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After cancellation and relocation, the University boat race between Oxford and Cambridge returns to the Championship course for the first time this decade, and Oxford are just 2/5 favourites with betting sites to win on April 13th.
The first race for men was held in 1829 and has been held on an annual basis since 1856, with the exception of the First and Second World Wars (when unofficial races took place) and COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
To date, Cambridge has won the men's race 85 times and Oxford 80 times, with one dead heat, while Oxford has led in cumulative victories since 1930. Since 1990, Cambridge lead 16 to 15.
The Women's race was introduced in 1927, and Cambridge have won the race 45 times to Oxford's 30
The Boat Race Betting Odds
Oxford are short priced favourites to win the Men's boat race whilst in the Women's event Cambridge are equally short price to overcome their rivals
| Race | OXFORD | CAMBRIDGE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's | 1/3 | 75.0% | 2/1 | 33.33% |
| Women's | 5/2 | 28.57% | 2/7 | 77.78% |
Bet on the Weigh In
One might consider that the less combined weight a boat has to carry, the more chance the team has of winning, but this is not the case. It has been a long-standing consideration that the heaviest crew wins the boat race thanks to the simple fact, these rowers are trained to perfection and with very little body fat, every pound of weight is muscle and strength.
The Oxford Crew have weighed in 25kg heavier than Cambridge this year and are short-priced favourites to win the race
The rowers that are chosen to represent to respective Universities are big, strong guys and another interesting fact about the boat race is that In 1999 the Cambridge crew was the tallest crew on record with an average height of 6ft 7in.
Arguably the most famous crew members are The Winklevoss twins. The famously disputed founders of Facebook rowed on the losing 2010 Oxford crew. Other famous rowers include Matthew Pinsett, Olympic gold medallist and Hugh Laurie, Comedian
