Greenham Stakes Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Spring Trials)

Explore the prestigious Greenham Stakes at Newbury, a thrilling 7-furlong Group 3 race for 3-year-old colts and geldings. Delve into past winners, top trainers, and jockeys while uncovering key trends that shape this exciting 2000 Guineas trial during the Dubai Duty Free Spring Trials Weekend.
Greenham Stakes Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Spring Trials)
Andy Powell
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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 Greenham Stakes Preview

The Greenham Stakes is a race that is open to colts and geldings who are three years of age, with the race being run over a straight seven furlongs.

It is scheduled to take place in April of each year at the Newbury racecourse and holds Group 3 status, the race was established in 1906 and can serve as a trial for the 2,000 Guineas, Frankel was one runner who won this race (2011) before going on to also win the 2,000 Guineas.

Greenham Stakes Information:

Our dedicated Newbury tips page will not only bring you predictions from the OLBG racing tipsters for the upcoming card that includes the Greenham Stakes but will also have predictions for each meeting at Newbury throughout the season so be sure to head over there. You may also be interested in other preview blogs that we have packed full of information, head down to the Other Principal Races at Newbury Racecourse section for links to these.


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How competitive is the Greenham Stakes market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2016 when the race had an over-round of 107%. The race in 2005 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 119%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Greenham Stakes, the over-round has been 114%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £114 which is bet.

Below you will find the 2026 Greenham Stakes 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 Greenham Stakes Trend Analysis.

These are the top three quickest-run Greenham Stakes over the last 20 renewals:

  1. Muhaarar (1:20.80) in 2015
  2. Dick Turpin (1:22.72) in 2010
  3. Perfect Power (1:22.77) in 2022

Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? Over the past 20 renewals, if you had followed the winner of the Greenham Stakes next time out, then you would have backed a total of 3 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since their win at SP next time out would have returned an LSP of -14.30. Ahead of the 2026 Greenham Stakes, why not head over to the racing predictions for tips on other races today?

When looking over the past 20 renewals, a time of 1:20.80 was set by Muhaarar in 2015, which is the quickest time over that period, the runner was trained by Charles Hills and ridden by Frankie Dettori. The slowest winning time was set in 2012 when Caspar Netscher won in a time of 1:32.32, booked to ride was Shane Kelly by the trainer Alan McCabe.

What the expert says...
Since 2006, the Dewhurst Stakes has supplied five of the winners of the Greenham Stakes including two of the last five in Chindit (2021) and Isaac Shelby (2023). Looking further back it supplied the legendary Frankel who won the race in 2011.

Andy Powell - Horse Racing Betting Expert - OLBG.com

Greenham Stakes Past Winners

Here are the Greenham Stakes' 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 Greenham Stakes are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.

Race Notes: The 2016 renewal was switched to Chelmsford on the all-weather.

YearHorse (Drawn)Info
2025
1:24.42
Jonquil (GB)
3yo 9-2 (9 of 10) 8/1
Oisin Murphy
Andrew Balding (GB)
2024
1:25.17
Esquire (GB)
3yo 9-2 (7 of 11) 16/1
Daniel Tudhope
David O'Meara (GB)
2023
1:29.05
Isaac Shelby (GB)
3yo 9-2 (2 of 11) 15/2
Sean Levey
Brian Meehan (GB)
2022
1:22.77
Perfect Power (IRE)
3yo 9-0 (6 of 6) 6/4F
Christophe Soumillon
Richard Fahey (GB)
2021
1:23.98
Chindit (IRE)
3yo 9-0 (8 of 11) 7/4F
Pat Dobbs
Richard Hannon (GB)
2019
1:26.89
Mohaather (GB)
3yo 9-0 (8 of 8) 9/2
Jim Crowley
Marcus Tregoning (GB)
2018
1:26.98
James Garfield (IRE)
3yo 9-0 (4 of 7) 3/1
Frankie Dettori
George Scott (GB)
2017
1:23.08
Barney Roy (GB)
3yo 9-0 (1 of 10) 5/2
James Doyle
Richard Hannon (GB)
2016
1:25.38
Tasleet (GB)
3yo 9-0 (1 of 3) 4/7F
Paul Hanagan
William Haggas (GB)
2015
1:20.80
Muhaarar (GB)
3yo 9-0 (4 of 9) 16/1
Frankie Dettori
Charles Hills (GB)

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Greenham Stakes have been based:

  • GB: 18 winners with an additional 27 placings from 143 runners
  • IRE: 2 winners with an additional 2 placings from 6 runners
  • FR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 2 runners
  • USA: 0 winners with an additional 1 placing from 1 runner
  • NOR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner

Greenham Stakes Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Greenham Stakes over the last 20 renewals is Richard Hannon, who has won the race two times, with those two winners coming from Barney Roy (2017) and Chindit (2021).

