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Jumps completion rates: fallers, unseats and pulled up

How often runners in British and Irish hurdles and chases finish, with fell, unseated, pulled up, brought down, refused and carried out rates by course, race type, going and field size. The latest racing day and this season update after every racing day.

Results to 17 October 2026 · Refreshed 18 October 2026
77.8%
Chase runners completed, ten seasons
87%
Hurdle runners completed, ten seasons
3.9%
Chase runners fell
90%
Completed on the latest racing day
77.8%

77.8% of runners in British and Irish chases completed the race over the ten seasons 2016/17 to 2025/26, against 87.0% in hurdles.Sample: 430,409 hurdle and chase runs · Window: 2016/17 to 2025/26, plus 2026/27 to date · Source: RaceWatch results database (British and Irish hurdle and chase results)

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Completion rate by season
ChasesHurdles
70%80%90%100%110%2016/172017/182018/192019/202020/212021/222022/232023/242024/252025/262026/27Chases 2016/17: 76.4%Chases 2017/18: 77.6%Chases 2018/19: 78.5%Chases 2019/20: 78.5%Chases 2020/21: 76.2%Chases 2021/22: 78.1%Chases 2022/23: 78%Chases 2023/24: 77.6%Chases 2024/25: 78.6%Chases 2025/26: 78.6%Chases 2026/27: 81.4%81.4%Hurdles 2016/17: 86.7%Hurdles 2017/18: 87.4%Hurdles 2018/19: 88.3%Hurdles 2019/20: 87.9%Hurdles 2020/21: 86.7%Hurdles 2021/22: 87.7%Hurdles 2022/23: 86.3%Hurdles 2023/24: 85.8%Hurdles 2024/25: 86.9%Hurdles 2025/26: 86.7%Hurdles 2026/27: 87.3%87.3%

Completed % by Season

Hurdles and chases: how runners finished

ChaseTen seasons 2016/17 to 2025/2677.8%3.9%2.7%15.2%0.2%0.1%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%141,631
Chase2026/27 so far81.4%2.2%2.9%13.1%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.1%3,772
HurdleTen seasons 2016/17 to 2025/2687.0%1.8%1.1%9.7%0.2%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.1%0.1%288,778
Hurdle2026/27 so far87.3%1.7%1.2%9.4%0.1%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.1%0.0%10,144

British and Irish hurdle and chase races. Bumpers (no obstacles) are excluded.

Fell or unseated rate by going
Chases: fell or unseated %Hurdles: fell or unseated %
0%2%4%6%8%Good to fGoodGood to sSoftHeavy or Chases: fell or unseated % Good to firm or firm: 6.1%6.1%Chases: fell or unseated % Good: 6%6%Chases: fell or unseated % Good to soft or yielding: 7%7%Chases: fell or unseated % Soft: 6.9%6.9%Chases: fell or unseated % Heavy or soft to heavy: 6.5%6.5%Hurdles: fell or unseated % Good to firm or firm: 3.4%3.4%Hurdles: fell or unseated % Good: 3%3%Hurdles: fell or unseated % Good to soft or yielding: 3%3%Hurdles: fell or unseated % Soft: 2.7%2.7%Hurdles: fell or unseated % Heavy or soft to heavy: 2.6%2.6%

Fell or unseated % by Going

Completion by season

2026/27Chase81.4%2.2%2.9%13.1%0.1%0.0%3,772
2026/27Hurdle87.3%1.7%1.2%9.4%0.1%0.0%10,144
2025/26Chase78.6%3.6%2.4%15.1%0.2%0.1%13,022
2025/26Hurdle86.7%1.7%1.0%10.2%0.1%0.0%28,437
2024/25Chase78.6%3.3%2.3%15.5%0.2%0.0%14,017
2024/25Hurdle86.9%1.7%1.0%10.0%0.2%0.0%30,248
2023/24Chase77.6%2.9%2.4%16.7%0.2%0.1%13,053
2023/24Hurdle85.8%1.7%1.0%11.1%0.2%0.0%28,432
2022/23Chase78.0%3.9%2.7%15.0%0.2%0.1%13,972
2022/23Hurdle86.3%1.7%1.2%10.4%0.2%0.0%29,343
2021/22Chase78.1%3.9%2.6%14.9%0.2%0.1%15,547
2021/22Hurdle87.7%1.9%1.0%8.9%0.2%0.0%31,534
2020/21Chase76.2%4.3%2.8%16.1%0.3%0.1%14,376
2020/21Hurdle86.7%1.9%1.1%10.1%0.1%0.0%28,557
2019/20Chase78.5%3.8%2.9%14.4%0.2%0.1%12,342
2019/20Hurdle87.9%1.9%1.0%8.7%0.2%0.0%24,900
2018/19Chase78.5%4.3%2.9%13.8%0.2%0.1%15,294
2018/19Hurdle88.3%2.0%1.0%8.2%0.2%0.0%30,322
2017/18Chase77.6%4.3%2.7%14.7%0.4%0.2%14,278
2017/18Hurdle87.4%1.9%1.0%9.2%0.2%0.0%27,485
2016/17Chase76.4%4.4%3.0%15.7%0.3%0.1%15,730
2016/17Hurdle86.7%2.0%1.2%9.7%0.2%0.0%29,520

