Carrie Red Fillies Nursery Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (St Leger Festival)

Updated: 810 Horse Racing

We look at the Carrie Red Fillies Nursery ahead of the next renewal, a race contested over 6½f at Doncaster during the St Leger Festival to see which runners, trainers and jockeys have previously won the race and which trends you can use to find the winner of the Carrie Red Fillies Nursery.

Carrie Red Fillies Nursery Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (St Leger Festival)
Andy Powell Content Editor

Horse Racing stats man, Andy has contributed to OLBG for 18 years - An Ipswich fan and F1 fanatic, he also contributes EFL football and Motor Sport opinion.

2024 Carrie Red Fillies Nursery Preview

The Carrie Red Fillies Nursery is run at Doncaster racecourse during the St Leger Festival, the race is run on the opening day (Thursday) and is a Nursery (Handicap) open to two-year-old fillies only with the race being run over six and a half furlongs (111y).

Carrie Red Fillies Nursery Information:

If you are interested in other predictions at Doncaster then head over to the Doncaster tips page to see which runners are being supported by the OLBG racing tipsters and also compare those predictions to the runners that make the trend shortlist when added below. You may also be interested in other preview blogs that we have packed full of information, head down to the Other Principal races during the Doncaster St Leger Festival section for links to these.

How competitive is the Carrie Red Fillies Nursery market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2017 when the race had an over-round of 112%. The race in 2015 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 128%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Carrie Red Fillies Nursery, the over-round has been 120%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £120 which is bet.

Carrie Red Fillies Nursery Trends:

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 Carrie Red Fillies Nursery next time out then you would have backed a total of 4 winners. Backing all 20 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of +0.58. Whilst we wait for the 2024 Carrie Red Fillies Nursery remember you can get daily racing predictions from the expert tipsters on the racing predictions page.

Over the last 20 renewals, it was Royal Confidence, trained by B W Hills and ridden by William Buick who set the fastest winning time in the Carrie Red Fillies Nursery, the runner won the race in a time of 1:17.42 when winning the race in 2007. At the other end of the scale, it was the combination of trainer Richard Hannon Snr and jockey Franny Norton with Ronaldsay who set the slowest winning time, the race-winning time was 1:25.69 in the 2006 renewal.

These are the top three quickest-run Carrie Red Fillies Nursery over the last 20 renewals:

  1. Royal Confidence (1:17.42) in 2007
  2. Nemoralia (1:17.59) in 2015
  3. In The Slips (1:17.92) in 2009

Carrie Red Fillies Nursery Past Winners

Here are the Carrie Red Fillies Nursery 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 Carrie Red Fillies Nursery are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.

YearHorse (Drawn)Info
2023
1:22.34
Chic Colombine (FR)
2yo 9-2 (5 of 10) 9/4F
William Buick
George Boughey (GB)
2022
1:18.19
Bonny Angel (GB)
2yo 8-9 (5 of 10) 4/1F
John Fahy
Clive Cox (GB)
2021
1:18.91
Allayaali (IRE)
2yo 9-5 (3 of 11) 9/1
Dane O'Neill
Charles Hills (GB)
2020
1:18.63
Spright (GB)
2yo 9-3 (3 of 15) 10/1
Clifford Lee
K R Burke (GB)
2019
1:20.36
Graceful Magic (GB)
2yo 8-11 (10 of 13) 5/1F
Charles Bishop
Eve Johnson Houghton (GB)
2018
1:19.64
Stay Classy (IRE)
2yo 8-7 (7 of 13) 6/1
David Egan
Richard Spencer (GB)
2017
1:19.89
Ellthea (IRE)
2yo 9-0 (2 of 6) 8/1
Clifford Lee (3lbs)
K R Burke (GB)
2016
1:20.93
Glitter Girl (GB)
2yo 9-7 (3 of 12) 9/2F
Ryan Moore
William Haggas (GB)
2015
1:17.59
Nemoralia (USA)
2yo 9-7 (20 of 19) 7/4F
Frankie Dettori
Jeremy Noseda (GB)
2014
1:18.10
Home Cummins (IRE)
2yo 9-2 (11 of 17) 12/1
Jack Garritty (5lbs)
Richard Fahey (GB)

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Carrie Red Fillies Nursery have been based:

  • GB: 20 winners with an additional 46 placings from 285 runners
  • FR: 0 winners with an additional 1 placing from 2 runners
  • AUS: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner

Carrie Red Fillies Nursery Trainer Statistics

There are two leading trainers in the Carrie Red Fillies Nursery over the last 20 renewals with both Richard Fahey and K R Burke who have both won the race two times. Richard Fahey winners have been with Jamesbos Girl (2012) and Home Cummins (2014). K R Burke winners have been with Ellthea (2017) and Spright (2020).

