2022 Britannia Stakes Preview, Trends & Analysis

2022 Britannia Stakes Preview

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.

To see which runners the OLBG racing tipsters are tipping throughout the card that includes this race, head over to the Royal Ascot Betting Picks on the day of the race, do they agree with the runners on the trend shortlist or are they predicting other runners?

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 2002 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 158%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Britannia Stakes, the over-round has been 141% that means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £141 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 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -10.50. Whilst we wait for the 2022 Britannia Stakes remember you can get daily racing predictions from the expert tipsters on the racing predictions page.

Britannia Stakes Past Ten Winners

Here are the past 10 winners of the Britannia Stakes. 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 which 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
2021 1:39.19	Perotto 3yo 9-3 (19 of 29) 18/1	Oisin Murphy Marcus Tregoning
2020 1:41.22	Khaloosy 3yo 9-2 (19 of 22) 9/2	Jim Crowley Roger Varian
2019 1:41.25	Biometric 3yo 8-8 (29 of 28) 28/1	Harry Bentley Ralph Beckett
2018 1:38.85	Ostilio 3yo 8-9 (15 of 30) 10/1	Silvestre De Sousa Simon Crisford
2017 1:40.59	Bless Him 3yo 8-9 (3 of 29) 25/1	Jamie Spencer David Simcock
2016 1:40.42	Limitless 3yo 9-1 (12 of 28) 13/2	Jamie Spencer Jamie Osborne
2015 1:38.57	War Envoy 3yo 9-6 (11 of 28) 10/1	Ryan Moore A P O'Brien
2014 1:38.40	Born In China 3yo 8-4 (26 of 30) 14/1	David Probert Andrew Balding
2013 1:37.52	Beauty Flame 3yo 8-12 (15 of 27) 20/1	W J Lee Ms Joanna Morgan
2012 1:42.08	Fast Or Free 3yo 8-10 (6 of 29) 6/1F	Ryan Moore William Haggas

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 522 runners
IRE: 2 winners with an additional 2 placings from 35 runners
FR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 2 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

Britannia Stakes Trainer Statistics

There are multiple trainers who have not had the best of times over the last 20 renewals in the Britannia Stakes, Mark Johnston (0-49), John Gosden (0-29), Richard Hannon (0-19), Mick Channon (0-19), Brian Meehan (0-12), Richard Fahey (0-11) & Saeed bin Suroor (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	19-1-1	-4.00	-9.25
Sir Michael Stoute	19-1-3	-14.67	-10.92
William Haggas	17-1-6	-10.00	+4.63
Michael Bell	14-1-4	+20.00	+18.88
A P O'Brien	9-1-1	+2.00	-1.75
Ralph Beckett	8-1-3	+21.00	+20.63
Ed Dunlop	8-1-3	+13.00	+10.00
Clive Cox	8-1-2	+9.00	+4.63
Hughie Morrison	7-1-1	+2.00	-1.00
Roger Charlton	6-1-1	+23.00	+12.50

Britannia Stakes Jockey Statistics

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 (2 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 (0-13), Paul Hanagan (0-12), Martin Dwyer (0-11) & Joe Fanning (0-11) 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	17-4-8	+39.00	+30.01
Ryan Moore	18-2-7	+0.00	+8.13
Jim Crowley	12-1-2	-6.50	-5.19
Silvestre De Sousa	11-1-2	+0.00	+0.88
David Probert	8-1-1	+7.00	+1.75
Oisin Murphy	7-1-2	+12.00	+6.50
Liam Keniry	6-1-1	+20.00	+10.63
Nicky Mackay	5-1-1	+4.00	+1.00
W J Lee	1-1-1	+20.00	+12.50
Frankie Dettori	15-0-2	-15.00	-11.81

2022 Britannia Stakes Trends

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

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%) - Not in an 8-9 field (LTO)
19 / 20 (57%) - No bigger than 28/1
19 / 20 (77%) - Not on Soft or Firm (LTO)
19 / 20 (77%) - Best in 3 of 1st or 2nd
19 / 20 (81%) - Last win at no bigger than 8/1
19 / 20 (84%) - Did not run in a Class 1 LTO
19 / 20 (88%) - Furthest won over 6f-8f
19 / 20 (90%) - Last win was between 6f-8f
19 / 20 (91%) - Fewer than 5 Hcp runs
19 / 20 (91%) - Ran on turf (LTO)
19 / 20 (92%) - Not a claimer in saddle
18 / 20 (74%) - Within the first 5 LTO
18 / 20 (75%) - Debut was over either 6f or 7f
18 / 20 (82%) - Within 6lbs of race ave weight
18 / 20 (82%) - Over no further than 1m LTO
18 / 20 (85%) - Never contested a G1 or G2
18 / 20 (86%) - Never placed in a Class 1
18 / 20 (88%) - Never placed in a higher class
17 / 20 (64%) - Beaten no more 4¼l (LTO)
17 / 20 (67%) - Never gone further than 1m
17 / 20 (80%) - Either GB or IRE bred
15 / 20 (73%) - 3-7 Career starts

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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Britannia Stakes Trend Analysis

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 0-94.

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

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]
2017: Winner in 3 (1,7,27) [29 Runners]

The courses which have produced the most winners of the Britannia Stakes are Haydock and Newmarket (Rowley), 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 9 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. Remember to bookmark the best racing tipsters page so you can get easy access to the best OLBG racing tipsters.

2022 Britannia Stakes Preview, Trends & Analysis