Copper Horse Stakes Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Royal Ascot)

Explore the Copper Horse Stakes' recent history, highlighting successful trainers and jockeys. Analyse past winners to detect trends in this emerging long-distance handicap.
Copper Horse Stakes Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Royal Ascot)
Andy Powell
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.

2026 Copper Horse Stakes Preview

One of three new handicaps added to the Royal Ascot card, the Copper Horse Stakes is a race contested over one mile and six furlongs for horses who are aged four or older. The race is staged on the opening day of Royal Ascot.

Copper Horse Stakes Information:

Our dedicated Royal Ascot tips page will not only bring you predictions from the OLBG racing tipsters for the upcoming card that includes the Copper Horse Stakes, but will also have predictions for each meeting at Royal Ascot throughout the season, so be sure to head over there. We cover every race at Royal Ascot, and below you can find links to all of the races for each of Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday. In addition to those, we also cover numerous races at Ascot during the flat season; you can find links to those here.

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How competitive is the Copper Horse Stakes market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 6 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2021 when the race had an over-round of 122%. The race in 2023 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 134%, whilst on average over the last 6 renewals of the Copper Horse Stakes, the over-round has been 127%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £127 which is bet.

Below you will find the 2026 Copper Horse Stakes 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 Copper Horse Stakes Trend Analysis.

These are the top three quickest-run Copper Horse Stakes races over the last 6 renewals:

  1. French Master (3:01.07) in 2025
  2. Amtiyaz (3:01.23) in 2021
  3. Belloccio (3:01.31) in 2024

Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? Over the past 6 renewals, if you had followed the winner of the Copper Horse Stakes next time out, then you would have backed a total of 3 winners. Backing all 5 runners who have been out since their win at SP next time out would have returned an LSP of +14.17. Ahead of the 2026 Copper Horse Stakes, why not head over to the racing predictions for tips on other races today?

When looking over the past 6 renewals, a time of 3:01.07 was set by French Master in 2025, which is the quickest time over that period. The runner was trained by John & Thady Gosden and ridden by James Doyle. The slowest winning time was set in 2023 when Vauban won in a time of 3:05.28, booked to ride was Ryan Moore by trainer W P Mullins.

What the expert says...
<p>A fairly new race, so little to go on; however, the 2023 & 2024 winners both came from hurdle races at Punchestown, Vauban (2023) from the Punchestown Champion Hurdle and Belloccio (2024) from a Maiden Hurdle.</p>

Andy Powell - Horse Racing Betting Expert - OLBG.com

Copper Horse Stakes Past Winners

Here are the Copper Horse Stakes' past winners for the last 6 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 Copper Horse Stakes are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.

YearHorse (Drawn)Info
2025
3:01.07
French Master (IRE)
4yo 9-7 (7 of 16) 5/2F
James Doyle
John & Thady Gosden (GB)
2024
3:01.31
Belloccio (FR)
6yo 9-7 (14 of 16) 4/1
William Buick
W P Mullins (IRE)
2023
3:05.28
Vauban (FR)
5yo 9-8 (7 of 16) 1/1F
Ryan Moore
W P Mullins (IRE)
2022
3:03.21
Get Shirty (IRE)
6yo 9-6 (7 of 16) 16/1
Daniel Tudhope
David O'Meara (GB)
2021
3:01.23
Amtiyaz (GB)
4yo 9-1 (9 of 15) 33/1
Hollie Doyle
John & Thady Gosden (GB)
2020
3:02.86
Fujaira Prince (IRE)
6yo 9-4 (16 of 16) 3/1F
Andrea Atzeni
Roger Varian (GB)

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Copper Horse Stakes have been based:

  • GB: 4 winners with an additional 11 placings from 73 runners
  • IRE: 2 winners with an additional 6 placings from 22 runners

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Copper Horse Stakes Trainer Statistics

There are two leading trainers in the Copper Horse Stakes over the last 6 renewals, with both John & Thady Gosden and W P Mullins, who have both won the race two times. John & Thady Gosden winners have been with Amtiyaz (2021) and French Master (2025). W P Mullins winners have been with Vauban (2023) and Belloccio (2024).

