Godolphin Stakes Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Cambridgeshire Meeting)

If you are a fan of horse racing trends, then this preview of the Godolphin Stakes will be perfect for you! Not only do we look at the trends, but we look at past winners as well as trainer and jockey records for the Godolphin Stakes, a race run over 1m4f at Newmarket during the Cambridgeshire Meeting.
Godolphin Stakes Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Cambridgeshire Meeting)
Andy Powell
Andy Powell Expert Guide

You know how punters get lost in too much data or bet blindly? I break down the stats and trends so you can feel confident you’re betting with more than just gut instinct.

2025 Godolphin Stakes Preview

Scheduled to take place during the Cambridgeshire Meeting in September of each year at the Newmarket racecourse is the Godolphin Stakes, a class one listed race that is open to runners aged three or older and is contested over a trip of one mile and four furlongs.

Godolphin Stakes Information:

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

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How competitive is the Godolphin Stakes market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2021 when the race had an over-round of 107%. The race in 2008 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 121%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Godolphin 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 Godolphin 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 Godolphin Stakes Trend Analysis.

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

  1. Walton Street (2:28.07) in 2020
  2. Without A Fight (2:28.24) in 2021
  3. Buccellati (2:28.28) in 2008

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 Godolphin Stakes next time out, then you would have backed a total of 3 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since their win at SP next time out would have returned an LSP of -3.75. Before placing your bet on the 2025 Godolphin Stakes, see which other runners today are being backed on the racing predictions page.

When looking over the past 20 renewals, a time of 2:28.07 was set by Walton Street in 2020, which is the quickest time over that period. The runner was trained by Charlie Appleby and ridden by James Doyle. The slowest winning time was set in 2010 when Myplacelater won in a time of 2:41.35, booked to ride was William Buick by trainer David Elsworth.

What the expert says...
Plenty of the winners head abroad next time out. Canada, India, Dubai, and Germany have all been visited by the winners, although the only one to win abroad was Walton Street (2020), who won in Dubai.

Andy Powell - Horse Racing Betting Expert - OLBG.com

Godolphin Stakes Past Winners

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

YearHorse (Drawn)Info
2024
2:34.95
Burdett Road (GB)
4yo 9-7 (6 of 5) 10/1
Harry Davies
James Owen (GB)
2023
2:29.43
Tregony (GB)
5yo 9-2 (5 of 6) 10/1
Saffie Osborne
Clive Cox (GB)
2022
2:32.70
Siskany (GB)
4yo 9-7 (4 of 6) 11/4
William Buick
Charlie Appleby (GB)
2021
2:28.24
Without A Fight (IRE)
4yo 9-5 (1 of 4) 11/4
Andrea Atzeni
Simon & Ed Crisford (GB)
2020
2:28.07
Walton Street (GB)
6yo 9-5 (5 of 6) 6/1
James Doyle
Charlie Appleby (GB)
2019
2:31.22
Mountain Hunter (USA)
5yo 9-5 (4 of 5) 11/2
Oisin Murphy
Saeed bin Suroor (GB)
2018
2:32.62
Communique (IRE)
3yo 8-12 (4 of 5) 11/8F
Ryan Moore
Mark Johnston (GB)
2017
2:32.84
Frontiersman (GB)
4yo 9-5 (5 of 7) 13/8F
James Doyle
Charlie Appleby (GB)
2016
2:30.48
Dal Harraild (GB)
3yo 8-11 (2 of 6) 9/4F
Pat Cosgrave
William Haggas (GB)
2015
2:32.38
Tashaar (IRE)
3yo 8-11 (3 of 7) 5/2
Frankie Dettori
Richard Hannon (GB)

Where have the winning runners come from?

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

  • GB: 19 winners with an additional 22 placings from 128 runners
  • SAF: 1 winner with an additional 0 placings from 2 runners
  • IRE: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 3 runners

Godolphin Stakes Trainer Statistics

There are two leading trainers in the Godolphin Stakes over the last 20 renewals, with both Saeed bin Suroor and Charlie Appleby, who have both won the race three times. Saeed bin Suroor winners have been with Chock A Block (2009), Retrieve (2012) and Mountain Hunter (2019). Charlie Appleby winners have been with Frontiersman (2017), Walton Street (2020) and Siskany (2022). The only other trainer to have recorded multiple wins in the Godolphin Stakes is David Elsworth (2 wins).

Here are some of the top Godolphin 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
Saeed bin Suroor16-3-5-3.25-5.66
Charlie Appleby9-3-5+4.38+3.51
David Elsworth5-2-3+10.00+9.68
Andrew Balding6-1-3+0.00+3.57
John Gosden5-1-1+0.50-1.19
William Haggas5-1-2-1.75-1.65
Sir Michael Stoute3-1-1-0.62-1.17
Simon & Ed Crisford2-1-2+1.75-0.19
Richard Hannon2-1-1+1.50+0.56
Clive Cox1-1-1+10.00+6.25

Godolphin Stakes Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Godolphin Stakes over the last 20 renewals is William Buick, who has won the race four times, with those four winners coming from Buccellati (2008), Myplacelater (2010), Nabucco (2014) and Siskany (2022). Other jockeys who have recorded multiple wins in the Godolphin Stakes are Frankie Dettori (3 wins), Ryan Moore (2 wins), James Doyle (2 wins) and Pat Cosgrave (2 wins).

