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

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.

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 44 placings from 275 runners
• FR: 0 winners with an additional 1 placing from 2 runners

Carrie Red Fillies Nursery Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Carrie Red Fillies Nursery over the last 20 renewals is K R Burke, who has won the race three times, with those three winners coming from Ellthea (2017), Spright (2020) and Half Sovereign (2025). The only other trainer to have recorded multiple wins in the Carrie Red Fillies Nursery is Richard Fahey (2 wins). Two trainers have not had the best of times over the last 20 renewals in the Carrie Red Fillies Nursery. Tim Easterby has sent a total of 20 runners to the race without recording any wins, whilst Kevin Ryan has sent out 10 without a winner.

Here are some of the top Carrie Red Fillies Nursery 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):

Carrie Red Fillies Nursery Jockey Statistics

There are two leading jockeys in the Carrie Red Fillies Nursery over the last 20 renewals, with both William Buick and Clifford Lee, who have both won the race three times. William Buick winners have been with Royal Confidence (2007), Aqlaam Vision (2013) and Chic Colombine (2023). Clifford Lee winners have been with Ellthea (2017), Spright (2020) and Half Sovereign (2025).

Here are some of the top Carrie Red Fillies Nursery 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):

Carrie Red Fillies Nursery Trend Analysis

✅ The trend factor, which has produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +11.75, 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 0-32.

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

• 2025: Winner in 8 (12,1) [12 Runners]
• 2024: Winner in 12 (2,10) [15 Runners]
• 2023: Winner in 5 (9,6) [10 Runners]
• 2022: Winner in 5 (10,2) [10 Runners]
• 2021: Winner in 3 (10,9) [11 Runners]

The course which has produced the most winners of the Carrie Red Fillies Nursery is Newmarket (July); there have been a total of 3 winners of this race who ran at Newmarket (July) last time out.

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)
• 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 7 winning favourites in the race. Ahead of the 2026 Carrie Red Fillies Nursery, why not head over to the best racing tipster page to see what the tipsters are backing today?

Route to the Carrie Red Fillies Nursery

Many trainers will target races to use as prep races before coming to the Carrie Red Fillies Nursery. These are the races which the recent winners ran in before coming here:

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 2s 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. We also have the £300k 2-y-o Stakes, a valuable class two race.

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 £150k purse. The Flying Childers Stakes is another race on Friday, which carries a decent purse, £130k on offer for the two-year-olds.

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).

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.