The Racing Horse offers our powerful Racecourse Template for CHEPSTOW RACES (Monday 23 August 2021. There are 5 Handicaps and 1 Novice Race. The ground is expected to be good, good to soft, soft in places.

CHEPSTOW RACECOURSE TEMPLATE

Chepstow FAVOURITES (5 years)
Non-handicap                    Handicap
2yo:   24-67  for 36% (-12.00)    4-11  for 36%  (+1.13)
3yo:   25-49  for 51%  (+0.46)   46-140 for 33% (-17.67)
4yo+:   1-4   for 25%  (-2.13)   71-208 for 34%  (+8.62)
Total: 50-120 for 42% (-13.67)  121-359 for 34%  (-7.93)

TOP 5 TRAINERS at CHEPSTOW (past 5 years)
David Evans (9%):     25 wins from 212 for 12% (-27.26)  +3%
Ralph Beckett (17%):  17 wins from  53 for 32% (+18.26) +15%
E J Houghton (12%):   16 wins from  73 for 22%  (-1.93) +10%
Tony Carroll (10%):   15 wins from 126 for 12% (-13.50)  +2%
Andrew Balding (15%): 14 wins from  72 for 19% (-14.54)  +4%

TOP 5 JOCKEYS at CHEPSTOW (past 5 years)
Rossa Ryan:      30 wins from 143 for 21% (+44.15)
David Probert:   25 wins from 197 for 13% (-36.62)
Luke Morris:     21 wins from 134 for 16% (-17.47)
Callum Shepherd: 14 wins from  76 for 18% (+36.75)
Tom Marquand:    14 wins from  94 for 15% (-21.08)

TOP 5 OWNERS at CHEPSTOW (past 5 years)
Hamdan Al Maktoum:       7 wins from 41 for 17% (-15.18)
Ronald & Candida Davies: 5 wins from 13 for 38% (+31.00)
G B Hignett:             5 wins from 18 for 28%  (+7.25)
Pete Smith:              5 wins from 18 for 28% (+38.75)
M Tidball & B Millman:   4 wins from  6 for 67%  (+7.50)

HOT TRAINERS 24/07/2021 to 23/08/2021
D McCain: 10-36 for 27.8% (+22.25) 1 runner
W Haggas: 26-99 for 26.3% (-17.67) 2 runners
B Millman: 9-40 for 22.5%  (+2.76) 4 runners

COLD LIST TRAINERS with runners today
P Webber:     42 (720 days)    1 runner
M Wigham:     21  (95 days)    1 runner
M Gillard:    20 (since March) 1 runner
R Brotherton:  8 (164 days)    1 runner

HOT JOCKEYS 24/07/2021 to 23/08/2021
Angus Villiers: 9-37 for 24.3% (-16.50) 2 rides
Jim Crowley:   13-68 for 19.1%  (+0.27) 3 rides
Tom Marquand: 24-128 for 18.8% (-20.61) 4 rides

COLD LIST JOCKEYS with rides today
Sam Hitchcott:  62 (137 days) 2 rides
Emma Taff:      49 (total)    1 ride
Trevor Whelan:  22  (9 days)  1 ride
Charles Bishop: 20 (13 days)  3 rides

FIXTURES
Monday 23 August 2021
Monday 30 August 2021
Thursday 9 September 2021

• • COURSE: Left handed, undulating. An oval-shaped track, about two miles in extent, with a run-in of five furlongs. While not an out-and-out galloping course, owing to the pronounced undulations, the track puts the emphasis on stamina almost regardless of ground. All races up to a mile are run on the straight course.
  • FAVOURITES IN NON-HANDICAPS: Best performing category albeit from a smaller sample are 3yo winning favourites in non-handicaps which show 25 winners from 49 runners for a big 51% strike rate and a level stake profit to SP of +0.46. 
  • FAVOURITES IN HANDICAPS: Winning favourites in handicaps fare slightly better than the national average. Winning favourites in both categories over the past 5 years show 171-479 for 35.70% (-21.60).
  • TRAINERS: We note the top 5 trainers at the course perform above their national averages, this represents an edge/value when they have runners at this course. Top trainer David Evans has 4 entries and will be competitive at this course as usual. Ralph Beckett (32%) runs 2 whilst Tony Carroll has 3 entries but we cannot see an obvious winner. It is the 2 runners of William Haggas that catches the eye where he will expect at least 1 winner.

• ROD MILLMAN: Irrespective of Chepstow today Rod Millman is the most in form trainer in the country. 7 of his last 12 runners have won for 58% at prices of 6/4, 11/8, 13/2, 7/2, 15/8, 7/4 and 5/2. He has 4 runners at the course today. He also sends 1 to Brighton and a big chance of a winner there! Tomorrow he sends 3 to Salisbury and has targeted the Female Amateur race with 2 entries. His horses have never been running so well as they are now, and we doubt his winning run is over! At Chepstow he records 55-513 for 11% but the past 5 year figures show a strike rate of 13%.
• JOCKEYS: Angus Villiers shows 3 winners from his last 6 rides but our eyes are drawn to the mounts of Jim Crowley and Tom Marquand, both will hope to ride a winner tomorrow.
• OWNERS: M Tidball & B Millman have a runner tomorrow in Sir Plato 2.30 who is 4-7 at the track.

CHEPSTOW has 32 meetings annually, both flat and jump racing, please visit their website for more details.

Clerk of the course: Libby O'Flaherty

Racecourse Telephone: 01291 622 260 and Fax: 01291 627 061

Email: info@chepstow-racecourse.co.uk

Address: Chepstow Racecourse, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, NP16 6BE

Children aged 17 & under go FREE

PARKING IS FREE also.