Here are some of the top Greenham Stakes trainer statistics over the last 20 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
Richard Hannon13-2-7-6.75-2.81
Brian Meehan6-1-2+2.50+0.60
David O'Meara4-1-1+13.00+6.60
Richard Fahey4-1-1-1.50-2.06
Andrew Balding3-1-1+6.00+2.80
John Gosden3-1-1-0.12-0.87
Charles Hills2-1-1+15.00+8.60
Marcus Tregoning2-1-1+3.50+1.70
George Scott2-1-1+2.00+0.88
J S Bolger1-1-1+2.00+1.20

Greenham Stakes Jockey Statistics

There are two leading jockeys in the Greenham Stakes over the last 20 renewals, with both Frankie Dettori and James Doyle, who have both won the race two times. Frankie Dettori winners have been with Muhaarar (2015) and James Garfield (2018). James Doyle winners have been with Kingman (2014) and Barney Roy (2017).

Here are some of the top Greenham Stakes jockey statistics over the last 20 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
Frankie Dettori9-2-3+12.00+5.73
James Doyle9-2-2-2.62-3.37
Ryan Moore14-1-5-5.00-1.36
Oisin Murphy6-1-3+3.00+2.22
Jamie Spencer6-1-1-3.90-4.34
Jim Crowley4-1-2+1.50+1.00
Pat Dobbs4-1-2-1.25-0.89
Sean Levey3-1-2+5.50+3.60
Christophe Soumillon3-1-2-0.50+0.09
Tom Queally3-1-1-1.75-1.84

Greenham Stakes Trend Analysis

✅ The trend factor, which has produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +13.23, is when runners ran in a Class 1 (G1) last time out.

❌ The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners ran in a Class 5 when last winning, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-25.

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

  • 2025: Winner in 9 (10,6) [10 Runners]
  • 2024: Winner in 7 (2,3) [11 Runners]
  • 2023: Winner in 2 (1,4) [11 Runners]
  • 2022: Winner in 6 (2) [6 Runners]
  • 2021: Winner in 8 (12,11) [11 Runners]

The course which has produced the most winners of the Greenham Stakes is Newmarket (Rowley), there have been a total of 8 winners of this race who ran at Newmarket (Rowley) last time out.

Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Greenham Stakes; that stallion Showcasing, has produced 2 winners (2019,2016).

These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Greenham Stakes despite multiple attempts:

  • Dark Angel (0 Wins from 6 runners)
  • Kodiac (0 Wins from 6 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Muhaarar in 2015, winning for Charles Hills at odds of 16/1 under the guidance of Frankie Dettori. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals, there have been 9 winning favourites in the race. Remember to bookmark the best racing tipsters page so you can get easy access to the best OLBG racing tipsters.

Route to the Greenham Stakes

Many trainers will target races to use as prep races before coming to the Greenham Stakes, these are the races which the recent winners ran in before coming here:

InfoLast Race
2025 - Jonquil
Doncaster - 6th of 7 (7/4)
Flying Scotsman Stakes
2024 - Esquire
Doncaster - 6th of 9 (9/2)
Doncaster Stakes
2023 - Isaac Shelby
Newmarket (Rowley) - 7th of 7 (14/1)
Dewhurst Stakes
2022 - Perfect Power
Newmarket (Rowley) - 1st of 10 (11/4)
Middle Park Stakes
2021 - Chindit
Newmarket (Rowley) - 9th of 14 (9/2)
Dewhurst Stakes
2019 - Mohaather
Newbury - 1st of 8 (33/1)
Molson Coors Stakes
2018 - James Garfield
Del Mar - 10th of 14 (13/2)
Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf
2017 - Barney Roy
Haydock - 1st of 10 (9/1)
ebfstallions.com Maiden Stakes
2016 - Tasleet
Newmarket (Rowley) - 2nd of 6 (7/2)
Tattersall Stakes
2015 - Muhaarar
Newmarket (Rowley) - 3rd of 6 (8/1)
Middle Park Stakes

Article Contributor Information

We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Greenham Stakes Preview are at hand, Andy and Darren. 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.

Darren Brett

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.
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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