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Musselburgh racecourse guide

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Musselburgh is a flat, sharp, right-handed course on the coast east of Edinburgh with an oval of about a mile and a quarter and a straight five furlongs. The Musselburgh guide refreshes after every meeting with favourites, trainers, jockeys and course specialists, and adds the next card once declared.
Last meeting 12 October 2026: 7 winners. Next meeting not yet declared; last year the next meeting after this date was on 5 November 2025 · Results to 12 October 2026 · Refreshed 17 October 2026
Favourites' win rate since 2016
34.5%
Races since 2016
1,854
Course specialists in training
50
34.5%

Favourites won 34.5% of 1,854 races at Musselburgh from 2016 to 2026 (Flat 32.8%, jumps 37.4%).Sample: 1,854 races · Window: 2016 to 12 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 Musselburgh
FlatJumps (season starting)
20%30%40%50%60%20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026Flat 2016: 28.6%Flat 2017: 34.7%Flat 2018: 29.8%Flat 2019: 33.6%Flat 2020: 33.8%Flat 2021: 29.6%Flat 2022: 31.7%Flat 2023: 37.4%Flat 2024: 42%Flat 2025: 32.4%Flat 2026: 28.4%28.4%Jumps (season starting) 2016: 31.6%Jumps (season starting) 2017: 40.3%Jumps (season starting) 2018: 40.5%Jumps (season starting) 2019: 47.2%Jumps (season starting) 2020: 31.9%Jumps (season starting) 2021: 37.8%Jumps (season starting) 2022: 40.9%Jumps (season starting) 2023: 37.7%Jumps (season starting) 2024: 38.5%Jumps (season starting) 2025: 25.5%25.5%

Favourite win % by Season

Musselburgh at a glance by season

Flat20261099018.3028.4%
Flat20251118777.9032.4%
Flat20241007907.9042.0%
Flat20231078868.3037.4%
Flat20221047997.7031.7%
Flat20211159458.2029.6%
Flat2020746578.9033.8%
Flat20191251,1078.9033.6%
Flat20181048468.1029.8%
Flat20171219898.2034.7%
Flat20161199558.0028.6%
Jumps2025/26514228.3025.5%
Jumps2024/25524498.6038.5%
Jumps2023/24615298.7037.7%
Jumps2022/23664937.5040.9%
Jumps2021/22745277.1037.8%
Jumps2020/21726849.5031.9%
Jumps2019/20725958.3047.2%
Jumps2018/19744796.5040.5%
Jumps2017/18675207.8040.3%
Jumps2016/17766138.1031.6%

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 Musselburgh by wins (five seasons and current)
FlatJumps
Jim Goldie69Iain Jardine39Karl Burke35Tim Easterby32Keith Dalgleish31Grant Tuer25Charlie Johnston24T D Barron17David O'Meara17Richard Fahey15

Wins

How favourites fare at Musselburgh

Flat turf32.8%1,18939058.7%Flat
Flat non-handicaps39.6%2359365.0%Flat
Flat handicaps31.1%95429757.2%Flat
Flat all races32.8%1,18939058.7%Flat
Chase37.1%2298554.4%Jumps
Hurdle36.7%39214458.3%Jumps
Jumps non-handicaps44.1%1958668.2%Jumps
Jumps handicaps34.7%47016354.4%Jumps
Jumps all races37.4%66524958.2%Jumps

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

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Top trainers at Musselburgh (five seasons and current)

