Britannia Stakes Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Royal Ascot)

Investigate the Britannia Stakes, examining the records of leading trainers and jockeys. Analyse past winners to uncover trends in this competitive mile handicap for three-year-olds.
Britannia Stakes Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Royal Ascot)
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.

2026 Britannia Stakes Preview

The Britannia Stakes Heritage Handicap is a class 2 event for three-year-old colts and geldings over one mile on Ascot's straight course, and this year is scheduled to be run on Thursday of the festival.

Britannia Stakes Information:

To see which runners the OLBG racing tipsters are tipping throughout the card that includes this race, head over to the Royal Ascot tips on the day of the race. Do they agree with the runners on the trend shortlist, or are they predicting other runners? We cover every race at Royal Ascot, and below you can find links to all of the races for each of Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday. In addition to those, we also cover numerous races at Ascot during the flat season; you can find links to those here.

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How competitive is the Britannia Stakes market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2020 when the race had an over-round of 131%. The race in 2016 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 153%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Britannia Stakes, the over-round has been 140%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £140 which is bet.

Below you will find the 2026 Britannia Stakes 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 Britannia Stakes Trend Analysis.

These are the top three quickest-run Britannia Stakes races over the last 20 renewals:

  1. Beauty Flame (1:37.52) in 2013
  2. Ransom Note (1:37.82) in 2010
  3. Born In China (1:38.40) in 2014

Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? Over the past 20 renewals, if you had followed the winner of the Britannia Stakes next time out, then you would have backed a total of 0 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since their win at SP next time out would have returned an LSP of -19.00. Before placing your bet on the 2026 Britannia Stakes, see which other runners today are being backed on the racing predictions page.

When looking over the past 20 renewals, a time of 1:37.52 was set by Beauty Flame in 2013, which is the quickest time over that period. The runner was trained by Ms Joanna Morgan and ridden by W J Lee. The slowest winning time was set in 2011 when Sagramor won in a time of 1:44.55, booked to ride was Nicky Mackay by trainer Hughie Morrison.

What the expert says...
<p>The Thoroughbred Stakes at Glorious Goodwood was the destination of four of the winners between 2018-23; however, like all of the twenty winners of this race between 2005-24, not a single one of those went on to win next time out.</p>

Andy Powell - Horse Racing Betting Expert - OLBG.com

Britannia Stakes Past Winners

Here are the Britannia Stakes' 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 Britannia Stakes are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.

YearHorse (Drawn)Info
2025
1:38.80
Arabian Story (IRE)
3yo 9-6 (29 of 30) 15/2
Oisin Murphy
Saeed bin Suroor (GB)
2024
1:38.62
Mickley (IRE)
3yo 8-11 (15 of 29) 15/2
Callum Rodriguez
Edward Bethell (GB)
2023
1:40.02
Docklands (GB)
3yo 9-2 (18 of 29) 6/1F
Hayley Turner
Harry Eustace (GB)
2022
1:38.56
Thesis (GB)
3yo 8-11 (10 of 30) 14/1
Ryan Moore
Harry & Roger Charlton (GB)
2021
1:39.19
Perotto (GB)
3yo 9-3 (19 of 29) 18/1
Oisin Murphy
Marcus Tregoning (GB)
2020
1:41.22
Khaloosy (IRE)
3yo 9-2 (19 of 22) 9/2
Jim Crowley
Roger Varian (GB)
2019
1:41.25
Biometric (GB)
3yo 8-8 (29 of 28) 28/1
Harry Bentley
Ralph Beckett (GB)
2018
1:38.85
Ostilio (GB)
3yo 8-9 (15 of 30) 10/1
Silvestre De Sousa
Simon Crisford (GB)
2017
1:40.59
Bless Him (IRE)
3yo 8-9 (3 of 29) 25/1
Jamie Spencer
David Simcock (GB)
2016
1:40.42
Limitless (IRE)
3yo 9-1 (12 of 28) 13/2
Jamie Spencer
Jamie Osborne (GB)

