Racecourse guide · Thursday 8 October
Ascot
Today's Ascot Tips
Thursday 8 OctoberThere is no flat racing at Ascot today. Our selections for today's meetings are on today's tips, and the course stats below are updated every morning.
Our Record at Ascot
since 16 Jun5 winners from 26 picks here on the daily card and the X thread. The biggest-priced of them:
Price is the one we put up. The full card record, losers included, is on the record page.
Trainers in Form
last 14 daysNo trainer with a runner here today is in a hot spell.
At least 6 runners in the last 14 days, at any track, winning with 25% or more.
Course Winners Running Today
today's runnersNobody in today's fields has won here twice or over today's trip.
Top Ascot Trainers
last 12 months, flat| Trainer | W–R | Here | All tracks | 1pt SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Balding | 10–74 | 13.5% | 18.3% | +5.21 |
| William Haggas | 9–63 | 14.3% | 20.5% | -0.96 |
| A P O'Brien | 8–46 | 17.4% | 19.0% | -4.92 |
| John & Thady Gosden | 8–59 | 13.6% | 25.8% | -37.16 |
| Jamie Osborne | 5–15 | 33.3% | 12.5% | +23.50 |
| Joseph Patrick O'Brien | 5–33 | 15.2% | 16.6% | +48.33 |
| James Owen | 4–27 | 14.8% | 15.7% | +27.25 |
| Ed Walker | 4–43 | 9.3% | 15.2% | +17.00 |
| Jane Chapple-Hyam | 3–20 | 15.0% | 14.0% | +0.50 |
| George Boughey | 3–21 | 14.3% | 16.9% | -4.67 |
Minimum 15 runners and 3 wins here. The last column is a 1pt win bet on every one at starting price: a good strike rate the market already knows about shows as a loss.
Top Ascot Jockeys
last 12 months, flat| Jockey | W–R | Here | All tracks | 1pt SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Moore | 11–46 | 23.9% | 26.8% | +7.31 |
| Billy Loughnane | 8–48 | 16.7% | 19.9% | +15.18 |
| Saffie Osborne | 7–40 | 17.5% | 14.0% | +17.50 |
| James Doyle | 7–55 | 12.7% | 21.4% | -11.24 |
| William Buick | 6–57 | 10.5% | 26.8% | -39.32 |
| Tom Marquand | 5–51 | 9.8% | 13.6% | -8.08 |
| Oisin Murphy | 5–57 | 8.8% | 19.8% | -24.00 |
| Colin Keane | 4–38 | 10.5% | 15.9% | -20.29 |
| Rossa Ryan | 4–42 | 9.5% | 18.0% | -12.00 |
| James McDonald | 3–17 | 17.6% | 17.6% | +0.50 |
Minimum 15 rides and 3 wins here. The last column is a 1pt win bet on every one at starting price: a good strike rate the market already knows about shows as a loss.
Ascot Draw Bias
flat races since 17 AprNo part of the draw wins more than its share of runners by enough to rule out chance, at any trip. Over 162 races, where a horse is drawn here has mattered less than it is often given credit for.
On good or faster ground
Not enough races yet on good or faster ground over 9f to 11f, 1m 4f and further.
On good to soft or softer ground: no trip here has the 60 races we need yet, so we do not show it. This fills in as the record grows.
Stalls are split into low, middle and high thirds within each race. Each bar is that third's share of the winners and the tick is its share of the runners, so a bar past its tick is winning more than its share. We only call a bias when the gap is at least 15% of that share and two standard deviations clear of chance.
Ascot Track Guide
Ascot is a dual-purpose course whose flat track is a right-handed triangle with a straight mile.
Flat racing is held between April and October.
The jumps course is laid out inside the flat track.
- Direction
- Right-handed
- Shape
- Triangular, with a straight mile
- Straight
- Straight mile
- Surface
- Turf
- Racing
- Flat and National Hunt
Every figure on this page is counted from official flat results for Ascot and refreshed each morning. Each section states its window, and anything below a minimum sample is left off rather than shown on thin numbers.