Racecourse guide · Thursday 8 October
Leicester
Today's Leicester Tips
Thursday 8 OctoberThere is no flat racing at Leicester today. Our selections for today's meetings are on today's tips, and the course stats below are updated every morning.
Our Record at Leicester
since 25 May10 winners from 46 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 Leicester Trainers
last 12 months, flat| Trainer | W–R | Here | All tracks | 1pt SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Owen | 4–18 | 22.2% | 15.7% | +4.95 |
| Tony Carroll | 4–23 | 17.4% | 13.3% | +4.25 |
| George Boughey | 3–16 | 18.8% | 16.9% | +3.00 |
| Charlie Johnston | 3–16 | 18.8% | 11.4% | +16.37 |
| Eve Johnson Houghton | 3–21 | 14.3% | 11.8% | -5.75 |
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 Leicester Jockeys
last 12 months, flat| Jockey | W–R | Here | All tracks | 1pt SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Loughnane | 9–40 | 22.5% | 19.9% | -1.15 |
| David Probert | 8–26 | 30.8% | 11.9% | +10.13 |
| Rob Hornby | 6–36 | 16.7% | 11.6% | -6.54 |
| Daniel Muscutt | 5–23 | 21.7% | 13.1% | +15.42 |
| Rossa Ryan | 5–34 | 14.7% | 18.0% | -8.60 |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 4–20 | 20.0% | 11.6% | +1.33 |
| Jason Watson | 3–15 | 20.0% | 11.1% | +20.00 |
| Cieren Fallon | 3–16 | 18.8% | 17.0% | -3.97 |
| Darragh Keenan | 3–20 | 15.0% | 9.6% | -2.62 |
| Charles Bishop | 3–23 | 13.0% | 8.0% | -10.75 |
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.
Leicester 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 171 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.
Leicester Track Guide
Leicester is an oval of about 1 mile 5 furlongs with a straight seven-furlong course.
That course runs downhill to halfway, then uphill for two furlongs before levelling out.
The last three furlongs are uphill, so it is a stiff test of stamina.
- Shape
- Oval of about 1 mile 5 furlongs
- Straight
- Seven furlongs (straight course joining the round course 4½ furlongs from the winning post)
- Surface
- Turf
- Racing
- Flat and National Hunt
Every figure on this page is counted from official flat results for Leicester and refreshed each morning. Each section states its window, and anything below a minimum sample is left off rather than shown on thin numbers.