Glasgow Stakes Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends

Preview the Glasgow Stakes with a look at past winners, key trainer records, and leading jockeys. This Listed contest for three-year-olds often provides clues to future middle-distance stars through reliable historical trends.
Glasgow Stakes Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends
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2025 Glasgow Stakes Preview

The Glasgow Stakes was originally held at York and run over one mile and two furlongs (88yds) and served as a Derby trial, but was moved to Hamilton in 2006 and is now run over one mile and three furlongs (15yds). The Listed race is open to three-year-old runners only who have previously not won either a Group 1 or Group 2.

Glasgow Stakes Information:

To see which runners the OLBG racing tipsters are tipping throughout the card that includes this race, head over to the Hamilton tips on the day of the race. Do they agree with the runners on the trend shortlist, or are they predicting other runners?

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How competitive is the Glasgow Stakes market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2006 when the race had an over-round of 108%. The race in 2008 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 120%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Glasgow Stakes, the over-round has been 112%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £112 which is bet.

Below you will find the 2025 Glasgow 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 Glasgow Stakes Trend Analysis.

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

  1. Day Flight (2:15.39) in 2004
  2. West Wind Blows (2:17.60) in 2022
  3. Postponed (2:18.66) in 2014

Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? Over the past 20 renewals, if you had followed the winner of the Glasgow Stakes next time out, then you would have backed a total of 6 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since their win at SP next time out would have returned an LSP of +4.38. Whilst we wait for the 2025 Glasgow 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 2:15.39 was set by Day Flight in 2004, which is the quickest time over that period. The runner was trained by John Gosden and ridden by Richard Hughes. The slowest winning time was set in 2012 when Sparkling Portrait won in a time of 2:32.01, booked to ride was Paul Hanagan by trainer Richard Fahey.

What the expert says...
The last two winners of this race both came here having finished third at Royal Ascot. Chesspiece (2023) was 3rd in the Queen's Vase, and Kalpana (2024) was third in the Ribblesdale.

Andy Powell - Horse Racing Betting Expert - OLBG.com

Glasgow Stakes Past Winners

Here are the Glasgow 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 Glasgow Stakes are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.

YearHorse (Drawn)Info
2024
2:19.84
Kalpana (GB)
3yo 9-2 (2 of 5) 5/6F
P J McDonald
Andrew Balding (GB)
2023
2:22.21
Chesspiece (GB)
3yo 9-7 (2 of 5) 1/1F
James Doyle
Simon & Ed Crisford (GB)
2022
2:17.60
West Wind Blows (IRE)
3yo 9-7 (1 of 4) 5/4F
Ben Curtis
Simon & Ed Crisford (GB)
2021
2:24.42
Aleas (GB)
3yo 9-5 (3 of 6) 7/2
Daniel Tudhope
Ralph Beckett (GB)
2020
2:21.87
Subjectivist (GB)
3yo 9-5 (3 of 5) 7/4F
Joe Fanning
Mark Johnston (GB)
2019
2:25.92
Sameem (IRE)
3yo 9-5 (7 of 6) 7/2
David Allan
James Tate (GB)
2018
2:19.30
Raymond Tusk (IRE)
3yo 9-5 (1 of 5) 7/4F
Phillip Makin
Richard Hannon (GB)
2017
2:19.17
Defoe (IRE)
3yo 9-5 (5 of 6) 5/4F
Harry Bentley
Roger Varian (GB)
2016
2:26.98
Ventura Storm (IRE)
3yo 9-9 (6 of 7) 8/1
Sean Levey
Richard Hannon (GB)
2015
2:28.98
Medrano (GB)
3yo 9-3 (7 of 10) 9/4F
Fergal Lynch
David Brown (GB)

Where have the winning runners come from?

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

  • GB: 20 winners with an additional 16 placings from 106 runners
  • IRE: 0 winners with an additional 1 placing from 5 runners
  • FR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner

Glasgow Stakes Trainer Statistics

There are two leading trainers in the Glasgow Stakes over the last 20 renewals, with both Richard Hannon and Simon & Ed Crisford, who have both won the race two times. Richard Hannon winners have been with Ventura Storm (2016) and Raymond Tusk (2018). Simon & Ed Crisford winners have been with West Wind Blows (2022) and Chesspiece (2023).

