Ascot Heritage Handicap Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends

Preview the Ascot Heritage Handicap at Ascot Racecourse, a competitive sprint handicap for talented runners. Explore past winners, leading trainers, and top jockeys while identifying key trends and patterns that define this high-profile event in the heritage handicap calendar.
Ascot Heritage Handicap Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends
Andy Powell
Andy Powell Expert Guide

You know how punters get lost in too much data or bet blindly? I break down the stats and trends so you can feel confident you’re betting with more than just gut instinct.

2025 Ascot Heritage Handicap Preview

Scheduled to take place in September of each year at the Ascot Racecourse is this Heritage Handicap. A class two race that is contested over one mile and four furlongs and is restricted to only three-year-old runners.

Ascot Heritage Handicap Information:

To see which runners the OLBG racing tipsters are tipping throughout the card that includes this race, head over to the Ascot tips on the day of the race. Do they agree with the runners on the trend shortlist, or are they predicting other runners? You may also be interested in other preview blogs that we have packed full of information. Head down to the Other Principal Races at Ascot Racecourse section for links to these.

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How competitive is the Ascot Heritage Handicap market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 14 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2021 when the race had an over-round of 112%. The race in 2012 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 137%, whilst on average over the last 14 renewals of the Ascot Heritage Handicap, the over-round has been 121%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £121 which is bet.

Below you will find the 2025 Ascot Heritage Handicap 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 Ascot Heritage Handicap Trend Analysis.

These are the top three quickest-run Ascot Heritage Handicap races over the last 14 renewals:

  1. Ahzeemah (2:28.54) in 2012
  2. First Eleven (2:29.08) in 2018
  3. Battersea (2:30.31) in 2014

Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? Over the past 14 renewals, if you had followed the winner of the Ascot Heritage Handicap next time out, then you would have backed a total of 2 winners. Backing all 15 runners who have been out since their win at SP next time out would have returned an LSP of -6.17. Remember to use the racing predictions along with the information on this page to find a bet on the 2025 Ascot Heritage Handicap.

When looking over the past 14 renewals, a time of 2:28.54 was set by Ahzeemah in 2012, which is the quickest time over that period. The runner was trained by Saeed bin Suroor and ridden by Mickael Barzalona. The slowest winning time was set in 2017 when Duke Of Bronte won in a time of 2:39.13, booked to ride was George Wood by trainer Rod Millman.

What the expert says...
Plenty of the winners have gone on to run in the Old Rowley Cup at Newmarket next time out. Between 2014-24, eight winners took that route; however, only Alsakib (2023) went on to win that race.

Andy Powell - Horse Racing Betting Expert - OLBG.com

Ascot Heritage Handicap Past Winners

Here are the Ascot Heritage Handicap 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 Ascot Heritage Handicap are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.

YearHorse (Drawn)Info
2024
2:38.12
The Reverend (GB)
3yo 8-12 (3 of 9) 4/1
David Probert
William Haggas (GB)
2023
2:30.77
Alsakib (GB)
3yo 8-8 (3 of 9) 5/1
David Probert
Andrew Balding (GB)
2022
2:37.37
La Yakel (GB)
3yo 8-5 (7 of 11) 100/30F
Adam Farragher (5lbs)
William Haggas (GB)
2021
2:31.83
Chalk Stream (GB)
3yo 9-3 (9 of 10) 13/2
Cieren Fallon
William Haggas (GB)
2020
2:32.51
Shandoz (GB)
3yo 9-0 (10 of 10) 7/2F
David Egan
Roger Varian (GB)
2019
2:33.24
Apparate (GB)
3yo 8-8 (2 of 11) 8/1
Rossa Ryan
Roger Varian (GB)
2018
2:29.08
First Eleven (GB)
3yo 9-6 (7 of 10) 5/2F
Robert Havlin
John Gosden (GB)
2017
2:39.13
Duke Of Bronte (GB)
3yo 8-3 (14 of 14) 16/1
George Wood (3lbs)
Rod Millman (GB)
2016
2:32.20
Noumea (IRE)
3yo 8-7 (11 of 12) 12/1
Ted Durcan
Mark Johnston (GB)
2015
2:36.30
Wonder Laish (GB)
3yo 8-6 (8 of 11) 4/1F
Fergal Lynch
William Haggas (GB)

