Ascot Tips

Ascot in Berkshire is one of the top Flat and National Hunt tracks in the UK. For 5 days in June, it showcases Royal Ascot, with the Queen and Royal Family in attendance. The best flat horses from around the globe compete in 8 Group 1 races, with daily prize money of over 1 million pounds.

There are 18 days of flat racing from May to mid-October and 8 National Hunt days from the beginning of November through to the end of March. As a Grade 1 track, it attracts top-quality horses which leads to competitive fields at most meetings throughout the year.

Although right-handed and generally flat, Ascot stages high-quality national hunt racing with plenty of Cheltenham (left-handed and undulating) festival pointers and clues on show throughout the build-up to March. The fences are stiff and need plenty of jumping, fencing errors will be exposed as will the stamina limitations as Ascot takes some 'getting'.

Flat Highlights at the course: Royal Ascot (June), King George Weekend (July) which includes both the International Stakes and King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The Shergar Cup (August), QIPCO British Champions Day (Oct). The Victoria Cup which takes place in May is one of the big handicaps on the flat.

National Hunt Highlights: The Christmas meeting features the Grade 1 Long Walk Hurdle and just before that in November we have the Ascot Hurdle, an important early-season hurdle. The Clarence House Chase Day in January also features the formally sponsored OLBG Mares Hurdle won by high-quality horses like Vroum Vroum Mag in the past and there is the Ascot Chase Day in February which also features the Swinley Chase which is a Premier Handicap.

There are plenty of decent handicaps over the jumps too with both the Ascot Silver Cup and the Betfair Exchange Trophy featuring on the same day as the Long Walk Hurdle in December as well as the London Gold Cup which takes place in late October.

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* All statistics below are based on the previous five years at Ascot

Ascot Outright Favourite Statistics

• Flat Handicaps: 81-281 (29%) +0.08
• Flat Non-Handicaps: 20-56 (36%) -12.68
• Handicap Chases: 21-68 (31%) -1.13
• Handicap Hurdles: 22-54 (41%) +23.67
• Non-Handicap Chases: 9-28 (32%) -9.46
• Non-Handicap Hurdles: 24-52 (46%) -0.98

Right-Handed track, race distances up to one mile on the flat are run on the straight course.

The fences on the chase course are considered stiff and a true test for even the most experienced chasers, there is a slight climb to the line emphasising the need for plenty of stamina.

Ascot Racecourse Address: High St, Ascot SL5 7JX

Ascot Racecourse Telephone Number: 0344 346 3000

To buy tickets for a race day at Ascot, head over to their official ticket booking webpage.

✅ The most profitable stall at Ascot in the win market when breaking it down to race trips is stall 2 over a trip of 6f, backing all runners in this stall over that trip over the past five years would have returned a profit of +67.83.

❌ The stall with the worst loss at Ascot in the win market when breaking it down to race trips is stall 7 over a trip of 6f, backing all runners in this stall over that trip over the past five years would have returned a loss of -79.25.

Here we have the draw bias for Ascot taken into consideration races with ten or more runners, we will break down the figures by race distance, draws can be much more important over the shorter trips in which runners do not have time to find their position during the race meaning the draw is probably more important than the races over longer distances.

• Sprints (5f to 7½f)
• Mile (1m to 1m1½f)
• Middle Distance (1m2f to 1m5½f)

The following table shows a breakdown over a group of trips and shows how each position of the draw does, for example in a twelve-runner race would be Low (Stalls 1-4), Mid (Stalls 5-8) and High (Stalls 9-12), the positions will always be lowest stall number to highest.

Who are the best flat jockeys and trainers to bet on at Ascot?

Following K R Burke would have returned a profit here at Ascot with an LSP of +45.61 and their fifteen winners have them at the head of the profitable trainers' list. J H M Gosden does lead the trainers' list overall with thirty-six winners but shows an overall loss. With an eachway LSP of +46.33 at Ascot, C G Cox leads the trainers in profit for backing eachway which has been helped by their thirty-four placings which include a total of twelve winners. With an LSP of -108.68 at Ascot, A M Balding heads the list for worst trainers at this course, which is a result of thirty-one winners from three hundred nineteen runners which is a strike rate of 10%.

Backing all of the Ryan Moore rides would have produced backing the most winners for a jockey here at Ascot with thirty-eight but you would have returned a loss by doing so, Jim Crowley leads the way for profitable jockey with an LSP of +38.07 from their thirty-one winners. When looking at jockeys and looking for some eachway value at Ascot, then the jockey who shows the best eachway profit is Rossa Ryan, that LSP is +53.55 which has been accumulated by a total of thirty-six placings which includes thirteen winners. The jockey with the worst record at Ascot based on LSP is Silvestre De Sousa who has only a 4% strike rate with five winners from one hundred twenty-seven rides which have returned an LSP of -109.29.

Ascot Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations

Here are the best trainer and jockey combinations here at Ascot based on the number of winners:

• 22 Wins: A P O'Brien & Ryan Moore
• 18 Wins: J H M Gosden & L Dettori
• 13 Wins: A M Balding & Oisin Murphy
• 12 Wins: Charlie Appleby & William Buick
• 10 Wins: W J Haggas & Tom Marquand

Ascot Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Ascot Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Who are the best national hunt jockeys and trainers to bet on at Ascot?

