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Ripon is a sharp, right-handed Flat course in North Yorkshire, sometimes called the Garden Racecourse, with an oval of about a mile and five furlongs and a straight six furlongs. The Ripon guide refreshes after every meeting with favourites, trainers, jockeys and course specialists, and adds the next card once declared.
Last meeting 26 September 2026: 8 winners. Next meeting not yet declared · Results to 26 September 2026 · Refreshed 16 October 2026
Favourites' win rate since 2016
38.1%
Races since 2016
1,199
Next meeting
No meeting declared yet
Course specialists in training
49
38.1%

Favourites won 38.1% of 1,199 races at Ripon from 2016 to 2026.Sample: 1,199 races · Window: 2016 to 26 September 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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Ripon at a glance by season

Flat20261098988.2034.9%
Flat20251068588.1047.2%
Flat20241059108.7035.2%
Flat20231139088.0043.4%
Flat20221179117.8036.8%
Flat20211178937.6034.2%
Flat2020746739.1031.1%
Flat20191161,0058.7045.7%
Flat20181149818.6035.1%
Flat20171149568.4037.7%
Flat20161141,0148.9036.0%

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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How favourites fare at Ripon

Flat turf38.1%1,19945761.2%Flat
Flat non-handicaps48.6%36017571.5%Flat
Flat handicaps33.6%83928256.9%Flat
Flat all races38.1%1,19945761.2%Flat

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

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Top trainers at Ripon (five seasons and current)

1Tim Easterby8711.6%74931.6%Flat
2David O'Meara3813.9%27332.2%Flat
3William Haggas2436.9%6552.3%Flat
4Richard Fahey2412.6%19027.9%Flat
5Karl Burke2017.4%11539.1%Flat
6Paul Midgley1912.7%15031.3%Flat
7Edward Bethell1825.0%7245.8%Flat
8Ruth Carr1412.5%11229.5%Flat
9Grant Tuer1412.4%11335.4%Flat
10Nigel Tinkler1410.3%13628.7%Flat
11Mark Walford1316.9%7732.5%Flat
12Ben Haslam1313.1%9934.3%Flat
13Adrian Keatley1214.6%8239.0%Flat
14Charlie Johnston1211.1%10832.4%Flat
15Roger Fell1112.9%8529.4%Flat
16Michael & David Easterby1110.3%10725.2%Flat
17Richard Hannon1025.0%4040.0%Flat
18Michael Bell1015.2%6631.8%Flat
19Kevin Ryan1012.8%7829.5%Flat
20Michael Dods89.3%8637.2%Flat
21Tony Coyle & Kaine Wood717.5%4030.0%Flat
22Mark Johnston712.7%5527.3%Flat
23Gemma Tutty614.0%4330.2%Flat
24James Tate516.7%3036.7%Flat
25Roger Fell & Sean Murray516.1%3135.5%Flat

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 Ripon (five seasons and current)

1David Allan5715.1%37738.5%Flat
2Daniel Tudhope3326.0%12749.6%Flat
3Jason Hart2815.0%18739.6%Flat
4Callum Rodriguez2024.1%8343.4%Flat
5David Nolan2014.4%13930.9%Flat
6Joanna Mason1915.8%12029.2%Flat
7Joe Fanning1817.6%10245.1%Flat
8Sam James1815.4%11740.2%Flat
9Paul Mulrennan1615.4%10431.7%Flat
10Connor Beasley1612.8%12536.8%Flat
11Oisin Orr1515.0%10036.0%Flat
12Clifford Lee1421.5%6547.7%Flat
13Tom Marquand1321.7%6038.3%Flat
14Billy Garritty1314.6%8929.2%Flat
15Kevin Stott1217.1%7037.1%Flat
16Ben Curtis1214.1%8535.3%Flat
17Duran Fentiman128.2%14618.5%Flat
18Sean Kirrane1011.1%9034.4%Flat
19Rowan Scott108.7%11521.7%Flat
20Graham Lee913.6%6630.3%Flat
21James Sullivan97.8%11523.5%Flat
22Ryan Sexton815.7%5137.3%Flat
23Shane Gray811.6%6921.7%Flat
24PJ McDonald811.1%7234.7%Flat
25Mark Winn810.8%7429.7%Flat

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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Ripon course specialists still in training

