Use our British Champions Day trends ahead of the 2024 meeting this Saturday to help find the best horse profiles based on past winners. These stats will cover ALL six races on Champions Day this weekend – including the Champion Stakes and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes.
Champions Day Trends For Ascot 2024: Stats For All SIX Races
A star-studded equine cast will be heading to Ascot racecourse this Saturday for the 2024 edition of British Champions Day.
The lucrative meeting will see the horses competing for £2.3m in winner’s prize money, with one of the big names on show Economics, who is the big favourite with the best horse racing betting sites in the UK to win the Champion Stakes at 3:55pm.
Heading into Champions Day, top Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien will also be looking for his first winner at the meeting since 2019 – he’s had 28 horses lose at the fixture since.
However, O’Brien could end this dry spell in the very first race (Long Distance Cup) though as his prolific stayer Kyprios is all the rage with the best betting sites to go one better than his close second 12 months ago.
In order to help you find the winners of ALL six races, we’ve got all the key Champions Day trends to apply to each contest.
These will highlight interesting horse racing stats that have built up over the years – including the top draws, ages and what trainers have the best records in certain races.
For example, one of the main Champions Day trends in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, tells us that since 1988 there have only been two filly or mare winners.
While in the final race – the Balmoral Handicap – there is another of the Champions Day trends that showcases trainer David O’Meara has won three of the last 10 runnings.
1.20 – Qipco British Champions Long Distance Cup (Group 2) Cl1 2m ITV
- 19/22 – Ran 5 weeks
- 19/22 – Won at Listed or better class
- 17/22 – Won at least 5 times
- 16/22 – Placed favourites
- 15/22 – Aged 5 or older
- 15/22 – Won over at least 2 miles on the flat
- 15/22 – Priced 9/2 or shorter
- 11/22 – Ran at least 5 times that season
- 11/22 – Won last time out
- 10/22 – Ran at Longchamp (4), Ascot (2) or Doncaster (4) last time out
- 10/22 – Favourites (1 joint)
- 6/22 – Irish-trained winners (6 of the last 13)
- 4/22 – Trained by Aidan O’Brien
- 3/22 – Ridden by Hollie Doyle (3 of the last 4)
- 3/22 – Trained by John Gosden (3 of the last 9)
- 2023 Winner: Trawlerman (9/1)
- Trueshan won the race in 2020, 2021 and 2022
- Since 2011: 6 of the last 13 winners came from stalls 2-4 (inc)
- The average winning odds in the last 10 runnings is 6/1
1.55 – Qipco British Champions Sprint Stakes (Group 1) Cl1 6f ITV
- 21/22 – Won at least 3 times
- 20/22 – Won over 6f
- 20/22 – Ran within the last 6 weeks
- 20/22 – Ran at least 4 times that season
- 19/22 – Won at Listed or better class previously
- 17/22 – Ran at Ascot before (4 won)
- 17/22 – Won a Group race
- 17/22 – Priced 12/1 or shorter
- 16/22 – Finished in the top 4 last time out
- 14/22 – Aged 3 or 4 years-old
- 13/22 – Ran at Haydock (8), Goodwood (2) or Newbury (3) last time out
- 13/22 – Placed favourites
- 5/22 – Won last time out
- 5/22 – Favourites
- 2/22 – Trained by James Fanshawe (2 of the last 13)
- Kinross won the race in 2022
- 2023 Winner: Art Power (40/1)
- All winners since 1979 aged 6 or younger
- Last back-to-back winner 1958/59 (Jack and Jill)
- Since 2011: 4 of the last 13 winners have come from stalls 12 (2) or 14 (2)
- Since 2011: 7 of the last 12 winners came from single-figure stalls
- Since 2011: Horses from stalls 12 placed in 5 of the last 13 runnings
- Since 2011: Horses from stalls 14 placed in 5 of the last 13 runnings
- The average winning SP in the last 10 runnings is 15/1
2.35 – Qipco British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes (Group 1) Cl1 1m4f ITV
- 16/16 – Ran 3 or more times that season
- 15/16 – Won at Listed or better class before
- 15/16 – Aged 3 or 4 years-old
- 13/16 – Won at least 3 times before
- 13/16 – Ran within the last 9 weeks
- 12/16 – Priced 6/1 or shorter
- 12/16 – Placed favourites
- 11/16 – Aged 3 years-old
- 11/16 – Won over 1m4f before
- 11/16 – Rated 110 or higher
- 10/16 – Finished 1st or 2nd last time out
- 9/16 – Returned between 4/1 and 6/1
- 7/16 – Won last time out
- 5/16 – Favourites
- 4/16 – Ridden by Ryan Moore
- 3/16 – Trained by John Gosden (3 of the last 8 runnings)
- 2/16 – Trained by Aidan O’Brien (2 of last 7 runnings)
- 2/16 – Ridden by Jim Crowley (2 of the last 10)
- The average winning SP in the last 10 runnings is 15/2
- 2023 Winner: Poptronic (22/1)
- The last 9 winners came between stalls 6-12 (inc)
- 3 of the last 13 winners came from stall 11
Champions Day at Ascot 2024 Details
📅Date: Saturday 19th October 2024
⌚Times: 1:20pm to 4:35pm
🏇Racecourse: Ascot, Berkshire
📺 TV: ITV / Sky Racing (ATR)
All of the 2024 Champions Day Ascot meeting will be covered on ITV Racing this Saturday.
