What actually wins · Great Britain
What actually wins at Suffolk Downs
319 races, 1,499 runs and 32 meetings from 29 October 2025 to 2 April 2026. Recomputed from the results as they arrive; last racing counted 2 April 2026.
The short version
- Trap 2 is the place to be at Suffolk Downs: it wins 26.0% of races against an even-chance 20.3%, a 28% edge over 250 runs.
- Trap 3 is the one to be wary of, winning 16.5% (19% below its share).
- Over 388m the draw matters most: trap 1 takes 26.5% of those races.
- Over 220m the draw matters most: trap 5 takes 31.8% of those races.
- Favourites win 49.8% of races at Suffolk Downs at an average 2.14 and pay their way (+6.1% on level stakes).
- P S Rea is the trainer to follow at Suffolk Downs: 66 winners from 354 runs (18.6%).
- 99.3% 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 4.9-runner field. A bar well above the dashed line is a draw the track favours; how far above is the size of the edge.
| Distance | Runs | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | T5 | T6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 388m | 944 | 26.5% | 25.2% | 15.5% | 18.6% | 18.5% | 23.6% |
| 220m | 481 | 11.2% | 27.2% | 18.5% | 23.9% | 31.8% | 17.1% |
| 548m | 68 | 8.3% | 23.1% | 15.4% | 46.2% | 0.0% | 20.0% |
| 716m | 6 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Favourites and prices
Strike rate and level-stakes return at starting price. A negative return means the market at Suffolk Downs already prices that band tighter than it wins.
| Starting price | Runs | Wins | Strike rate | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| evens or shorter | 148 | 84 | 56.8% | -3.3% |
| 2/1 – 3/1 | 500 | 143 | 28.6% | -21.1% |
| 3/1 – 5/1 | 285 | 54 | 18.9% | -11.2% |
| 5/1 – 8/1 | 293 | 24 | 8.2% | -41.0% |
| 8/1 and bigger | 270 | 12 | 4.4% | -40.0% |
How races are run
From 1,482 stewards' comments parsed into how each dog broke, where it ran and whether it showed early pace.
Dogs noted for early pace won 53.7% of their races here; everyone else 19.1%.
| Quick away | 84 | 45.2% |
| Slowly away | 177 | 4.0% |
| Very slowly away | 10 | 10.0% |
| Missed the break | 5 | 0.0% |
| Rails | 253 | 17.0% |
| Rails to middle | 208 | 28.4% |
| Middle | 435 | 17.5% |
| Middle to wide | 119 | 26.9% |
| Wide | 222 | 21.2% |
Trainers to follow
| Trainer | W/R | SR | SP return |
|---|---|---|---|
| P S Rea | 66/354 | 18.6% | -30.6% |
| M P Brown | 57/194 | 29.4% | -16.0% |
| M Lewis | 42/206 | 20.4% | -34.4% |
| L B Pruhs | 27/132 | 20.5% | -33.7% |
| J L Smith | 25/76 | 32.9% | +7.9% |
| J M Ray | 19/130 | 14.6% | -52.9% |
| R M Emery | 13/72 | 18.1% | -4.0% |
| D B Whitton | 10/24 | 41.7% | +43.6% |
Dogs that win here
| Dog | W/R | Best |
|---|---|---|
| WESTFIELD RAHEEM | 6/9 | 13.65 |
| MOANING HEARNS | 5/5 | 13.53 |
| ISNT SHE LOVELY | 5/11 | 24.36 |
| JACKO CARVOEIRO | 5/14 | 24.17 |
| DEELISH MACK | 5/14 | 23.95 |
| BUCKING BUCKS | 4/6 | 23.60 |
| MAGGIE BOMBASTIC | 4/9 | 23.76 |
| HUGO JEZABELLE | 4/9 | 13.94 |
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.
| Trip | Races | Median win | Fastest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 388m | 191 | 24.40s | 23.50s |
| 220m | 98 | 14.05s | 13.53s |
How this page is made
Every figure is counted from the results we hold for Suffolk Downs 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. 99.3% 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: Suffolk Downs track page. Trap bias across every track: trap statistics.