Mark's Choice (IRE) silksMark's Choice (IRE)103330.3%27 Sep 25Gemma Tutty26 Sep 26Flat
Garden Oasis (GB) silksGarden Oasis (GB)73420.6%26 Apr 25Tim Easterby5 Oct 26Flat
Fortamour (IRE) silksFortamour (IRE)62920.7%5 Aug 24Ben Haslam5 Oct 26Flat
Cosmos Raj (GB) silksCosmos Raj (GB)51435.7%19 Jul 25David O'Meara5 Oct 26Flat
Bay Breeze (GB) silksBay Breeze (GB)41330.8%7 Aug 23Tim Easterby13 Oct 26Flat
Poet's Dawn (GB) silksPoet's Dawn (GB)43013.3%3 Aug 26Tim Easterby3 Oct 26Flat
Hurstwood (GB) silksHurstwood (GB)42119.0%29 May 25Peter Niven26 Sep 26Flat
Spioradalta (GB) silksSpioradalta (GB)4944.4%28 May 26Mark Walford12 Sep 26Flat
Roundhay Park (GB) silksRoundhay Park (GB)41428.6%19 Jul 25Nigel Tinkler6 Jun 26Flat
Bay Dream Believer (IRE) silksBay Dream Believer (IRE)3837.5%26 Aug 25Mark Walford12 Oct 26Flat
Little Ted (GB) silksLittle Ted (GB)31915.8%19 Aug 23Tim Easterby10 Oct 26Flat
Another Baar (GB) silksAnother Baar (GB)31225.0%25 Aug 25Adrian Keatley26 Sep 26Flat
Reigning Profit (IRE) silksReigning Profit (IRE)3475.0%6 Jul 26Ruth Carr15 Sep 26Flat
Precious Spartan (IRE) silksPrecious Spartan (IRE)3560.0%4 Aug 25Patrick Neville14 Sep 26Flat
Knightswood (IRE) silksKnightswood (IRE)3475.0%26 Apr 25Charlie Johnston26 Dec 25Flat
Eldeyaar (IRE) silksEldeyaar (IRE)2728.6%28 Sep 24Antony Brittain15 Oct 26Flat
Vega's Virtue (IRE) silksVega's Virtue (IRE)2540.0%18 Jul 26Tim Easterby14 Oct 26Flat
Havana Rum (IRE) silksHavana Rum (IRE)2366.7%16 Aug 25Richard & Peter Fahey12 Oct 26Flat
U Sure Do (IRE) silksU Sure Do (IRE)22100.0%26 Sep 26Tim Easterby10 Oct 26Flat
Goyard (IRE) silksGoyard (IRE)2450.0%4 Aug 25David O'Meara10 Oct 26Flat
Eye Of Dubai (GB) silksEye Of Dubai (GB)2540.0%27 Sep 25John & Sean Quinn8 Oct 26Flat
Mister Sox (GB) silksMister Sox (GB)21020.0%4 Aug 25Tim Easterby5 Oct 26Flat
Barmyblade (IRE) silksBarmyblade (IRE)2728.6%18 May 25Tim Easterby5 Oct 26Flat
Tiberio Force (GB) silksTiberio Force (GB)2825.0%31 Aug 26Simon Whitaker2 Oct 26Flat
Act Of Violence (GB) silksAct Of Violence (GB)2450.0%18 Jul 26Tony Carroll1 Oct 26Flat
Riddikulus (GB) silksRiddikulus (GB)2450.0%27 Jul 26Grant Tuer30 Sep 26Flat
Something (GB) silksSomething (GB)2450.0%28 May 26Liam Bailey30 Sep 26Flat
Yermanthere (IRE) silksYermanthere (IRE)2450.0%1 Sep 26Tim Easterby29 Sep 26Flat
Vince L'Amour (IRE) silksVince L'Amour (IRE)2825.0%8 May 26Tim Easterby28 Sep 26Flat
Gibside (GB) silksGibside (GB)2540.0%8 Aug 22Tim Easterby26 Sep 26Flat
Run This Way (GB) silksRun This Way (GB)2450.0%20 Jun 24Paul Midgley26 Sep 26Flat
Havana Prince (GB) silksHavana Prince (GB)2633.3%5 Jun 24Tony Coyle & Kaine Wood25 Sep 26Flat
Mr Jetman (IRE) silksMr Jetman (IRE)2633.3%4 Jun 25Lawrence Mullaney23 Sep 26Flat
Thornaby Pearl (GB) silksThornaby Pearl (GB)21216.7%22 Jul 23Adrian Nicholls21 Sep 26Flat
Thats My Boy Luke (GB) silksThats My Boy Luke (GB)2450.0%26 Aug 25Tim Easterby18 Sep 26Flat
Empress Olivia (GB) silksEmpress Olivia (GB)22100.0%16 Apr 26Mark Walford16 Sep 26Flat
Rock Of England (IRE) silksRock Of England (IRE)2728.6%31 Aug 26Paul Midgley13 Sep 26Flat
Jesmond Dawn (IRE) silksJesmond Dawn (IRE)2825.0%6 Jul 26Grant Tuer12 Sep 26Flat
Glory Hyde (IRE) silksGlory Hyde (IRE)2540.0%17 Jun 26Roger Fell15 Aug 26Flat
Dogged (GB) silksDogged (GB)2450.0%28 Aug 23Tony Carroll7 Aug 26Flat
Dunnington Lad (IRE) silksDunnington Lad (IRE)2450.0%11 Aug 24Peter Winks4 Aug 26Flat
Reputation (IRE) silksReputation (IRE)2728.6%27 Apr 19Ruth Carr30 Jul 26Flat
Dakota Gold (GB) silksDakota Gold (GB)2825.0%17 Apr 25Michael Dods6 Jul 26Flat
Dancingwithmyself (IRE) silksDancingwithmyself (IRE)2450.0%17 Aug 24Michael Bell20 Jun 26Flat
Latin Five (IRE) silksLatin Five (IRE)2633.3%8 Aug 23Paul Midgley8 Apr 26Flat
Count D'orsay (IRE) silksCount D'orsay (IRE)2633.3%28 Sep 19Tim Easterby27 Oct 25Flat
Mattice (GB) silksMattice (GB)2540.0%27 Sep 25Ian McInnes27 Oct 25Flat
Isla Kai (IRE) silksIsla Kai (IRE)22100.0%28 Aug 23Nigel Tinkler27 Oct 25Flat
Innse Gall (GB) silksInnse Gall (GB)2633.3%30 Aug 22Ivan Furtado17 Oct 25Flat