3.15 – Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (Group 1) Cl1 1m ITV
- 21/22 – Ran at least 3 times that season
- 20/22 – Aged 3 or 5 years-old
- 20/22 – Placed in the top three in their last race
- 19/22 – Priced 7/1 or shorter
- 19/22 – Ran at Goodwood, Longchamp or Leopardstown last time out
- 18/22 – Won a Group 1 or 2 race previously
- 17/22 – Ran within the last 5 weeks
- 16/22 – Placed favourites
- 13/22 – Won last time out
- 11/22 – Ran at Ascot before (6 won)
- 10/22 – Won at least 7 times before
- 9/22 – Favourites
- 7/22 – Ran at Goodwood last time out
- 4/22 – Trained by Aidan O’Brien
- 3/22 – Trained by John Gosden (4 in total)
- Since 1988 only 2 Filly winners (Persuasive, 2017 & Minding, 2016)
2023 Winner: Big Rock (5/1) - The average winning SP in the last 10 runnings is 15/2
- 4 of the last 10 winners were French-trained
- 12 of the last 15 winners came between stalls 2-8 (inc)
- Since 2011: Horses from stall 2 and 7 have won 5 of the last 13 runnings
3.55 – Qipco Champion Stakes (British Champions Middle Distance) (Group 1) Cl1 1m2f ITV
- 21/22 – Won at least 4 times
- 20/22 – Aged 5 or younger
- 19/22 – Won between 4 and 8 times
- 19/22 – Won a Group 1 or 2 race
- 18/22 – Won over 1m2f previously
- 17/22 – Aged 3 or 4 years-old
- 17/22 – Finished in the top 3 last time out
- 16/22 – Ran in the last 6 weeks
- 15/22 – Ran 5 or more times that season
- 11/22 – Won last time out
- 9/22 – Ran at either Longchamp (6) or Goodwood (3) last time out
- 8/22 – Unplaced favourites
- 8/22 – Returned a double-figure price
- 7/22 – Favourites
- 5/22 – Won by a French-based trainer
- 2/22 – Trained by John Gosden (2 of last 7)
- Just 3 Irish-trained winners since 1974
- 2023 Winner: King Of Steel (3/1 fav)
- Trainer Aidan O’Brien has just 1 win in the race (Magical, 2019)
- The average winning SP in the last 10 runnings is 11/2
4.35 – Balmoral Handicap (Sponsored By Qipco) Cl2 1m ITV
- Just 10 previous runnings
- 8/10 – Carried between 9-1 and 9-6 in weight
- 8/10 – Aged 4 or 5 years-old
- 7/10 – Priced 8/1 or shorter in the betting
- 7/10 – Drawn 10 or lower
- 4/10 – Ran at Newmarket last time out
- 4/10 – Aged 5 years-old
- 3/10 – Trained by David O’Meara
- 2/10 – Ridden by a claiming jockey
- 1/10 – Favourite
- 2023 Winner: The Gatekeeper
- The average winning SP in the last 10 runnings is 18/1
- Trainers Charlie Johnston, William Haggas, Jessie Harrington, Roger Varian, David O’Meara (3), Roger Charlton, Saeed Bin Suroor and Marcus Tregoning have won the race in the past
- Horses from stalls 12 or 13 have been placed in 5 of the last 10 runnings
- The last 4 winners from stalls 11 (2) and 4 (2)
- 3 of the last 9 winners from stall 4 (including 2023 winner)