All-Weather Mile Championships Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (AWC Finals Day)

Take a deep dive into the key stats and historical winners of the All-Weather Mile Championships. Learn which traits consistently shine through and how trends have shaped this testing race over the years.
All-Weather Mile Championships Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (AWC Finals Day)
Andy Powell
Andy Powell Content Editor

Horse Racing stats man, Andy has contributed to OLBG for 18 years - An Ipswich fan and F1 fanatic, he also contributes EFL football and Motor Sport opinion.

2026 All-Weather Mile Championships Preview

The Class Two All-Weather Mile Championships is run over, as it says on the tin, a distance of one mile, it takes place on Good Friday during 'Finals Day' at the Newcastle Racecourse.

Originally run at Lingfield when it was established in 2014, the race, like the other AW Championship race moved to Newcastle in 2022 this race carries a purse of £150k.

All-Weather Mile Championships Information:

If you are interested in other predictions at Newcastle then head over to the Newcastle tips page to see which runners are being supported by the OLBG racing tipsters and also compare those predictions to the runners that make the trend shortlist when added below. You may also be interested in other preview blogs that we have packed full of information, head down to the Schedule for the All-Weather Championships Finals Day section for links to these.


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How competitive is the All-Weather Mile Championships market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 12 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2023 when the race had an over-round of 110%. The race in 2019 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 130%, whilst on average over the last 12 renewals of the All-Weather Mile Championships, the over-round has been 120%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £120 which is bet.

Below you will find the 2026 All-Weather Mile Championships Trends, see which patterns have occurred over the recent renewals that you may be able to use for the next renewal, we also have a section that looks at the All-Weather Mile Championships Trend Analysis.

These are the top three quickest-run All-Weather Mile Championships over the last 12 renewals:

  1. Lucky Team (1:33.90) in 2018
  2. Captain Cat (1:34.51) in 2014
  3. Khuzaam (1:35.05) in 2021

Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? From the past 12 if you had followed the winner of the All-Weather Mile Championships next time out then you would have backed a total of 4 winners. Backing all 11 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of +7.50. Remember to bookmark the racing tips page to access the OLBG racing picks easily daily.

Over the last 12 renewals, it was Lucky Team, trained by J Boisnard and ridden by Theo Bachelot who set the fastest winning time in the All-Weather Mile Championships, the runner won the race in a time of 1:33.90 when winning the race in 2018. At the other end of the scale, it was the combination of trainer William Haggas and jockey Tom Marquand with My Oberon who set the slowest winning time, the race-winning time was 1:39.00 in the 2022 renewal.

What the expert says...
The Lady Wulfruna Stakes at Wolverhampton has now provided the 2015 (Grey Mirage), 2019 (Oh This Is Us) and 2023 (Berkshire Shadow) winners of this race, although only one of those won both.

Andy Powell - Horse Racing Betting Expert - OLBG.com

All-Weather Mile Championships Past Winners

Here are the All-Weather Mile Championships past winners for the last 10 renewals. Each row details the year of the race, the horse which won along with the age & weight of the horse. Also detailed is the stall where the horse came from and the total number of runners in the race. The horse's trainer and the jockey at the time of winning the All-Weather Mile Championships are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.

