Haydock Park must be one of the most used racecourses in the country with racing on 32 days a year, combining both the very best of Flat and Jump Racing. The Old Newton Cup is the last tangible surviving link between the original course and Haydock Park.
Owned and operated by The Jockey Club, Haydock Park has become the scene of some of the most popular and attended events in the Northern racing calendar, including the Grand National Trial in February, The Temple Stakes in May, the Old Newton Cup and Lancashire Oaks in July, the Sprint Cup in September and the Betfair Chase in November.
FLAT: Left -handed, flat. Oval-shaped, about 13 furlongs round, with a run-in of four and a half furlongs which rises slightly throughout. Runners in races of seven furlongs and further tend to stick towards the far rail in the straight, though often switch nearer the stand side when the ground is testing.
JUMPS: Left-handed, flat. Conditions are often gruelling at Haydock Park during winter, placing an emphasis on stamina. Conversely, conditions at the Swinton Meeting in May usually place the emphasis on speed, with a tendency to favour those ridden prominently as a result. There are two chase courses nowadays, the Lancashire Course and the Inner Course.