2023 Britannia Stakes Preview, Trends & Analysis

The Britannia Stakes Heritage Handicap is a class 2 event for 3-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 Content:

• Britannia Stakes Past Winners
• Britannia Stakes Trainer Statistics
• Britannia Stakes Jockey Statistics
• 2023 Britannia Stakes Trends
• Britannia Stakes Trend Analysis
• Schedule at Royal Ascot

Why not use the trends shortlist below to help you narrow down the field and then head over to the dedicated Royal Ascot Betting Picks page to see which of those runners are being supported by the OLBG expert racing tipsters to find yourself a bet.

The runner that holds the record over the past 20 renewals for the slowest time in the race was set in the 2011 renewal when Sagramor from Hughie Morrison who under the guidance of Nicky Mackay, won in a time of 1:44.55, whilst at the other end of the spectrum, Mostashaar, trained by Sir Michael Stoute and ridden by Richard Hills set the quickest time of 1:36.35 in the 2005 renewal.

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

• 2005 - Mostashaar (1:36.35)
• 2013 - Beauty Flame (1:37.52)
• 2010 - Ransom Note (1:37.82)

How competitive is the Britannia Stakes market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2005 when the race had an over-round of 123%. 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.

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 Britannia Stakes next time out then you would have back a total of 1 winner. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -10.50. Remember to bookmark the racing tips page so you can get easy access to the OLBG racing picks on a daily basis.

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 also the total number of runners in the race. The trainer of the horse at the time of winning the Britannia Stakes as well as the jockey is also displayed along with the starting price the horse was sent off.

Year	Horse (Drawn)	Info
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)
2015 1:38.57	War Envoy (USA) 3yo 9-6 (11 of 28) 10/1	Ryan Moore A P O'Brien (IRE)
2014 1:38.40	Born In China (GB) 3yo 8-4 (26 of 30) 14/1	David Probert Andrew Balding (GB)
2013 1:37.52	Beauty Flame (IRE) 3yo 8-12 (15 of 27) 20/1	W J Lee Ms Joanna Morgan (IRE)

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 517 runners
• IRE: 2 winners with an additional 2 placings from 39 runners
• FR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 2 runners
• USA: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner
• QA: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner
• HK: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner

There are multiple trainers who have not had the best of times over the last 20 renewals in the Britannia Stakes, Mark Johnston (0-48), John Gosden (0-27), Richard Hannon (0-20), Mick Channon (0-17), Richard Fahey (0-12), Brian Meehan (0-12), Charlie Appleby (0-10), Saeed bin Suroor (0-10) & Hugo Palmer (0-10) 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):

Trainer	R-W-P	Win	EW
Andrew Balding	21-1-1	-6.00	-11.25
William Haggas	18-1-6	-11.00	+3.63
Sir Michael Stoute	17-1-3	-12.67	-8.92
Michael Bell	14-1-3	+20.00	+13.38
Ralph Beckett	9-1-4	+20.00	+22.63
Clive Cox	9-1-3	+8.00	+4.88
A P O'Brien	9-1-1	+2.00	-1.75
Ed Dunlop	8-1-3	+13.00	+10.00
Roger Varian	8-1-1	-2.50	-4.19
Roger Charlton	6-1-1	+23.00	+12.50

The leading jockey in the Britannia Stakes over the last 20 renewals is Jamie Spencer who has won the race 4 times. Those 4 winners came from New Seeker (2003), Sir Gerard (2006), Limitless (2016) & Bless Him (2017). The only other jockey to have recorded multiple wins in the Britannia Stakes is Ryan Moore (3 wins). There are multiple jockeys who have not had the best of times over the last 20 renewals in the Britannia Stakes, Frankie Dettori (0-15), William Buick (0-14), Paul Hanagan (0-12), Joe Fanning (0-10), Martin Dwyer (0-10) & James Doyle (0-10) have all failed to produce a single winner despite having multiple rides to the race.

Here are some of the top Britannia Stakes jockey statistics over the last 20 renewals (R = Rides, 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):

Jockey	R-W-P	Win	EW
Jamie Spencer	18-4-8	+38.00	+29.01
Ryan Moore	19-3-8	+14.00	+16.88
Jim Crowley	13-1-2	-7.50	-6.19
Silvestre De Sousa	12-1-2	-1.00	-0.12
David Probert	9-1-1	+6.00	+0.75
Harry Bentley	7-1-1	+22.00	+11.50
Oisin Murphy	7-1-2	+12.00	+6.50
Nicky Mackay	5-1-1	+4.00	+1.00
W J Lee	1-1-1	+20.00	+12.50
Frankie Dettori	15-0-3	-15.00	-9.81

Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): ,21,11,1,1,4,19,9,(8,12,17),8,1,4,4,10,6,11,13,2,2,9,17

The percentage shown is the percentage of the total number of runners who fell under that factor. High percentages are less appealing than lower ones as you would expect them to do well.