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 Ripon

FlatGood to firm or firmer14311.9%7.7043.4%
FlatGood71259.4%8.4037.9%
FlatGood to soft or yielding17014.2%8.6034.1%
FlatSoft16013.3%8.2038.1%
FlatHeavy141.2%9.8042.9%

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

Distance profile at Ripon

FlatFlat turf6f3779.5034.2%26 Sep 26
FlatFlat turf1m2108.5043.3%26 Sep 26
FlatFlat turf5f1928.2038.0%26 Sep 26
FlatFlat turf1m2f1877.7035.3%1 Sep 26
FlatFlat turf1m4f1497.0044.3%26 Sep 26
FlatFlat turf2m457.6031.1%26 Sep 26
FlatFlat turf1m3f217.4038.1%31 Aug 26

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

Draw summary at Ripon (Flat)

5f746.2%12.7%11.3%Turf
6f1829.2%9.3%9.4%Turf
1m909.6%10.4%10.3%Turf
1m2f6813.0%9.1%10.1%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/ripon/draw-bias

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Run style at Ripon

Led26.9%694187Flat
Prominent13.6%2,852387Flat
Midfield7.5%67150Flat
Held up6.1%1,798110Flat

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

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Ripon course records

5f1,100Flat0:57.11Zayer (IRE) silksZayer (IRE)27 Aug 24Good To FirmArchie Watson
6f1,320Flat1:09.04Justanotherbottle (IRE) silksJustanotherbottle (IRE)16 Jun 22GoodKevin Ryan
1m1,760Flat1:37.15Artistic Rifles (IRE) silksArtistic Rifles (IRE)24 Apr 21Good To FirmEdward Bethell
1m1f1,981Flat1:51.01Gurkha Friend (GB) silksGurkha Friend (GB)20 May 18Good To FirmKaren McLintock
1m2f2,150Flat1:59.23Sameem (IRE) silksSameem (IRE)8 Jul 19Good To FirmJames Tate
1m3f2,390Flat2:17.50Rogue Sea (GB) silksRogue Sea (GB)7 Jun 23Good To FirmTom Clover
1m4f2,650Flat2:31.04Just Hubert (IRE) silksJust Hubert (IRE)8 Jul 19Good To FirmWilliam Muir
1m6f3,080Flat2:59.76Stormin Tom (IRE) silksStormin Tom (IRE)13 Aug 18GoodTim Easterby
2m3,520Flat3:27.28My Reward (GB) silksMy Reward (GB)29 Apr 17GoodTim Easterby

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 Ripon in the last 12 months

31 Aug 26AugustBritish Stallion Studs EBF Ripon Champion Two Yrs Old Trophy Stakes (Listed R…ListedFlat6fSilent Beauty (IRE) silksSilent Beauty (IRE)Kevin Philippart de FoyDavid Egan15/8F7

Group, Grade and Listed races in the 12 months to 26 September 2026, with the latest winner.

