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

If you are a fan of horse racing trends, then this preview of the Carrie Red Fillies Nursery will be perfect for you! Not only do we look at the trends, but we look at past winners as well as trainer and jockey records for the Carrie Red Fillies Nursery, a race run over 6½f at Doncaster during the St Leger Festival.
Carrie Red Fillies Nursery Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (St Leger Festival)
Andy Powell
Andy Powell Expert Guide

You know how punters get lost in too much data or bet blindly? I break down the stats and trends so you can feel confident you’re betting with more than just gut instinct.

2025 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).

For sponsorship purposes, the 2025 renewal of the Carrie Red Fillies Nursery will hold the title of 'British Stallion Studs Carrie Red EBF Fillies Nursery Handicap'.

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.

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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.

Below you will find the 2025 Carrie Red Fillies Nursery Trends. See which patterns have occurred over the recent renewals that you may be able to use for the next renewal. We also have a section that looks at the Carrie Red Fillies Nursery Trend Analysis. With the field now finalised, we have the Carrie Red Fillies Nursery Trend Shortlist, which is created using the listed trends.

These are the top three quickest-run Carrie Red Fillies Nursery races 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

Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? Over the past 20 renewals, 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 their win at SP next time out would have returned an LSP of +0.58. Remember to bookmark the racing tips page to access the OLBG racing picks easily daily.

When looking over the past 20 renewals, a time of 1:17.42 was set by Royal Confidence in 2007, which is the quickest time over that period. The runner was trained by B W Hills and ridden by William Buick. The slowest winning time was set in 2006 when Ronaldsay won in a time of 1:25.69, booked to ride was Franny Norton by trainer Richard Hannon Snr.

What the expert says...
9 of the last 20 winners came into the race having won last time out, 14 of the 20 finished in the first two last time out, so you certainly need a runner in a bit of form.

Andy Powell - Horse Racing Betting Expert - OLBG.com

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
2024
1:19.02
Ghost Run (GB)
2yo 9-0 (12 of 15) 5/1
Oisin Murphy
Andrew Balding (GB)
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)

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 45 placings from 279 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

The leading trainer in the Carrie Red Fillies Nursery over the last 20 renewals is K R Burke, who has won the race two times, with those two winners coming from Ellthea (2017) and Spright (2020). There is one trainer who has not had the best of times in the Carrie Red Fillies Nursery; Tim Easterby has sent a total of 20 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are the Carrie Red Fillies Nursery trainer statistics over the last 20 renewals for trainers who have entries in the 2025 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
K R Burke10-2-5+10.00+8.20
William Haggas7-1-1-1.50-3.19
Tim Easterby20-0-4-20.00-12.65
Kevin Ryan9-0-1-9.00-5.37
Jonathan Portman3-0-1-3.00-1.75
George Scott2-0-2-2.00+0.93
Edward Bethell1-0-1-1.00+2.63
Rebecca Menzies1-0-0-1.00-1.00

Carrie Red Fillies Nursery Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Carrie Red Fillies Nursery over the last 20 renewals is Clifford Lee, who has won the race two times, with those two winners coming from Ellthea (2017) and Spright (2020).

Here are the Carrie Red Fillies Nursery jockey statistics over the last 20 renewals for jockeys who have rides in the 2025 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
Clifford Lee
(Half Sovereign)
4-2-3+16.00+10.95
David Egan
(Love Olivia)
5-1-3+2.00+2.98
Oisin Murphy
(Miss Piggle)
4-1-1+2.00+0.13
Duran Fentiman
(Bearin Up)
7-0-1-7.00-4.50
Tom Marquand
(Gwen John)
5-0-0-5.00-5.00
Luke Morris
(Rogue Temptation)
3-0-0-3.00-3.00
Shane Gray
(March Ahead)
2-0-0-2.00-2.00
Hollie Doyle
(Goldie Bear)
2-0-0-2.00-2.00
Rob Hornby
(Brisk Symphony)
2-0-0-2.00-2.00
Darragh Keenan
(If I Could Dream)
1-0-1-1.00+0.05

Carrie Red Fillies Nursery Trend Shortlist

Doncaster will host the 2025 renewal of the Carrie Red Fillies Nursery, which will be run at 1:15 pm on Thursday, 11th September 2025, 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 Half Sovereign (11/4)
    • K R Burke (10-2-5 +10.00 / +8.20)
    • Clifford Lee (4-2-3 +16.00 / +10.95)
  • 15/15 Rogue Temptation (10/1)
    • Edward Bethell (1-0-1 -1.00 / +2.63)
    • Luke Morris (3-0-0 -3.00 / -3.00)

Others: Brisk Symphony (14/15), Gwen John (12/15), March Ahead (12/15), If I Could Dream (11/15), Concert (11/15), Siouxpersonic (11/15), Love Olivia (11/15), Isle Of Fernandez (10/15), Bearin Up (10/15), Goldie Bear (9/15) and Miss Piggle (7/15).