1Jim Goldie6913.5%51232.0%Flat
2Iain Jardine3911.2%34825.0%Flat
3Karl Burke3527.3%12845.3%Flat
4Tim Easterby3212.0%26633.8%Flat
5Keith Dalgleish3115.9%19538.5%Flat
6Grant Tuer2523.4%10747.7%Flat
7Charlie Johnston2415.3%15733.1%Flat
8T D Barron1717.5%9732.0%Flat
9David O'Meara1714.7%11630.2%Flat
10Richard Fahey1514.0%10731.8%Flat
11Miss L A Perratt157.9%18923.3%Flat
12Ben Haslam1123.9%4658.7%Flat
13Liam Bailey119.6%11527.0%Flat
14Philip Kirby1021.3%4736.2%Flat
15Katie Scott109.0%11130.6%Flat
16R. Mike Smith107.2%13918.0%Flat
17Edward Bethell920.5%4440.9%Flat
18Declan Carroll915.3%5937.3%Flat
19Mark Johnston815.4%5234.6%Flat
20Kevin Ryan813.6%5930.5%Flat
21Miss J A Camacho717.1%4124.4%Flat
22Roger Fell716.3%4330.2%Flat
23Phillip Makin715.6%4535.6%Flat
24Bryan Smart715.6%4540.0%Flat
25Tracy Waggott714.3%4930.6%Flat
1Lucinda Russell3415.8%21530.7%Jumps
2Donald McCain3219.9%16137.9%Jumps
3Sandy Thomson1816.5%10937.6%Jumps
4Paul Nicholls1327.7%4751.1%Jumps
5Rebecca Menzies1114.9%7435.1%Jumps
6N. W. Alexander1110.6%10432.7%Jumps
7Iain Jardine119.6%11532.2%Jumps
8L J Morgan925.7%3537.1%Jumps
9Ewan Whillans712.3%5724.6%Jumps
10James Ewart619.4%3141.9%Jumps
11Stuart Coltherd614.3%4221.4%Jumps
12John C McConnell613.0%4630.4%Jumps
13Nicky Richards610.2%5935.6%Jumps
14Philip Kirby514.7%3423.5%Jumps
15Rose Dobbin514.7%3429.4%Jumps
16Adam Nicol511.6%4323.3%Jumps
17Dianne Sayer510.6%4723.4%Jumps
18Brian Ellison411.8%3429.4%Jumps
19Susan Corbett410.8%3732.4%Jumps
20R. Mike Smith25.4%3718.9%Jumps
21Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore23.3%6018.3%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 Musselburgh (five seasons and current)

1Paul Mulrennan5716.5%34638.7%Flat
2Sam James4423.0%19144.0%Flat
3Andrew Mullen3811.6%32725.7%Flat
4Jason Hart3216.9%18936.0%Flat
5Callum Rodriguez3020.4%14740.1%Flat
6Joe Fanning2716.2%16734.1%Flat
7Daniel Tudhope1920.9%9137.4%Flat
8Connor Beasley1812.7%14233.1%Flat
9David Allan1711.8%14438.9%Flat
10Billy Garritty1711.3%15029.3%Flat
11Clifford Lee1620.3%7946.8%Flat
12Oisin Orr1514.4%10435.6%Flat
13Rowan Scott1510.6%14129.1%Flat
14Ben Curtis1421.5%6536.9%Flat
15Shane Gray1415.1%9324.7%Flat
16William Pyle1114.9%7431.1%Flat
17Graham Lee109.3%10832.4%Flat
18Zak Wheatley916.1%5635.7%Flat
19Paul Hanagan822.9%3531.4%Flat
20Ryan Sexton817.4%4634.8%Flat
21Kevin Stott816.3%4942.9%Flat
22Lauren Young814.0%5729.8%Flat
23Oliver Stammers811.6%6934.8%Flat
24James Sullivan87.1%11220.5%Flat
25Rhys Elliott79.1%7716.9%Flat
1Brian Hughes3516.7%21038.1%Jumps
2Ryan Mania2323.7%9746.4%Jumps
3Craig Nichol1814.3%12630.2%Jumps
4Danny McMenamin1713.5%12631.0%Jumps
5Derek Fox1615.4%10426.9%Jumps
6Conor O'Farrell1416.9%8342.2%Jumps
7Henry Brooke1016.1%6232.3%Jumps
8Alan Doyle1015.9%6325.4%Jumps
9Sean Quinlan86.7%12028.3%Jumps
10Patrick Wadge78.8%8033.8%Jumps
11Theo Gillard617.1%3542.9%Jumps
12Nathan Moscrop611.5%5226.9%Jumps
13Charlie Maggs37.5%4025.0%Jumps
14Sam Coltherd37.1%4216.7%Jumps
15Jamie Hamilton36.3%4827.1%Jumps
16Stephen Mulqueen36.0%5024.0%Jumps
17Callum Bewley24.9%4122.0%Jumps
18Bruce Lynn22.9%6829.4%Jumps
19Peter Kavanagh00.0%3414.7%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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Musselburgh course specialists still in training