Focusing only on trainers who show a profit when backing all of their runners, top of the pile at Ascot for the number of winners is P F Nicholls who has produced a total of twenty-nine winners in return for an LSP of +4.34. If you are more of an eachway player then you may want to know which trainer is best to follow at Ascot and that would be Miss Venetia Williams who shows the best eachway LSP which is +13.10 thanks to their twenty-three placings (seventeen winners). A total of two winners from forty runners at Ascot has A King at the wrong end of the trainers' list with their 5% strike rate and worst LSP of -28.75.

When looking at profitable jockeys only, then it is Charlie Deutsch who leads the way with a total of nineteen winners producing an LSP of +51.28 whilst Harry Cobden leads the overall list with twenty-two winners but shows a loss overall. Charlie Deutsch is the jockey to follow at Ascot if you are backing eachway as they show the best LSP of all the jockeys in the eachway markets, that is +15.97 which is courtesy of their twenty-three placings (nineteen winners). At the other end of the spectrum is Sam Twiston-Davies who has a terrible record at Ascot, of all the jockeys their LSP of -35.42 is the worst and they have a 10% strike rate with seven winners from sixty-nine rides.

Ascot Picks & Hints

Here are some factors at Ascot for certain trainers or jockeys which have been profitable:

• 8-12 (67%) +19.50 - Backing Charlie Deutsch rides when on horses aged 6yo
• 6-13 (46%) +12.98 - Backing Miss Venetia Williams runners when over a trip of 2m1f
• 6-10 (60%) +11.80 - Backing Miss Venetia Williams runners when horses are aged 6yo

Ascot Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations

Here are the best trainer and jockey combinations here at Ascot based on the number of winners:

• 18 Wins: P F Nicholls & Harry Cobden
• 16 Wins: N J Henderson & Nico Boinville
• 15 Wins: Miss Venetia Williams & Charlie Deutsch
• 11 Wins: Daniel Skelton & Harry Skelton
• 7 Wins: G L Moore & Jamie Moore

Ascot Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Ascot Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

The 2024 Shergar Cup will take place on the 9th of August with four teams looking to be crowned winners. The Girl's win in 2024 was their fourth in the last six Shergar Cups and Hayley Turner scooped the Silver Saddle also, the award has gone to the girls in five of the last six meetings.

The teams for 2025 will be announced closer to the race day, these were the teams in 2024:

Ladies

• Hayley Turner
• Saffie Osborne
• Marie Velon

Rest of the World

• Rachel King
• Rachel Venniker
• Nanko Fujita

Great Britain & Ireland

• Tadhg O’Shea
• Seamie Heffernan
• Billy Loughnane

Europe

• Bauyrzhan Murzabayev
• Alberto Sanna
• Jose-Luis Borrego

How does the Shergar Cup work? There are six races in which each team will have two or three riders and points are given based on where they finish. The first five home will receive points, the winners getting 15, the runners-up 10, the third gets 7, the fourth gets 5 and finally, the fifth gets 3 points.

Each race has a limit of ten runners with two reserves and the team with the most points after the six races is crowned winner, the jockey who racks up the most points over the six races receives the 'Silver Saddle' award.

As previously mentioned, the 'Silver Saddle' award goes to the jockey who accumulates the most points over the six races, here are some of the previous winners.

• 2024 - Hayley Turner (Girls) - 35 Points
• 2023 - Hollie Doyle (Girls) - 48 Points
• 2022 - Neil Callan (GB & Ireland) - 50 Points
• 2021 - Nicola Currie (Girls) - 47 Points
• 2019 - Hayley Turner (Girls) - 40 Points

As well as our British Champion Series Blog which details trainer and jockey records in each of the series as well as who has won which races this season in the Champions Series, we also have blogs available for each race on Champions Day.

Champions Day Races

With a huge combined experience of horse racing between them, this content has been created and is maintained by Darren Brett, James Banting and Andy Powell. All of the data for Ascot Racecourse which includes the favourite statistics, draw bias and the trainer and jockey statistics have been created using results from HorseRaceBase.

Darren Brett

Tipster competition manager

Darren has worked in the horse racing industry for decades bringing to OLBG for the last 20 years a wealth of knowledge, creating much of our content on these sports. Darren also manages our Grand National Guide and is the go-to font of knowledge for the world's greatest steeplechase.

James Banting

Tipster competition assistant

James Banting, a passionate horse racing enthusiast and aficionado, brings a wealth of experience to OLBG, having attended numerous race meetings over the years. His background working with the Jockey Club provides him with a unique insider's perspective on the industry.

Andy Powell

Content editor

Andy is a seasoned professional with more than 15 years of experience in the field of horse racing. He has a thorough understanding of the sport, from analyzing complex statistical data to being part of a winning syndicate at the Cheltenham Festival. Andy is responsible for managing the horse racing trend blogs on OLBG.