YearHorse (Drawn)Info
2025
1:36.22
Storm Star (GB)
4yo 8-13 (15 of 14) 5/2F
Jason Watson
Andrew Balding (GB)
2024
1:38.41
Talis Evolvere (IRE)
4yo 8-5 (7 of 14) 33/1
Joe Leavy (5lbs)
Richard Hannon (GB)
2023
1:38.41
Berkshire Shadow (GB)
4yo 9-7 (3 of 6) 7/4F
Oisin Murphy
Andrew Balding (GB)
2022
1:39.00
My Oberon (IRE)
5yo 9-5 (9 of 11) 13/8F
Tom Marquand
William Haggas (GB)
2021
1:35.05
Khuzaam (USA)
5yo 9-5 (2 of 10) 6/4F
Jack Mitchell
Roger Varian (GB)
2019
1:35.26
Oh This Is Us (IRE)
6yo 9-5 (8 of 11) 5/1
Tom Marquand
Richard Hannon (GB)
2018
1:33.90
Lucky Team (FR)
6yo 9-5 (7 of 11) 40/1
Theo Bachelot
J Boisnard (FR)
2017
1:35.90
Sovereign Debt (IRE)
8yo 9-5 (6 of 12) 8/1
James Sullivan
Ruth Carr (GB)
2016
1:35.54
Sea Of Flames (GB)
3yo 9-5 (4 of 9) 10/1
Silvestre De Sousa
David Elsworth (GB)
2016
1:35.20
Captain Joy (IRE)
7yo 9-5 (8 of 12) 11/1
Pat Smullen
Tracey Collins (IRE)

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the All-Weather Mile Championships have been based:

  • GB: 10 winners with an additional 20 placings from 114 runners
  • IRE: 1 winner with an additional 2 placings from 11 runners
  • FR: 1 winner with an additional 1 placing from 9 runners

All-Weather Mile Championships Trainer Statistics

There are two leading trainers in the All-Weather Mile Championships over the last 12 renewals with both Andrew Balding and Richard Hannon who have both won the race two times. Andrew Balding winners have been with Berkshire Shadow (2023) and Storm Star (2025). Richard Hannon winners have been with Oh This Is Us (2019) and Talis Evolvere (2024).

Here are some of the top All-Weather Mile Championships trainer statistics over the last 12 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):

TrainerR-W-PWinEW
Andrew Balding8-2-3-1.75-0.35
Richard Hannon3-2-3+37.00+23.63
Roger Varian9-1-4-6.50-4.69
William Haggas4-1-2-1.37-1.38
Tracey Collins3-1-2+9.00+5.60
Marco Botti3-1-1+4.50+1.90
Roger Charlton2-1-1+3.00+1.40
David Elsworth1-1-1+10.00+6.00
Ruth Carr1-1-1+8.00+4.80
David O'Meara6-0-1-6.00-4.30

All-Weather Mile Championships Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the All-Weather Mile Championships over the last 12 renewals is Tom Marquand who has won the race two times with those two winners coming from Oh This Is Us (2019) and My Oberon (2022).

Here are some of the top All-Weather Mile Championships jockey statistics over the last 12 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):

JockeyR-W-PWinEW
Tom Marquand2-2-2+6.63+3.98
James Doyle6-1-3-1.00-1.01
Oisin Murphy5-1-3-2.25-0.85
Silvestre De Sousa4-1-1+7.00+3.00
Ryan Moore4-1-3+3.50+3.90
James Sullivan2-1-1+7.00+3.80
Jack Mitchell2-1-1+0.50-0.10
Theo Bachelot1-1-1+40.00+24.00
Joe Leavy1-1-1+33.00+20.63
Jason Watson1-1-1+2.50+1.56

All-Weather Mile Championships Trend Analysis

✅ The trend factor which had produced 6+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +42.13 is when runners had 1 career place over further.

❌ The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners ran over 7f on debut, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-38.

Here are the most recent winning draws along with the further placings in brackets:

  • 2025: Winner in 15 (16,3) [14 Runners]
  • 2024: Winner in 7 (12,3) [14 Runners]
  • 2023: Winner in 3 (2) [6 Runners]
  • 2022: Winner in 9 (11,3) [11 Runners]
  • 2021: Winner in 2 (4,8) [10 Runners]

The courses that have produced the most winners of the All-Weather Mile Championships are Wolverhampton (AW) and Lingfield (AW), there has been a total number of 3 winners from each of those courses.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 12 winners from a total of 132 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 2 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the All-Weather Mile Championships, that stallion Dark Angel has produced 3 winners (2023,2017,2016).

