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2024 Golden Mile Handicap Preview
The Golden Mile Handicap features on day four of the Glorious Goodwood festival, this festival takes place in late July or early August, this is a Class 2 race that is run over one mile and is open to runners who are aged three or older. The race tends to attract big fields and is no stranger to a decent-priced winner going in, Boom Bust (22/1), Red Avenger (12/1) and Belgian Bill (20/1) are three who have scored at double-figure prices.
Golden Mile Handicap Information:
- Golden Mile Handicap Past Winners
- Golden Mile Handicap Trainer Statistics
- Golden Mile Handicap Jockey Statistics
If you are interested in other predictions at Goodwood then head over to the Goodwood 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 Races Covered at Glorious Goodwood section for links to these.
How competitive is the Golden Mile Handicap market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2020 when the race had an over-round of 118%. The race in 2023 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 137%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Golden Mile Handicap, the over-round has been 128%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £128 which is bet.
Golden Mile Handicap Trends:
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 Golden Mile Handicap next time out then you would have backed a total of 2 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -10.17. Remember to use the racing predictions along with the information on this page to find a bet on the 2024 Golden Mile Handicap.
When looking over the past 20 renewals, a time of 1:35.28 was set by Beat Le Bon in 2019, which is the quickest time over that period, the runner was trained by Richard Hannon and ridden by Pat Dobbs. The slowest winning time was set in 2017 when Master The World won in a time of 1:41.34, booked to ride was Ryan Moore by the trainer David Elsworth.
These are the top three quickest-run Golden Mile Handicap over the last 20 renewals:
- Beat Le Bon (1:35.28) in 2019
- Spectait (1:35.61) in 2006
- Seniority (1:36.63) in 2018
Golden Mile Handicap Past Winners
Here are the Golden Mile 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 at the time of winning the Golden Mile Handicap and the jockey is also displayed along with the starting price the horse was sent off.
| Year | Horse (Drawn) | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 1:40.09 | Johan (GB) 6yo 9-8 (18 of 20) 25/1 | James Doyle Jack Channon (GB) |
| 2022 1:37.13 | Orbaan (GB) 7yo 8-7 (2 of 18) 20/1 | Jason Watson David O'Meara (GB) |
| 2021 1:40.49 | Maydanny (IRE) 5yo 9-5 (5 of 18) 8/1 | Jim Crowley Mark Johnston (GB) |
| 2020 1:36.91 | Prompting (GB) 4yo 8-4 (2 of 14) 3/1F | Harry Bentley David O'Meara (GB) |
| 2019 1:35.28 | Beat Le Bon (FR) 3yo 8-13 (3 of 20) 17/2 | Pat Dobbs Richard Hannon (GB) |
| 2018 1:36.63 | Seniority (GB) 4yo 9-2 (3 of 17) 9/2F | Ryan Moore William Haggas (GB) |
| 2017 1:41.34 | Master The World (IRE) 6yo 9-7 (3 of 17) 6/1 | Ryan Moore David Elsworth (GB) |
| 2016 1:37.19 | Franklin D (USA) 4yo 9-1 (1 of 19) 7/4F | Ryan Moore Michael Bell (GB) |
| 2015 1:37.88 | Belgian Bill (GB) 7yo 9-3 (9 of 18) 20/1 | Pat Cosgrave George Baker (GB) |
| 2014 1:37.40 | Red Avenger (USA) 4yo 8-13 (5 of 17) 12/1 | Jimmy Fortune Ed Dunlop (GB) |
Where have the winning runners come from?
Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Golden Mile Handicap have been based:
- GB: 20 winners with an additional 59 placings from 365 runners
- IRE: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner
Golden Mile Handicap Trainer Statistics
There are two leading trainers in the Golden Mile Handicap over the last 20 renewals with both David O'Meara and Roger Charlton who have both won the race two times. David O'Meara winners have been with Prompting (2020) and Orbaan (2022). Roger Charlton's winners have been with Third Set (2007) and Fifteen Love (2008). There is one trainer who has not had the best of times in the Golden Mile Handicap, Richard Fahey has sent a total of 19 runners to the race without recording any wins.