Gweedore (GB) silksGweedore (GB)61931.6%5 Nov 25Katie Scott19 Sep 26Flat
Monhammer (GB) silksMonhammer (GB)52520.0%30 Sep 26Linda Perratt12 Oct 26Flat
Bellarchi (IRE) silksBellarchi (IRE)5683.3%21 May 26Grant Tuer13 Sep 26Flat
Wise Eagle (IRE) silksWise Eagle (IRE)51050.0%29 Nov 24Adam Nicol24 May 26Flat
Trojan Sun (GB) silksTrojan Sun (GB)41428.6%13 Oct 25Jim Goldie14 Oct 26Flat
Simple Star (IRE) silksSimple Star (IRE)42516.0%30 Sep 26Gary Rutherford12 Oct 26Flat
Sophiesticate (IRE) silksSophiesticate (IRE)4757.1%31 Jul 26R. Mike Smith8 Oct 26Flat
Magna Sam (GB) silksMagna Sam (GB)4757.1%2 Feb 25Alastair Ralph7 Jun 26Jumps
Only Spoofing (IRE) silksOnly Spoofing (IRE)4666.7%13 Apr 25Kevin Thomas Coleman19 May 26Flat
Hold Onto The Line (IRE) silksHold Onto The Line (IRE)4944.4%5 Jan 24Mrs Jessica Botham19 Mar 26Jumps
Showtime Mahomes (GB) silksShowtime Mahomes (GB)3475.0%28 Aug 24Grant Tuer16 Oct 26Flat
Krissy (IRE) silksKrissy (IRE)3560.0%22 Jun 26Jim Goldie16 Oct 26Flat
Ski Angel (GB) silksSki Angel (GB)32015.0%1 Oct 25R. Mike Smith12 Oct 26Flat
Keep Me Stable (IRE) silksKeep Me Stable (IRE)31717.6%22 Jul 25Linda Perratt12 Oct 26Flat
Albegone (GB) silksAlbegone (GB)31225.0%25 Aug 26Tim Easterby12 Oct 26Flat
Little Ted (GB) silksLittle Ted (GB)3742.9%27 Aug 24Tim Easterby10 Oct 26Flat
Without Delay (IRE) silksWithout Delay (IRE)31717.6%14 Sep 24Tracy Waggott30 Sep 26Flat
Protest Rally (IRE) silksProtest Rally (IRE)3742.9%2 May 25Liam Bailey26 Sep 26Flat
Yaaser (IRE) silksYaaser (IRE)31225.0%1 Jul 25Jim Goldie25 Sep 26Flat
Glory Fighter (GB) silksGlory Fighter (GB)3650.0%2 Aug 24Paul Midgley31 Aug 26Flat
Sunday Soldier (IRE) silksSunday Soldier (IRE)3475.0%5 Apr 24David Killahena & Graeme McPherson23 Apr 26Jumps
Zarzyni (IRE) silksZarzyni (IRE)31127.3%19 Apr 25David & Nicola Barron12 Apr 26Flat
Bashful (GB) silksBashful (GB)3650.0%1 Feb 25Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore1 Jan 26Jumps
Rory The Cat (IRE) silksRory The Cat (IRE)31915.8%9 Aug 24Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore22 Dec 25Flat
Zaphea (IRE) silksZaphea (IRE)31323.1%6 Nov 24Iain Jardine5 Nov 25Flat
Empirestateofmind (IRE) silksEmpirestateofmind (IRE)22100.0%1 Oct 25John & Sean Quinn16 Oct 26Flat
