Bold Lad Sprint Handicap Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Irish Champions Weekend)

2025 Bold Lad Sprint Handicap Preview

This Premier Handicap takes place during the Irish Champions Weekend at the Curragh Racecourse and is a sprint handicap. The race is open to runners who are aged three or older and is contested over the sprint distance of six furlongs.

Bold Lad Sprint Handicap Information:

• Bold Lad Sprint Handicap Past Winners
• Bold Lad Sprint Handicap Trainer Statistics
• Bold Lad Sprint Handicap Jockey Statistics

Why not use the trends shortlist below to help you narrow down the field and then head over to the dedicated Curragh tips page to see which runners are being supported by the OLBG expert racing tipsters to find yourself a bet? You may also be interested in other preview blogs that we have packed full of information, head down to the Races Covered during the Irish Champions Weekend section for links to these.

How competitive is the Bold Lad Sprint Handicap market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2008 when the race had an over-round of 117%. The race in 2015 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 143%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Bold Lad Sprint Handicap, the over-round has been 132%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £132 which is bet.

Bold Lad Sprint Handicap Trends:

• 2025 Bold Lad Sprint Handicap Trends
• Bold Lad Sprint Handicap Trend Analysis

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 Bold Lad Sprint Handicap next time out then you would have backed a total of 0 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -19.00. Ahead of the 2025 Bold Lad Sprint Handicap why not head over to the racing predictions for tips on other races today?

The runner that holds the record over the past 20 renewals for the slowest time in the race was set in the 2022 renewal when Dexter Belle from Edward Lynam under the guidance of Andrew Slattery, won in a time of 1:16.84, whilst at the other end of the spectrum, Invincible Force, trained by Paul Green and ridden by Fran Berry set the quickest time of 57.50 in the 2007 renewal.

These are the top three quickest-run Bold Lad Sprint Handicap over the last 20 renewals:

1. Invincible Force (57.50) in 2007
2. My Good Brother (58.50) in 2013
3. Baggio (59.40) in 2005

Bold Lad Sprint Handicap Past Winners

Here are the Bold Lad Sprint 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 Bold Lad Sprint Handicap are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Bold Lad Sprint Handicap have been based:

• IRE: 14 winners with an additional 38 placings from 294 runners
• GB: 6 winners with an additional 14 placings from 58 runners
• FR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner

Bold Lad Sprint Handicap Trainer Statistics

There are two leading trainers in the Bold Lad Sprint Handicap over the last 20 renewals with both Edward Lynam and Charles O'Brien who have both won the race three times. Edward Lynam winners have been with Good To Follow (2010), Soffia (2018) and Dexter Belle (2022). Charles O'Brien winners have been with Baggio (2005) and Big Gossey (2021 & 2023). Other trainers who have recorded multiple wins in the Bold Lad Sprint Handicap are G M Lyons (2 wins), T G McCourt (2 wins) and Richard Fahey (2 wins). Multiple trainers have not had the best of times over the last 20 renewals in the Bold Lad Sprint Handicap, Adrian McGuinness (0-18), M Halford (0-12) and W McCreery (0-10) have all failed to produce a single winner despite sending multiple runners to the race.

Here are some of the top Bold Lad Sprint Handicap 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):

Bold Lad Sprint Handicap Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Bold Lad Sprint Handicap over the last 20 renewals is Colin Keane who has won the race four times with those four winners coming from My Good Brother (2013), Buffer Zone (2019), Mr Lupton (2020) and My Mate Alfie (2024). Multiple jockeys have not had the best of times over the last 20 renewals in the Bold Lad Sprint Handicap, Chris Hayes (0-18), Leigh Roche (0-11) and Rory Cleary (0-10) have all failed to produce a single winner despite sending multiple rides to the race.

Here are some of the top Bold Lad Sprint Handicap 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):

Bold Lad Sprint Handicap Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +66.83 is when runners had a furthest trip run of 7f. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had a furthest trip run of 6f, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-43.

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

• 2024: Winner in 20 (12,13,17) [25 Runners]
• 2023: Winner in 23 (3,16,12) [22 Runners]
• 2022: Winner in 9 (7,8,14) [20 Runners]
• 2021: Winner in 5 (26,6,2) [22 Runners]
• 2020: Winner in 6 (3,7,4) [22 Runners]

The course which has produced the most winners of the Bold Lad Sprint Handicap is Curragh, there has been a total number of 6 winners of this race who ran at Curragh last time out. The next best course which has produced the second most winners is Cork, there has been a total number of 4 winners of this race who ran at Cork last time out.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 16 winners from a total of 271 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 4 winners from a total of 82 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, these are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Bold Lad Sprint Handicap:

• Dark Angel (2 Wins)
• Gutaifan (2 Wins)
• Kyllachy (2 Wins)

These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Bold Lad Sprint Handicap despite multiple attempts:

• Acclamation (0 Wins from 15 runners)
• Dandy Man (0 Wins from 10 runners)
• Zebedee (0 Wins from 10 runners)
• Choisir (0 Wins from 9 runners)
• Fast Company (0 Wins from 9 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Dexter Belle in 2022, winning for Edward Lynam at odds of 50/1 under the guidance of Andrew Slattery. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 8 winning favourites in the race. Ahead of the 2025 Bold Lad Sprint Handicap why not head over to the best racing tipster page to see what the tipsters are backing today?

Races Covered during the Irish Champions Weekend

Here is the schedule for the two-day Irish Champions Weekend which is run at Leopardstown on Saturday and then the Curragh on Sunday for races which we cover with blogs, each race will be linked to the race blog and detail last year's winner in the table below.

Saturday at the Irish Champions Weekend

Leopardstown hosts the opening day of the Irish Champions Weekend, the highlight of the day being the Irish Champions Stakes, a race dominated by Aidan O'Brien in recent years with him winning all of the last five renewals and has won the race a total of twelve times.

Sunday at the Irish Champions Weekend

Sunday of the Irish Champions Weekend is hosted at the Curragh with four Group 1 races, the highlight being the Irish St Leger, Aidan has not been as dominant in this with just six wins, three behind both Vincent O'Brien and Dermot Weld.