These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the All-Weather Mile Championships despite multiple attempts:

  • Kingman (0 Wins from 6 runners)
  • Pivotal (0 Wins from 6 runners)
  • Cape Cross (0 Wins from 5 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 12 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Lucky Team in 2018, winning for J Boisnard at odds of 40/1 under the guidance of Theo Bachelot. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 12 renewals there have been 4 winning favourites in the race. Remember to use the best racing tipsters along with the information on this page to find you a bet on the 2026 All-Weather Mile Championships.

Route to the All-Weather Mile Championships

Many trainers will target races to use as prep races before coming to the All-Weather Mile Championships, these are the races which the recent winners ran in before coming here:

InfoLast Race
2025 - Storm Star
Newcastle (AW) - 1st of 12 (7/2)
BetMGM: Its Showtime Handicap
2024 - Talis Evolvere
Lingfield (AW) - 12th of 12 (9/2)
BetUK AWC Middle Distance Trial Handicap
2023 - Berkshire Shadow
Wolverhampton (AW) - 1st of 8 (5/2)
Lady Wulfruna Stakes
2022 - My Oberon
Meydan - 6th of 14 (41/1)
Dubai Turf
2021 - Khuzaam
Chelmsford (AW) - 1st of 4 (7/4)
chelmsfordcityracecourse.com Conditions Stakes
2019 - Oh This Is Us
Wolverhampton (AW) - 7th of 8 (5/4)
Lady Wulfruna Stakes
2018 - Lucky Team
Chantilly - 5th of 10 (41/10)
Prix du Bat lEau
2017 - Sovereign Debt
Kempton (AW) - 3rd of 7 (6/1)
Betfred Mobile Magnolia Stakes
2016 - Sea Of Flames
Lingfield (AW) - 8th of 11 (6/1)
32Red Spring Cup Stakes
2016 - Captain Joy
Dundalk (AW) - 1st of 4 (4/5)
Ladbrokes Fast-Track Qualifier Race

Schedule for the All-Weather Championships Finals Day

Remember to head to the Newcastle predictions page to see which runner the racing tipsters support in the All Weather Mile Championships. Below is the schedule for the 'Finals Day' of the All-Weather Championships with links to each race blog as well as information for last year's winners.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
Burradon Stakes
13:15 Newcastle
Glittering Legend (GB)
3yo - 9/2
James Fanshawe
Daniel Muscutt
All-Weather 3yo Championships
13:50 Newcastle
Berkshire Whisper (IRE)
3yo - 9/2
Andrew Balding
Oisin Murphy
All-Weather Fillies & Mares Championships
14:25 Newcastle
Heavenly Heather (GB)
4yo - 200/1
Tracy Waggott
Amie Waugh
All-Weather Mile Championships
15:00 Newcastle
Storm Star (GB)
4yo - 5/2
Andrew Balding
Jason Watson
All-Weather Sprint Championships
15:35 Newcastle
We Never Stop (IRE)
4yo - 14/1
Kevin Ryan
Shane Gray
All-Weather Middle Distance Championships
16:07 Newcastle
Salamanca (GB)
4yo - 14/1
Jane Chapple-Hyam
David Egan
All-Weather Marathon Championships
16:42 Newcastle
Wonder Legend (IRE)
5yo - 4/1
James Ferguson
Daniel Muscutt

Article Contributor Information

We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this All-Weather Mile Championships Preview are at hand, Andy and James. They both work on the Horse racing tips team team looking after the tipsters and managing the tips settlement, whilst also creating and managing all of the horse racing event previews for Flat Racing.

James Banting

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

Andy Powell

Content Editor

Andy, a seasoned horse racing expert with over 15 years of experience, possesses a comprehensive understanding of the sport, from delving into complex statistical data for flat racing in the UK and Ireland to crafting insightful flat racing blogs for OLBG.

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