*Trainer & Jockey numbers are Runs-Wins-Places Win LSP / EW LSP, Runners, Odds and Trends Passed/Failed correct at the time of posting (1:59 pm Tuesday 9th September 2025), if no odds were available at the time of posting, then forecasted odds are used.

Carrie Red Fillies Nursery Trend Analysis

✅ The trend factor, which has produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +17.00, 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 0-34.

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

  • 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]
  • 2020: Winner in 3 (9,7) [15 Runners]

The courses that have produced the most winners of the Carrie Red Fillies Nursery are Newmarket (July), Goodwood, Leicester and Sandown; there have been a total 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)
  • 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. Ahead of the 2025 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:

InfoLast Race
2024 - Ghost Run
York - 8th of 20 (13/2)
Harry's Half Million By Goffs
2023 - Chic Colombine
Haydock - 1st of 7 (9/4)
HC Promotions Experience It Live Nursery Handicap
2022 - Bonny Angel
Leicester - 1st of 11 (3/1)
Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Nursery Handicap
2021 - Allayaali
Sandown - 8th of 9 (11/1)
British Stallion Studs EBF Star Stakes
2020 - Spright
Chester - 1st of 8 (11/10)
#simplepleasureschester EBF Fillies Conditions Stakes
2019 - Graceful Magic
Goodwood - 2nd of 8 (7/1)
Racegoers Club Fillies Nursery Handicap
2018 - Stay Classy
Newbury - 2nd of 9 (11/4)
Hilton Woods Cornwall Nursery Handicap
2017 - Ellthea
Deauville - 9th of 11 (44/1)
Shadwell Prix du Calvados
2016 - Glitter Girl
Catterick - 1st of 6 (1/4)
British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes
2015 - Nemoralia
Kempton (AW) - 1st of 7 (8/13)
British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Fillies Stakes

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.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
Carrie Red Fillies NurseryGhost Run (GB)
2yo - 5/1
Andrew Balding
Oisin Murphy
Doncaster 2yo StakesHallasan (GB)
2yo - 15/2
Charlie Appleby
William Buick
May Hill StakesDesert Flower (IRE)
2yo - 1/1
Charlie Appleby
William Buick
Park Hill StakesNakheel (FR)
3yo - 10/1
Owen Burrows
Jim Crowley
Winners Wear Skopes Menswear HandicapKildare Legend (IRE)
3yo - 100/30
James Ferguson
Daniel Muscutt

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.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
Mallard HandicapFaylaq (GB)
8yo - 18/1
Jim Goldie
Amie Waugh
Flying Scotsman StakesBenevento (IRE)
2yo - 7/1
Raphael E Freire
David Egan
Flying Childers StakesAesterius (IRE)
2yo - 7/2
Archie Watson
James Doyle
Doncaster CupSweet William (IRE)
5yo - 7/4
John & Thady Gosden
Robert Havlin

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
PJ Towey Construction HandicapJohan (GB)
7yo - 18/1
Jack Channon
Rossa Ryan
Champagne StakesBay City Roller (IRE)
2yo - 9/2
George Scott
Callum Shepherd
Portland Heritage HandicapAmerican Affair (GB)
4yo - 4/1
Jim Goldie
Paul Mulrennan
Park StakesKinross (GB)
7yo - 11/4
Ralph Beckett
Rossa Ryan
St LegerJan Brueghel (IRE)
3yo - 11/4
A P O'Brien
Sean Levey
Mastiff Manor HandicapDaysofourlives (IRE)
4yo - 100/30
Marco Botti
Jack Mitchell

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
City of Doncaster HandicapTelemark (IRE)
3yo - 12/1
Simon & Ed Crisford
Harry Davies
Betfred 'The Classic Bookmaker' HandicapBaldomero (IRE)
6yo - 10/1
Michael Appleby
Silvestre De Sousa
Sceptre StakesGreat Generation (IRE)
3yo - 8/1
Marco Botti
Marco Ghiani

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 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.

James Banting

James Banting

Expert Guide

James Banting, a passionate horse racing enthusiast and aficionado, brings a wealth of experience to OLBG, having attended numerous race meetings over the years. His background working with the Jockey Association provides him with a unique insider's perspective on the industry.
Andy Powell

Andy Powell

Expert Guide

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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