Newmarket July Festival (Thurs - Sat) Big Race Stats & Saturday's John Smith's Cup

Bahrain Trophy Group 3 1m5f

John Gosden has won the last 3 renewals.

Frankie Dettori & William Buick have ridden 2 winners in the last 10 years.

(Dettori has won 6 renewals since 1986)

4 x winners in the last 10 years won this after running in the Queen's Vase at Royal Ascot (Finishing positions: 2nd / 4th / 8th & 2nd)
6 winners in the last 10 years had their last run at The Royal Meeting.
Rated: 99 - 109
 Galileo has sired 3 winners of this race in the last 10 years

Montjeu has sired 2 winners of this race in the last 10 years

July Stakes Group 2 6f

Hannon Stable have won 3 of the last 4 renewals (6 wins since 1989).
Sheikh Hamdan has owned the last 2 winners of this race.
7 out of the last 10 wins had won on their previous start.
2 winners had previously ran in The Windsor Castle Stakes on their previous start (Finishing positions at Royal Ascot: 2nd Alhayebab / 1st Fredrick Engels)
2 winners had previously run in The Norfolk Stakes on their previous start 
(Finishing positions at Royal Ascot: 1st Winker Watson / 5th Strategic Prince)
   3 winners in the last 10 years were maintaining a 100% unbeaten record when winning this race (Libranno 2010 / Arcano 2009 & Winker Watson 2007) 
2 favourites have won in the last 10 years.
 2 winners have come from Salisbury Conditions race run towards the end of June 
(This year run on 29th June (1st Step To The Shears / 2nd Room Key))

Princess Of Wales's Stakes Group 2 1m4f

Sir Michael Stoute has won 5 renewals in the last 10 years (9 in total since 1986).

Ryan Moore has ridden 4 winners in the last 10 years.
Mark Johnston has won 3 of the last 10 renewals (4 in total).

6 x 4yo have won in the last 10 years.
(18 4yo's have won since 1979).

2 x 6yo have won in the last 10 years.
(4 6yo's have won since 1979).

1 x 3yo has won in the last 10 years.
(Only 2 3yo's have won in the last 20 years).
(Just 9 3yo's have since 1979).

1 x 5yo has won in the last 10 years.
(Only 4 5yo's have won since 1979).

5 x winners in the last 10 years had their last start in Royal Ascot's Hardwicke Stakes (Finishing positions: 2nd / 6th / 4th / 7th & 3rd)
Only 1 horse (Universal 2013) has carried a Group race penalty to victory.
 Rated: 111 - 11

Duchess Of Cambridge formerly Cherry Hinton Stakes Group 2 6f

Sir Michael Stoute has trained 4 winners in total but none since 1996 (Dazzle).
 6 winners in the last 10 years had previously run in The Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot,
3 completed the double Jewel In The Sand 2004 / Sander Camillo 2006 & Memory 2010.
 5 favourites have won in the last 10 years.
4 horses in the last 10 years have won at double figure odds between 12/1 - 20/1.
 8 out of the last 10 winners finished no worse than 2nd on their previous start.
1 filly broke her maiden when winning this race in the last 10 years (Gamilati 2011).

Falmouth Stakes Group 1 1m

5 x 4yo have won in the last 10 years.

4 x 3yo have won in the last 10 years.

1 x 5yo has won in the last 10 years.

2 x French trained winners in the last 10 years.

James Fanshawe has won 2 renewals in the last 10 years (Soviet Song Dual winner)

Sir Michael Stoute has won only 4 renewals in total since 1979 (The last with Lovers Knot in 1998)
Cheveley Park have a rotten record since 1998 with no winners from 5 runners.
23 x 3yo's have won since 1979.
3 x winners in the last 10 years ran in the Coronation Stakes on their last start.
2 x winners in the last 10 years ran in the Queen Anne Stakes on their last start.
 6 out of the last 10 winners had finished no worse than 4th on their last start.
 Only 1 winner in the last 10 years has come from The Windsor Forest on their last start to win here. (Soviet Song 2005) 
15 fillies have tried in 10 years including 7 winners of the Windsor Forest have been turned over in The Falmouth
 2012: Barefoot Lady 4th / Joviality Last 
2011: First City 3rd / I'm A Dreamer 6th
2010: Spacious 2nd / Strawberrydaiquiri 4th
2009: Heaven Sent 2nd / Spacious 3rd / Eva's Request 7th
2008: Heaven Sent 3rd / Majestic Roi 6th
2007: Nannina 4th
2006: Soviet Song 6th
2004: Monturani 4th / Favourable Terms 6th 
8 of the last 10 winners had won at Group level previously.
Only 2 horses in the last 10 years have won this after only their highest victory to date in Listed company (Rajeem 2006 & Timepiece 2011) 

