Key Characteristics
Windsor is a very unusual but pleasant course, being the only racecourse in the UK that is set on an island. Viewing is excellent, and their Monday night meetings in the summer are definitely recommended.
A figure of eight shape, twelve and a half furlongs in extent. Races around a mile and a half see both left and right-handed turns, but in races below that distance, only right-handed turns are met. Though perfectly flat throughout, the track is sharp in character. However due to the length of the run-in (nearly five furlongs), galloping sorts aren’t inconvenienced. When the going is very testing fields tend to track across to the far side, although it is a greater factor at sprint trips.
Draw Bias & Pace Analysis
Those drawn high are slightly favoured at five and six furlongs particularly when the going is soft as there appears to be a piece of ground on the far rails where there is an advantage to be had.
Over the mile there is little draw bias.
It should be noted that over 6 furlongs and one mile there are more winners out of the highest drawn horse than you would expect (about 3x as many as you would expect if every stall had the same chance).
Windsor’s unusual configuration, with the horses running in a figure of 8 makes it a tight turning course and is suited to front runners. As can be seen when you look at how Windsor ranks in terms of the other individual distances shown below:
5 Furlongs – 11th out of 31 courses
6 Furlongs – 6th out of 29 courses
8 Furlongs – 6th out of 30 courses
10 Furlongs – 1st out of 22 courses
12 Furlongs – 6th out of 16 courses
Over 10 furlongs Windsor is the easiest course in the UK to front run at!
Trainers & Jockeys
Trainers
| Roger Varian | 31.6 |
| John Gosden | 31.4 |
| Mark Johnston | 24.0 |
| Clive Cox | 23.6 |
| Ed Walker | 21.9 |
| Eve Johnson-Houghton | 16.7 |
| Ralf Bekett | 16.4 |
| Richard Hannon | 16.3 |
| Charlie Hills | 14.0 |
Jockeys
| Andrea Atzeni | 23.5 |
| James Doyle | 21.7 |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 21.3 |
| Adam Kirby | 20.7 |
| Jim Crowley | 20.3 |
| Harry Bentley | 20.0 |
| Jamie Spencer | 16.9 |
| Tom Marquand | 13.4 |
| Oisin Murphy | 12.9 |
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