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Bellewstown is a tight, undulating, left-handed course on a hilltop in County Meath, racing on the Flat and over hurdles. The Bellewstown guide refreshes after every meeting with favourites, trainers, jockeys and course specialists, and adds the next card once declared.
Last meeting 1 October 2026: 8 winners. Next meeting not yet declared · Results to 1 October 2026 · Refreshed 16 October 2026
Favourites' win rate since 2016
33.9%
Races since 2016
575
Course specialists in training
13
33.9%

Favourites won 33.9% of 575 races at Bellewstown from 2016 to 2026 (Flat 32.6%, jumps 36.3%).Sample: 575 races · Window: 2016 to 1 October 2026 · Source: RaceWatch results database (GB and IRE results; figures on this page from 2016), course records, RaceWatch racecards and race calendar

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Favourite win % by season at Bellewstown
FlatJumps (season starting)
0%20%40%60%80%20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026Flat 2016: 33.3%Flat 2017: 35%Flat 2018: 22.2%Flat 2019: 35.7%Flat 2020: 50%Flat 2021: 32.5%Flat 2022: 26.1%Flat 2023: 32.6%Flat 2024: 35%Flat 2025: 31.8%Flat 2026: 31.6%31.6%Jumps (season starting) 2020: 27.3%Jumps (season starting) 2023: 39.1%Jumps (season starting) 2024: 30.4%Jumps (season starting) 2025: 42.9%42.9%

Favourite win % by Season

Bellewstown at a glance by season

Flat20263840310.6031.6%
Flat20254446910.7031.8%
Flat20244042410.6035.0%
Flat20234347711.1032.6%
Flat20224655412.0026.1%
Flat20214046311.6032.5%
Flat20202425310.5050.0%
Flat20192832611.6035.7%
Flat20182729310.9022.2%
Flat20172024112.1035.0%
Flat20162121710.3033.3%
Jumps2026/271317313.3015.4%
Jumps2025/262127813.2042.9%
Jumps2024/252325110.9030.4%
Jumps2023/242326111.3039.1%
Jumps2022/231517911.9046.7%
Jumps2021/221621113.2037.5%
Jumps2020/212227512.5027.3%
Jumps2019/201820911.6022.2%
Jumps2018/191720111.8041.2%
Jumps2017/181822612.6050.0%
Jumps2016/171820811.6044.4%

Jumps seasons run May to April (2026/27 = May 2026 to date) Flat seasons are calendar years. Fav win % = races won by the favourite (joint favourites included).

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Top trainers at Bellewstown by wins (five seasons and current)
FlatJumps
Joseph Patrick O'Brien25Ger Lyons14Mrs John Harrington12T G McCourt12Adrian McGuinness10Johnny Murtagh9Willie McCreery8James McAuley7John C McConnell7Michael Mulvany6

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How favourites fare at Bellewstown

Flat turf32.6%37112162.1%Flat
Flat non-handicaps42.0%1506379.7%Flat
Flat handicaps26.2%2215851.2%Flat
Flat all races32.6%37112162.1%Flat
Hurdle33.0%1795958.5%Jumps
Jumps non-handicaps41.3%1044369.4%Jumps
Jumps handicaps31.0%1003152.1%Jumps
Jumps all races36.3%2047460.4%Jumps

Seasons 2016 to date. Groups with fewer than 100 favourites are hidden.