Here are some of the top Glasgow 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):

TrainerR-W-PWinEW
Richard Hannon3-2-2+8.75+5.09
Simon & Ed Crisford2-2-2+2.25+0.63
Andrew Balding8-1-4-6.17-2.17
Ralph Beckett6-1-1-1.50-2.81
Saeed bin Suroor4-1-1-1.00-0.75
Roger Varian3-1-2-0.75-0.47
Sir Michael Stoute3-1-1-1.27-1.00
James Tate2-1-1+2.50+1.19
John Gosden2-1-1+1.50-1.00
Richard Fahey2-1-1+0.38-0.14

Glasgow Stakes Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Glasgow Stakes over the last 20 renewals is Joe Fanning, who has won the race four times, with those four winners coming from Boscobel (2007), Corsica (2010), Maputo (2013) and Subjectivist (2020).

Here are some of the top Glasgow 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):

JockeyR-W-PWinEW
Joe Fanning14-4-8-0.95-2.18
P J McDonald3-1-2-1.17-0.84
Andrea Atzeni3-1-1-1.20-0.50
Daniel Tudhope2-1-1+2.50+1.19
David Allan2-1-1+2.50+1.19
Ben Curtis2-1-1+0.25-1.00
Sean Levey1-1-1+8.00+5.00
Fergal Lynch1-1-1+2.25+1.35
Harry Bentley1-1-1+1.25+0.78
James Doyle1-1-1+1.00+0.63

Glasgow Stakes Trend Analysis

✅ The trend factor, which has produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +9.17, is when runners were 1st in the betting market.

❌ The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 0 season places, 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:

  • 2024: Winner in 2 (5) [5 Runners]
  • 2023: Winner in 2 (4) [5 Runners]
  • 2022: Winner in 1 [4 Runners]
  • 2021: Winner in 3 (4) [6 Runners]
  • 2020: Winner in 3 (4) [5 Runners]

The course which has produced the most winners of the Glasgow Stakes is Ascot; there have been a total of 5 winners of this race who ran at Ascot last time out. The next best course, which has produced the second most winners, is Sandown; there have been a total of 3 winners of this race who ran at Sandown last time out.

The race is open to both sexes, with the Male runners having produced a total of 19 winners from a total of 90 runners, whilst the Female runners have produced 1 winner from a total of 22 runners.

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

  • Archipenko (2 Wins)
  • Cape Cross (2 Wins)
  • Dubawi (2 Wins)
  • Teofilo (2 Wins)

Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have been disappointed with multiple attempts but no wins in the Glasgow Stakes; that stallion is Galileo, who has failed to produce a winner from 7 runners.

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Ventura Storm in 2016, winning for Richard Hannon at odds of 8/1 under the guidance of Sean Levey. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals, there have been 13 winning favourites in the race. Before placing your bet on the 2025 Glasgow Stakes, head over to see which other runners today are being backed by the best racing tipsters. If you are interested in other races at the Hamilton racecourse, then why not read our blog for the Scottish Stewards Cup?

Route to the Glasgow Stakes

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

InfoLast Race
2024 - Kalpana
Ascot - 3rd of 12 (9/4)
Ribblesdale Stakes
2023 - Chesspiece
Ascot - 3rd of 14 (11/2)
Queen's Vase
2022 - West Wind Blows
Epsom - 9th of 17 (41/1)
Epsom Derby
2021 - Aleas
Goodwood - 4th of 6 (5/2)
British Stallion Studs EBF Cocked Hat Stakes
2020 - Subjectivist
Haydock - 2nd of 8 (7/2)
bet365 Handicap
2019 - Sameem
Ripon - 1st of 7 (7/4)
Ripon, Yorkshires Garden Racecourse Handicap
2018 - Raymond Tusk
Sandown - 6th of 7 (50/1)
Eclipse Stakes
2017 - Defoe
York - 1st of 12 (5/2)
sunbets.co.uk Handicap
2016 - Ventura Storm
Chantilly - 12th of 16 (41/1)
Prix du Jockey Club
2015 - Medrano
Goodwood - 3rd of 6 (12/1)
Casco EBF Stallions Cocked Hat Stakes

Article Contributor Information

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