TRACK FACTS

Track Description

A left-handed triangular shaped track, one and a quarter miles in extent, with eight fences per circuit and a run-in of 200 yards. Two tight bends and three fences in the straight make the course sharp in nature.

Top Course Trainers

LEADING TRAINERS AT STRATFORD (2018-2023) WITH RUNNERS:

D SKELTON (32 wins from 125 runners, 26%) runs THORPENESS (5.40).

N TWISTON-DAVIES (18 wins from 88 runners, 20%) runs THE GEORDIE GINGE (5.40), PRIVATE WALKER (8.40).

Trainers In Form

MOST WINS IN THE LAST 14 DAYS:

P BOWEN (3 wins from 11 runners, 27%) runs COAL FIRE (6.40).

O PEARS (3 wins from 18 runners, 17%) runs OUTSMART (5.40).

O MURPHY (3 wins from 9 runners, 33%) runs LOVE MYSTERY (5.40), SOBEGRAND (6.10).

Top Course Jockeys

LEADING JOCKEYS AT STRATFORD (2018-2023) WITH RIDES:

SAM TWISTON-DAVIES (26 wins from 136 rides, 19%) rides THE GEORDIE GINGE (5.40), RAGAMUFFIN (7.40).

BRIAN HUGHES (21 wins from 87 rides, 24%) rides TRICK OF THE TAIL (5.40), LINDWALL (6.40), NASEE (7.40), LAKEFIELD FLYER (8.10).

HARRY BANNISTER (15 wins from 72 rides, 21%) rides SEA PRINCE (7.10).

JOCKEYS IN FORM

MOST WINS IN THE LAST 14 DAYS:

SEAN BOWEN (11 wins from 36 rides, 31%) rides LOVE MYSTERY (5.40), SOBEGRAND (6.10), COAL FIRE (6.40), LINE OF DESCENT (8.10).

BRIAN HUGHES (6 wins from 39 rides, 15%) rides listed above.

SAM TWISTON-DAVIES (6 wins from 21 rides, 29%) rides listed above.

WEIGHTWATCHER

The horses which have dropped most in the weights from previous winning handicap marks in the last two years:

7.10 ADMIRAL’S SUNSET (won off 104 down 3lb to 101); CRACKING DESTINY (won off 130 down 13lb to 117);

7.40 BLAKENEY POINT (won off 124 down 12lb to 112).

LONGEST TRAVELLERS

NASEE (7.40), LAKEFIELD FLYER (8.10), FORT RANDALL (8.40) trained by J J Hanlon, Ireland.

CRACKING DESTINY (7.10) trained by Ewan Whillans, Hawick, distance of 265 miles.

FOREVER A DOVE (6.40) trained by J Coulson, Heaton, distance of 227 miles.

NOTE: All statistics are up to and including 2nd July

Cash And Card Payments

Cash And Card Payments Are Taken At The Following Locations Around The Course

Entrances for entry badges (all entrances)

Cash and Card

Racecards to purchase Cash and Card

Chris Rookes Bar (ground floor near entrance) Card only

Pravha Bar (upstairs near main entrance) Cash & Card

G/ S Bar (downstairs) Card only

G/S tattersalls bar (downstairs) Cash and Card

Stowford Press Bridge bar (upstairs in Grandstand) Cash & Card

Champagne Bar (champagne also located on all other bars) Card only

Owners/ Trainers Bar Cash & Card

External Catering Concessions Cash & Card

Centre Course Bar (when open) Cash & Card

Paddock Pavilion Restaurant Card only

Gallery Restaurant Card only

Hospitality Boxes Card only

Stables Café Cash & Card