Thunder Wonder (IRE) silksThunder Wonder (IRE)2450.0%7 Jun 25Charlie Johnston16 Oct 26Flat
Star Of Guiting (IRE) silksStar Of Guiting (IRE)2450.0%31 Jan 26Ewan Whillans15 Oct 26Jumps
Inappropriate (IRE) silksInappropriate (IRE)2450.0%31 Jul 26Ewan Whillans13 Oct 26Flat
Fear And Fast (GB) silksFear And Fast (GB)2728.6%12 Oct 26Jim Goldie12 Oct 26Flat
Vegasmile (IRE) silksVegasmile (IRE)2366.7%12 Oct 26Karl Burke12 Oct 26Flat
Kyber Crystal (IRE) silksKyber Crystal (IRE)2825.0%2 Apr 25Rebecca Menzies12 Oct 26Flat
Canaria Queen (GB) silksCanaria Queen (GB)2366.7%21 May 26Tim Easterby12 Oct 26Flat
Sixcor (GB) silksSixcor (GB)2306.7%14 Oct 24Linda Perratt12 Oct 26Flat
Never Dark (GB) silksNever Dark (GB)21118.2%11 Oct 21Iain Jardine12 Oct 26Flat
Kelpie Grey (GB) silksKelpie Grey (GB)2825.0%3 May 24Jim Goldie12 Oct 26Flat
Royal Duke (GB) silksRoyal Duke (GB)21711.8%27 Aug 25R. Mike Smith12 Oct 26Flat
Welsh Charger (IRE) silksWelsh Charger (IRE)2366.7%1 Feb 25Alastair Ralph11 Oct 26Jumps
The Gay Blade (GB) silksThe Gay Blade (GB)21612.5%2 Oct 24Iain Jardine8 Oct 26Flat
Ziggy's Triton (IRE) silksZiggy's Triton (IRE)2450.0%26 Apr 26David O'Meara6 Oct 26Flat
Lone Star (GB) silksLone Star (GB)2633.3%24 Mar 23Philip Kirby4 Oct 26Jumps
Tommy's Oscar (IRE) silksTommy's Oscar (IRE)2633.3%1 Jan 22Ann Hamilton4 Oct 26Jumps
Inis Oirr (IRE) silksInis Oirr (IRE)2728.6%3 Feb 24Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore4 Oct 26Jumps
Woohoo (IRE) silksWoohoo (IRE)2540.0%29 Apr 26Jim Goldie3 Oct 26Flat
Bollin Neil (GB) silksBollin Neil (GB)2366.7%4 Jun 22Tim Easterby30 Sep 26Flat
Beat The Retreat (IRE) silksBeat The Retreat (IRE)2728.6%15 Feb 26N. W. Alexander24 Sep 26Jumps
Dain Ma Nut In (IRE) silksDain Ma Nut In (IRE)2633.3%15 Sep 24Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore24 Sep 26Flat
Reflection Of You (GB) silksReflection Of You (GB)2633.3%22 Dec 25Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore24 Sep 26Jumps
O'Faolains Glory (IRE) silksO'Faolains Glory (IRE)2450.0%22 Dec 25Susan Corbett23 Sep 26Jumps
Highland Olly (GB) silksHighland Olly (GB)2540.0%27 Aug 25Grant Tuer21 Sep 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 Musselburgh