Here are some of the top Golden Mile Handicap 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):
| Trainer | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| David O'Meara | 33-2-7 | -8.00 | -3.37 |
| Roger Charlton | 4-2-4 | +5.50 | +7.94 |
| William Haggas | 11-1-5 | -5.50 | +0.25 |
| Richard Hannon | 9-1-4 | +0.50 | +2.94 |
| Saeed bin Suroor | 9-1-4 | -3.50 | +1.07 |
| George Baker | 7-1-2 | +14.00 | +8.25 |
| Marcus Tregoning | 5-1-3 | +18.00 | +13.75 |
| Ed Dunlop | 4-1-2 | +9.00 | +5.75 |
| David Elsworth | 4-1-2 | +3.00 | +3.75 |
| Sir Mark Prescott Bt | 3-1-1 | +2.50 | +0.81 |
Golden Mile Handicap Jockey Statistics
The leading jockey in the Golden Mile Handicap over the last 20 renewals is Ryan Moore who has won the race three times with those three winners coming from Franklin D (2016), Master The World (2017) and Seniority (2018). Two jockeys have not had the best of times over the last 20 renewals in the Golden Mile Handicap, Joe Fanning has ridden 10 runners to the race without recording any wins whilst Daniel Tudhope has ridden 10 without a winner.
Here are some of the top Golden Mile Handicap 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):
| Jockey | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Moore | 17-3-7 | -1.75 | +3.09 |
| Frankie Dettori | 11-1-4 | -5.50 | -1.81 |
| Jim Crowley | 10-1-2 | -1.00 | -2.37 |
| James Doyle | 9-1-3 | +17.00 | +10.76 |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 9-1-1 | -1.00 | -3.62 |
| Franny Norton | 7-1-2 | +1.00 | +2.01 |
| Pat Dobbs | 5-1-3 | +4.50 | +6.31 |
| Jimmy Quinn | 5-1-2 | -1.50 | +6.31 |
| Jason Watson | 4-1-2 | +17.00 | +11.50 |
| Royston Ffrench | 4-1-2 | +3.00 | +2.25 |
2024 Golden Mile Handicap Trends
Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 1, 3, 2, 1, 2, 7, 13, 16, 13, 2, (2, 11), 3, 1, 11, (1, 8), 6, 1, 13, 10, 15
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 (72%) - No bigger than 25/1
- 20 / 20 (80%) - Within the first 14 of the market
- 20 / 20 (82%) - Fewer than 10 placings (Hcps)
- 20 / 20 (84%) - Achieved a TS of 77+ (Last 3)
- 20 / 20 (84%) - Not on HY/SFT/FM/STD-SLW/FS (Last Win)
- 20 / 20 (86%) - Placed within last 5 starts
- 20 / 20 (87%) - Fewer than 2 wins (Further)
- 20 / 20 (87%) - Fewer than 29 races (Hcps)
- 20 / 20 (89%) - Ran in 6 - 42 races (Career)
- 19 / 20 (86%) - No more than +3yrs (Vs Min Age)
- 19 / 20 (87%) - Achieved an RPR of 99+ (Hcps)
- 19 / 20 (88%) - Achieved a TS of 78+ (Last 5)
- 19 / 20 (89%) - Beaten no more -9½l (Debut)
- 18 / 20 (83%) - Achieved a TS of 78+ (Season)
- 18 / 20 (83%) - No older than a 6yo
Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Goodwood racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Golden Mile Handicap. You may want to do your research into the race, there are times when there are several runners who pass the trends so you need to do your research to find a bet, we have a Horse Racing Form Reading Made Easy & What to Look For article to help you do just this in the OLBG Betting School section.
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Golden Mile Trend Handicap Analysis
The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +26.75 is when runners had 1 career start in higher class races. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 1 career place in the class, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-65.
Here are the most recent winning draws along with the further placings in brackets:
- 2023: Winner in 18 (5,8,15) [20 Runners]
- 2022: Winner in 2 (1,15,7) [18 Runners]
- 2021: Winner in 5 (8,9,2) [18 Runners]
- 2020: Winner in 2 (9,11) [14 Runners]
- 2019: Winner in 3 (17,12,11) [20 Runners]
The course which has produced the most winners of the Golden Mile Handicap is Newmarket (July), there has been a total number of 6 winners of this race who ran at Newmarket (July) last time out. The next best course which has produced the second most winners is Ascot, there has been a total number of 4 winners of this race who ran at Ascot last time out.
