A Guide to Newcastle Race Course
Overview
Also known as Gosforth Park, Newcastle racecourse opened to the public in 1882 . Today it offers both Flat and National Hunt racing and has both a turf course and an all weather track.
The highlight of the Flat season at Newcastle is the June meeting for the Northumberland Plate. The meeting is a three day event and hosts not only the Northumberland Plate, but also the Gosforth Park Cup and the ChipChase Stakes.
Newcastle also stages the Fighting Fifth Hurdle on grass. This race is on of three that make up the Triple Crown of two mile races in the UK. The race is run in November and is a grade 1 listed race open to all horses aged 4 years old or more.
The All Weather track is a left handed affair made of Tapeta. Tapeta is made up of sand, rubber and wax and makes up a racing surface that is about 4-7 inches deep. Newcastles All Weather track differs to most as not only is it a broadly circular track (unlike the more familiar oval), but that is also has a floodlit straight mile. The All weather track is 1 mile and 6 furlongs long with an uphill incline over the last 4 furlongs to the finish.
The turf track is also left handed and is the same length as the All Weather track with the same steep uphill finish. The grass racecourse at Newcastle has 10 fences for its Chase events, of which two are open ditches and 7 fences for its Hurdles cards.
Bullet Points
- All courses are left handed
- All courses are 1 mile and 6 furlongs long
- All Weather course has a straight mile track
- 10 fences on the Chase course including two open ditches
- 7 Fences on the Hurdles track
Map of Newcastle All Weather Course
Map of Newcastle Turf Course
Statistics – Last Three Years
Top Trainers – Chase
Runners Wins Places
S Smith 30 6 13
N Alexander 26 5 9
J Ewart 17 5 8
N Richards 20 4 8
I Jardine 8 4 2
Top Trainers – Hurdle
Runners Wins Places
P Kirby 31 6 9
M Hammond 22 6 8
S Smith 20 5 12
L Russell 32 5 10
N Henderson 6 5 1
Top Trainers – National Hunt Flat
Runners Wins Places
B Ellison 18 7 7
R Menzies 17 2 8
K Dalgleish 12 2 7
N Richards 10 2 6
T Lacey 4 2 2
Top Trainers – Flat
Runners Wins Places
R Fahey 398 50 135
J Goldie 308 38 104
J Godsen 100 37 39
B Haslam 223 33 73
M Johnston 266 26 102
Top Jockeys – Chase
Runners Wins Places
B Hughes 35 8 18
D Cook 32 6 16
S Quinlan 28 4 13
H Brooke 21 3 8
J Hamilton 27 3 7
Top Jockeys – Hurdles
Runners Wins Places
B Hughes 47 11 19
D Cook 30 5 14
C Nichol 23 5 11
T Dowson 26 5 6
R Chapman 35 4 13
Top Jockeys – National Hunt Flat
Runners Wins Places
H Brooke 16 7 2
B Hughes 30 5 14
D Cook 14 5 6
N Moscrop 12 3 4
G Lee 5 2 1
Top Jockeys – Flat
Runners Wins Places
B Curtis 332 68 106
P McDonald 386 47 154
J Fanning 314 43 109
A Mullen 402 39 113
D Tudhope 209 38 87
Course Address
Newcastle Racecourse
High Gosforth Park
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE3 5HP
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