Gethings	18	6	3	£32,119	33.33%	£32.00
Fergus Gregory	17	5	5	£27,942	29.41%	£16.14
Nico de Boinville	10	5	4	£31,841	50%	£1.01
Tom Cannon	9	5	1	£32,748	55.56%	£10.40
Sam Twiston-Davies	17	3	11	£15,985	17.65%	-£2.43
Jack Quinlan	30	3	8	£21,313	10%	-£11.00
Maxime Tissier	14	3	6	£15,331	21.43%	-£1.50
Lewis Stones	12	3	6	£14,820	25%	£6.25
James Bowen	12	3	4	£21,379	25%	-£3.09

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
G Sheehan	4	2	1	£5,522	50%	£21.00
Nico de Boinville	5	1	3	£2,274	20%	-£3.38
R Johnson	3	1	1	£3,421	33.33%	-£1.17
Fergus Gregory	2	1	1	£2,274	50%	-£0.17
Kielan Woods	3	1	0	£3,899	33.33%	£1.00
Aidan Coleman	2	1	0	£3,248	50%	£2.33
Maxime Tissier	2	1	0	£2,274	50%	£1.25
Mr Caoilin Quinn	1	1	0	£2,274	100%	£8.00
E J Walsh	1	1	0	£3,248	100%	£4.00
David England	2	0	2	£	0%	-£2.00