Here are some of the top Copper Horse Stakes trainer statistics over the last 6 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):

TrainerR-W-PWinEW
John & Thady Gosden5-2-3+32.50+24.69
W P Mullins5-2-3+2.00+1.26
David O'Meara3-1-1+14.00+8.00
Roger Varian3-1-1+1.00-0.12
Andrew Balding5-0-1-5.00-3.81
Joseph Patrick O'Brien4-0-1-4.00-2.81
Charlie Appleby4-0-1-4.00-3.00
Gordon Elliott3-0-1-3.00+0.00
Ian Williams3-0-0-3.00-3.00
Alan King3-0-0-3.00-3.00

Copper Horse Stakes Jockey Statistics

Here are some of the top Copper Horse Stakes jockey statistics over the last 6 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):

JockeyR-W-PWinEW
William Buick6-1-2-1.00-1.50
Ryan Moore6-1-2-4.00-3.62
James Doyle5-1-2-1.50+0.06
Hollie Doyle4-1-1+30.00+17.63
Daniel Tudhope4-1-1+13.00+7.00
Andrea Atzeni2-1-1+2.00+0.88
Oisin Murphy5-0-3-5.00-0.06
David Egan4-0-0-4.00-4.00
Jim Crowley3-0-1-3.00-1.00
David Probert3-0-0-3.00-3.00

Copper Horse Stakes Trend Analysis

✅ The trend factor, which has produced 3+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +38.50, is when runners had 0 career starts on the going.

❌ The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 1 season place, when backing these, the trend shows a record of 0-29.

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

  • 2025: Winner in 7 (9,5,3) [16 Runners]
  • 2024: Winner in 14 (16,12,13) [16 Runners]
  • 2023: Winner in 7 (10,3,13) [16 Runners]
  • 2022: Winner in 7 (9,14,5) [16 Runners]
  • 2021: Winner in 9 (4,3) [15 Runners]

The course which has produced the most winners of the Copper Horse Stakes is Punchestown; there have been a total of 2 winners of this race who ran at Punchestown last time out.

The race is open to both sexes, with the Male runners having produced a total of 6 winners from a total of 86 runners, whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 9 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Copper Horse Stakes; that stallion, Frankel, has produced 2 winners (2025,2021).

Looking at the winning odds over the last 6 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Amtiyaz in 2021, winning for John & Thady Gosden at odds of 33/1 under the guidance of Hollie Doyle. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 6 renewals, there have been 3 winning favourites in the race. Remember to use the best racing tipsters along with the information on this page to find a bet on the 2026 Copper Horse Stakes.

Route to the Copper Horse Stakes

Many trainers will target races to use as prep races before coming to the Copper Horse Stakes. These are the races which the recent winners ran in before coming here:

InfoLast Race
2025 - French Master
Goodwood - 1st of 8 (5/4)
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2024 - Belloccio
Punchestown - 1st of 15 (4/5)
Tuesday Treat At Punchestown Maiden Hurdle
2023 - Vauban
Punchestown - 2nd of 6 (10/3)
Punchestown Champion Hurdle
2022 - Get Shirty
Hamilton - 1st of 6 (5/1)
Palmaris Services Braveheart Handicap
2021 - Amtiyaz
Lingfield (AW) - 6th of 7 (9/2)
All-Weather Marathon Championships
2020 - Fujaira Prince
Ascot - 3rd of 19 (4/1)
Duke of Edinburgh Stakes

Schedule for Tuesday at the Royal Ascot Meeting

The five-day Royal Ascot meeting kicks off on Tuesday with three Group 1 events on the seven-race card, with the Queen Anne Stakes, King Charles II Stakes and St James's Palace Stakes all part of the British Champions Series.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
14:30 Royal Ascot
Queen Anne Stakes
Docklands (GB)
5yo - 14/1
Harry Eustace
Mark Zahra
15:05 Royal Ascot
Coventry Stakes
Gstaad (GB)
2yo - 7/2
A P O'Brien
Ryan Moore
15:40 Royal Ascot
King Charles III Stakes
American Affair (GB)
5yo - 11/1
Jim Goldie
Paul Mulrennan
16:20 Royal Ascot
St James's Palace Stakes
Field Of Gold (IRE)
3yo - 8/11
John & Thady Gosden
Colin Keane
17:00 Royal Ascot
Ascot Stakes
Ascending (IRE)
6yo - 20/1
Henry De Bromhead
W J Lee
17:35 Royal Ascot
Wolferton Stakes
Haatem (IRE)
4yo - 8/1
Richard Hannon
James Doyle
18:10 Royal Ascot
Copper Horse Stakes
French Master (IRE)
4yo - 5/2
John & Thady Gosden
James Doyle

