Horse Racing - Flat Courses - Haydock

Situated on Merseyside halfway between Liverpool and Manchester, Haydock Park is one of the most popular courses in the country in terms of attendance. Although the turns are tight, the long steady straights mean that the course is considered one of the fairest in the country.

On the flat the highlight is the Haydock Sprint Cup, a Group 1 sprint over six furlongs that is run in early September. Other important flat races staged earlier in the summer include the Temple Stakes, Lancashire Oaks and the Rose of Lancaster Stakes.

1m7f110y pear shaped course with a long run in which extends to a straight mile.

Left handed, flat,  with a run-in of four and a half furlongs which rises throughout. Runners in races of seven furlongs and further tend to stick towards the far rail in the straight, though often switch nearer the stand side when the ground is testing. A good position when turning in is often important regardless of the ground. Sprints take place on the straight six-furlong course, with runners usually racing down the centre of the track. Good or firmer conditions tend to place the emphasis on speed, with those ridden prominently favoured.

Left Handed
Galloping
Almost flat
Long run in (4.5f)

Ayr
Doncaster
Newbury
Nottingham
Redcar
Yarmouth
York

Handicap form does not transfer well to here.
Non-Handicaps - top rated on form and speed do well.

Most significant form, 1,2,3,4 LTO from all the classier tracks but, in particular, York..