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Top trainers at Bellewstown (five seasons and current)

1Joseph Patrick O'Brien2528.1%8946.1%Flat
2Ger Lyons1424.6%5752.6%Flat
3Mrs John Harrington1216.0%7540.0%Flat
4T G McCourt129.4%12728.3%Flat
5Adrian McGuinness1010.4%9624.0%Flat
6Johnny Murtagh918.0%5042.0%Flat
7Willie McCreery814.0%5736.8%Flat
8James McAuley710.3%6835.3%Flat
9John C McConnell74.7%15014.7%Flat
10Michael Mulvany67.2%8327.7%Flat
11E D Delany512.5%4032.5%Flat
12Luke Comer59.1%5516.4%Flat
13Noel Meade58.3%6046.7%Flat
14Ciaran Murphy411.8%3420.6%Flat
15Andrew Slattery48.3%4831.3%Flat
16Denis Gerard Hogan47.8%5117.6%Flat
17Gavin Cromwell46.3%6333.3%Flat
18H Rogers25.3%3821.1%Flat
1Gavin Cromwell1820.9%8638.4%Jumps
2Gordon Elliott1416.5%8538.8%Jumps
3John C McConnell910.5%8624.4%Jumps
4P J Rothwell26.7%3013.3%Jumps
5John Joseph Hanlon00.0%4010.0%Jumps

Jumps 2021/22 to date, Flat 2021 to date. Min 30 runs at the course, top 25 per code by wins.

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Top jockeys at Bellewstown (five seasons and current)

1Colin Keane2819.3%14545.5%Flat
2Shane Foley1413.7%10237.3%Flat
3Dylan Browne McMonagle1212.9%9339.8%Flat
4Chris Hayes119.2%11927.7%Flat
5Gavin Ryan915.8%5738.6%Flat
6Ben Coen910.6%8527.1%Flat
7Wesley Joyce811.3%7131.0%Flat
8Billy Lee89.4%8531.8%Flat
9James Ryan87.8%10327.2%Flat
10Robert Whearty78.0%8820.5%Flat
11J M Sheridan69.4%6425.0%Flat
12Seamie Heffernan67.9%7615.8%Flat
13Andrew Slattery512.5%4035.0%Flat
14Leigh Roche59.8%5123.5%Flat
15Ronan Whelan58.6%5827.6%Flat
16Wayne Lordan49.5%4231.0%Flat
17Adam Caffrey48.0%5020.0%Flat
18Siobhan Rutledge45.4%7418.9%Flat
19Gary Carroll44.3%9433.0%Flat
20Danny Sheehy39.4%3225.0%Flat
21Declan McDonogh37.1%4223.8%Flat
22Nathan Crosse34.5%6713.4%Flat
23Rory Cleary34.3%6914.5%Flat
24Jamie Powell25.6%3622.2%Flat
25Luke McAteer23.9%5117.6%Flat
1Keith Donoghue920.0%4540.0%Jumps
2Jack Kennedy817.4%4641.3%Jumps
3Sean Flanagan411.8%3420.6%Jumps
4Jordan Gainford410.8%3732.4%Jumps
5Darragh O'Keeffe24.4%4524.4%Jumps
6Ben Harvey13.3%3026.7%Jumps
7Phillip Enright00.0%3315.2%Jumps

Jumps 2021/22 to date, Flat 2021 to date. Min 30 rides at the course, top 25 per code by wins.

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Bellewstown course specialists still in training

Mogwli (IRE) silksMogwli (IRE)3560.0%1 Oct 25Willie McCreery12 Oct 26Flat
Dartan (GB) silksDartan (GB)33100.0%30 Aug 23Sarah Humphrey7 Oct 26Jumps
Final Orders (GB) silksFinal Orders (GB)3650.0%30 Aug 23Gavin Cromwell26 Aug 26Jumps
Harry's Hill (GB) silksHarry's Hill (GB)2366.7%27 Aug 24Martin Hassett15 Oct 26Flat
Putapoundinthejar (IRE) silksPutapoundinthejar (IRE)22100.0%4 Jul 26A. J. Martin11 Oct 26Flat
Dream Legend (IRE) silksDream Legend (IRE)2366.7%2 Jul 26E D Delany30 Sep 26Flat
Arch Enemy (IRE) silksArch Enemy (IRE)2633.3%30 Sep 26Patrick Magee30 Sep 26Flat
Jazz Dreamers (IRE) silksJazz Dreamers (IRE)2540.0%29 Aug 23Seamus Fahey28 Sep 26Flat
Aurora Nova (IRE) silksAurora Nova (IRE)2540.0%3 Jul 25Andrew McNamara10 Sep 26Flat
Eastern Wind (GB) silksEastern Wind (GB)21020.0%5 Apr 25T G McCourt26 Aug 26Flat
Lark In The Mornin (GER) silksLark In The Mornin (GER)22100.0%2 Jul 26Joseph Patrick O'Brien27 Jul 26Flat
Art Of Unity (GB) silksArt Of Unity (GB)2633.3%2 Oct 25Miss Katy Brown19 May 26Flat
Clifftop (GB) silksClifftop (GB)2540.0%29 Sep 22H Rogers19 Apr 26Flat

