The Racing Horse offers our powerful RACECOURSE TEMPLATE for Doncaster 24 October 2020

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DONCASTER FAVOURITES (5 years)
Non-handicap                    Handicap
2yo:    60-135 for 44% (+6.08)   11-29  for 38%  (+6.74)
3yo:    47-110 for 43% (-8.18)   70-193 for 36% (+10.33)
4yo+:   21-49  for 43% (-0.43)   68-259 for 26% (-31.61)
Total: 128-294 for 44% (-2.53)  149-481 for 31% (-14.54)

TOP 5 TRAINERS at Doncaster for past 5 years
Roger Varian:   39 wins from 162 for 24%   (-7.48)
Richard Hannon: 30 wins from 289 for 10%  (-63.90)
Richard Fahey:  29 wins from 388 for  7% (-172.17)
John Gosden:    28 wins from 132 for 21%  (-23.51)
Michael Stoute: 26 wins from  83 for 31%  (+24.66)

TOP 5 JOCKEYS at Doncaster for past 5 years
Andrea Atzeni:  38 wins from 187 for 20% (-34.14)
Ryan Moore:     28 wins from 125 for 22% (-15.17)
P J McDonald:   27 wins from 185 for 15% (+68.37)
Daniel Tudhope: 26 wins from 168 for 15%  (+5.62)
Jim Crowley:    22 wins from 110 for 20%  (-5.77)

What does our RACECOURSE TEMPLATE tell us?

• Backing favourites in non-handicaps is profitable
• 4yo+ favourites in handicaps perform badly at 26%
• Roger Varian is the top trainer at Doncaster
• Richard Hannon & Richard Fahey have taken 677 horses to Doncaster in the past 5 years for 8.7% (-236.07)
• John Gosden & Michael Stoute have taken 215 over the same period for 25.12 (+1.05)
• Andrea Atzeni rides this course well
• Godolphin are top owners with 38-151 for 25% (+4.54)
• Paul Hanagan has ridden 1,997 winners so needs 3 more for 2,000. He has five rides at Doncaster today?

Cold List Trainers & Jockeys with runners and rides today

• D Shaw 83
• Mrs R Carr 72
• J Best 26
• W Haggas 24
• P Midgley 23
• Paula Muir 56
• Andrew Mullen 22
• Rachel Richardson 21
• Barry McHugh 21
• Oisin Murphy 19

Jason Weaver on Doncaster

There are not many fairer courses than Doncaster, which is a lovely, virtually flat, galloping track. You do climb briefly, up and over Rose Hill, but, for the most part, it’s beautifully smooth to ride, a good, solid test of a horse. There can be one or two hard-luck stories, especially on the round course, when lots of runners are still in contention late on, and that’s where jockeyship comes in. I liked to be on the stands’ side on the straight course, but either side is fine, just as long as you’re not far off a rail.

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