Seasons follow the official British and Irish dates. The current season is to date.

Completion by race type

Chase handicap76.9%3.6%2.6%16.5%0.2%0.1%81.0%108,2063,084
Chase novice, beginners or maiden83.5%5.6%3.0%7.4%0.2%0.1%84.7%20,678523
Chase other (conditions and graded)86.0%4.0%2.1%7.5%0.1%0.0%86.4%4,94944
Cross-country chase71.5%3.6%5.4%18.0%0.1%0.4%-778-
Hunter chase69.2%3.3%3.5%23.5%0.3%0.1%77.7%7,020121
Hurdle handicap86.3%1.8%0.9%10.6%0.2%0.0%87.3%162,7786,383
Hurdle novice, beginners or maiden87.8%1.9%1.2%8.6%0.2%0.0%87.1%116,6083,501
Hurdle other (conditions and graded)90.0%2.0%1.2%6.4%0.1%0.0%90.4%9,392260

Ten seasons 2016/17 to 2025/26. Race type from the race title: handicap, novice, beginners, maiden and juvenile races, hunter chases, cross-country chases, and other conditions and graded races.

Completion by going

Good to firm or firmChase81.7%3.6%2.5%11.6%0.2%2,525
GoodChase80.7%3.5%2.5%12.9%0.2%50,163
Good to soft or yieldingChase77.9%4.1%2.9%14.6%0.3%36,773
SoftChase75.3%4.3%2.6%17.3%0.2%35,208
Heavy or soft to heavyChase73.4%3.8%2.8%19.3%0.3%16,962
Good to firm or firmHurdle89.3%1.9%1.5%6.9%0.1%4,793
GoodHurdle88.3%1.9%1.1%8.2%0.2%104,263
Good to soft or yieldingHurdle87.4%1.9%1.0%9.1%0.2%76,182
SoftHurdle85.9%1.8%1.0%11.0%0.2%67,523
Heavy or soft to heavyHurdle84.2%1.7%0.9%12.9%0.1%36,017

Ten seasons 2016/17 to 2025/26. Official going for the race, grouped into five bands; Irish yielding sits with good to soft.

Completion by field size

2 to 5 runnersChase87.6%3.4%2.4%6.2%0.1%20,779
6 to 8 runnersChase80.5%3.6%2.4%13.1%0.1%46,569
9 to 12 runnersChase75.3%3.9%2.7%17.7%0.2%45,940
13 to 16 runnersChase72.1%4.2%3.0%20.0%0.3%20,798
17 or more runnersChase64.6%6.1%4.2%24.1%0.8%7,545
2 to 5 runnersHurdle92.5%2.0%1.0%4.2%0.1%14,387
6 to 8 runnersHurdle88.8%1.9%0.9%8.0%0.1%59,316
9 to 12 runnersHurdle86.3%1.7%1.0%10.6%0.1%97,945
13 to 16 runnersHurdle85.6%1.8%1.1%11.0%0.2%78,454
17 or more runnersHurdle87.1%2.0%1.2%9.1%0.3%38,676

Ten seasons 2016/17 to 2025/26. Field size counts horses that took part.

