City of Doncaster Handicap Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (St Leger Festival)

2024 City of Doncaster Handicap Preview

Introduced in 2007 and run at the St Leger Festival at Doncaster in September of each year is this class two handicap that is run over a distance of seven furlongs and is open to runners aged three years old.

City of Doncaster Handicap Information:

• City of Doncaster Handicap Past Winners
• City of Doncaster Handicap Trainer Statistics
• City of Doncaster Handicap Jockey Statistics

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.

How competitive is the City of Doncaster Handicap market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 13 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2019 when the race had an over-round of 108%. The race in 2013 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 124%, whilst on average over the last 13 renewals of the City of Doncaster Handicap, the over-round has been 115%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £115 which is bet.

City of Doncaster Handicap Trends:

• 2024 City of Doncaster Handicap Trends
• City of Doncaster Handicap Trend Analysis
• City of Doncaster Handicap Trend Shortlist

Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? From the past 13 if you had followed the winner of the City of Doncaster Handicap next time out then you would have backed a total of 4 winners. Backing all 13 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of +5.16. Remember to bookmark the racing tips page to access the OLBG racing picks easily daily.

The runner that holds the record over the past 13 renewals for the slowest time in the race was set in the 2013 renewal when Breton Rock from David Simcock under the guidance of Martin Lane, won in a time of 1:27.46, whilst at the other end of the spectrum, Haqeeqy, trained by John Gosden and ridden by Jim Crowley set the quickest time of 1:23.98 in the 2020 renewal.

These are the top three quickest-run City of Doncaster Handicap over the last 13 renewals:

1. Haqeeqy (1:23.98) in 2020
2. Modern News (1:24.00) in 2021
3. Sulaalaat (1:24.12) in 2015

City of Doncaster Handicap Past Winners

Here are the City of Doncaster 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 horse's trainer and the jockey at the time of winning the City of Doncaster Handicap are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.

City of Doncaster Handicap Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the City of Doncaster Handicap over the last 13 renewals is Richard Fahey who has won the race two times with those two winners coming from Stamp Hill (2016) and Best Alliance (2018).

Here are the City of Doncaster Handicap trainer statistics over the last 13 renewals for trainers who have entries in the 2024 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):

City of Doncaster Handicap Jockey Statistics

Here are the City of Doncaster Handicap jockey statistics over the last 13 renewals for jockeys who have entries in the 2024 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):

City of Doncaster Handicap Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 7+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +46.50 is when runners had 0 starts in the past 30 days. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had a furthest trip placed of 1m, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-31.

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

• 2023: Winner in 6 (9,8) [8 Runners]
• 2022: Winner in 6 (3,2) [10 Runners]
• 2021: Winner in 4 (3) [7 Runners]
• 2020: Winner in 5 (9,7) [13 Runners]
• 2019: Winner in 1 [4 Runners]

The course which has produced the most winners of the City of Doncaster Handicap is Newmarket (July), there has been a total number of 4 winners of this race who ran at Newmarket (July) last time out. The next best course which has produced the second most winners is Goodwood, there has been a total number of 3 winners of this race who ran at Goodwood last time out.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 12 winners from a total of 115 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 1 winner from a total of 10 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, these are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the City of Doncaster Handicap:

• Dubawi (2 Wins)
• Lope De Vega (2 Wins)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 13 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Best Alliance in 2018, winning for Richard Fahey at odds of 20/1 under the guidance of Paul Hanagan. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 13 renewals there have been 3 winning favourites in the race. Before placing your bet on the 2024 City of Doncaster Handicap head over to see which other runners today are being backed by the best racing tipsters today.

City of Doncaster Handicap Trend Shortlist

Doncaster will host the 2024 renewal of the City of Doncaster Handicap which will be run at 2:40 pm on Sunday 15th September 2024 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 Fifty Nifty (5/1)
  • Tom Clover (1-0-0 -1.00 / -1.00)
  • Neil Callan (1-0-1 -1.00 / +2.00)
• 15/15 Paborus (6/1)
  • Edward Bethell (0-0-0 0.00 / 0.00)
  • Callum Rodriguez (1-0-1 -1.00 / +2.00)

Others: Telemark (13/15), Burdett (13/15), Germanic (13/15), Golden Mind (13/15), Spanish Blaze (13/15), Ten Pounds (13/15), Thunder Blue (13/15), Newsreader (12/15) and Almarada Prince (10/15).

*Trainer & Jockey numbers are Runs-Wins-Places Win LSP / EW LSP, Runners, Odds and Trends Passed/Failed correct at the time of posting (6:38 pm Friday 13th September 2024), if no odds were available at the time of posting then forecasted odds are used.

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 2's 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.

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 £140k 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.

Other Principal Races at Doncaster Racecourse

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

Races in January

• Great Yorkshire Chase

Races in March

• Grimthorpe Handicap Chase
• Lincoln Handicap
• Spring Mile

Races in October

• Doncaster Stakes
• Futurity Trophy
• Futurity Trophy Weekend 5f Handicap
• Futurity Trophy Weekend 6f Handicap