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Britannia Stakes have been based:

  • GB: 18 winners with an additional 58 placings from 519 runners
  • IRE: 2 winners with an additional 2 placings from 46 runners
  • FR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 4 runners
  • QA: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner
  • HK: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner
  • USA: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner

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Britannia Stakes Trainer Statistics

Multiple trainers have not had the best of times over the last 20 renewals in the Britannia Stakes. Richard Hannon (0-26), John Gosden (0-22), Sir Michael Stoute (0-16), Hugo Palmer (0-14), Brian Meehan (0-13), Richard Fahey (0-13), Charlie Appleby (0-12) and Clive Cox (0-11) have all failed to produce a single winner despite sending multiple runners to the race.

Here are some of the top Britannia Stakes 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
Andrew Balding22-1-1-7.00-12.25
William Haggas19-1-6-12.00+2.63
Ralph Beckett16-1-4+13.00+15.63
Michael Bell14-1-3+20.00+13.38
A P O'Brien12-1-1-1.00-4.75
Roger Varian12-1-3-6.50-1.31
Saeed bin Suroor11-1-2-2.50-0.68
Ed Dunlop7-1-3+14.00+11.25
David Simcock6-1-1+20.00+10.63
Hughie Morrison6-1-1+3.00+0.00

Britannia Stakes Jockey Statistics

There are two leading jockeys in the Britannia Stakes over the last 20 renewals, with both Ryan Moore and Jamie Spencer, who have both won the race three times. Ryan Moore winners have been with Fast Or Free (2012), War Envoy (2015) and Thesis (2022). Jamie Spencer winners have been with Sir Gerard (2006), Limitless (2016) and Bless Him (2017). The only other jockey to have recorded multiple wins in the Britannia Stakes is Oisin Murphy (2 wins). Multiple jockeys have not had the best of times over the last 20 renewals in the Britannia Stakes, William Buick (0-17), Frankie Dettori (0-16), James Doyle (0-13), Joe Fanning (0-11) and Pat Dobbs (0-10) have all failed to produce a single winner despite sending multiple rides to the race.

Here are some of the top Britannia Stakes 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
Ryan Moore20-3-8+13.00+15.88
Jamie Spencer18-3-7+21.00+17.76
Oisin Murphy10-2-4+17.50+12.82
Silvestre De Sousa14-1-2-3.00-2.12
Jim Crowley14-1-2-8.50-7.19
David Probert11-1-2+4.00+0.75
Hayley Turner8-1-2-1.00-0.25
Harry Bentley7-1-1+22.00+11.50
Nicky Mackay4-1-1+5.00+2.00
Callum Rodriguez3-1-1+5.50+2.69

Britannia Stakes Trend Analysis

❌ The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners ran in a race worth £4k when last winning, when backing these, the trend shows a record of 0-73.

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

  • 2025: Winner in 29 (30,28,27) [30 Runners]
  • 2024: Winner in 15 (16,31,33) [29 Runners]
  • 2023: Winner in 18 (3,9,11) [29 Runners]
  • 2022: Winner in 10 (18,12,28) [30 Runners]
  • 2021: Winner in 19 (25,28,10) [29 Runners]

The courses that have produced the most winners of the Britannia Stakes are Newmarket (Rowley), Haydock and Doncaster; there have been a total of 3 winners from each of those courses.

These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Britannia Stakes despite multiple attempts:

  • Exceed And Excel (0 Wins from 15 runners)
  • Kodiac (0 Wins from 12 runners)
  • Cape Cross (0 Wins from 9 runners)
  • Dark Angel (0 Wins from 8 runners)
  • Iffraaj (0 Wins from 8 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Eddie Jock in 2007, winning for Michael Bell at odds of 33/1 under the guidance of Johnny Murtagh. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals, there have been 3 winning favourites in the race. Whilst we wait for the 2026 Britannia Stakes, remember you can get daily racing predictions from the top racing tipsters on the best racing tipsters page.

