Racecourse guide · Thursday 8 October

Brighton

Left-handed horseshoe · downhill then uphill straight

97races, last 12 months
33.0%favourites win ▼ 3.0 pts vs all flat
7.8runners per race
Nonereliable draw bias None in 175 races
13/47our winners here28% strike rate

Today's Brighton Tips

Thursday 8 October

There is no flat racing at Brighton today. Our selections for today's meetings are on today's tips, and the course stats below are updated every morning.

Our Record at Brighton

since 29 May

13 winners from 47 picks here on the daily card and the X thread. The biggest-priced of them:

9/1Hamda's Joy28 Sept 2026
5/1Launceston6 Oct 2026
7/2Rogue Bullet21 Jun 2026
7/2Gallant Lion29 May 2026
10/3Neptune Legend29 May 2026
3/1Beryl's Girl22 Jun 2026

Price is the one we put up. The full card record, losers included, is on the record page.

Trainers in Form

last 14 days

No 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 runners

Nobody in today's fields has won here twice or over today's trip.

Top Brighton Trainers

last 12 months, flat
TrainerW–RHereAll tracks1pt SP
Tony Carroll 14–89 15.7% 13.3% -5.29
Gary & Josh Moore 9–45 20.0% 10.4% +2.95
James Owen 6–22 27.3% 15.7% +0.97
Jim Boyle 3–26 11.5% 10.0% -3.00

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 Brighton Jockeys

last 12 months, flat
JockeyW–RHereAll tracks1pt SP
Billy Loughnane 5–17 29.4% 19.9% -3.28
David Egan 5–18 27.8% 12.6% +10.50
Saffie Osborne 5–23 21.7% 14.0% -0.65
William Carson 5–30 16.7% 8.5% +8.63
Darragh Keenan 4–25 16.0% 9.6% -13.75
Jack Callan 3–24 12.5% 13.9% -6.50

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.

Brighton Draw Bias

flat races since 17 Apr

No part of the draw wins more than its share of runners by enough to rule out chance, at any trip. Over 175 races, where a horse is drawn here has mattered less than it is often given credit for.

5f to 6f77 races
Low 25.8%
Middle 37.1%
High 37.1%
7f to a mile98 races
Low 29.5%
Middle 29.5%
High 41%

On good or faster ground

5f to 6f71 races
Low 28.6%
Middle 32.1%
High 39.3%
7f to a mile90 races
Low 29.6%
Middle 29.6%
High 40.8%

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.

Brighton Track Guide

Brighton is a left-handed, flat-only horseshoe of one and a half miles, so it is not a complete circuit.

The finishing straight is about four furlongs, with a steep descent followed by a slightly less steep climb to the winning post.

It sits on chalk downland, where the going is nearly always good.

Direction
Left-handed
Shape
Horseshoe of one and a half miles, not a complete circuit
Straight
About four furlongs, steep descent then climb to the post
Surface
Turf
Racing
Flat only

Every figure on this page is counted from official flat results for Brighton and refreshed each morning. Each section states its window, and anything below a minimum sample is left off rather than shown on thin numbers.