• 20 / 20 (84%) - Had 2-5 placings (1 Year)
• 20 / 20 (85%) - Furthest placed 7f - 1m½f
• 20 / 20 (89%) - Holds an OR of 87+
• 20 / 20 (92%) - Not a claimer in saddle
• 19 / 20 (56%) - No bigger than 28/1
• 19 / 20 (68%) - See Below*
• 19 / 20 (76%) - Ran over 6f or 7f (Debut)
• 19 / 20 (77%) - Not on Soft or Firm (LTO)
• 19 / 20 (77%) - Best in 3 of 1st or 2nd
• 19 / 20 (83%) - Not in an 8-9 field (LTO)
• 19 / 20 (83%) - Not in a Class 1 (LTO)
• 19 / 20 (91%) - Fewer than 5 starts (Hcps)
• 19 / 20 (91%) - Ran on turf (LTO)
• 18 / 20 (74%) - Within the first 5 (LTO)
• 18 / 20 (80%) - No bigger than 8/1 (Last Win)
• 18 / 20 (82%) - Over no further than 1m (LTO)
• 18 / 20 (83%) - Within 6lbs of race ave weight
• 18 / 20 (85%) - Never contested a G1 or G2
• 18 / 20 (86%) - Never placed in a Class 1
• 18 / 20 (86%) - Furthest won over 6f - 1m
• 18 / 20 (87%) - Ran in England (Debut)
• 18 / 20 (88%) - Ran over 6f - 1m (Last Win)
• 18 / 20 (88%) - Never placed in a higher class

Not at Ascot, Doncaster, Kempton, Nottingham, Sandown, Windsor, Wolverhampton, Yarmouth or York on debut.

Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Royal Ascot racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Britannia Stakes. How well do you know your horse racing? Are there certain types of races which are you are unsure of? Why not take a look at this Types Of Horse Race article to familiarise yourself with the different types of racing, that is just one of many helpful horse racing articles in the OLBG Betting School.

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The worst performing factor which has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 2 career starts in the class, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-97.

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

• 2022: Winner in 10 (18,12,28) [30 Runners]
• 2021: Winner in 19 (25,28,10) [29 Runners]
• 2020: Winner in 19 (17,2,21) [22 Runners]
• 2019: Winner in 29 (22,18,5) [28 Runners]
• 2018: Winner in 15 (33,9,19) [30 Runners]

The courses which have produced the most winners of the Britannia Stakes are Newmarket (Rowley) and Haydock, there has been a total number 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)
• Cape Cross (0 Wins from 11 runners)
• Invincible Spirit (0 Wins from 11 runners)
• Kodiac (0 Wins from 10 runners)
• Oasis Dream (0 Wins from 8 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest priced winner was Eddie Jock in 2007 when 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 has been a total of 3 winning favourites in the race. Whilst we wait for the 2023 Britannia Stakes remember you can get daily racing predictions from the top racing tipsters on the best racing tipsters page.

Royal Ascot races for Tuesday 20th June 2023

• 14:30: Queen Anne Stakes
• 15:05: Coventry Stakes
• 15:40: Kings Stand Stakes
• 16:20: St James's Palace Stakes
• 17:00: Ascot Stakes
• 17:35: Wolferton Stakes

Royal Ascot races for Wednesday 21st June 2023

• 14:30: Queen Mary Stakes
• 15:05: Queens Vase
• 15:40: Prince of Wales's Stakes
• 16:20: Duke of Cambridge Stakes
• 17:00: Royal Hunt Cup
• 17:35: Windsor Castle Stakes

Royal Ascot races for Thursday 22nd June 2023

• 14:30: Norfolk Stakes
• 15:05: King George V Stakes
• 15:40: Ribblesdale Stakes
• 16:20: Ascot Gold Cup
• 17:00: Britannia Stakes
• 17:35: Hampton Court Stakes

Royal Ascot races for Friday 23rd June 2023

• 14:30: Albany Stakes
• 15:05: Commonwealth Cup
• 15:40: Duke of Edinburgh Stakes
• 16:20: Coronation Stakes
• 17:00: Sandringham Stakes
• 17:35: King Edward VII Stakes

Royal Ascot races for Saturday 24th June 2023

• 14:30: Chesham Stakes
• 15:05: Jersey Stakes
• 15:40: Hardwicke Stakes
• 16:20: Platinum Jubilee Stakes
• 17:00: Wokingham Stakes
• 18:10: Queen Alexandra Stakes