Chase completion by course

Aintree69.7%5.7%5.3%18.5%0.7%0.1%-2,547GB
Cheltenham72.3%4.5%2.6%20.0%0.4%0.1%-5,592GB
Exeter73.1%3.2%1.7%21.6%0.1%0.1%-2,787GB
Haydock73.2%3.9%3.3%19.0%0.1%0.3%-1,676GB
Fakenham73.7%5.1%3.8%16.8%0.2%0.3%77.4%1,545GB
Wincanton73.7%4.3%2.5%19.2%0.1%0.1%-2,688GB
Ffos Las73.8%3.7%2.3%19.8%0.3%0.0%74.3%2,520GB
Hexham74.1%3.2%3.2%18.9%0.4%0.1%73.8%3,084GB
Punchestown (IRE)74.1%6.1%3.9%14.8%0.6%0.1%67.1%4,460IRE
Chepstow74.2%3.4%2.6%19.3%0.4%0.0%-3,122GB
Towcester74.4%4.6%2.2%17.1%0.5%1.0%-414GB
Ludlow74.6%5.3%4.2%15.2%0.2%0.2%-2,429GB
Hereford75.2%3.2%2.6%18.1%0.1%0.3%-2,124GB
Listowel (IRE)75.2%7.7%4.5%12.5%0.1%0.0%81.0%1,049IRE
Lingfield75.5%3.4%2.2%18.6%0.1%0.0%-1,339GB
Tipperary (IRE)75.5%4.8%3.5%15.8%0.2%0.1%-1,382IRE
Southwell75.6%2.7%2.8%18.5%0.1%0.1%83.9%2,857GB
Taunton75.7%4.1%3.1%16.5%0.4%0.1%-1,901GB
Limerick (IRE)75.8%4.7%3.0%15.8%0.4%0.0%78.6%2,556IRE
Uttoxeter75.9%2.4%1.9%19.5%0.0%0.1%84.2%4,394GB
Ayr76.2%4.7%2.2%16.5%0.2%0.0%-2,179GB
Fairyhouse (IRE)76.4%4.9%3.0%15.2%0.3%0.1%-3,798IRE
Bangor-on-Dee76.9%2.9%2.2%17.7%0.2%0.1%85.9%2,449GB
Stratford77.3%3.1%2.1%17.2%0.1%0.1%79.2%3,287GB
Newcastle77.4%4.9%3.2%14.1%0.2%0.1%-1,866GB
Plumpton77.4%4.1%4.1%13.9%0.2%0.1%-2,115GB
Catterick77.5%4.7%2.7%14.7%0.3%0.1%-1,548GB
Wetherby77.7%5.2%2.6%14.2%0.1%0.1%-2,572GB
Market Rasen78.0%2.9%1.9%16.6%0.1%0.2%85.7%3,529GB
Huntingdon78.1%2.7%2.1%16.6%0.2%0.2%89.5%2,528GB
Gowran Park (IRE)78.2%4.7%2.7%14.2%0.1%0.1%-1,348IRE
Navan (IRE)78.2%4.6%2.2%14.5%0.4%0.1%-1,886IRE
Leopardstown (IRE)78.7%7.6%4.1%9.1%0.3%0.0%-2,022IRE
Tramore (IRE)79.0%4.9%2.7%13.1%0.1%0.0%84.8%2,420IRE
Fontwell79.1%1.9%2.1%16.6%0.1%0.1%79.0%3,112GB
Clonmel (IRE)79.3%4.7%2.4%12.5%0.5%0.3%-1,973IRE
Sandown79.3%3.8%2.7%14.0%0.0%0.1%-1,856GB
Newton Abbot79.4%2.5%1.9%16.0%0.0%0.0%85.1%2,363GB
Warwick79.4%1.9%2.0%16.4%0.1%0.1%83.9%3,037GB
Killarney (IRE)79.8%5.6%2.6%11.2%0.5%0.0%77.0%1,667IRE
Cork (IRE)79.9%4.7%2.4%12.7%0.1%0.2%-1,486IRE
Kempton80.0%3.7%2.9%13.2%0.1%0.0%-2,127GB
Wexford (IRE)80.0%3.7%2.9%12.9%0.3%0.2%77.4%2,365IRE
Doncaster80.1%3.3%2.8%13.4%0.3%0.1%-1,879GB
Leicester80.1%2.1%2.7%14.7%0.1%0.2%-1,733GB
Musselburgh80.1%3.3%2.2%14.1%0.1%0.0%-1,620GB
Thurles (IRE)80.1%6.1%3.0%10.3%0.4%0.0%-2,431IRE
Worcester80.3%2.9%1.5%15.1%0.1%0.0%83.2%3,251GB
Roscommon (IRE)80.5%4.0%2.7%12.5%0.1%0.1%74.8%805IRE
Newbury80.7%3.7%2.2%13.3%0.0%0.0%-2,225GB
Downpatrick (IRE)81.0%3.6%3.2%11.1%0.6%0.0%81.1%1,688IRE
Kelso81.1%2.6%2.9%13.1%0.3%0.0%95.1%2,571GB
Sedgefield81.2%3.5%2.0%13.0%0.1%0.1%87.5%2,803GB
Perth81.9%3.1%3.0%11.7%0.2%0.0%82.5%2,367GB
Ballinrobe (IRE)82.1%2.9%2.4%12.4%0.1%0.0%82.6%916IRE
Ascot82.3%3.6%2.4%11.3%0.3%0.1%-1,567GB
Down Royal (IRE)82.7%3.4%2.1%11.3%0.3%0.1%-1,596IRE
Sligo (IRE)82.7%6.3%4.0%6.4%0.2%0.3%81.5%607IRE
Carlisle83.6%2.6%1.8%11.7%0.0%0.3%-2,332GB
Naas (IRE)84.7%5.7%2.9%6.5%0.1%0.1%-1,441IRE
Kilbeggan84.9%3.1%2.0%9.8%0.2%0.1%81.0%1,925IRE
Cartmel85.9%1.5%1.5%10.9%0.1%0.1%90.4%1,888GB
Galway (IRE)86.1%4.6%3.4%5.1%0.4%0.2%79.4%1,807IRE

