Yorkshire Cup Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Dante Festival)

2024 Yorkshire Cup Preview

The Yorkshire Cup is scheduled to take place in May of each year at the York racecourse on the final day of the three-day Dante Festival. The race is run over one mile, five furlongs and one hundred and eighty-eight yards and is open to runners aged four or older. The race is the opening of the British Champions Long Distance Series having been made part of the British Champion Series back in 2011.

Yorkshire Cup Information:

• Yorkshire Cup Past Winners
• Yorkshire Cup Trainer Statistics
• Yorkshire Cup Jockey Statistics

Why not use the trends shortlist below to help you narrow down the field and then head over to the dedicated York tips page to see which runners are being supported by the OLBG expert racing tipsters to find yourself a bet? You may also be interested in other preview blogs that we have packed full of information, head down to the Other Principal Races at York Racecourse section for links to these.

How competitive is the Yorkshire Cup market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2022 when the race had an over-round of 107%. The race in 2019 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 121%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Yorkshire Cup, the over-round has been 113%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £113 which is bet.

Yorkshire Cup Trends:

• 2024 Yorkshire Cup Trends
• Yorkshire Cup Trend Analysis

Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? From the past 20 if you had followed the winner of the Yorkshire Cup next time out then you would have backed a total of 5 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of +6.75. Whilst we wait for the 2024 Yorkshire Cup remember you can get daily racing predictions from the expert tipsters on the racing predictions page.

Over the last 20 renewals, it was the Saeed bin Suroor trained Mamool ridden by Frankie Dettori who set the fastest winning time in the Yorkshire Cup, the runner won the race in a time of 2:52.54 was set when winning the race in 2003. At the other end of the scale, it was the combination of trainer Howard Johnson and jockey Darryll Holland with Percussionist who set the slowest winning time, the race-winning time was 3:12.41 in the 2006 renewal.

These are the top three quickest-run Yorkshire Cup over the last 20 renewals:

• 2003 - Mamool (2:52.54)
• 2018 - Stradivarius (2:55.15)
• 2023 - Giavellotto (2:56.79)

Yorkshire Cup Past Winners

Here are the Yorkshire Cup 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 also the total number of runners in the race. The trainer of the horse at the time of winning the Yorkshire Cup as well as the jockey is also displayed along with the starting price the horse was sent off.

Race Notes: There was no renewal in 2020.

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Yorkshire Cup have been based:

• GB: 20 winners with an additional 29 placings from 142 runners
• IRE: 0 winners with an additional 3 placings from 9 runners
• FR: 0 winners with an additional 1 placing from 1 runner

Yorkshire Cup Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Yorkshire Cup over the last 20 renewals is Sir Michael Stoute who has won the race four times with those four winners coming from Ask (2009), Gospel Choir (2014), Snow Sky (2015) and Dartmouth (2017). The only other trainer to have recorded multiple wins in the Yorkshire Cup is John Gosden (3 wins).

Here are some of the top Yorkshire Cup 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):

Yorkshire Cup Jockey Statistics

There are two leading jockeys in the Yorkshire Cup over the last 20 renewals with both Ryan Moore and Frankie Dettori who have both won the race four times. Ryan Moore winners have been with Ask (2009), Gospel Choir (2014), Snow Sky (2015) and Dartmouth (2017). Frankie Dettori winners have been with Mamool (2003) and Stradivarius (2018, 2019 & 2022). The only other jockey to have recorded multiple wins in the Yorkshire Cup is William Buick (2 wins).

Here are some of the top Yorkshire Cup 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):

2024 Yorkshire Cup Trends

Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 3, (4, 7), 9, 4, 1, 4, 1, 1, 4, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, (3, 5)

The percentage shown is the percentage of the total number of runners who fell under that factor. High percentages are less appealing than lower ones as you would expect them to do well.

