Flying Childers Stakes Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (St Leger Festival)

2024 Flying Childers Stakes Preview

The Flying Childers Stakes is a Group 2 race that is held at the Doncaster racecourse in September of each year and is run at the St Leger Festival. The race is open to two-year-old runners and is run over a straight five furlongs and three yards.

Flying Childers Stakes Information:

• Flying Childers Stakes Past Winners
• Flying Childers Stakes Trainer Statistics
• Flying Childers Stakes Jockey Statistics

Our dedicated Doncaster tips page will not only bring you predictions from the OLBG racing tipsters for the upcoming card that includes the Flying Childers Stakes but will also have predictions for each meeting at Doncaster 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, head down to the Other Principal races during the Doncaster St Leger Festival section for links to these.

How competitive is the Flying Childers Stakes market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2013 when the race had an over-round of 110%. The race in 2017 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 124%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Flying Childers Stakes, the over-round has been 115%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £115 which is bet.

Flying Childers Stakes Trends:

• 2024 Flying Childers Stakes Trends
• Flying Childers Stakes Trend Analysis
• Flying Childers Stakes Trend Shortlist

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 Flying Childers Stakes next time out then you would have backed a total of 1 winner. Backing all 18 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -13.80. Whilst we wait for the 2024 Flying Childers Stakes remember you can get daily racing predictions from the expert tipsters on the racing predictions page.

Over the last 20 renewals, it was Gutaifan, trained by Richard Hannon and ridden by Frankie Dettori who set the fastest winning time in the Flying Childers Stakes, the runner won the race in a time of 58.04 when winning the race in 2015. At the other end of the scale, it was the combination of trainer Richard Hannon Snr and jockey Ryan Moore with Godfrey Street who set the slowest winning time, the race-winning time was 1:02.43 in the 2005 renewal.

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

1. Gutaifan (58.04) in 2015
2. Sand Vixen (58.10) in 2009
3. Beacon (58.36) in 2014

Flying Childers Stakes Past Winners

Here are the Flying Childers 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 the total number of runners in the race. The horse's trainer and the jockey at the time of winning the Flying Childers Stakes are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Flying Childers Stakes have been based:

• GB: 19 winners with an additional 33 placings from 166 runners
• IRE: 1 winner with an additional 4 placings from 23 runners
• FR: 0 winners with an additional 1 placing from 3 runners
• USA: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner

Flying Childers Stakes Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Flying Childers Stakes over the last 20 renewals is Kevin Ryan who has won the race two times with those two winners coming from Wi Dud (2006) and Madame Trop Vite (2008).

Here are the Flying Childers Stakes trainer statistics over the last 20 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):

Flying Childers Stakes Jockey Statistics

Here are the Flying Childers Stakes jockey statistics over the last 20 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):

Flying Childers Stakes Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +51.33 is when runners last place was 2 starts ago. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners ran in a Class 3 on debut, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-30.

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

• 2023: Winner in 10 (7,12) [8 Runners]
• 2022: Winner in 5 (7,6) [8 Runners]
• 2021: Winner in 7 (10,2) [11 Runners]
• 2020: Winner in 2 (10,9) [10 Runners]
• 2019: Winner in 7 (4) [7 Runners]

The course which has produced the most winners of the Flying Childers Stakes is York, there has been a total number of 9 winners of this race who ran at York last time out. The next best course which has produced the second most winners is Deauville, there has been a total number of 3 winners of this race who ran at Deauville last time out.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 15 winners from a total of 114 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 5 winners from a total of 79 runners.

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

• Invincible Spirit (3 Wins)
• Kodiac (2 Wins)

These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Flying Childers Stakes despite multiple attempts:

• Exceed And Excel (0 Wins from 12 runners)
• Acclamation (0 Wins from 10 runners)
• Bahamian Bounty (0 Wins from 6 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Ubettabelieveit in 2020, winning for Nigel Tinkler at odds of 40/1 under the guidance of Rowan Scott. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 7 winning favourites in the race. Whilst we wait for the 2024 Flying Childers Stakes remember you can get daily racing predictions from the top racing tipsters on the best racing tipsters page.

Flying Childers Stakes Trend Shortlist

Doncaster will host the 2024 renewal of the Flying Childers Stakes which will be run at 3:00 pm on Friday 13th 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 Tropical Storm (7/1)
  • Andrew Balding (3-0-1 -3.00 / -2.00)
  • Oisin Murphy (3-0-1 -3.00 / -2.00)

Others: Aint Nobody (14/15), Big Mojo (14/15), Aesterius (13/15), Arizona Blaze (13/15), Coto De Caza (13/15), Mr Lightside (13/15), Zayer (12/15), Maw Lam (11/15), Kings Call (10/15), Make Haste (10/15) and Magnum Force (9/15).

*Trainer & Jockey numbers are Runs-Wins-Places Win LSP / EW LSP, Runners, Odds and Trends Passed/Failed correct at the time of posting (1:56 pm Wednesday 11th September 2024), if no odds were available at the time of posting then forecasted odds are used.

Tropical Storm won the Roses Stakes last time out and a total of 2 previous winners of that race from a total of 19 runners went on to win next time out, backing them all would have returned an LSP of -12.17.

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