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The 2025 Cambridgeshire Meeting
The Cambridgeshire Meeting is a three-day 'festival' that takes place at the Rowley Mile course at Newmarket in late September and can run into early October each year.
Over the three days of racing, there is a total of twenty-two races, ten of which are class one races, with Saturday, the final day of the meeting, being the highlight of the three days and a chance to see the progress of the youngsters, with five of the seven races being restricted to two-year-old runners.
We have individual blogs for all of the major races during the Cambridgeshire meeting (links below), these blogs are packed full of information dedicated to those individual races which include trainer and jockey records in the race and plenty of trends to help you narrow down the fields, you can use those along with the horse racing predictions to find a bet in the race.
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Cambridgeshire Leading Trainers
- 2020 - Andrew Balding (3 Winners & 5 Places)
- 2021 - Saeed Bin Suroor (3 winners from just 6 runners)
- 2022 - Charlie Appleby (5 winners from 14 runners)
- 2023 - Charlie Appleby (3 winners from 12 runners)
- 2024 - Charlie Appleby (2 winners & 2 Places)
Cambridgeshire Leading Jockeys
- 2020 - Oisin Murphy (4 Winners & 4 Places)
- 2021 - Andrea Atzeni (4 Winners & 1 Place)
- 2022 - William Buick (8 Winners & 3 Places)
- 2023 - William Buick (4 winners & 1 Place)
- 2024 - Ryan Moore (4 winners & 2 Places)
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Cambridgeshire Meeting - Day One
Thursday at the Cambridgeshire Meeting
The highlight on the opening day of the three-day Cambridgeshire meeting is the Group 3 Tattersalls Stakes, a seven-furlong race for two-year-old runners.
| Race | Last Winner | Info |
|---|---|---|
| Tattersall Stakes | The Waco Kid (IRE) 2yo - 13/2 | Hugo Palmer Oisin Murphy |
| Jockey Club Rose Bowl | Al Nayyir (GB) 6yo - 11/8 | Tom Clover Luke Morris |
Cambridgeshire Meeting - Day Two
Friday at the Cambridgeshire Meeting
Day two of the Cambridgeshire is a step up from the opening day with five class one races, the highlight being the £125k Group 2 Joel Stakes contested over a mile. We also have the two-year-old race, the Rockfel Stakes, which carries a purse of £100k.
| Race | Last Winner | Info |
|---|---|---|
| Rosemary Stakes | Sirona (GER) 4yo - 6/4 | David Menuisier Ryan Moore |
| Princess Royal Stakes | Time Lock (GB) 5yo - 13/8 | Harry Charlton Ryan Moore |
| Rockfel Stakes | Bubbling (IRE) 2yo - 11/8 | A P O'Brien Ryan Moore |
| Joel Stakes | Prague (IRE) 4yo - 100/30 | Dylan Cunha Daniel Tudhope |
| Godolphin Stakes | Burdett Road (GB) 4yo - 10/1 | James Owen Harry Davies |
Cambridgeshire Meeting - Day Three
Saturday at the Cambridgeshire Meeting
The Cambridgeshire Handicap is the highlight on the third and final day, carrying a purse of £175k; it's a race which spans two counties! It starts in Cambridgeshire and ends in Suffolk! There are also a couple of valuable Group 1s on the final day with the Cheverley Park Stakes and the Middle Park Stakes, which both carry a purse of £275k.
| Race | Last Winner | Info |
|---|---|---|
| Royal Lodge Stakes | Wimbledon Hawkeye (GB) 2yo - 4/1 | James Owen James Doyle |
| Cheveley Park Stakes | Lake Victoria (IRE) 2yo - 6/4 | A P O'Brien Ryan Moore |
| Middle Park Stakes | Shadow Of Light (GB) 2yo - 11/4 | Charlie Appleby William Buick |
| Cambridgeshire Handicap | Liberty Lane (IRE) 4yo - 8/1 | K R Burke Clifford Lee |
| Jersey Lily Fillies Nursery | Naina (GB) 2yo - 6/1 | John Ryan Christian Howarth |
| Cambridgeshire Meeting Sprint Handicap | Spanish Blaze (IRE) 3yo - 13/2 | Marcus Tregoning Trevor Whelan |
Cambridgeshire Meeting - Top Trainers
There are seven group races at the Cambridgeshire meeting each year, and in terms of winners, Aidan O'Brien leads the way by landing fourteen of those races over the last ten years, which is more than double what anyone else has achieved, with John Gosden hitting six winners.