The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 20 winners from a total of 354 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 12 runners.
Looking over the past renewals, these are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Golden Mile Handicap:
- Dubawi (2 Wins)
- Exceed And Excel (2 Wins)
These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Golden Mile Handicap despite multiple attempts:
- Dark Angel (0 Wins from 10 runners)
- Oasis Dream (0 Wins from 8 runners)
- Pivotal (0 Wins from 8 runners)
- Danehill Dancer (0 Wins from 6 runners)
- Iffraaj (0 Wins from 6 runners)
Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Laa Rayb in 2009, winning for Mark Johnston at odds of 25/1 under the guidance of Jimmy Fortune. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 5 winning favourites in the race. Whilst we wait for the 2024 Golden Mile Handicap remember you can get daily racing predictions from the top racing tipsters on the best racing tipsters page.
Races Covered at Glorious Goodwood
Here is the schedule for the five-day Glorious Goodwood 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.
Glorious Goodwood races for Tuesday 30th July 2024
| Race | Last Winner | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 13:50 Chesterfield Cup Handicap | Ancient Rome (USA) 4yo - 33/1 | Charles Hills Jamie Spencer |
| 14:25 Vintage Stakes | Haatem (IRE) 2yo - 9/4 | Richard Hannon Sean Levey |
| 15:00 Lennox Stakes | Kinross (GB) 6yo - 10/11 | Ralph Beckett Frankie Dettori |
| 15:35 Goodwood Cup | Quickthorn (GB) 6yo - 16/1 | Hughie Morrison Tom Marquand |
Glorious Goodwood races for Wednesday 31st July 2024
| Race | Last Winner | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 14:25 Oak Tree Stakes | Magical Sunset (IRE) 3yo - 18/1 | Richard Hannon Kevin Stott |
| 15:00 Molecomb Stakes | Big Evs (IRE) 2yo - 9/4 | Michael Appleby Jason Hart |
| 15:35 Sussex Stakes | Paddington (GB) 3yo - 4/9 | A P OBrien Ryan Moore |
Glorious Goodwood races for Thursday 1st August 2024
| Race | Last Winner | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 13:50 Kincsem Handicap | Royal Rhyme (IRE) 3yo - 9/1 | K R Burke Clifford Lee |
| 14:25 Richmond Stakes | Vandeek (GB) 2yo - 11/8 | Simon & Ed Crisford Andrea Atzeni |
| 15:00 Gordon Stakes | Desert Hero (GB) 3yo - 7/1 | William Haggas Tom Marquand |
| 15:35 Nassau Stakes | Al Husn (IRE) 4yo - 9/1 | Roger Varian Jim Crowley |
Glorious Goodwood races for Friday 2nd August 2024
| Race | Last Winner | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 13:50 Goodwood Handicap | Temporize (GB) 4yo - 6/1 | Syd Hosie Luke Morris |
| 14:25 Thoroughbred Stakes | Epictetus (IRE) 3yo - 6/1 | John & Thady Gosden Frankie Dettori |
| 15:00 Golden Mile Handicap | Johan (GB) 6yo - 25/1 | Jack Channon James Doyle |
| 15:35 King George Stakes | Highfield Princess (FR) 6yo - 4/9 | John Quinn Jason Hart |
| 16:10 Glorious Stakes | Hamish (GB) 7yo - 5/6 | William Haggas Tom Marquand |
Glorious Goodwood races for Saturday 3rd August 2024
| Race | Last Winner | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 13:40 Stewards Sprint Handicap | Monsieur Kodi (IRE) 4yo - 9/2 | Richard Fahey Oisin Orr |
| 14:10 Summer Handicap | Sweet William (IRE) 4yo - 9/4 | John & Thady Gosden Robert Havlin |
| 14:45 Lillie Langtry Stakes | Sumo Sam (GB) 3yo - 25/1 | Paul & Oliver Cole Tom Marquand |
| 15:20 Stewards Cup | Aberama Gold (GB) 6yo - 18/1 | David OMeara Andrea Atzeni |
Article Contributor Information
We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Golden Mile Handicap Preview are at hand, Andy and Darren. 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.
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