Diomed Stakes Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Derby Festival)

2024 Diomed Stakes Preview

Scheduled to take place in June of each year at the Epsom racecourse is the Diomed Stakes, a race which takes place on the same day as the Epsom Derby and is named after the first-ever Derby winner, Diomed. This Group 3 race is contested over a distance of one mile and a half a furlong where runners aged three or older can enter.

Diomed Stakes Information:

• Diomed Stakes Past Winners
• Diomed Stakes Trainer Statistics
• Diomed Stakes Jockey Statistics

Why not use the trends shortlist below to help you narrow down the field and then head over to the dedicated Epsom tips page to see which runners are being supported by the OLBG expert racing tipsters to find yourself a bet? You may also be interested in other preview blogs that we have packed full of information, head down to the Races Covered at the Epsom Derby Festival section for links to these.

How competitive is the Diomed Stakes market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2005 when the race had an over-round of 109%. The race in 2010 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 116%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Diomed Stakes, the over-round has been 113%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £113 which is bet.

Diomed Stakes Trends:

• 2024 Diomed Stakes Trends
• Diomed Stakes 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 Diomed Stakes next time out then you would have backed a total of 2 winners. Backing all 18 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -12.50. Whilst we wait for the 2024 Diomed Stakes remember you can get daily racing predictions from the expert tipsters on the racing predictions page.

When looking over the past 20 renewals, a time of 1:37.25 was set by Century Dream in 2020, which is the quickest time over that period, the runner was trained by Simon & Ed Crisford and ridden by James Doyle. The slowest winning time was set in 2013 when Gregorian won in a time of 1:48.68, booked to ride was William Buick on this John Gosden trained runner.

These are the top three quickest-run Diomed Stakes over the last 20 renewals:

• 2020 - Century Dream (1:37.25)
• 2019 - Zaaki (1:40.46)
• 2014 - French Navy (1:41.71)

Diomed Stakes Past Winners

Here are the Diomed Stakes 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 also the total number of runners in the race. The trainer of the horse at the time of winning the Diomed Stakes 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 Diomed Stakes have been based:

• GB: 20 winners with an additional 27 placings from 141 runners
• IRE: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 4 runners

Diomed Stakes Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Diomed Stakes over the last 20 renewals is Andrew Balding who has won the race three times with those three winners coming from Passing Glance (2004), Side Glance (2012) and Tullius (2016). Other trainers who have recorded multiple wins in the Diomed Stakes are Sir Michael Stoute (2 wins) and John Quinn (2 wins). There is one trainer who has not had the best of times in the Diomed Stakes, Saeed bin Suroor has sent a total of 10 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Diomed Stakes 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):

Diomed Stakes Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Diomed Stakes over the last 20 renewals is William Buick who has won the race three times with those three winners coming from Bushman (2010), Gregorian (2013) and Century Dream (2018). Other jockeys who have recorded multiple wins in the Diomed Stakes are Frankie Dettori (2 wins), Ryan Moore (2 wins) and Adam Kirby (2 wins).

Here are some of the top Diomed Stakes 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):

2024 Diomed Stakes Trends

Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 7, 4, 3, 2, 2, 2, 7, 7, 4, (1, 4), 2, 1, 1, 5, 1, 1, 2, (2, 3), 3, 2

The percentage shown is the percentage of the total number of runners who fell under that factor. High percentages are less appealing than lower ones as you would expect them to do well.

• 20 / 20 (74%) - Ran over 1mf - 1m2½f (Last Win)
• 20 / 20 (76%) - Achieved an RPR of 112+ (Career)
• 20 / 20 (77%) - Highest Won is not G1/Cl2/Cl4-6
• 20 / 20 (80%) - Achieved a TS of 78+ (Going)
• 20 / 20 (81%) - Achieved a TS of 86+ (Non-Hcps)
• 20 / 20 (82%) - Furthest Won 1mf - 1m2½f
• 20 / 20 (82%) - Had 2 - 11 wins (Non-Hcps)
• 20 / 20 (83%) - Had 5 - 33 placings (Career)
• 20 / 20 (83%) - Achieved an RPR of 107+ (Last 3)
• 20 / 20 (83%) - Achieved a TS of 93+ (Career)
• 20 / 20 (84%) - Held an OR of 93+ (Going)
• 20 / 20 (88%) - Is not BRZ/FR/ITY/SAF/USA bred
• 20 / 20 (89%) - Beaten no more -14l (LTO)
• 20 / 20 (89%) - Made 8 - 71 starts (Career)
• 19 / 20 (86%) - Carried 121 - 132lbs (Last Win)

Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Epsom racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Diomed Stakes. If you are a newcomer to horse racing betting, then the number of types of bets can be scary! Don't let that put you off though, head over to this Types Of Horse Racing Bet article and have a read, you will then have a better knowledge of betting on racing in the future and there are plenty of other articles in the OLBG Betting School too.

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Diomed Stakes Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +50.88 is when runners were GB bred. The worst performing factor which has failed to produce a single winner is when runners ran over 7f when last winning, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-28.

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

• 2023: Winner in 6 (5) [6 Runners]
• 2022: Winner in 2 (5) [6 Runners]
• 2021: Winner in 1 (8) [7 Runners]
• 2020: Winner in 3 (4,8) [8 Runners]
• 2019: Winner in 2 (4) [6 Runners]

The courses which have produced the most winners of the Diomed Stakes are Newmarket (Rowley), Goodwood, York, Windsor, Sandown, Ascot and Kempton (AW), there has been a total number of 2 winners from each of those courses.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 20 winners from a total of 142 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 3 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, these are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Diomed Stakes:

• Cape Cross (4 Wins)
• Selkirk (2 Wins)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Passing Glance in 2004, winning for Andrew Balding at odds of 20/1 under the guidance of Martin Dwyer. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there has been a total of 5 winning favourites in the race. Whilst we wait for the 2024 Diomed Stakes remember you can get daily racing predictions from the top racing tipsters on the best racing tipsters page.

Races Covered at the Epsom Derby Festival

Here is the 2024 schedule for the two-day Epsom Derby Festival, each race will be linked to the race blog and detail last year's winner in the table below.

Epsom Derby Festival races for Friday 31st May 2024

Epsom Derby Festival races for Saturday 1st June 2024