Racecourse guide · Thursday 8 October
Sandown
Today's Sandown Tips
Thursday 8 OctoberThere is no flat racing at Sandown today. Our selections for today's meetings are on today's tips, and the course stats below are updated every morning.
Our Record at Sandown
since 28 May3 winners from 33 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 Sandown Trainers
last 12 months, flat| Trainer | W–R | Here | All tracks | 1pt SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Hannon | 8–37 | 21.6% | 11.9% | +8.12 |
| Charlie Appleby | 7–24 | 29.2% | 34.6% | -0.76 |
| John & Thady Gosden | 7–31 | 22.6% | 25.8% | +17.03 |
| Roger Varian | 5–16 | 31.2% | 20.2% | +2.05 |
| Ralph Beckett | 5–23 | 21.7% | 17.9% | +1.25 |
| Ed Walker | 4–18 | 22.2% | 15.2% | +11.25 |
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 Sandown Jockeys
last 12 months, flat| Jockey | W–R | Here | All tracks | 1pt SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oisin Murphy | 7–63 | 11.1% | 19.8% | -33.21 |
| Ray Dawson | 6–24 | 25.0% | 13.0% | +45.05 |
| William Buick | 6–29 | 20.7% | 26.8% | -8.97 |
| Rossa Ryan | 6–46 | 13.0% | 18.0% | -22.22 |
| Kieran Shoemark | 4–16 | 25.0% | 12.5% | +19.75 |
| Pat Dobbs | 4–17 | 23.5% | 13.8% | +3.12 |
| Lewis Edmunds | 4–19 | 21.1% | 9.9% | +3.63 |
| Billy Loughnane | 4–34 | 11.8% | 19.9% | -14.30 |
| Cieren Fallon | 3–15 | 20.0% | 17.0% | +9.00 |
| Sean Levey | 3–18 | 16.7% | 11.4% | -2.50 |
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.
Sandown 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 84 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 5f to 6f, 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.
Sandown Track Guide
Sandown has a right-handed flat course of about 1 mile 5 furlongs round.
It is built on sandy soil that drains well.
The home straight is testing as it climbs steadily until levelling about fifty yards from the post.
- Direction
- Right-handed
- Shape
- About 1 mile 5 furlongs round, testing uphill home straight
- Surface
- Turf
- Racing
- Flat and National Hunt
Every figure on this page is counted from official flat results for Sandown and refreshed each morning. Each section states its window, and anything below a minimum sample is left off rather than shown on thin numbers.