THE COURSE
Information about Uttoxeter Racecourse
Uttoxeter is a left-handed oval shaped course of one mile two and a half furlongs in circumference.
The back ‘straight’ has a dog-leg to the right and is undulating as it rises over Clump Hill. The course continues with a downhill run around the far bend into the home straight.
The home straight of four furlongs is flat and galloping ensuring fair and competitive finishes to most races including the signature staying chases. The nature of the track often enables front-running tactics to pay off.
Chase Course
There are eight fences per circuit; four in the back straight and four in the home straight. The third last in the home straight is an open-ditch which is jumped at least twice in each race.
Steeple chases are run over distances of;
- Two miles
- Two miles about four furlongs
- Two miles about five furlongs
- Three miles
- Three miles about two furlongs
- Three miles about four furlongs
- Four miles about half a furlong: English Summer National
- Four miles about one and a half furlongs: Midlands Grand National
Hurdle Course
The hurdle course tends to benefit from good ground conditions throughout the season and runs to the inner of the steeple chase course. There are six flights of hurdles on each circuit with a minimum of ten flights jumped in each race.
Hurdle races are run over distances of;
- Two miles
- Two miles about four and a half furlongs
- Two miles about six and a half furlongs
- Three miles
