Epsom Derby Tips

Epsom Downs is the home of two classics, with the Oaks and the Derby being run on consecutive days in June. Epsom stages around 11 race days a season including a few Thursday evenings during the summer.

Highlights: The two-day Derby meeting in early June also features the Coronation Cup, a Group 1 race for older middle-distance horses. In total Epsom has 5 Group races and 2 Listed races.

Type of Racing: Flat racing only.

TV Channel: Racing TV & ITV (Oaks & Derby meeting)

Bookmaker Streaming Services are Available from Paddy Power, Betfair and William Hill.

If you are going to Derby day or any of the Epsom race days then why not download the OLBG app to get all the latest Derby tips and Epsom tips at the track?

* All statistics below are based on the previous five years at Epsom

Epsom Outright Favourite Statistics

• Flat Handicaps: 57-190 (30%) -16.01
• Flat Non-Handicaps: 14-36 (39%) -7.17

Left-handed, twelve furlongs undulating with a downhill turn into the home straight which has a left camber towards the far rail.

Epsom Racecourse Address: Epsom Downs, Epsom KT18 5LQ

Epsom Racecourse Telephone: 01372 726311

To buy tickets for a race day at Epsom, head over to their official ticket booking webpage.

The undulating one-mile and four-furlong distance some think is not an ideal surface for the thoroughbred, and we can think of several courses that would be more suited to holding the Classics.

Ultimately though Epsom does provide a true test for a middle-distance thoroughbred requiring all the attributes, balance, speed and stamina.

Results can be a little unpredictable especially with horses visiting Epsom for the first time, encountering the sharp bends, the switchback course turns left and right, undulations, uphill and downhill, and in the final furlong cambers to the inside rail.

To get victories over distances greater than a mile at Epsom you need a balanced horse who can handle the undulations and quirks of Epsom, it can be a stop-start. Speedy types can go off too quickly and then fade.

Around the turns, you need to hold your position and not run too wide, then into the home straight you can challenge wider.

The top Irish jockeys who come to England for the Group races seem to study the track knowing it has quirks and they reap the benefits.

The five-furlong track is the fastest sprint track in the UK as the course unlike most other courses is downhill all the way, if you take a look at past five-furlong races, especially the Epsom Dash at the Derby meeting you can see how quickly they go time-wise, sprinters who run well in this race are worth following as the season progresses.

Check Epsom tips from OLBG members who will have tipped and commented on the races, also remember to head over to the racing predictions page for tips on racing from other racecourses today.

Here is the 2025 schedule for the two-day Epsom Derby Festival, each race will be linked to the race blog and detail last year's winner in the table below.

Epsom Derby Festival races for Friday 6th June 2025

Epsom Derby Festival races for Saturday 7th June 2025

With an LSP of +46.66, the most successful stall at Epsom is stall 6 when backing runners over a trip of 7f over the last five years. When breaking Epsom down into trips then you can look at which stall and trip combination has produced the worst LSP, that would be stall 5 over a trip of 7f which has, over the last five years produced an LSP of -57.00.

Here we have the draw bias for Epsom taken into consideration races with ten or more runners, we will break down the figures by race distance, draws can be much more important over the shorter trips in which runners do not have time to find their position during the race meaning the draw is probably more important than the races over longer distances.

• Sprints (5f to 7½f)
• Middle Distance (1m2f to 1m5½f)

The following table shows a breakdown over a group of trips and shows how each position of the draw does, for example in a twelve-runner race would be Low (Stalls 1-4), Mid (Stalls 5-8) and High (Stalls 9-12), the positions will always be lowest stall number to highest.

Who are the best flat jockeys and trainers to bet on at Epsom?

Whilst A M Balding is the most successful trainer at Epsom with a total of eighteen winners, if you backed all of their runners you would be showing a loss. Adam West is the most successful trainer at Epsom for those who show a profit if backing all their runners thanks to a total of eight winners and an LSP of +41.25. If you are looking for a trainer to follow in the eachway market then it is Adam West who leads the way at Epsom, they have had a total of sixteen placings which includes eight winners over the previous five for an eachway LSP of +24.85. A total of fourteen winners from one hundred forty-six runners at Epsom has J R Boyle at the wrong end of the trainers' list with their 10% strike rate and worst LSP of -46.59.

Focusing only on jockeys who show a profit when backing all of their rides, top of the pile at Epsom for the number of winners is Oisin Murphy who has produced a total of twenty winners in return for an LSP of +20.37. When looking at jockeys and looking for some eachway value at Epsom, then the jockey who shows the best eachway profit is William Carson, that LSP is +36.31 which has been accumulated by a total of ten placings which includes four winners. At the other end of the spectrum is Hollie Doyle who has a terrible record at Epsom, of all the jockeys their LSP of -34.12 is the worst, they have a 6% strike rate with four winners from sixty-four rides.

Epsom Picks & Hints

Here are some factors at Epsom for certain trainers or jockeys which have been profitable:

• 7-17 (41%) +18.75 - Backing Oisin Murphy rides when over a trip of 1m½f
• 6-13 (46%) +14.00 - Backing B D L Sayette rides when on horses aged 3yo
• 5-9 (56%) +12.68 - Backing William Buick rides when on horses aged 2yo
• 8-19 (42%) +10.62 - Backing Oisin Murphy rides when over a trip of 7f

Epsom Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations

Here are the best trainer and jockey combinations here at Epsom based on the number of winners:

• 8 Wins: A M Balding & Oisin Murphy
• 6 Wins: Charlie Appleby & William Buick
• 5 Wins: A P O'Brien & Ryan Moore
• 5 Wins: J H M Gosden & L Dettori

Epsom Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Epsom Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

With a huge combined experience of horse racing between them, this content has been created and is maintained by Darren Brett, James Banting and Andy Powell. All of the data for Epsom Racecourse which includes the favourite statistics, draw bias and the trainer and jockey statistics have been created using results from HorseRaceBase.

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.

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

Content editor

Andy is a seasoned professional with more than 15 years of experience in the field of horse racing. He has a thorough understanding of the sport, from analyzing complex statistical data to being part of a winning syndicate at the Cheltenham Festival. Andy is responsible for managing the horse racing trend blogs on OLBG.