A Guide to Cartmel Race Course
Overview
Cartmel racecourse is a small venue that hosts 9 race days per year between May and August with the main 3 day festival actually takes place over five days. There is a day off between each days race meeting to allow racegoers to visit the Lake District.
Despite its size it is often one of the most well attended racecourses in Britain after Aintree and Cheltenham with average crowds exceeding 20,000.
The course itself is a tight figure of eight shaped track that measures 1 miles around. The run in on the Steeplechase course is just about four furlongs in length which makes it the longest in the country, and there are only six fences – although the last few come quite close together as result in a lot of unseated riders.
The most valuable race at Cartmel is the Cumbria Crystal Hurdle, which is run in July and is worth around £40,000 to the winner.
The crowd size is due in part to the fact that you can walk to it from the village, and is considered part of a day out in the Lake District. Crowds arrive so early in the morning and leave so late at night that there is never enough time to completely prepare the course for the next day. If Cartmel was a concert, it would be Glastonbury.
Bullet Points
- Left handed course
- Tight track
- Steeplchase run in is the longest in Britain
- 6 fences
Map Of Cartmel Racecourse
Statistics – Last Three Years
Top Trainers – Chase
Runners Wins Places
P Bowen 38 8 16
D McCain Jr 26 5 16
M Hammond 31 3 16
M Todhunter 16 3 5
D Sayer 16 3 4
Top Trainers – Hurdles
Runners Wins Places
J Moffatt 111 11 40
D McCain Jr 62 10 21
P Bowen 29 10 8
K Slack 8 5 0
D Sayer 37 4 13
Top Jockeys – Chase
Runners Wins Places
B Hughes 50 9 26
S Bowen 21 8 6
H Brooke 27 6 9
R Johnson 20 4 9
S Coltherd 15 4 2
Top Jockeys – Hurdles
Runners Wins Places
B Hughes 70 16 24
R Johnson 30 5 14
H Reed 10 5 5
R Chapman 17 4 6
J Bowen 14 4 4
Course Address
Cartmel Racecourse
Cartmel
Grange-Over-Sands
Cumbria
LA11 6QF
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