What actually wins · Great Britain

What actually wins at Oxford

458 races, 2,271 runs and 37 meetings from 13 September 2025 to 3 April 2026. Recomputed from the results as they arrive; last racing counted 3 April 2026.

The short version

  • Trap 5 is the place to be at Oxford: it wins 25.8% of races against an even-chance 19.3%, a 34% edge over 388 runs.
  • Over 450m the draw matters most: trap 5 takes 26.1% of those races.
  • Over 253m the draw matters most: trap 5 takes 24.4% of those races.
  • Favourites win 45.4% of races at Oxford at an average 2.31 and pay their way (+6.6% on level stakes).
  • Early pace is decisive: dogs the stewards note as showing early pace win 30.9% of the time here, against 10.7% for the rest.
  • A quick break wins 37.7% of the time; a slow one 6.1%.
  • T J Nevin is the trainer to follow at Oxford: 60 winners from 275 runs (21.8%).
  • 100.0% of the results behind these figures have been confirmed by an independent second source.

Trap bias

Win rate by trap over every race in the window, against the even-chance share for a 5.2-runner field. A bar well above the dashed line is a draw the track favours; how far above is the size of the edge.

16.7%Trap 119.3%Trap 221.5%Trap 319.3%Trap 425.8%Trap 517.0%Trap 6even chance 19.3%
DistanceRunsT1T2T3T4T5T6
450m1,67616.9%18.1%21.8%20.6%26.1%13.4%
253m46819.4%19.0%21.0%15.7%24.4%24.2%
650m1224.8%40.0%21.1%15.0%26.1%21.1%
847m50.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%100.0%

Favourites and prices

Strike rate and level-stakes return at starting price. A negative return means the market at Oxford already prices that band tighter than it wins.

Favourite wins
45.4%
458 races with SP
Average fav price
2.31
decimal
Fav return at SP
+6.6%
level stakes
Starting priceRunsWinsStrike rateReturn
evens or shorter1528354.6%-6.9%
2/1 – 3/176722429.2%-19.3%
3/1 – 5/15097815.3%-29.2%
5/1 – 8/14424610.4%-28.4%
8/1 and bigger396225.6%-35.6%

How races are run

From 2,167 stewards' comments parsed into how each dog broke, where it ran and whether it showed early pace.

Early pace

Dogs noted for early pace won 30.9% of their races here; everyone else 10.7%.

Quick away19937.7%
Slowly away3096.1%
Very slowly away720.0%
Missed the break150.0%
Running line
Rails54514.3%
Rails to middle16015.0%
Middle86417.2%
Middle to wide7930.4%
Wide30817.2%

Trainers to follow

TrainerW/RSRSP return
T J Nevin60/27521.8%-6.0%
D O Pearce49/20024.5%-9.8%
B G Backhurst46/21221.7%-11.0%
A M Kibble38/13228.8%-30.5%
K R Hutton32/5954.2%+72.6%
G C Wright28/11025.5%+4.6%
K Dodington24/11021.8%-12.5%
R L Hill19/8023.8%-27.0%

Dogs that win here

DogW/RBest
SIGNET BUCKO6/626.65
ALRIGHT TWINKLE6/626.47
FLUFF THE START6/1114.92
FOXWOOD ZACH6/1327.28
MR FLASHY5/526.81
QUIVERS AMAZE5/715.57
VENETIAN MICK5/739.28
RYLANE LADY5/826.99

Track pars

The typical winning time per trip and the fastest recorded in the window. A dog whose best is near the par line is running to the standard of a winner here.

TripRacesMedian winFastest
450m32327.47s26.47s
253m8915.40s14.85s
650m2339.68s39.28s

How this page is made

Every figure is counted from the results we hold for Oxford over the last 365 days and recomputed as new results arrive, so the page is never older than the racing. Non-runners are excluded; trap shares are compared with an even chance for the average field size; returns are level stakes at the industry starting price. Running-style figures come from the stewards' comments parsed into fields. 100.0% of the results in this window have been confirmed by an independent second source — see our data quality page.

Today's card and recent results: Oxford track page. Trap bias across every track: trap statistics.