When it comes to handicap races, it is Charlie Appleby who leads the way with an impressive 41.67% strike rate with ten winners from twenty-four runners, and that is five winners clear of John Gosden.
Here are the trainers in order of the number of winners at the Cambridgeshire meeting over the past ten years.
| Trainer | R-W-P | LSP |
|---|---|---|
| Gosden, J H M | 103-23-39 | +20.58 |
| Appleby, Charlie | 78-19-33 | -6.10 |
| O'Brien, A P | 74-16-36 | +43.72 |
| Balding, A M | 98-12-31 | -41.76 |
| Varian, Roger | 94-11-31 | -28.34 |
| Beckett, R M | 59-9-18 | -18.12 |
| Suroor, Saeed Bin | 48-9-19 | +32.63 |
| Haggas, W J | 79-7-21 | -7.25 |
| Charlton, Roger/Harry | 29-7-12 | +0.95 |
| Palmer, Hugo | 37-6-12 | +3.08 |
Most Profitable Trainers at the Cambridgeshire Meeting at Exchange SP (Win)
- Meade, Freddie and Martyn (2 Winners +118.96)
- O'Brien, A P (16 Winners +73.36)
- Suroor, Saeed Bin (9 Winners +37.78)
- Wall, C F (4 Winners +31.65)
- Cole, P F I (2 Winners +31.21)
Most Profitable Trainers at the Cambridgeshire Meeting at Exchange SP (Place)
- Fahey, R A (11 Placings +40.66)
- O'Brien, A P (36 Placings +36.70)
- Crisford, Simon (15 Placings +32.18)
- Fanshawe, J R (6 Placings +21.61)
- O'Brien, Donnacha (2 Placings +17.62)
Cambridgeshire Meeting - Top Jockeys
It may surprise a few that Ryan Moore is up there for handicap wins at the meeting with a total of five winners (from forty-two), but it is William Buick who leads the way when it comes to handicaps at the meeting with a total of fourteen winners (from fifty-five), with Oisin Murphy (7 from 46) splitting the pair.
When it comes to wins in Group races, Moore tops the list with twelve winners (from sixty-three rides), but does show a loss of -8.21, behind him with eight wins is Oisin Murphy (from thirty-six) and then William Buick (from thirty-seven) with seven wins.
Here are the jockeys in order of the number of winners at the Cambridgeshire meeting over the past ten years.
| Jockey | R-W-P | LSP |
|---|---|---|
| Moore, Ryan | 153-25-63 | -27.97 |
| Buick, William | 135-25-57 | -30.83 |
| Murphy, Oisin | 120-20-43 | -26.00 |
| Dettori, L | 69-18-32 | +46.63 |
| Doyle, James | 86-13-36 | -23.04 |
| Atzeni, Andrea | 76-11-24 | -13.26 |
| Crowley, Jim | 75-11-27 | -12.16 |
| Egan, David | 52-4-9 | -22.09 |
| Bentley, Harry | 45-4-11 | -20.25 |
| Havlin, Robert | 29-4-8 | -3.00 |
Most Profitable Jockeys at the Cambridgeshire Meeting at Exchange SP (Win)
- Dettori, L (18 Winners +70.84)
- Heffernan, J A (2 Winners +48.63)
- Shepherd, Callum (2 Winners +38.50)
- Harley, M (2 Winners +29.94)
- Fanning, Joe (2 Winners +24.01)
Most Profitable Jockeys at the Cambridgeshire Meeting at Exchange SP (Place)
- McHugh, B (2 Placings +64.43)
- Doyle, James (36 Placings +26.30)
- Harley, M (4 Placings +24.17)
- Lordan, W M (3 Placings +19.69)
- Heffernan, J A (4 Placings +15.03)
Article Contributor Information
We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Cambridgeshire Meeting Preview are at hand, Andy 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 Flat Racing.
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