Every race at Haydock in the OddsLens results database from 19 March 2025 to 16 October 2026: 237 flat races and 80 jumps races, 2,738 runners at official starting price. What the numbers say, recomputed every week and never edited by hand.
Across 237 races the favourite won 35.1% of the time (88 of 251 bets, joint favourites counted separately) and £1 on every one lost 8.4p in the pound. The same bet at every UK and Irish course on the flat over the same window won 32.9% and lost 11.6p in the pound. Favourites here lose less than the national picture.
| Ground | Races | Strike rate | £1 return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or faster | 160 | 33.9% | −11.7% |
| Soft or heavy | 77 | 37.3% | −1.5% |
Across 80 races the favourite won 30.3% of the time (27 of 89 bets, joint favourites counted separately) and £1 on every one lost 11.6p in the pound. The same bet at every UK and Irish course over jumps over the same window won 35.1% and lost 10.7p in the pound. Much the same as everywhere else.
| Ground | Races | Strike rate | £1 return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or faster | 32 | 29.7% | −13.5% |
| Soft or heavy | 48 | 30.8% | −10.2% |
Flat races with eight or more runners, each field split into thirds by stall number, and the winners counted. A third that wins more than its share of the runners is where the stalls have helped.
| Stalls | Share of runners | Share of winners |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest third | 36.0% | 21.4% |
| Middle third | 34.5% | 31.0% |
| Highest third | 29.4% | 47.6% |
| Stalls | Share of runners | Share of winners |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest third | 36.4% | 46.7% |
| Middle third | 33.7% | 30.7% |
| Highest third | 29.8% | 22.7% |
Over five and six furlongs the high stalls have won 47.6% of the races from 29.4% of the runners: a real lean to high. (42 races.) Over seven furlongs to a mile the low stalls have won 46.7% of the races from 36.4% of the runners: a real lean to low. (75 races.) Thirds are by stall number, so the lowest third holds the spare runner when a field does not divide by three; that is why the runner shares are unequal.
13 handicaps with 14 or more runners, an average field of 14.5. The winner's average starting price was about 6/1; 3 winners came in at 10/1 or bigger and 0 at 20/1 or bigger. Favourites won 5 of 13 and £1 on each returned a profit of 37.3p in the pound — on a small sample.
Trainers and jockeys with at least 15 runners and four winners here in the window. Strike rate is wins over runs; the return is £1 on every runner at SP. Thirty runs is a small sample, and the yards with the best strike rates are usually the yards with the best horses everywhere.
| Trainer | Wins / runs | Strike rate | £1 return |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Haggas | 17 / 70 | 24.3% | −26.0% |
| Ed Walker | 17 / 70 | 24.3% | +47.2% |
| Charlie Appleby | 12 / 26 | 46.2% | +28.1% |
| K R Burke | 9 / 53 | 17.0% | −1.2% |
| K. R. Burke | 8 / 28 | 28.6% | +23.6% |
| Ralph Beckett | 8 / 38 | 21.1% | −13.2% |
| Charlie Johnston | 7 / 36 | 19.4% | +48.6% |
| Andrew Balding | 7 / 52 | 13.5% | −18.3% |
| Jockey | Wins / runs | Strike rate | £1 return |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Buick | 13 / 34 | 38.2% | +93.1% |
| Tom Marquand | 11 / 72 | 15.3% | −50.5% |
| Clifford Lee | 10 / 66 | 15.2% | −26.9% |
| Oisin Murphy | 8 / 37 | 21.6% | −42.9% |
| Callum Rodriguez | 8 / 42 | 19.0% | +3.5% |
| Kieran Shoemark | 8 / 42 | 19.0% | +26.8% |
| Cieren Fallon | 8 / 46 | 17.4% | +14.3% |
| Hector Crouch | 8 / 67 | 11.9% | −53.4% |
| Trainer | Wins / runs | Strike rate | £1 return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Skelton | 12 / 48 | 25.0% | −17.1% |
| Donald McCain | 8 / 34 | 23.5% | +71.7% |
| Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith | 4 / 23 | 17.4% | −25.5% |
| Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero | 4 / 30 | 13.3% | −36.7% |
| Jockey | Wins / runs | Strike rate | £1 return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Skelton | 10 / 28 | 35.7% | +19.0% |
| Craig Nichol | 4 / 19 | 21.1% | +25.0% |
| Danny McMenamin | 4 / 23 | 17.4% | −27.3% |
| Brian Hughes | 4 / 25 | 16.0% | −28.0% |
Since 15 April 2026 the OddsLens model has made 94 calls at Haydock, each logged before the off with the best price at that moment. 34 won, a 36.2% strike rate, for a +21.6% return at the logged prices and an average closing line value of +5.0%. That makes Haydock one of the model's better tracks so far; every one of those calls, and every call to come, sits on the public record, wins and losses alike.
Method. Every settled race at Haydock in the OddsLens results database from 19 March 2025 to 16 October 2026 (official returns, starting price, non-runners excluded). "Favourite" means the shortest starting price in the race; joint favourites are each backed for £1. Ground is the official going for the meeting: soft, heavy and their variants against everything else. The draw study uses flat races with at least eight drawn runners, in two bands (five to six and a half furlongs; seven furlongs to a mile and half a furlong), each field split into thirds by stall number. Big handicaps are races with "handicap" in the title and 14 or more runners at SP. The OddsLens record is the public ledger only (no shadow models), settled calls, at the prices logged before the off. Sections with too few races to say anything true are left out. Recomputed weekly; this page was built on 26 October 2026.