Ascot Heritage Handicap Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Ascot Heritage Handicap over the last 14 renewals is William Haggas, who has won the race four times, with those four winners coming from Wonder Laish (2015), Chalk Stream (2021), La Yakel (2022) and The Reverend (2024). Other trainers who have recorded multiple wins in the Ascot Heritage Handicap are Roger Varian (3 wins), Andrew Balding (2 wins) and Saeed bin Suroor (2 wins). There is one trainer who has not had the best of times in the Ascot Heritage Handicap; Sir Michael Stoute has sent a total of 12 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Ascot Heritage Handicap trainer statistics over the last 14 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
William Haggas15-4-7+6.83+4.89
Roger Varian7-3-4+15.50+8.80
Andrew Balding9-2-4+6.00+3.00
Saeed bin Suroor5-2-2+22.00+12.63
John Gosden6-1-1-2.50-3.50
Rod Millman1-1-1+16.00+10.00
Sir Michael Stoute12-0-1-12.00-9.50
Charlie Appleby9-0-2-9.00-7.40
Michael Bell4-0-1-4.00+1.50
Richard Hannon4-0-1-4.00-2.25

Ascot Heritage Handicap Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Ascot Heritage Handicap over the last 14 renewals is David Probert, who has won the race three times, with those three winners coming from Duretto (2015), Alsakib (2023) and The Reverend (2024).

Here are some of the top Ascot Heritage Handicap jockey statistics over the last 14 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
David Probert6-3-3+14.00+7.20
Robert Havlin4-1-1-0.50-1.50
David Egan3-1-1+1.50+0.10
Mickael Barzalona2-1-1+10.00+5.88
Cieren Fallon2-1-1+5.50+2.90
Adam Farragher2-1-1+2.33+1.00
George Wood1-1-1+16.00+10.00
Rossa Ryan1-1-1+8.00+4.80
Fergal Lynch1-1-1+4.00+2.40
Rob Hornby6-0-3-6.00-0.60

Ascot Heritage Handicap Trend Analysis

✅ The trend factor, which has produced 7+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +43.50, is when runners had 1 career start in the class.

❌ The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 2 career wins in Handicap races, when backing these, the trend shows a record of 0-31.

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

  • 2024: Winner in 3 (8,9) [9 Runners]
  • 2023: Winner in 3 (9,7) [9 Runners]
  • 2022: Winner in 7 (8,9) [11 Runners]
  • 2021: Winner in 9 (3,4) [10 Runners]
  • 2020: Winner in 10 (3,8) [10 Runners]

The course which has produced the most winners of the Ascot Heritage Handicap is Ascot; there have been a total 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 Newmarket (July); there have been a total of 3 winners of this race who ran at Newmarket (July) last time out.

The race is open to both sexes, with the Male runners having produced a total of 15 winners from a total of 157 runners, whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 16 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Ascot Heritage Handicap; that stallion, Dubawi, has produced 2 winners (2019,2012).

Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have been disappointed with multiple attempts but no wins in the Ascot Heritage Handicap; that stallion is Dalakhani, who has failed to produce a winner from 5 runners.

Looking at the winning odds over the last 14 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Barbican in 2011, winning for Alan Bailey at odds of 16/1 under the guidance of Darryll Holland. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 14 renewals, there have been 5 winning favourites in the race. Ahead of the 2025 Ascot Heritage Handicap, why not head over to the best racing tipster page to see what the tipsters are backing today?

Route to the Ascot Heritage Handicap

Many trainers will target races to use as prep races before coming to the Ascot Heritage Handicap. These are the races which the recent winners ran in before coming here:

InfoLast Race
2024 - The Reverend
Hamilton - 2nd of 8 (1/1)
Darley EBF Novice Stakes
2023 - Alsakib
Goodwood - 3rd of 15 (12/1)
Kincsem Handicap
2022 - La Yakel
Southwell (AW) - 1st of 10 (8/11)
At The Races App Market Movers Novice Stakes
2021 - Chalk Stream
Ripon - 1st of 5 (6/5)
Follow @Riponraces On Twitter Handicap
2020 - Shandoz
Ascot - 1st of 6 (10/3)
Alistair Haggis Memorial Handicap
2019 - Apparate
Newmarket (July) - 2nd of 6 (11/4)
Maritime Cargo Handicap
2018 - First Eleven
Newmarket (July) - 5th of 8 (2/1)
Bahrain Trophy Stakes
2017 - Duke Of Bronte
Sandown - 4th of 5 (7/2)
racinguk.com Handicap
2016 - Noumea
Goodwood - 2nd of 4 (5/1)
Goodwood "Famous For Food" Stakes
2015 - Wonder Laish
Lingfield - 1st of 6 (6/5)
Telegraph Maiden Stakes

Article Contributor Information

We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Ascot Heritage Handicap Preview are at hand, Andy and James. 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.

James Banting

James Banting

Expert Guide

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 Association provides him with a unique insider's perspective on the industry.
Andy Powell

Andy Powell

Expert Guide

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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