Ascot Silver Cup Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends

Explore the Ascot Silver Cup, a 3-mile steeplechase at Ascot Racecourse. Discover past winners, trainer and jockey records, and key trends in this prestigious handicap race. Gain insights into the history and performance patterns of this exciting National Hunt event.
Ascot Silver Cup Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends
Andy Powell
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Horse Racing stats man, Andy has contributed to OLBG for 18 years - An Ipswich fan and F1 fanatic, he also contributes EFL football and Motor Sport opinion.

2025 Ascot Silver Cup Preview

Scheduled to take place in December of each year at the Ascot racecourse is the Ascot Silver Cup, a race first established in 1965. It's a Premier Handicap Chase that is run over a trip of three miles where runners will face a total of twenty fences.

Ascot Silver Cup 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 Silver Cup market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2002 when the race had an over-round of 110%. The race in 2006 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 127%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Ascot Silver Cup, the over-round has been 118%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £118 which is bet.

Below you will find the 2025 Ascot Silver Cup 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 Silver Cup Trend Analysis.

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

  1. Vodka Bleu (6:00.00) in 2007
  2. The Young Master (6:02.70) in 2014
  3. Valtor (6:03.20) in 2018

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 Ascot Silver Cup next time out then you would have backed a total of 2 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -5.50. Whilst we wait for the 2025 Ascot Silver Cup remember you can get daily racing predictions from the expert tipsters on the racing predictions page.

The runner that holds the record over the past 20 renewals for the slowest time in the race was set in the 2002 renewal when Behrajan from Henry Daly under the guidance of Richard Johnson, won in a time of 6:42.30, whilst at the other end of the spectrum, Vodka Bleu, trained by David Pipe and ridden by Timmy Murphy set the quickest time of 6:00.00 in the 2007 renewal.

What the expert says...
The Coral Gold Cup at Newbury has supplied three of the last five winners, however, look beyond the winner of that race, those three had figures of PU, UR & 3rd in the Coral Gold Cup.

Andy Powell - Horse Racing Betting Expert - OLBG.com

Ascot Silver Cup Past Winners

Here are the Ascot Silver 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. The horse's trainer and the jockey at the time of winning the Ascot Silver Cup are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.

Race Notes: Abandoned in 2022 due to a frozen track.

YearHorseInfo
2024
6:09.98
Victtorino (FR)
6yo 11-2 5/2F
Charlie Deutsch
Venetia Williams (GB)
2023
6:09.46
Victtorino (FR)
5yo 12-0 4/1
Charlie Deutsch
Venetia Williams (GB)
2021
6:08.95
Annsam (GB)
6yo 10-10 7/1
Adam Wedge
Evan Williams (GB)
2020
6:26.40
Mister Malarky (GB)
7yo 11-5 16/1
Harry Cobden
Colin Tizzard (GB)
2019
6:17.40
Regal Encore (IRE)
11yo 10-7 16/1
Richie McLernon
Anthony Honeyball (GB)
2018
6:03.20
Valtor (FR)
9yo 11-3 33/1
James Bowen
Nicky Henderson (GB)
2017
6:10.30
Gold Present (IRE)
7yo 11-3 17/2
Nico de Boinville
Nicky Henderson (GB)
2016
6:04.00
Regal Encore (IRE)
8yo 11-1 20/1
Barry Geraghty
Anthony Honeyball (GB)
2015
6:07.70
Wakanda (IRE)
6yo 11-5 8/1
Danny Cook
Sue Smith (GB)
2014
6:02.70
The Young Master (GB)
5yo 10-9 3/1F
Barry Geraghty
Neil Mulholland (GB)

Where have the winning runners come from?

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

  • GB: 20 winners with an additional 37 placings from 207 runners
  • IRE: 0 winners with an additional 1 placing from 4 runners
  • FR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 4 runners

Ascot Silver Cup Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Ascot Silver Cup over the last 20 renewals is Venetia Williams who has won the race three times with those three winners coming from Houblon Des Obeaux (2013) and Victtorino (2023 & 2024). Other trainers who have recorded multiple wins in the Ascot Silver Cup are Nicky Henderson (2 wins), Anthony Honeyball (2 wins) and Henry Daly (2 wins). Two trainers have not had the best of times over the last 20 renewals in the Ascot Silver Cup, Nigel Twiston-Davies has sent a total of 11 runners to the race without recording any wins whilst Jonjo O'Neill has sent out 11 without a winner.

Here are some of the top Ascot Silver 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):

TrainerR-W-PWinEW
Venetia Williams14-3-6-3.00+1.05
Nicky Henderson15-2-2+28.50+12.94
Anthony Honeyball6-2-3+32.00+19.45
Henry Daly6-2-5+28.00+19.03
Paul Nicholls27-1-6-23.25-15.66
David Pipe9-1-2+4.00+1.00
Neil Mulholland4-1-1+0.00-1.20
David Bridgwater3-1-2+2.00+1.35
Bob Buckler2-1-1+32.00+19.63
Sue Smith2-1-1+7.00+4.00

Ascot Silver Cup Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Ascot Silver Cup over the last 20 renewals is Charlie Deutsch who has won the race two times with those two winners coming from Victtorino (2023 & 2024). There is one jockey who has not had the best of times in the Ascot Silver Cup, Sam Twiston-Davies has ridden 10 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Ascot Silver 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):

JockeyR-W-PWinEW
Charlie Deutsch8-2-2+0.50-2.10
Harry Cobden7-1-3+10.00+8.55
Richie McLernon5-1-2+12.00+6.95
Nico de Boinville5-1-1+4.50+1.31
Harry Skelton4-1-2+30.00+19.53
James Bowen1-1-1+33.00+20.63
Danny Cook1-1-1+8.00+5.00
Adam Wedge1-1-1+7.00+4.38
Sam Twiston-Davies10-0-1-10.00-9.17
Sean Bowen6-0-2-6.00-3.24

Ascot Silver Cup Trend Analysis

✅ The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +81.50 is when runners had 0 career wins over further.

❌ The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 2 career places on the going, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-49.

The course which has produced the most winners of the Ascot Silver Cup is Newbury, there has been a total number of 7 winners of this race who ran at Newbury last time out. The next best course which has produced the second most winners is Cheltenham, there has been a total number of 4 winners of this race who ran at Cheltenham 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 214 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 1 runner.

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

  • Kings Theatre (3 Wins)
  • Its Gino (2 Wins)
  • Presenting (2 Wins)

These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Ascot Silver Cup despite multiple attempts:

  • Arcadio (0 Wins from 5 runners)
  • Beneficial (0 Wins from 5 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Niche Market in 2008, winning for Bob Buckler at odds of 33/1 under the guidance of Harry Skelton. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 5 winning favourites in the race. Ahead of the 2025 Ascot Silver Cup why not head over to the best racing tipster page to see what the tipsters are backing today?

Article Contributor Information

We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Ascot Silver Cup Preview, Tips, Runners and Trends are at hand, Darren 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 National Hunt Racing.

Darren Brett

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

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.

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