04 Irish Racing / Editor / 04 February 2009 / Leave a comment

Records show that racing took place in the area as far back as the 1870s but the current set up and course date from the 1950s.

Wexford is a right-handed undulating rectangular shaped course, which is roughly nine furlongs in distance. The speedy types often perform well here as it's a fairy sharp track.

With a 34% strike-rate, Noel Meade is the trainer to watch here and following his horses blindly over the past five years has shown a very reasonable level stakes profit.

Jockey wise, Paul Carberry has an excellent strike-rate of just under 32% and also shows a decent profit over the past five years.

Flat favourites have a win rate of 34.6% but this figure is somewhat lower for jumps favourites at 29.5%. Flat maiden favourites are particularly noteworthy with a 41% strike rate and have broke even to level stakes over the past five years.

Previous course winners have a 12.3% win-rate on their return to Wexford, with that figure slightly lower over jumps at 10%.