Here are the Carrie Red Fillies Nursery trainer statistics over the last 20 renewals for trainers who have entries in the 2024 renewal, those not listed have not had a runner. (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
Richard Fahey13-2-4+9.00+3.85
K R Burke9-2-5+11.00+9.20
William Haggas6-1-1-0.50-2.19
Richard Spencer3-1-1+4.00+1.75
George Boughey1-1-1+2.25+1.35
Kevin Ryan8-0-1-8.00-4.37
Brian Meehan3-0-2-3.00+2.50
Andrew Balding2-0-1-2.00-0.37
George Scott1-0-1-1.00+0.05
Charlie Johnston1-0-0-1.00-1.00

Carrie Red Fillies Nursery Jockey Statistics

Here are the Carrie Red Fillies Nursery jockey statistics over the last 20 renewals for jockeys who have entries in the 2024 renewal, those not listed have not had a runner. (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
Charles Bishop1-1-1+5.00+3.13
Joe Fanning9-0-1-9.00-7.75
Silvestre De Sousa7-0-1-7.00-5.75
Tom Marquand4-0-0-4.00-4.00
Tom Eaves3-0-0-3.00-3.00
Oisin Murphy3-0-0-3.00-3.00
Sean Levey3-0-0-3.00-3.00
Hayley Turner2-0-0-2.00-2.00
P J McDonald2-0-0-2.00-2.00

Carrie Red Fillies Nursery Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +16.00 is when runners ran on Good To Firm ground last time out. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had a biggest odds run of 33/1, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-39.

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

  • 2023: Winner in 5 (9,6) [10 Runners]
  • 2022: Winner in 5 (10,2) [10 Runners]
  • 2021: Winner in 3 (10,9) [11 Runners]
  • 2020: Winner in 3 (9,7) [15 Runners]
  • 2019: Winner in 10 (7,14) [13 Runners]

The courses that have produced the most winners of the Carrie Red Fillies Nursery are Leicester, Newmarket (July), Sandown, Goodwood and Newbury, there has been a total number of 2 winners from each of those courses.

Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Carrie Red Fillies Nursery, that stallion More Than Ready has produced 2 winners (2015,2009).

These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Carrie Red Fillies Nursery despite multiple attempts:

  • Bahamian Bounty (0 Wins from 7 runners)
  • Iffraaj (0 Wins from 6 runners)
  • Compton Place (0 Wins from 5 runners)
  • Exceed And Excel (0 Wins from 5 runners)
  • Fast Company (0 Wins from 5 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was In The Slips in 2009, winning for Paul Cole at odds of 28/1 under the guidance of Greg Fairley. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 6 winning favourites in the race. Whilst we wait for the 2024 Carrie Red Fillies Nursery remember you can get daily racing predictions from the top racing tipsters on the best racing tipsters page.

Carrie Red Fillies Nursery Trend Shortlist

Doncaster will host the 2024 renewal of the Carrie Red Fillies Nursery which will be run at 1:50 pm on Thursday 12th September 2024 and these are the runners who perform best based on the trends along with the trainer and jockey and their record in the race (Runs-Wins-Places Win LSP / EW LSP):

  • 15/15 Dear Cat (9/1)
    • Warren Greatrex (0-0-0 0.00 / 0.00)
    • Edward Greatrex (0-0-0 0.00 / 0.00)
  • 15/15 Silver Ghost (10/1)
    • Emma Lavelle (0-0-0 0.00 / 0.00)
    • Charles Bishop (1-1-1 +5.00 / +3.13)

Others: Scatter Penny (14/15), Skellig Isle (14/15), Art Design (14/15), Eartha (14/15), Ghost Run (13/15), Hackney Diamonds (13/15), Toomuchforme (13/15), Alice Fairfax (12/15), Substitute (11/15), Beauty Nation (11/15), Griselda (10/15), Hot Like Me (10/15), Oolong Poobong (10/15) and Stage Effect (5/15).