Rated: 110 - 115

Bunbury Cup Handicap 7f

3 x 4yo have won in the last 10 years.
(27 4yo's have won since 1962)

2 x 5yo have in the last 10 years.
(11 5yo's have won since 1962)

2 x 6yo have won in the last 10 years.
(5 x 6yo's have since 1962)

2 x 7yo have won in the last 10 years 
(Only 2 since 1962)
1 x 8yo has won in the last 10 years 
(Only 1 since 1962)

5 3yo's have won since 1962.

Rated: 94 - 102
Weight: 9st - 9-10
Draw: Middle to High (includes numbering change in 2011)
 6 of the last 10 winners have been drawn higher than 12. 
Only 1 horse has won in the last 10 years carrying less than 9st (Giganticus 2007)

James Bethell has won 3 renewals in the last 12 years (Courtesy of Triple winner Mine 2002 / 2005 / 2006)

Only 1 favorite has won in the last 10 years (St Moritz 2010)
7 horses have in the last 10 years at double figure odds between 10-1 - 25-1
5 winners in the last 10 years won this after finishing unplaced in The Royal Hunt Cup (Finishing positions: 6th / 20th / 6th / 8th & 11th)
Only 2 horses in the last 10 years had won their last race before doubling here.

Darley July Cup Group 1 6f

5 x 4yo have won in the last 10 years
(16 4yo's have since 1968)

2 x 3yo have won in the last 10 years
(22 3yo's have since 1968)

2 x 5yo have won in the last 10 years
(7 x 5yo's have since 1968)

1 x 6yo has won in the last 10 years 
(Only 6yo to have since 1968)

4 winners in the last 10 years have come from Diamond Jubilee at Royal Ascot 
(3 have completed the Double Lethal Force 2013 / Starspangledbanner 2010 & Les Arcs 2006)
2 winners in the last 10 years had finished placed in The Kings Stand on their last start.
Rated: 110 - 120
Even with the stall numbering changing in 2011 a low numbered draw has been a key factor with 2 winners apiece coming from stalls 4 / 5 / 3.
A rail to run agasint has always been a help in this race
 9 out of the last 10 winners had won at Group level previous to their July Cup success.
Only 2 favourites have won in the last 10 years.
There have been 5 winners in the last 10 years at double figure odds between 10/1 - 22/1
Hughie Morrison has won 2 renewals in the last 10 years.

In the last 10 years 8 out of the last 10 winners were trained by mid-tier trainers.

  


John Smith's Cup Handicap 1m2f (Heritage Handicap) Class 2

7 x 4yo have won in the last 10 years.
(12 have won since 1985).
2 x 5yo have won in the last 10 years.
(8 have won since 1985)
1 x 3yo has won in the last 10 years.
(9 have won since 1985).
Weight: 8-8 - 8-12. 
(Only 2 horses have won carrying more than 9st in the last 10 years).
(Only 10 horses in the last 29 years have carried more than 9st to victory).
Richard Fahey has won 2 renewals in the last 10 years (3 overall).
William Haggas has won 2 of the last 3 renewals.
Only 2 favourites has won in the last 10 years.
(Only 5 have been successful since 1988).
6 horses have won at double figure odds in the last 10 years starting between 10/1 - 33/1. 
Draw: 8 of the last 10 winners were drawn 12 or higher.
Rated: 91 - 105
(Claiming riders have won 6 out of the last 10 renewals, usually a 3lb claiming rider)
8 out of the last 10 winners had finished in the first 4 last time out, 
(3 of which Won last time out).
Wolferton Handicap at The Royal Meeting has produced 2 winners in the last 10 years.

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