Horses with 2 or more wins at the course since May 2014 that have run anywhere in the last 365 days. Trainer is the trainer at the latest run.

Going profile at Bellewstown

FlatGood to firm or firmer195.1%9.5015.8%
FlatGood20555.3%11.7032.7%
FlatGood to soft or yielding6016.2%11.0035.0%
FlatSoft5414.6%10.4031.5%
FlatHeavy338.9%10.0039.4%
JumpsGood to firm or firmer104.9%12.1040.0%
JumpsGood16982.8%12.1034.9%
JumpsGood to soft or yielding188.8%12.6050.0%

Seasons 2016 to date. Going grouped into bands; bands with fewer than 100 runners hidden.

Distance profile at Bellewstown

FlatFlat turf1m15712.0033.1%1 Oct 26
FlatFlat turf5f889.8031.8%1 Oct 26
FlatFlat turf1m4f5710.9031.6%3 Jul 26
FlatFlat turf1m4½f219.2042.9%1 Oct 26
FlatFlat turf7½f1610.7043.8%28 Sep 23
FlatFlat turf1m6½f1113.4018.2%2 Jul 26
FlatFlat turf1m6f1111.2036.4%2 Jul 20
JumpsHurdle2m1f4911.9040.8%26 Aug 26
JumpsHurdle2m4f4412.0036.4%8 Jul 23
JumpsHurdle2m4½f3112.6029.0%26 Aug 26
JumpsHurdle2m½f3112.5025.8%23 Aug 22
JumpsHurdle3m2012.7025.0%18 Apr 26
JumpsNH Flat (bumper)2m1f1510.8053.3%4 Jul 26
JumpsNH Flat (bumper)2m½f1011.2070.0%23 Aug 22

Seasons 2016 to date, advertised distance rounded to the nearest half furlong. Min 100 runners.

Draw summary at Bellewstown (Flat)

5f599.8%10.1%9.4%Turf
1m1209.9%5.9%8.4%Turf
1m4f3811.6%5.2%8.6%Turf

Flat races with 8 or more runners since 1 January 2019; stalls ranked within each race and split into thirds. Stall by stall figures on the draw bias page: /courses/bellewstown/draw-bias

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Run style at Bellewstown

Led16.7%20334Flat
Prominent12.7%1,238157Flat
Midfield4.4%63828Flat
Held up5.1%86144Flat
Led19.4%10320Jumps
Prominent12.8%64182Jumps
Midfield2.3%3979Jumps
Held up4.6%40919Jumps

Run style read from the in-running race comment, races 2019 to 2025. Min 100 runs.