Schedule for Wednesday at the Royal Ascot Meeting

The feature race on the second day of Royal Ascot is the Prince of Wales's Stakes, a race which carries a prize fund of £1m and is part of the British Champions Series.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
14:30 Royal Ascot
Queen Mary Stakes
True Love (IRE)
2yo - 9/4
A P O'Brien
Ryan Moore
15:05 Royal Ascot
Queen's Vase
Carmers (IRE)
3yo - 9/2
P Twomey
W J Lee
15:40 Royal Ascot
Duke of Cambridge Stakes
Crimson Advocate (USA)
4yo - 13/2
John & Thady Gosden
James McDonald
16:20 Royal Ascot
Prince of Wales's Stakes
Ombudsman (IRE)
4yo - 7/1
John & Thady Gosden
William Buick
17:00 Royal Ascot
Royal Hunt Cup
My Cloud (IRE)
4yo - 3/1
Roger Varian
Silvestre De Sousa
17:35 Royal Ascot
Kensington Palace Stakes
Miss Information (IRE)
4yo - 11/1
Andrew Balding
Oisin Murphy
18:10 Royal Ascot
Windsor Castle Stakes
Havana Hurricane (GB)
2yo - 7/1
Eve Johnson Houghton
Charles Bishop

Schedule for Thursday at the Royal Ascot Meeting

There are a couple of decent handicaps on the third day of Royal Ascot, the highlight of the day, though, is the Ascot Gold Cup, a Group 1 marathon for the flat runners.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
14:30 Royal Ascot
Norfolk Stakes
Charles Darwin (IRE)
2yo - 8/13
A P O'Brien
Ryan Moore
15:05 Royal Ascot
King George V Stakes
Merchant (IRE)
3yo - 3/1
William Haggas
Tom Marquand
15:40 Royal Ascot
Ribblesdale Stakes
Garden Of Eden (IRE)
3yo - 7/1
A P O'Brien
Ryan Moore
16:20 Royal Ascot
Ascot Gold Cup
Trawlerman (IRE)
7yo - 85/40
John & Thady Gosden
William Buick
17:00 Royal Ascot
Britannia Stakes
Arabian Story (IRE)
3yo - 15/2
Saeed bin Suroor
Oisin Murphy
17:35 Royal Ascot
Hampton Court Stakes
Trinity College (IRE)
3yo - 5/2
A P O'Brien
Ryan Moore
18:10 Royal Ascot
Buckingham Palace Stakes
Never So Brave (IRE)
4yo - 4/1
Andrew Balding
Oisin Murphy

Schedule for Friday at the Royal Ascot Meeting

A couple of British Champions Series races on the Friday at Royal Ascot, the Commonwealth Cup over six furlongs and then the Coronation Stakes over just shy of a mile.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
14:30 Royal Ascot
Albany Stakes
Venetian Sun (IRE)
2yo - 7/1
K R Burke
Clifford Lee
15:05 Royal Ascot
Commonwealth Cup
Time For Sandals (IRE)
3yo - 25/1
Harry Eustace
Richard Kingscote
15:40 Royal Ascot
Duke of Edinburgh Stakes
Ethical Diamond (IRE)
5yo - 3/1
W P Mullins
Ryan Moore
16:20 Royal Ascot
Coronation Stakes
Cercene (IRE)
3yo - 33/1
Joseph G Murphy
Gary Carroll
17:00 Royal Ascot
Sandringham Stakes
Never Let Go (GB)
3yo - 22/1
Ed Walker
Kieran Shoemark
17:35 Royal Ascot
King Edward VII Stakes
Amiloc (GB)
3yo - 11/8
Ralph Beckett
Rossa Ryan
18:10 Royal Ascot
Palace of Holyroodhouse Stakes
Adrestia (GB)
3yo - 10/1
Simon & Ed Crisford
Oisin Murphy

Schedule for Saturday at the Royal Ascot Meeting

The final day of Royal Ascot is all about the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes, a Group 1 race run over six furlongs which is part of the British Champions Series and carries a prize fund of £1m.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
14:30 Royal Ascot
Chesham Stakes
Humidity (GB)
2yo - 4/1
Andrew Balding
James Doyle
15:05 Royal Ascot
Hardwicke Stakes
Rebels Romance (IRE)
7yo - 6/4
Charlie Appleby
William Buick
15:40 Royal Ascot
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes
Lazzat (FR)
4yo - 9/2
J Reynier
James Doyle
16:20 Royal Ascot
Jersey Stakes
Noble Champion (IRE)
3yo - 25/1
Ed Walker
Kieran Shoemark
17:00 Royal Ascot
Wokingham Stakes
Get It (GB)
7yo - 28/1
George Baker
Seamie Heffernan
17:35 Royal Ascot
Golden Gates Stakes
Quai De Bethune (FR)
3yo - 12/1
Andrew Balding
Oisin Murphy
18:10 Royal Ascot
Queen Alexandra Stakes
Sober (FR)
6yo - 4/5
W P Mullins
Ryan Moore

Article Contributor Information

We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Copper Horse Stakes 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

Tipster Competition Assistant

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 Club provides him with a unique insider's perspective on the industry.
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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