| Aintree: Grand
National circuit, 2m2f, is flat and has big fences with drop on landing
side and a long run-in. Mildmay Course, 1m3f, flat with conventional
fences, is sharper than hurdles course. |
| Ascot:
Right-handed, galloping, with stiff fences. Circuit 1m5f. |
| Ayr: Left-handed,
mainly flat. Circuit 1m4f. |
| Bangor:
Left-handed, sharp and flat with a long run-in. Circuit 1m4f. |
| Carlisle:
Right-handed, undulating, stiff and galloping. Circuit 1m5f. |
| Cartmel:
Left-handed, sharp and undulating, with stiff fences and a 4f run-in for
chases. Circuit 1m. |
| Catterick:
Left-handed, sharp and undulating, suiting handy types. Circuit 1m3f. |
| Cheltenham:
Left-handed oval course with the last 4 furlongs uphill all the way.
Fences are generally fair but the open ditches are wider than usual. |
| Chepstow:
Left-handed and undulating. Going can be very
testing. Circuit 1m7f. |
| Doncaster:
Left-handed, galloping, generally flat. Heavy ground rare. Circuit 2m |
| Exeter:
Right-handed and undulating. Stiff test of stamina.
Circuit 2m. |
| Fakenham:
Left-handed, sharp, undulating, suiting nippy types. Circuit 1m. |
| Folkestone:
Right-handed, undulating oval of 1m2f. |
| Fontwell:
Left-handed hurdle course. Tight figure-of-eight chase course does not
suit long-striding gallopers. Ground can be testing. Circuit 1m. |
| Haydock:
Left-handed, flat and galloping. Drop fences and long run-in on chase
course. Old hurdle course suits gallopers; new course much sharper.
Ciruit 1m5f. |
| Hereford:
Right-handed, fairly sharp and generally flat. Suits
nippy types. Circuit 1m4f. |
| Hexham:
Left-handed, severe and undulating, placing emphasis on stamina. Circuit
1m4f. |
| Huntingdon:
Right-handed and galloping. Circuit 1m4f. |
| Kelso:
Left-handed and undulating. Hurdles course of 1m1f is sharp, more so
than 1m 3f chase track, which has 2f run-in. |
| Kempton:
Right handed triangular circuit 1m5f, practically flat, with 220yd
run-in. |
| Leicester:
Right-handed and undulating, placing emphasis on stamina. Circuit 1m6f. |
| Lingfield:
Left-handed, undulating and sharp. Chase circuit 1m5f, hurdles slightly
shorter. |
| Ludlow:
Right-handed. Chase course flat with sharp bends, circuit 1m4f. Hurdles
track, 150y longer, slightly undulating, with easier bends. |
| Market Rasen:
Right-handed oval, sharp and somewhat undulating. Circuit 1m2f. |
| Musselburgh:
Right-handed virtually flat track with sharp turns, run-in 150y. Circuit
1m3f. |
| Newbury:
Left-handed, flat and galloping, with stiff fences. Circuit 1m7f.
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| Newcastle:
Left-handed, with uphill finish. Going can be very testing. Circuit
1m6f. |
| Newton Abbot:
Left-handed oval, sharp with short run-in. Circuit 1m2f. |
| Perth:
Right-handed and flat, with tight bends. Chase course
has long run-in. Circuit 1m 2f. |
| Plumpton:
Left-handed, undulating, sharp. Circuit 1m1f. |
| Sandown:
Right-handed with stiff uphill finish. Chase course tricky, especially
for novices. Hurdles run on flat course. Circuit 1m5f. |
| Sedgefield:
Left-handed, undulating oval, sharp bends. Chase course has easy fences
and a short 250y run in. Circuit 1m2f. |
| Southwell:
Left-handed oval, approx 1m round, with six portable fences. Run-in
220y. |
| Stratford:
Left-handed, flat and sharp, with short finishing straight. Circuit
1m2f. |
| Taunton:
Right-handed oval, on the sharp side with short
run-in. Circuit 1m2f. |
| Towcester:
Right-handed, with last mile uphill. Very testing. Circuit 1m6f. |
| Uttoxeter:
Left-handed with some undulations. Circuit 1m3f. |
| Warwick:
Left-handed, with tight turns and short run-in.
Circuit 1m5f. |
| Wetherby:
Left-handed oval, with easy bends. Circuit 1m4f. |
| Wincanton:
Right-handed, mainly flat. A fair test. Circuit 1m3f. |
| Worcester:
Left-handed 1m5f oval, flat with long straights and easy turns. |