FlatGood to firm or firmer27022.7%8.0032.2%
FlatGood64053.8%8.1031.3%
FlatGood to soft or yielding16513.9%8.6037.6%
FlatSoft1089.1%8.7037.0%
JumpsGood19629.5%7.8038.3%
JumpsGood to soft or yielding27641.5%8.2035.5%
JumpsSoft18628.0%7.9039.2%

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

Distance profile at Musselburgh

FlatFlat turf5f3788.3031.2%12 Oct 26
FlatFlat turf7f3368.3031.8%12 Oct 26
FlatFlat turf1m1298.6035.7%12 Sep 26
FlatFlat turf1m4½f1117.7039.6%30 Jun 26
FlatFlat turf1m1f1037.9029.1%12 Oct 26
FlatFlat turf1m6f548.3035.2%30 Sep 26
FlatFlat turf2m527.3034.6%12 Oct 26
FlatFlat turf1m5f138.5038.5%7 Aug 26
JumpsHurdle1m7½f1658.4042.4%15 Feb 26
JumpsHurdle3m878.6033.3%15 Feb 26
JumpsHurdle2m4f858.4038.8%15 Feb 26
JumpsChase2m4½f687.2032.4%15 Feb 26
JumpsChase3m546.9035.2%1 Mar 23
JumpsChase2m386.4050.0%1 Feb 26
JumpsNH Flat (bumper)1m7½f358.2040.0%22 Dec 25
JumpsChase2m4f206.5045.0%16 Mar 18
JumpsHurdle2m3½f187.8022.2%16 Mar 18
JumpsChase2m7½f158.1026.7%15 Feb 26
JumpsHurdle2m½f129.2025.0%26 Mar 21
JumpsHurdle2m1½f129.6025.0%21 Mar 25

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

Draw summary at Musselburgh (Flat)

5f1497.5%8.2%12.6%Turf
7f1538.5%10.9%11.3%Turf
1m609.5%10.1%9.9%Turf
1m1f4110.9%10.3%9.9%Turf
1m4½f3712.9%10.7%9.3%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/musselburgh/draw-bias

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Run style at Musselburgh

Led21.7%673146Flat
Prominent15.3%2,678410Flat
Midfield7.7%61047Flat
Held up6.5%1,848120Flat
Led21.9%39386Jumps
Prominent15.1%1,833276Jumps
Midfield7.5%39930Jumps
Held up5.8%1,05561Jumps

