Knights Solicitors Handicap Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Dante Festival)

2024 Knights Solicitors Handicap Preview

Scheduled to take place in May of each year at the York racecourse is this class two handicap which takes place during the Dante Festival.

Open to runners aged four or older, they compete over a distance of one mile, two and a half furlongs around this left-handed track.

Knights Solicitors Handicap Information:

• Knights Solicitors Handicap Past Winners
• Knights Solicitors Handicap Trainer Statistics
• Knights Solicitors Handicap Jockey Statistics

Our dedicated York tips page will not only bring you predictions from the OLBG racing tipsters for the upcoming card that includes the Knights Solicitors Handicap but will also have predictions for each meeting at York throughout the season so be sure to head over there. You may also be interested in other preview blogs that we have packed full of information during the Dante Festival, head down to the Other Principal races during the York Dante Festival section for links to these. In addition to those, we also cover numerous races at York during the flat season, you can find links to those here.

How competitive is the Knights Solicitors Handicap market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2022 when the race had an over-round of 114%. The race in 2017 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 131%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Knights Solicitors Handicap, the over-round has been 120%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £120 which is bet.

Knights Solicitors Handicap Trends:

• 2024 Knights Solicitors Handicap Trends
• Knights Solicitors Handicap Trend Analysis

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 Knights Solicitors Handicap next time out then you would have backed a total of 5 winners. Backing all 20 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -0.50. Remember to bookmark the racing tips page so you can get easy access to the OLBG racing picks daily.

When looking over the past 20 renewals, a time of 2:07.41 was set by Im Imposing in 2010, which is the quickest time over that period, the runner was trained by Sir Michael Stoute and ridden by Ryan Moore. The slowest winning time was set in 2005 when Zero Tolerance won in a time of 2:17.01, booked to ride was Jamie Spencer by the trainer David Barron.

These are the top three quickest-run Knights Solicitors Handicap over the last 20 renewals:

1. Im Imposing (2:07.41) in 2010
2. Marhaba The Champ (2:08.06) in 2023
3. Nayel (2:08.51) in 2016

Knights Solicitors Handicap Past Winners

Here are the Knights Solicitors Handicap 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 trainer of the horse at the time of winning the Knights Solicitors Handicap as well as the jockey is also displayed along with the starting price the horse was sent off.

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Knights Solicitors Handicap have been based:

• GB: 20 winners with an additional 45 placings from 279 runners
• AUS: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner

Knights Solicitors Handicap Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Knights Solicitors Handicap over the last 20 renewals is Saeed bin Suroor who has won the race three times with those three winners coming from Emirates Skyline (2007), Folk Opera (2008) and Moonquake (2009). Other trainers who have recorded multiple wins in the Knights Solicitors Handicap are Sir Michael Stoute (2 wins), John Gosden (2 wins) and Roger Varian (2 wins). There is one trainer who has not had the best of times in the Knights Solicitors Handicap, David O'Meara has sent a total of 12 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Knights Solicitors Handicap 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):

Knights Solicitors Handicap Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Knights Solicitors Handicap over the last 20 renewals is Frankie Dettori who has won the race three times with those three winners coming from Emirates Skyline (2007), Folk Opera (2008) and Moonquake (2009). Other jockeys who have recorded multiple wins in the Knights Solicitors Handicap are William Buick (2 wins) and Andrea Atzeni (2 wins).

Here are some of the top Knights Solicitors Handicap 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):

Knights Solicitors Handicap Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +18.00 is when runners ran in a race restricted to 3yo+ when last winning. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 2 career places over the trip, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-40.

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

• 2023: Winner in 4 (6,2) [13 Runners]
• 2022: Winner in 2 (5,1) [10 Runners]
• 2021: Winner in 6 (2,12) [12 Runners]
• 2019: Winner in 8 (7,6) [11 Runners]
• 2018: Winner in 3 (8,6) [11 Runners]

The course which has produced the most winners of the Knights Solicitors Handicap is Newbury, there has been a total number of 4 winners of this race who ran at Newbury last time out. The next best course which has produced the second most winners is Doncaster, there has been a total number of 3 winners of this race who ran at Doncaster last time out.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 18 winners from a total of 268 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 2 winners from a total of 12 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Knights Solicitors Handicap, that stallion Galileo has produced 2 winners (2023,2012).

Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have been disappointed with multiple attempts but no wins in the Knights Solicitors Handicap, that stallion is Cape Cross who has failed to produce a winner from 6 runners.

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Vintage Premium in 2004, winning for Richard Fahey at odds of 16/1 under the guidance of Paul Hanagan. 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 Knights Solicitors Handicap remember you can get daily racing predictions from the top racing tipsters on the best racing tipsters page.

Other Principal races during the York Dante Festival

Remember to head over to the York predictions page to see which runner the racing tipsters are supporting in the Knights Solicitors Handicap. Below are the other principal races that we cover during the Dante Festival with links to each race blog as well as information for last year's winners.

Wednesday at the Dante Festival

The highlight on Wednesday, the opening day of the Dante Festival is the Group 2 Duke of York Stakes, a race contested over six furlongs with a prize fund of £150k.

Thursday at the Dante Festival

Thursday's highlight is the Dante Stakes, a race that carries a prize fund of £180k is restricted to three-year-olds and run over an extended ten furlongs.

Friday at the Dante Festival

On Friday, the final day of the festival, the feature race, the Yorkshire Cup which is part of the British Champion Series is the highlight, with a prize fund of £180k the runners compete over a distance of one mile, five furlongs and 188 yards.

Other Principal Races at York Racecourse

Here are some other notable races at the York racecourse throughout the racing season that you may be interested in.

Races in July

• John Smiths Cup
• Sky Bet Dash

Races in August (Ebor Festival)

• Acomb Stakes
• Great Voltigeur Stakes
• Juddmonte International Stakes
• Symphony Group Handicap
• York Ebor Festival Stayers Handicap
• Clipper Logistics Heritage Handicap
• Galtres Stakes
• Lowther Stakes
• Premier Yearling Stakes
• Yorkshire Oaks
• Gimcrack Stakes
• Lonsdale Cup
• Nunthorpe Stakes
• York Ebor Festival Sky Bet Handicap
• City of York Stakes
• Ebor Handicap
• Melrose Heritage Handicap
• Roses Stakes
• Strensall Stakes

Races in October

• Autumn Mile Handicap
• Coral Handicap Stakes
• Coral Sprint Trophy
• Finale Handicap