Route to the Britannia Stakes

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

InfoLast Race
2025 - Arabian Story
Chelmsford (AW) - 1st of 15 (5/2)
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2024 - Mickley
Doncaster - 1st of 8 (13/8)
Napoleons Casino & Restaurant Supporting WPCC Handicap
2023 - Docklands
Ascot - 1st of 7 (1/1)
Peroni Nastro Azzurro "Serve With Style" Handicap
2022 - Thesis
Doncaster - 2nd of 9 (4/7)
Cazoo Novice Stakes
2021 - Perotto
Goodwood - 1st of 11 (4/1)
Sussex Roof Garden Handicap
2020 - Khaloosy
Wolverhampton (AW) - 1st of 10 (5/4)
Ladbrokes Where The Nation Plays EBF Novice Stakes
2019 - Biometric
Lingfield - 2nd of 6 (8/13)
Mid-Sussex Timber 90th Anniversary Novice Stakes
2018 - Ostilio
Newmarket (Rowley) - 1st of 7 (5/4)
Heath Court Hotel Dining Club Handicap
2017 - Bless Him
Goodwood - 5th of 10 (19/2)
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2016 - Limitless
Doncaster - 1st of 14 (5/1)
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Schedule for Tuesday at the Royal Ascot Meeting

The five-day Royal Ascot meeting kicks off on Tuesday with three Group 1 events on the seven-race card, with the Queen Anne Stakes, King Charles II Stakes and St James's Palace Stakes all part of the British Champions Series.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
14:30 Royal Ascot
Queen Anne Stakes
Docklands (GB)
5yo - 14/1
Harry Eustace
Mark Zahra
15:05 Royal Ascot
Coventry Stakes
Gstaad (GB)
2yo - 7/2
A P O'Brien
Ryan Moore
15:40 Royal Ascot
King Charles III Stakes
American Affair (GB)
5yo - 11/1
Jim Goldie
Paul Mulrennan
16:20 Royal Ascot
St James's Palace Stakes
Field Of Gold (IRE)
3yo - 8/11
John & Thady Gosden
Colin Keane
17:00 Royal Ascot
Ascot Stakes
Ascending (IRE)
6yo - 20/1
Henry De Bromhead
W J Lee
17:35 Royal Ascot
Wolferton Stakes
Haatem (IRE)
4yo - 8/1
Richard Hannon
James Doyle
18:10 Royal Ascot
Copper Horse Stakes
French Master (IRE)
4yo - 5/2
John & Thady Gosden
James Doyle

Schedule for Wednesday at the Royal Ascot Meeting

The feature race on the second day of Royal Ascot is the Prince of Wales's Stakes, a race which carries a prize fund of £1m and is part of the British Champions Series.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
14:30 Royal Ascot
Queen Mary Stakes
True Love (IRE)
2yo - 9/4
A P O'Brien
Ryan Moore
15:05 Royal Ascot
Queen's Vase
Carmers (IRE)
3yo - 9/2
P Twomey
W J Lee
15:40 Royal Ascot
Duke of Cambridge Stakes
Crimson Advocate (USA)
4yo - 13/2
John & Thady Gosden
James McDonald
16:20 Royal Ascot
Prince of Wales's Stakes
Ombudsman (IRE)
4yo - 7/1
John & Thady Gosden
William Buick
17:00 Royal Ascot
Royal Hunt Cup
My Cloud (IRE)
4yo - 3/1
Roger Varian
Silvestre De Sousa
17:35 Royal Ascot
Kensington Palace Stakes
Miss Information (IRE)
4yo - 11/1
Andrew Balding
Oisin Murphy
18:10 Royal Ascot
Windsor Castle Stakes
Havana Hurricane (GB)
2yo - 7/1
Eve Johnson Houghton
Charles Bishop