*Trainer & Jockey numbers are Runs-Wins-Places Win LSP / EW LSP, Runners, Odds and Trends Passed/Failed correct at the time of posting (10:52 am Wednesday 11th September 2024), if no odds were available at the time of posting then forecasted odds are used.

Other Principal races during the Doncaster St Leger Festival

Here is the schedule for the four-day St Leger Festival 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.

Thursday at St Leger Festival

There are a couple of Group 2's which take centre-stage on the opening day of the St Leger Festival, the £120k May Hill Stakes where the two-year-olds feature and then the £150k Park Hill Fillies Stakes where the older fillies compete.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
13:50
Carrie Red Fillies Nursery
Chic Colombine (FR)
2yo - 9/4
George Boughey
William Buick
14:25
Doncaster 2yo Stakes
Room Service (IRE)
2yo - 10/1
Kevin Ryan
Tom Eaves
15:00
May Hill Stakes
Darnation (IRE)
2yo - 11/10
K R Burke
Clifford Lee
15:35
Park Hill Stakes
Sumo Sam (GB)
3yo - 4/1
Paul & Oliver Cole
Rossa Ryan
17:50
St Leger Festival Class 3 1m4f Handicap
In The Breeze (IRE)
5yo - 15/2
Michael Appleby
Tom Marquand

Friday at St Leger Festival

On Friday, the feature race of the day is the Group 2 Doncaster Cup which is part of the British Champion Series and carries a £140k purse. The Flying Childers Stakes is another race on Friday which carries a decent purse, £130k on offer for the two-year-olds.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
13:50
Mallard Handicap
Legendary Day (GB)
5yo - 12/1
Adrian Paul Keatley
Mark Winn
14:25
Flying Scotsman Stakes
Dancing Gemini (IRE)
2yo - 5/1
Roger Teal
Lewis Edmunds
15:00
Flying Childers Stakes
Big Evs (IRE)
2yo - 9/4
Michael Appleby
Tom Marquand
15:35
Doncaster Cup
Trueshan (FR)
7yo - 100/30
Alan King
Hollie Doyle

Saturday at St Leger Festival

The feature race of the festival, the St Leger takes place on Saturday, another race which is part of the British Champion Series, this Group 1 carries a purse of £700k. The three races before the St Leger all carry decent purses too, the Champagne Stakes (£150k), the Portland (£100k) and the Park Stakes (£140k).

RaceLast WinnerInfo
13:50
Champagne Stakes
Iberian (IRE)
2yo - 3/1
Charles Hills
Tom Marquand
14:25
Portland Heritage Handicap
Annaf (IRE)
4yo - 7/1
Michael Appleby
Rossa Ryan
15:00
Park Stakes
Sandrine (GB)
4yo - 11/2
Andrew Balding
Oisin Murphy
15:40
St Leger
Continuous (JPN)
3yo - 3/1
A P O'Brien
Ryan Moore
16:15
PJ Towey Construction Handicap
La Yakel (GB)
4yo - 13/8
William Haggas
Tom Marquand
17:25
St Leger Festival Class 2 Mile Handicap
Liberty Lane (IRE)
3yo - 11/2
K R Burke
Clifford Lee

Sunday at St Leger Festival

Sunday is a bit more low-key, only one class one race which is the £85k Sceptre Stakes for the fillies over 7f and there are also a couple of decent handicaps carrying good purses of £70k and £65k.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
14:40
City of Doncaster Handicap
Poet Master (IRE)
3yo - 9/2
K R Burke
Sam James
15:15
Sceptre Stakes
Matilda Picotte (IRE)
3yo - 6/1
Kieran P Cotter
Oisin Murphy
16:15
St Leger Festival Class 2 Sprint Handicap
Baradar (IRE)
5yo - 100/30
George Boughey
William Buick

Article Contributor Information

We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Carrie Red Fillies Nursery 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

Tipster competition manager

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

Content editor

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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