Latest Ripon winners (26 September 2026)

Theakston Brewing Legends Since 1827 EBF Novice StakesFlat6fGoodBulletsnap (IRE) silksBulletsnap (IRE)15/8William HaggasJason Hart9
Lloyd Landrover Ripon Nursery Handicap StakesFlat1mGoodAphra Behn (GB) silksAphra Behn (GB)15/8FRalph BeckettJason Hart6
Napoleons Casino And Restaurant Leeds Handicap StakesFlat5fGoodAccrual (GB) silksAccrual (GB)4/1FRuth CarrWilliam Pyle14
Ripon Cathedral City Of The Dales Handicap StakesFlat6fGoodU Sure Do (IRE) silksU Sure Do (IRE)9/1Tim EasterbyDuran Fentiman12
Michael Raby Memorial Handicap Stakes (Div II)Flat6fGoodAngel Summer (IRE) silksAngel Summer (IRE)8/1Patrick OwensJason Hart10
Jozef White Last Day Of Freedom Novice StakesFlat1m4fGoodWalking On Stars (IRE) silksWalking On Stars (IRE)2/1Sir Mark Prescott BtLuke Morris9
Michael Raby Memorial Handicap Stakes (Div I)Flat6fGoodShowtime Mahomes (GB) silksShowtime Mahomes (GB)9/2Grant TuerOliver Stammers11
Thank You To Our Groundstaff Handicap StakesFlat2mGoodSax Appeal (GB) silksSax Appeal (GB)9/2Charlie JohnstonRowan Scott5

Winners at the most recent meeting in the results database.

Ripon runners on the day

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How sharp and undulating is the Ripon right-hander?

Ripon is a sharp, right-handed oval of about a mile and five furlongs with undulations and tight bends.

Is the Great St Wilfrid at Ripon usually a big-field handicap?

The Great St Wilfrid is a sprint handicap run at Ripon in August on the straight six furlongs, usually with a big field.

How do front runners and hold-up horses fare at Ripon?

The Ripon run style table groups runners as led, prominent, midfield or held up from in-running comments, 2019 to 2025, with win %

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

Tim Easterby leads the Ripon trainers since 2021 with 87 winners. Trainer and jockey tables show runs, win %, place %

How often do favourites win at Ripon?

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

When is the next Ripon meeting?

No meeting declared yet; the next fixture appears here once declarations are made. Final declarations usually come a day or two before racing.

Questions people ask

Why is Ripon called the Garden Racecourse?

Ripon is known as the Garden Racecourse because of its landscaped setting, with gardens and lakes around the course. The course races on the Flat in North Yorkshire.

Is Ripon right-handed?

Yes, Ripon is a right-handed Flat course with a sharp, undulating oval. The course also has a straight six furlongs for sprints.

How often do favourites win at Ripon?

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

Who is the leading trainer at Ripon?

Tim Easterby has trained the most winners at Ripon since 2021, with 87. The trainer table ranks the top 25 by wins with win %

When is the next Ripon meeting?

No meeting declared yet; the next fixture appears here once declarations are made. The Ripon racecards page shows the full card and updates through the day.

Is there a draw bias at Ripon?

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

What kind of racing is there at Ripon?

Ripon is a racecourse in Great Britain that stages Flat racing, on turf.

Who is the top trainer at Ripon?

Over the last five seasons plus the current one, the leading trainer at Ripon by winners is Tim Easterby on the Flat (87 winners from 749 runners).

Who is the top jockey at Ripon?

Over the last five seasons plus the current one, the leading jockey at Ripon by winners is David Allan on the Flat (57 winners from 377 rides).

How big are the fields at Ripon?

Ripon staged 1,199 races from 2016 to 26 September 2026, with an average field of 8.3 runners.

How many big races are run at Ripon?

Ripon staged 1 Group, Grade or Listed race in the 12 months to 26 September 2026.

When did Ripon last race?

The most recent meeting at Ripon in the results was on 26 September 2026, with 8 races.

More free data

Ripon Racecards: Runners and DrawThe next Ripon card in fullDraw Bias Ripon: Great St Wilfrid and SprintsStall by stall draw figures at RiponWinning 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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