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West Orchard: horse profile, stats, records and next races

West Orchard is a 9-year-old gelding by Westerner, trained by Joe Tizzard. He has won 5 of 31 starts and placed in 8 more, for £34,795 in prize money. His best trip is 2m 3.5f, where 3 wins from 6 is a 50% strike rate against 8% at every other distance. He runs next in the 3:12 at Chepstow on 11 October. His best performance rating is 99, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 31
  • Wins 5
  • Placed 13
  • Strike rate 16%
  • Prize money £34,795
  • Best rating 99
  • Official rating 96

Where West Orchard runs next

Time Course Race Best price
3:12 Chepstow Dragonbet Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap Hurdle Race —

West Orchard form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
24 Apr 26 Fontwell V2 Radio Handicap Hurdle Class 5 3m 2f Good 1 — 11/4F Freddie Gingell 96
16 Mar 26 Plumpton Weatherbys nhstallions.co.uk Handicap Chase Class 5 3m 1.5f Good To Soft 3 16 5/1 Brendan Powell 97
25 Feb 26 Wincanton Play Golf At Wincanton Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 3m 1f Good To Soft 2 — 5/1 Brendan Powell 95
30 Dec 25 Taunton Boyle Sports Daily Money Back Meetings Handicap Chase Class 5 3m 2.5f Good 5 38.5 3/1 Brendan Powell 100
4 Dec 25 Wincanton Weatherbys Stallion Book 'National Hunt' Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 3m 0.5f Good To Soft 2 7.5 6/1 Brendan Powell 95
17 Dec 24 Wincanton Buy Boxing Day Tickets Now Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Chase Class 5 3m 1f Good To Soft 1 — 7/2 Caoilin Quinn 95
17 Nov 24 Fontwell John Rogerson Memorial Handicap Chase Class 5 2m 5.5f Good 3 4.25 6/4F Brendan Powell 95
8 Nov 24 Fontwell Nationwide Concreting Supporting The Rockbourne Partnership Handicap Chase Class 5 2m 3.5f Good 1 — 11/4 Freddie Gingell 87
21 Oct 24 Plumpton Back British Farming Handicap Chase Class 5 2m 3.5f Good 1 — 10/3J Brendan Powell 82
11 Apr 24 Taunton Stables Business Park Handicap Chase Class 5 2m 7f Soft 6 17.75 4/1J Freddie Gingell 82
7 Mar 24 Wincanton Julias House Handicap Chase Class 5 3m 1f Heavy 2 2.75 15/2 Brendan Powell 79
14 Feb 24 Fontwell Southern Contract Handicap Chase Class 5 2m 3.5f Heavy 3 13.5 9/2 Brendan Powell 81
12 Jan 24 Wincanton NAF Metazone Handicap Chase Class 5 2m 4f Good To Soft 2 15 16/1 Brendan Powell 81
18 Dec 23 Plumpton Weatherbys & Birdie Calendars Handicap Chase Class 5 2m 3.5f Good To Soft 9 31 5/1 Brendan Powell 83
27 Nov 23 Ludlow Marsh Commercial Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 3m Good To Soft PU - 9/2 Sean Bowen 83
6 Nov 23 Plumpton Roger And Jenny Farrant Diamond Wedding Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 2m 3.5f Good To Soft 1 — 8/1 Sean Bowen 78
19 Oct 23 Wincanton Wincanton Three Mile Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 3m 0.5f Good 6 22.75 9/2 Brendan Powell 80
28 May 23 Fontwell Remembering Wally Michell Handicap Hurdle Class 5 3m 2f Good To Firm 2 4.5 10/3 Brendan Powell 80
17 May 23 Newton Abbot St Austell Brewery Handicap Chase Class 5 3m 2f Good F - 13/2 Brendan Powell 80
23 Apr 23 Plumpton Happy Retirement To Paul Warren Handicap Hurdle Class 5 2m 4.5f Soft 4 2.5 12/1 Brendan Powell 81
27 Mar 23 Wincanton CRS Thank You To Our Customers Handicap Hurdle (Div 2) Class 5 2m 5.5f Good To Soft 5 23 6/1 Brendan Powell 84
10 Mar 23 Exeter Virgin Bet Best Odds Daily Handicap Hurdle Class 5 2m 5.5f Good PU - 11/4F Brendan Powell 84
6 Feb 23 Fontwell Cazoo 'Hands And Heels' Handicap Hurdle (Conditionals And Amateurs) Class 5 2m 5.5f Good RO - 4/1 Freddie Gingell 82
26 Dec 22 Wincanton Eastbury Hotel Handicap Hurdle Class 4 1m 7f Good To Soft 4 16.25 6/1 Freddie Gingell 83
17 Nov 22 Wincanton Evelyn Partners Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) Class 5 2m 4f Good 4 10.5 14/1 Brendan Powell 87
23 Oct 22 Ffos Las Follow Vickers.Bet On Twitter Handicap Hurdle Class 5 2m 4f Good To Soft 4 19 13/2 Brendan Powell 89
21 Mar 22 Wincanton Racing TV On Sky 426 Handicap Hurdle (Div 2) Class 5 2m 5.5f Good PU - 22/1 Brendan Powell 95
13 Feb 22 Exeter Virgin Bet British Stallion Studs EBF 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 2m 2.5f Soft PU - 50/1 Harry Cobden –
22 Jan 22 Taunton BioWaveGo Pain Management Device EBF 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 2m 3f Good To Soft 8 36.75 100/1 Brendan Powell –
19 Nov 21 Ascot Ascot Shop 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 3 2m 3.5f Good 5 25.75 100/1 Harry Cobden –
9 Oct 21 Chepstow Nigel & Sharon Support Injured Jockeys Fund Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 4 2m Good 8 60 14/1 Jonjo O'Neill Jr –

Last time out

Finished 1 in the V2 Radio Handicap Hurdle at Fontwell on 24 April 2026. Settled handy early - upped tempo on outer approaching 3 out - hit front before 2 out - opened up daylight before final fence - allowed to idle nearing line for an easy win.

West Orchard by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
19.5f 6 3 50% —
21.5f 5 0 0% —
26f 3 1 33% —
25f 3 1 33% —
20f 3 0 0% —
24.5f 2 0 0% —
25.5f 1 0 0% —
26.5f 1 0 0% —
23f 1 0 0% —
24f 1 0 0% —
20.5f 1 0 0% —
15f 1 0 0% —
18.5f 1 0 0% —
19f 1 0 0% —
16f 1 0 0% —

West Orchard by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Good 13 3 23% —
Good To Soft 12 2 17% —
Soft 3 0 0% —
Heavy 2 0 0% —
Good To Firm 1 0 0% —

West Orchard by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Wincanton 10 1 10% —
Fontwell 6 2 33% —
Plumpton 5 2 40% —
Taunton 3 0 0% —
Exeter 2 0 0% —
Ludlow 1 0 0% —
Newton Abbot 1 0 0% —
Ffos Las 1 0 0% —
Ascot 1 0 0% —
Chepstow 1 0 0% —

West Orchard breeding

  • Sire Westerner (GB)
  • Dam Shellys Creek (IRE)
  • Damsire Flemensfirth (USA)
  • Breeder Mat Farrell
  • Foaled 23 April 2017

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