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

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Musselburgh course records

2m3,482Chase3:46.60Monsieur Co (FR) silksMonsieur Co (FR)28 Feb 19GoodKeith Dalgleish
2m1f3,715Chase4:07.70Wishfull Dreaming (GB) silksWishfull Dreaming (GB)10 Mar 19Good To SoftSam England
2m4f4,373Chase4:46.80Mullaghmurphy Blue (IRE) silksMullaghmurphy Blue (IRE)18 Dec 17GoodJ T R Dreaper
2m4½f4,468Chase4:58.30Knockgraffon (IRE) silksKnockgraffon (IRE)1 Jan 19GoodOlly Murphy
2m7½f5,198Chase6:02.40Red Happy (FR) silksRed Happy (FR)16 Feb 25Good To SoftGeorge Bewley
3m5,230Chase5:51.10Rancher Lass (IRE) silksRancher Lass (IRE)18 Dec 17GoodKarl Thornton
3m2½f5,858Chase6:51.30Oscar Lateen (IRE) silksOscar Lateen (IRE)24 Mar 17GoodVictor Thompson
3m6f6,577Chase7:54.11Red Giant (IRE) silksRed Giant (IRE)3 Nov 21Good To SoftJennie Candlish
3m7½f6,896Chase8:14.88Inis Oirr (IRE) silksInis Oirr (IRE)3 Feb 24Good To SoftLucinda Russell
4m1f7,216Chase8:28.60Dancing Shadow (IRE) silksDancing Shadow (IRE)4 Feb 17GoodVictor Dartnall
5f1,101Flat0:56.77Caspian Prince (IRE) silksCaspian Prince (IRE)9 Jun 18Good To FirmMichael Appleby
7f1,573Flat1:25.29Just Beautiful (GB) silksJust Beautiful (GB)5 Jun 21GoodIvan Furtado
1m1,762Flat1:37.67Rising Star (GB) silksRising Star (GB)25 Jul 21GoodMarco Botti
1m1f1,967Flat1:49.99Castle Stuart (IRE) silksCastle Stuart (IRE)1 Jul 25GoodKarl Burke
1m4½f2,744Flat2:40.32Jonny Delta (GB) silksJonny Delta (GB)25 Jul 17Good To FirmJim Goldie
1m5f2,860Flat2:46.93Sure And Stedfast (IRE) silksSure And Stedfast (IRE)7 Aug 26GoodEwan Whillans
1m6f3,076Flat2:59.38Glasses Up (USA) silksGlasses Up (USA)25 Jul 21GoodR. Mike Smith
1m7f3,300Flat3:16.41Rock N'Stones (IRE) silksRock N'Stones (IRE)13 May 19Good To FirmGillian Boanas
2m3,517Flat3:26.90Just Hubert (IRE) silksJust Hubert (IRE)14 Sep 19Good To FirmWilliam Muir
2m2f3,988Flat3:56.98Gallus Norman (GB) silksGallus Norman (GB)25 Aug 26GoodJim Goldie
2m½f3,605Hurdle3:49.80Manamite (FR) silksManamite (FR)27 Feb 19GoodBen Haslam
2m1½f3,827Hurdle4:07.10Light Fandango (IRE) silksLight Fandango (IRE)20 Mar 26Good To SoftNeil Mulholland
2m3½f4,261Hurdle4:37.90Buckled (GB) silksBuckled (GB)18 Dec 17GoodSandy Thomson
2m4f4,350Hurdle4:46.10Copper Gone West (IRE) silksCopper Gone West (IRE)13 Feb 19GoodTim Vaughan
2m6f4,840Hurdle5:23.00Dizoard (GB) silksDizoard (GB)7 Nov 18Good To FirmIain Jardine
3m5,239Hurdle5:44.80Bollin Matilda (GB) silksBollin Matilda (GB)20 Mar 26Good To SoftDonald Whillans
3m2f5,746Hurdle6:26.90El Bandit (IRE) silksEl Bandit (IRE)5 Feb 17GoodPaul Nicholls
1m7½f3,424NH Flat3:29.10Alright Sunshine (IRE) silksAlright Sunshine (IRE)28 Feb 19GoodKeith Dalgleish

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.

Pattern and graded races run at Musselburgh in the last 12 months

31 Jan 26Januarybet365 Scottish Triumph Hurdle (A Juvenile Hurdle)ListedJumps1m7½fMade U Blush (GB) silksMade U Blush (GB)Dan SkeltonTristan Durrell11/26
4 Apr 26AprilVirgin Bet Goliath Cup StakesListedFlat1m6fAl Qareem (IRE) silksAl Qareem (IRE)Karl BurkeClifford Lee5/4F6
6 Jun 26JuneEdinburgh Gin Queen Of Scots British EBF Fillies' StakesListedFlat7fCirce (IRE) silksCirce (IRE)Richard HannonCallum Rodriguez4/17

Group, Grade and Listed races in the 12 months to 12 October 2026, with the latest winner.

Latest Musselburgh winners (12 October 2026)

Join Racing TV Now Amateur Jockeys' Handicap StakesFlat1m1fGood To SoftIbn Altheeb (IRE) silksIbn Altheeb (IRE)18/1Iain JardineMr James Hills8
British EBF Novice StakesFlat7fGood To SoftVegasmile (IRE) silksVegasmile (IRE)1/4FKarl BurkeSam James4
Kick Start Your Career With The SRA Selling StakesFlat7fGood To SoftDonna Beauty (IRE) silksDonna Beauty (IRE)13/8FCharlie JohnstonRyan Sexton9
Watch On Racing TV Handicap StakesFlat5fGood To SoftFear And Fast (GB) silksFear And Fast (GB)17/2Jim GoldieSam James14
British Stallion Stud EBF Fillies' Handicap StakesFlat7fGood To SoftIce Sovereigns (IRE) silksIce Sovereigns (IRE)12/1Richard & Peter FaheyShane Gray7
Musselburgh Members Handicap StakesFlat7fGood To SoftJkr Cobbler (IRE) silksJkr Cobbler (IRE)13/2Iain JardineJack Nicholls11
Racing TV Handicap StakesFlat2mGood To SoftStorm On Jura (GB) silksStorm On Jura (GB)5/1Jim GoldieLauren Young8

Winners at the most recent meeting in the results database.