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Bellewstown course records

5f1,103Flat0:57.30Yefimenko (IRE) silksYefimenko (IRE)5 Jul 24GoodGer Lyons
7½f1,701Flat1:38.91Guanabara Bay (IRE) silksGuanabara Bay (IRE)6 Jul 18Good To FirmAdrian McGuinness
1m1,734Flat1:38.46Blackcastle Storm (GB) silksBlackcastle Storm (GB)5 Jul 24GoodMatthew J Smith
1m3½f2,510Flat2:47.46Putapoundinthejar (IRE) silksPutapoundinthejar (IRE)11 Apr 26SoftA. J. Martin
1m4f2,677Flat2:35.85Comic Book (GB) silksComic Book (GB)5 Jul 24GoodMrs John Harrington
1m4½f2,703Flat2:38.02Cycladic (IRE) silksCycladic (IRE)24 Aug 21GoodMrs John Harrington
1m6f3,080Flat3:09.04Cliffs Of Dooneen (IRE) silksCliffs Of Dooneen (IRE)5 Jul 18Good To FirmAidan O'Brien
1m6½f3,189Flat3:09.25Futurum Regem (IRE) silksFuturum Regem (IRE)4 Jul 24GoodHugh Paul Finegan
2m½f3,611Flat3:52.40Notnowned (IRE) silksNotnowned (IRE)23 Aug 22GoodJohn C McConnell
2m1f3,762Flat3:54.76Minnie Dahill (IRE) silksMinnie Dahill (IRE)4 Jul 18Good To FirmT M Walsh
2m1½f3,849Flat3:55.36Zanahiyr (IRE) silksZanahiyr (IRE)26 Aug 25GoodGordon Elliott
2m½f3,670Hurdle3:55.10Pearl Of The West (IRE) silksPearl Of The West (IRE)30 Aug 18GoodJohn C McConnell
2m1f3,779Hurdle3:56.20Petrol Head (IRE) silksPetrol Head (IRE)6 Jul 24GoodMiss Katy Brown
2m4f4,400Hurdle4:37.40Babbling Stream (GB) silksBabbling Stream (GB)6 Jul 18Good To FirmHenry de Bromhead
2m4½f4,510Hurdle4:48.70Long Gone (IRE) silksLong Gone (IRE)27 Aug 25GoodDeclan Queally
3m5,280Hurdle5:40.20Easy Gold (IRE) silksEasy Gold (IRE)7 Jul 18Good To FirmWillie Mullins
3m½f5,396Hurdle5:52.80Como Park (IRE) silksComo Park (IRE)6 Jul 24GoodHenry de Bromhead
2m½f3,680NH Flat3:49.70Macgiloney (IRE) silksMacgiloney (IRE)7 Jul 18Good To FirmDenis Gerard Hogan

Fastest recorded winning time for each race type and trip (to the nearest half furlong) in the RaceWatch results database. Where rail movements change the exact yardage, the quickest run per yard is shown with its measured distance.

Latest Bellewstown winners (1 October 2026)

Racing TV Nursery HandicapFlat1mSoft To HeavySister Nancy (IRE) silksSister Nancy (IRE)2/1Daniel McLoughlinBen Coen5
Bellewstown Inn Fillies MaidenFlat1mSoft To HeavyWhite Sand Beach (USA) silksWhite Sand Beach (USA)5/6FAidan O'BrienJack Cleary5
Bluegrass Horse Feed HandicapFlat1mSoft To HeavyBig Bill (FR) silksBig Bill (FR)4/1Aidan MeliaReese Holohan9
Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies HandicapFlat1mSoft To HeavyDuchess Of Kenli (FR) silksDuchess Of Kenli (FR)6/1Joseph Patrick O'BrienJulian Pietropaolo5
Johnny Kierans Memorial HandicapFlat5fSoft To HeavyOne Cool Bear (IRE) silksOne Cool Bear (IRE)17/2Adrian McGuinnessAdam Caffrey9
Kilsaran RaceFlat1m4½fSoft To HeavyMagnum Cor (IRE) silksMagnum Cor (IRE)10/11FJoseph Patrick O'BrienJ M Sheridan3
BOYLE Sports Handicap (Div II)Flat1m4½fSoft To HeavyAutocrat (IRE) silksAutocrat (IRE)3/1FP SweeneyLuke McAteer11
BOYLE Sports Handicap (Div I)Flat1m4½fSoft To HeavyMaxwell Smart (IRE) silksMaxwell Smart (IRE)7/2T G McCourtJames Ryan11

Winners at the most recent meeting in the results database.