Ten seasons 2016/17 to 2025/26, courses with 300 or more chase runs, lowest completion first. This season column shown once a course has 30 chase runs.

Hurdle completion by course

Southwell80.4%2.0%0.9%16.3%0.2%77.7%6,282GB
Hexham82.4%1.1%0.8%15.4%0.0%85.0%4,721GB
Towcester83.1%2.3%1.4%12.6%0.1%-697GB
Hereford83.4%2.0%1.2%12.9%0.2%81.3%4,374GB
Wexford (IRE)83.5%2.0%1.4%12.6%0.3%86.7%4,783IRE
Wincanton84.0%1.8%1.1%12.7%0.1%-5,254GB
Exeter84.2%1.3%1.2%13.0%0.1%-5,297GB
Newton Abbot84.7%1.9%1.3%11.6%0.2%87.1%5,186GB
Huntingdon84.9%1.6%1.0%12.1%0.1%94.4%5,798GB
Limerick (IRE)84.9%2.0%1.1%11.4%0.3%81.6%7,701IRE
Lingfield85.0%1.2%0.7%12.9%0.0%-2,041GB
Leicester85.1%1.4%0.7%12.2%0.1%-1,803GB
Warwick85.2%2.2%0.9%11.6%0.2%92.5%5,616GB
Catterick85.3%2.7%1.7%9.8%0.1%-2,808GB
Fontwell85.4%1.8%1.3%11.0%0.2%85.9%6,137GB
Sandown85.4%1.5%0.8%12.1%0.1%-2,489GB
Plumpton86.0%1.8%1.2%10.7%0.1%97.8%4,885GB
Tipperary (IRE)86.0%1.4%0.8%11.2%0.2%-3,061IRE
Ayr86.3%1.9%0.9%10.7%0.1%-4,214GB
Taunton86.3%2.0%1.0%10.4%0.1%-5,683GB
Wetherby86.3%2.3%1.1%10.0%0.1%-4,843GB
Kelso86.4%1.6%0.9%10.5%0.2%91.6%4,228GB
Sedgefield86.4%2.1%1.1%10.0%0.2%90.2%5,245GB
Fairyhouse (IRE)86.7%2.4%0.9%9.6%0.1%92.2%8,306IRE
Fakenham86.7%1.7%0.8%10.6%0.0%88.2%2,509GB
Gowran Park (IRE)86.7%2.3%1.6%9.0%0.1%94.4%3,797IRE
Stratford86.7%1.6%1.1%10.3%0.1%88.0%4,831GB
Bangor-on-Dee86.8%1.7%1.0%10.3%0.1%85.1%4,078GB
Newcastle86.9%1.5%0.8%10.4%0.0%-3,497GB
Aintree87.0%1.8%1.0%10.0%0.1%92.9%2,425GB
Uttoxeter87.0%1.3%0.8%10.5%0.1%87.1%9,543GB
Cartmel87.2%1.3%1.2%10.2%0.0%91.0%2,790GB
Tramore (IRE)87.2%1.2%1.1%9.8%0.1%83.0%4,792IRE
Perth87.3%1.5%1.0%9.9%0.1%88.8%4,865GB
Worcester87.3%1.5%0.9%9.9%0.1%90.9%6,567GB
Listowel (IRE)87.4%2.0%1.1%9.2%0.3%83.5%3,348IRE
Doncaster87.5%1.7%0.9%9.6%0.2%-3,964GB
Chepstow87.6%1.6%0.8%9.7%0.1%86.4%5,833GB
Clonmel (IRE)87.6%1.5%0.9%9.2%0.3%88.9%6,173IRE
Haydock87.6%2.4%1.2%8.6%0.1%93.5%2,484GB
Kempton87.6%2.3%0.9%8.7%0.2%-3,458GB
Down Royal (IRE)87.8%2.9%1.5%7.2%0.4%91.6%3,945IRE
Kilbeggan87.8%1.7%1.0%9.0%0.2%86.6%4,904IRE
Ludlow87.8%2.0%1.0%8.8%0.2%-4,756GB
Cork87.9%2.3%1.1%8.4%0.2%82.9%7,306IRE
Ffos Las87.9%1.7%0.7%9.5%0.1%84.7%4,300GB
Cheltenham88.0%2.3%1.0%8.2%0.3%-5,632GB
Killarney (IRE)88.4%2.4%1.8%6.7%0.4%85.5%2,852IRE
Roscommon88.5%2.0%1.6%7.3%0.3%84.5%2,407IRE
Newbury88.6%2.1%1.0%8.1%0.1%-3,674GB
Thurles (IRE)88.6%2.8%1.3%7.0%0.2%-4,635IRE
Ballinrobe (IRE)88.7%1.7%1.5%7.6%0.3%88.5%4,628IRE
Market Rasen88.7%1.3%0.8%9.0%0.1%87.7%6,367GB
Bellewstown (IRE)88.9%2.0%0.7%8.1%0.2%81.5%2,041IRE
Leopardstown (IRE)89.0%2.2%1.1%7.0%0.4%-4,023IRE
Musselburgh89.3%2.8%0.8%6.6%0.2%-3,330GB
Galway (IRE)89.6%1.8%1.6%6.4%0.4%89.2%4,022IRE
Sligo89.6%1.4%1.4%7.0%0.2%87.0%2,653IRE
Ascot89.9%1.8%0.7%7.3%0.2%-2,198GB
Carlisle90.1%1.2%0.6%7.8%0.1%-3,453GB
Punchestown (IRE)90.3%1.8%1.1%6.4%0.2%86.0%10,741IRE
Downpatrick90.9%1.9%1.5%4.8%0.3%88.7%4,322IRE
Navan (IRE)91.3%1.7%1.0%5.6%0.2%92.5%5,449IRE
Naas (IRE)93.5%1.7%0.8%3.6%0.3%-4,507IRE