Musselburgh meetings in the same weeks last year

5 Nov 25WednesdayFlat7Wednesday 4 November
28 Nov 25FridayJumps7Friday 27 November
8 Dec 25MondayJumps6Monday 7 December

Meetings held at the course in the 60 days from this date last year, a guide to the coming fixture list. Dates this year are set by the fixture list and can differ.

Win % by run style at Musselburgh
FlatJumps
0%10%20%30%40%LedProminentMidfieldHeld upFlat Led: 21.7%21.7%Flat Prominent: 15.3%15.3%Flat Midfield: 7.7%7.7%Flat Held up: 6.5%6.5%Jumps Led: 21.9%21.9%Jumps Prominent: 15.1%15.1%Jumps Midfield: 7.5%7.5%Jumps Held up: 5.8%5.8%

Win % by Run style

Musselburgh runners on the day

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What is the flat, sharp Musselburgh circuit by the sea like?

Musselburgh is a flat, sharp, right-handed oval of about a mile and a quarter on the coast, with a straight five furlongs.

How do Musselburgh's Flat and jumps meetings fit across the year?

Musselburgh races on the Flat and over jumps at different times through the year.

Does the draw matter at Musselburgh?

Stall by stall figures sit on the draw bias page.

Are Scottish trainers better at Musselburgh than Yorkshire raiders?

Lucinda Russell leads the Musselburgh jumps trainers since 2021/22 with 34 winners and Jim Goldie leads the Flat with 69. Trainer and jockey tables show runs, win %, place %

How often do favourites win at Musselburgh?

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

When is the next Musselburgh meeting?

Musselburgh last raced on 12 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 Musselburgh right-handed?

Yes, Musselburgh is a right-handed course with a flat, sharp oval of about a mile and a quarter. The track also has a straight five furlongs.

How often do favourites win at Musselburgh?

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

Who is the leading trainer at Musselburgh?

Lucinda Russell has the most jumps winners at Musselburgh since 2021/22 with 34. Jim Goldie leads the Flat trainers since 2021 with 69 course winners.

When did Musselburgh last race?

Musselburgh last raced on 12 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 Musselburgh?

The Musselburgh 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 Musselburgh?

A Musselburgh course specialist here is a horse with two or more course wins since May 2014 that has run in the last year. Musselburgh currently has 50 of them still in training.

What kind of racing is there at Musselburgh?

Musselburgh is a racecourse in Great Britain that stages Flat and jumps racing, on turf.

Who is the top trainer at Musselburgh?

Over the last five seasons plus the current one, the leading trainer at Musselburgh by winners is Jim Goldie on the Flat (69 winners from 512 runners) and Lucinda Russell over jumps (34 winners from 215 runners).

Who is the top jockey at Musselburgh?

Over the last five seasons plus the current one, the leading jockey at Musselburgh by winners is Paul Mulrennan on the Flat (57 winners from 346 rides) and Brian Hughes over jumps (35 winners from 210 rides).

How big are the fields at Musselburgh?

Musselburgh staged 1,854 races from 2016 to 12 October 2026, with an average field of 8.1 runners.

How many big races are run at Musselburgh?

Musselburgh staged 3 Group, Grade or Listed races in the 12 months to 12 October 2026.

More free data

Musselburgh Racecards: Card, Draw and TrendsThe next Musselburgh card in fullDraw Bias Musselburgh: High Stalls Won 45.7%Stall by stall draw figures at MusselburghWinning 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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