Schedule for Thursday at the Royal Ascot Meeting

There are a couple of decent handicaps on the third day of Royal Ascot, the highlight of the day, though, is the Ascot Gold Cup, a Group 1 marathon for the flat runners.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
14:30 Royal Ascot
Norfolk Stakes
Charles Darwin (IRE)
2yo - 8/13
A P O'Brien
Ryan Moore
15:05 Royal Ascot
King George V Stakes
Merchant (IRE)
3yo - 3/1
William Haggas
Tom Marquand
15:40 Royal Ascot
Ribblesdale Stakes
Garden Of Eden (IRE)
3yo - 7/1
A P O'Brien
Ryan Moore
16:20 Royal Ascot
Ascot Gold Cup
Trawlerman (IRE)
7yo - 85/40
John & Thady Gosden
William Buick
17:00 Royal Ascot
Britannia Stakes
Arabian Story (IRE)
3yo - 15/2
Saeed bin Suroor
Oisin Murphy
17:35 Royal Ascot
Hampton Court Stakes
Trinity College (IRE)
3yo - 5/2
A P O'Brien
Ryan Moore
18:10 Royal Ascot
Buckingham Palace Stakes
Never So Brave (IRE)
4yo - 4/1
Andrew Balding
Oisin Murphy

Schedule for Friday at the Royal Ascot Meeting

A couple of British Champions Series races on the Friday at Royal Ascot, the Commonwealth Cup over six furlongs and then the Coronation Stakes over just shy of a mile.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
14:30 Royal Ascot
Albany Stakes
Venetian Sun (IRE)
2yo - 7/1
K R Burke
Clifford Lee
15:05 Royal Ascot
Commonwealth Cup
Time For Sandals (IRE)
3yo - 25/1
Harry Eustace
Richard Kingscote
15:40 Royal Ascot
Duke of Edinburgh Stakes
Ethical Diamond (IRE)
5yo - 3/1
W P Mullins
Ryan Moore
16:20 Royal Ascot
Coronation Stakes
Cercene (IRE)
3yo - 33/1
Joseph G Murphy
Gary Carroll
17:00 Royal Ascot
Sandringham Stakes
Never Let Go (GB)
3yo - 22/1
Ed Walker
Kieran Shoemark
17:35 Royal Ascot
King Edward VII Stakes
Amiloc (GB)
3yo - 11/8
Ralph Beckett
Rossa Ryan
18:10 Royal Ascot
Palace of Holyroodhouse Stakes
Adrestia (GB)
3yo - 10/1
Simon & Ed Crisford
Oisin Murphy

Schedule for Saturday at the Royal Ascot Meeting

The final day of Royal Ascot is all about the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes, a Group 1 race run over six furlongs which is part of the British Champions Series and carries a prize fund of £1m.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
14:30 Royal Ascot
Chesham Stakes
Humidity (GB)
2yo - 4/1
Andrew Balding
James Doyle
15:05 Royal Ascot
Hardwicke Stakes
Rebels Romance (IRE)
7yo - 6/4
Charlie Appleby
William Buick
15:40 Royal Ascot
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes
Lazzat (FR)
4yo - 9/2
J Reynier
James Doyle
16:20 Royal Ascot
Jersey Stakes
Noble Champion (IRE)
3yo - 25/1
Ed Walker
Kieran Shoemark
17:00 Royal Ascot
Wokingham Stakes
Get It (GB)
7yo - 28/1
George Baker
Seamie Heffernan
17:35 Royal Ascot
Golden Gates Stakes
Quai De Bethune (FR)
3yo - 12/1
Andrew Balding
Oisin Murphy
18:10 Royal Ascot
Queen Alexandra Stakes
Sober (FR)
6yo - 4/5
W P Mullins
Ryan Moore

Article Contributor Information

We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Britannia Stakes Preview are at hand, Andy and Darren. 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.

Darren Brett

Darren Brett

Expert Guide

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.
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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