Ten seasons 2016/17 to 2025/26, courses with 300 or more hurdle runs, lowest completion first.

Latest racing day: hurdles and chases by course

Limerick (IRE)88.4%1.1%0.0%10.5%0.0%9517 Oct 26
Market Rasen92.1%2.6%0.0%5.3%0.0%3817 Oct 26
Newton Abbot94.3%2.9%0.0%2.9%0.0%3517 Oct 26
Stratford88.1%0.0%2.4%9.5%0.0%4217 Oct 26

Every British and Irish hurdle and chase run on the latest racing day in the results. Updates after every racing day.

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How many horses fall in jumps racing?

Over the ten seasons 2016/17 to 2025/26, 3.9% of chase runners and 1.8% of hurdle runners fell. Unseated riders are counted separately.

Which courses have the lowest completion rates?

Among courses with 300 or more chase runs, Aintree has the lowest chase completion rate at 69.7%, and Galway (IRE) the highest at 86.1%.

Does the going change completion rates?

Chase completion falls from 80.7% on good going to 73.4% on heavy or soft to heavy, mainly because more runners are pulled up.

Do bigger fields mean fewer finishers?

In chases with 17 or more runners, 64.6% completed over the ten seasons, against 87.6% in fields of two to five.

How did runners finish on the latest racing day?

On the latest racing day, 210 hurdle and chase runners took part and 90% completed. The latest table breaks it down by course.

Questions people ask

What does completion rate mean?

Completion rate is the share of runners that finished the race, including any later disqualified. Every other runner fell, unseated, pulled up, was brought down, refused, ran out, was carried out or slipped up.

What do F, UR and PU mean in results?

F means fell, UR means unseated rider and PU means pulled up by the jockey. BD is brought down by another runner, REF refused, RO ran out, CO carried out and SU slipped up.

Are bumpers included?

No. National Hunt flat races, known as bumpers, have no obstacles, so only hurdles and chases are counted on this page.

Which race types have the lowest completion rates?

The race type table compares handicaps, novice and beginners' races, hunter chases, cross-country chases and other races. Hunter chases completed at 69.2% over the ten seasons.

How often is this page updated?

The latest racing day table and the season figures refresh after every racing day. The ten-season tables move once a year when a new season is added.

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