• 20 / 20 (74%) - Achieved an RPR of 112+ (Last 5)
• 20 / 20 (78%) - Achieved a TS of 78+ (Last 3)
• 20 / 20 (80%) - In a field of 5 - 14 (Debut)
• 20 / 20 (80%) - Highest Won is not LST/Cl3/Cl5
• 20 / 20 (82%) - Made 4 - 9 starts (1 Year)
• 20 / 20 (82%) - Not on HY/SFT (Debut)
• 20 / 20 (86%) - Achieved a TS of 94+ (Career)
• 20 / 20 (86%) - Held an OR of 103+ (Last 3)
• 20 / 20 (88%) - Highest Placed is not LST/Cl2/Cl3
• 20 / 20 (88%) - Off a break of 13 - 244 days
• 20 / 20 (89%) - No bigger than 25/1
• 20 / 20 (89%) - Had 3 - 24 placings (Non-Hcps)
• 20 / 20 (89%) - In a field of 4 - 14 (Last Win)
• 19 / 20 (82%) - Achieved a TS of 55+ (Going)
• 19 / 20 (85%) - Ran in a Non-Handicap (Last Win)

Remember to use the trends listed above along with the York racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Yorkshire Cup. You may want to do your own research into the race, there are times when there are a number of runners who pass the trends so you need to do your own research to find a bet, we have a Horse Racing Form Reading Made Easy & What to Look For article to help you do just this in the OLBG Betting School section.

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Yorkshire Cup Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +28.97 is when runners ran in a race restricted to 3yo+ last time out. The worst performing factor which has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had a highest class won of Class 1 (L), 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:

• 2023: Winner in 7 (6) [6 Runners]
• 2022: Winner in 1 (5) [5 Runners]
• 2021: Winner in 2 (3) [5 Runners]
• 2019: Winner in 4 (5,7) [8 Runners]
• 2018: Winner in 5 (8,2) [8 Runners]

The course which has produced the most winners of the Yorkshire Cup is Ascot, there has been a total number of 5 winners of this race who ran at Ascot last time out. The next best course which has produced the second most winners is Newbury, there has been a total number of 3 winners of this race who ran at Newbury last time out.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 20 winners from a total of 139 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 13 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, these are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Yorkshire Cup:

• Sea The Stars (3 Wins)
• Rainbow Quest (2 Wins)
• Sadlers Wells (2 Wins)

Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have been disappointed with multiple attempts but no wins in the Yorkshire Cup, that stallion is Montjeu who has failed to produce a winner from 9 runners.

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Glens Diamond in 2013, winning for Richard Fahey at odds of 25/1 under the guidance of Tony Hamilton. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there has been a total of 8 winning favourites in the race. Ahead of the 2024 Yorkshire Cup why not head over to the best racing tipster page to see what the tipsters are backing today?

Other Principal races at York racecourse

Here are some other notable races at the York racecourse throughout the racing season that you may be interested in.

Races in May (Dante Festival)

• Churchill Tyres Handicap
• Duke of York Stakes
• Jorvik Stakes
• Musidora Stakes
• Dante Stakes
• Hambleton Stakes
• Lindum York Handicap
• Middleton Stakes
• Knights Solicitors Handicap

Races in July

• John Smiths Cup

Races in August (Ebor Festival)

• Acomb Stakes
• Great Voltigeur Stakes
• Juddmonte International Stakes
• Symphony Group Handicap
• York Ebor Festival Stayers Handicap
• Clipper Logistics Heritage Handicap
• Galtres Stakes
• Lowther Stakes
• Premier Yearling Stakes
• Yorkshire Oaks
• Gimcrack Stakes
• Lonsdale Cup
• Nunthorpe Stakes
• York Ebor Festival Sky Bet Handicap
• City of York Stakes
• Ebor Handicap
• Melrose Heritage Handicap
• Roses Stakes
• Strensall Stakes

Races in October

• Autumn Mile Handicap
• Coral Handicap Stakes
• Coral Sprint Trophy
• WH Finale Handicap