Win % by run style at Bellewstown
FlatJumps
0%5%10%15%20%LedProminentMidfieldHeld upFlat Led: 16.7%16.7%Flat Prominent: 12.7%12.7%Flat Midfield: 4.4%4.4%Flat Held up: 5.1%5.1%Jumps Led: 19.4%19.4%Jumps Prominent: 12.8%12.8%Jumps Midfield: 2.3%2.3%Jumps Held up: 4.6%4.6%

Win % by Run style

Bellewstown runners on the day

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What is the hilltop Bellewstown left-hander like?

Bellewstown is a tight, undulating, left-handed circuit on a hilltop in County Meath.

How many days does Bellewstown race each year?

Bellewstown holds only a handful of meetings each year, mostly in summer.

Which trainers and jockeys have the best strike rate at Bellewstown?

Gavin Cromwell leads the Bellewstown jumps trainers since 2021/22 with 18 winners and Joseph Patrick O'Brien leads the Flat with 25. Trainer and jockey tables show runs, win %, place %

How often do favourites win at Bellewstown?

The favourites table splits the record by race type and the season table tracks it year by year.

Does the draw matter at Bellewstown?

Stall by stall figures sit on the draw bias page.

When is the next Bellewstown meeting?

Bellewstown last raced on 1 October 2026, and the latest winners table shows every result from that card. The upcoming meetings table fills as soon as the next fixture reaches the racecards.

Questions people ask

Is Bellewstown left-handed?

Yes, Bellewstown is a left-handed course on a hilltop in County Meath. The circuit is tight and undulating, suiting handy, well-balanced horses.

How often do favourites win at Bellewstown?

The figure updates after every meeting and is split by race type on the page.

Who is the leading trainer at Bellewstown?

Gavin Cromwell has the most jumps winners at Bellewstown since 2021/22 with 18. Joseph Patrick O'Brien leads the Flat trainers since 2021 with 25 course winners.

When did Bellewstown last race?

Bellewstown last raced on 1 October 2026, and every winner from that card is listed on the page. The next meeting appears in the upcoming table once it reaches the racecards.

Is there a draw bias at Bellewstown?

The Bellewstown draw summary compares low, middle and high stalls for Flat races of eight or more runners since 2019, by trip.

What is a course specialist at Bellewstown?

A Bellewstown course specialist here is a horse with two or more course wins since May 2014 that has run in the last year. Bellewstown currently has 13 of them still in training.

What kind of racing is there at Bellewstown?

Bellewstown is a racecourse in Ireland that stages Flat and jumps racing, on turf.

Who is the top trainer at Bellewstown?

Over the last five seasons plus the current one, the leading trainer at Bellewstown by winners is Joseph Patrick O'Brien on the Flat (25 winners from 89 runners) and Gavin Cromwell over jumps (18 winners from 86 runners).

Who is the top jockey at Bellewstown?

Over the last five seasons plus the current one, the leading jockey at Bellewstown by winners is Colin Keane on the Flat (28 winners from 145 rides) and Keith Donoghue over jumps (9 winners from 45 rides).

How big are the fields at Bellewstown?

Bellewstown staged 575 races from 2016 to 1 October 2026, with an average field of 11.5 runners.

More free data

Bellewstown Racecards: Runners and Course StatsThe next Bellewstown card in fullDraw Bias Bellewstown: Festival Flat StatsStall by stall draw figures at BellewstownWinning timesFastest and median winning times by distance and goingFavourites Record by CourseFavourites' record at every courseCourse Specialists in Racing: Tracks and HorsesWhy some horses keep winning at one trackDraw Bias in Horse Racing ExplainedHow draw bias works

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