Here are some of the top Godolphin 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
William Buick11-4-7+8.25+9.06
Frankie Dettori11-3-4-1.25-3.38
Ryan Moore13-2-4-8.24-6.19
James Doyle4-2-2+5.63+2.77
Pat Cosgrave4-2-2+3.25+1.29
Andrea Atzeni6-1-2-2.25-4.19
Oisin Murphy4-1-1+2.50+1.44
Kerrin McEvoy3-1-1+8.00+4.00
Harry Davies1-1-1+10.00+6.25
Saffie Osborne1-1-1+10.00+6.25

Godolphin Stakes Trend Analysis

✅ The trend factor, which has produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +22.51, is when runners had a highest class placed of Class 2.

❌ The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 0 places in the past year, when backing these, the trend shows a record of 0-27.

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

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

The course which has produced the most winners of the Godolphin Stakes is Doncaster; there have been a total of 4 winners of this race who ran at Doncaster last time out. The next best course, which has produced the second most winners, is York; there have been a total of 3 winners of this race who ran at York last time out.

The race is open to both sexes, with the Male runners having produced a total of 17 winners from a total of 114 runners, whilst the Female runners have produced 3 winners from a total of 19 runners.

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

  • Dansili (2 Wins)
  • Dubawi (2 Wins)
  • Galileo (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 Godolphin Stakes; that stallion is Sadlers Wells, who has failed to produce a winner from 5 runners.

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Tregony in 2023, winning for Clive Cox at odds of 10/1 under the guidance of Saffie Osborne. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals, there have been 5 winning favourites in the race. Remember to use the best racing tipsters along with the information on this page to find a bet on the 2025 Godolphin Stakes.

Route to the Godolphin Stakes

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

InfoLast Race
2024 - Burdett Road
Chester - 4th of 6 (9/1)
Virgin Bet Stand Cup Stakes
2023 - Tregony
York - 3rd of 11 (16/1)
Galtres Stakes
2022 - Siskany
Newbury - 8th of 9 (5/2)
Dubai Duty Free Legacy Cup Stakes
2021 - Without A Fight
Haydock - 1st of 4 (2/1)
Watch Racing TV Handicap
2020 - Walton Street
Lingfield - 2nd of 5 (5/2)
Betway British Stallion Studs EBF Conditions Stakes
2019 - Mountain Hunter
Kempton (AW) - 5th of 12 (14/1)
Sun Racing September Stakes
2018 - Communique
Newbury - 1st of 8 (9/2)
Dubai Duty Free Handicap
2017 - Frontiersman
Deauville - 6th of 7 (27/10)
Lucien Barriere Grand Prix de Deauville
2016 - Dal Harraild
Ascot - 3rd of 12 (11/2)
Ascot Heritage Handicap (LINK ERROR)
2015 - Tashaar
York - 4th of 7 (4/1)
Great Voltigeur Stakes

Other Principal races during the Cambridgeshire Meeting

Remember to head to the Newmarket predictions page to see which runner the racing tipsters support in the Godolphin Stakes. Below are the other principal races that we cover during the Cambridgeshire Meeting, with links to each race blog as well as information for last year's winners.

Thursday at the Cambridgeshire Meeting

The highlight on the opening day of the three-day Cambridgeshire meeting is the Group 3 Tattersalls Stakes, a seven-furlong race for two-year-old runners.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
Tattersall StakesThe Waco Kid (IRE)
2yo - 13/2
Hugo Palmer
Oisin Murphy
Jockey Club Rose BowlAl Nayyir (GB)
6yo - 11/8
Tom Clover
Luke Morris

Friday at the Cambridgeshire Meeting

Day two of the Cambridgeshire is a step up from the opening day with five class one races, the highlight being the £125k Group 2 Joel Stakes contested over a mile. We also have the two-year-old race, the Rockfel Stakes, which carries a purse of £100k.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
Rosemary StakesSirona (GER)
4yo - 6/4
David Menuisier
Ryan Moore
Princess Royal StakesTime Lock (GB)
5yo - 13/8
Harry Charlton
Ryan Moore
Rockfel StakesBubbling (IRE)
2yo - 11/8
A P O'Brien
Ryan Moore
Joel StakesPrague (IRE)
4yo - 100/30
Dylan Cunha
Daniel Tudhope
Godolphin StakesBurdett Road (GB)
4yo - 10/1
James Owen
Harry Davies

Saturday at the Cambridgeshire Meeting

The Cambridgeshire Handicap is the highlight on the third and final day, carrying a purse of £175k; it's a race which spans two counties! It starts in Cambridgeshire and ends in Suffolk! There are also a couple of valuable Group 1s on the final day with the Cheverley Park Stakes and the Middle Park Stakes, which both carry a purse of £275k.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
Royal Lodge StakesWimbledon Hawkeye (GB)
2yo - 4/1
James Owen
James Doyle
Cheveley Park StakesLake Victoria (IRE)
2yo - 6/4
A P O'Brien
Ryan Moore
Middle Park StakesShadow Of Light (GB)
2yo - 11/4
Charlie Appleby
William Buick
Cambridgeshire HandicapLiberty Lane (IRE)
4yo - 8/1
K R Burke
Clifford Lee
Jersey Lily Fillies NurseryNaina (GB)
2yo - 6/1
John Ryan
Christian Howarth
Cambridgeshire Meeting Sprint HandicapSpanish Blaze (IRE)
3yo - 13/2
Marcus Tregoning
Trevor Whelan

Article Contributor Information

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

Expert Guide

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 Association provides him with a unique insider's perspective on the industry.
Andy Powell

Andy Powell

Expert Guide

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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