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2025 Goodwood Handicap Preview
The Goodwood Stakes is a real test of stamina, the class two handicap is open to three-year-olds or older and is run over the marathon trip of two miles, four and a half furlongs on day two of the Glorious Goodwood festival which takes place in either late July or early August.
Goodwood Handicap Information:
- Goodwood Handicap Past Winners
- Goodwood Handicap Trainer Statistics
- Goodwood Handicap Jockey Statistics
To see which runners the OLBG racing tipsters are tipping throughout the card that includes this race, head over to the Goodwood 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 Races Covered at Glorious Goodwood section for links to these.
How competitive is the Goodwood Handicap market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2005 when the race had an over-round of 114%. The race in 2023 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 133%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Goodwood Handicap, the over-round has been 125%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £125 which is bet.
Goodwood 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 Goodwood 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 -14.65. Before placing your bet on the 2025 Goodwood Handicap see which other runners today are being backed on the racing predictions page.
Over the last 20 renewals, it was Master Milliner, trained by Emma Lavelle and ridden by Charles Bishop who set the fastest winning time in the Goodwood Handicap, the runner won the race in a time of 4:24.69 when winning the race in 2024. At the other end of the scale, it was the combination of trainer Ian Williams and jockey Josephine Gordon with Cool Sky who set the slowest winning time, the race-winning time was 4:48.04 in the 2017 renewal.
These are the top three quickest-run Goodwood Handicap over the last 20 renewals:
- Master Milliner (4:24.69) in 2024
- Master Milliner (4:24.93) in 2022
- Teak (4:25.85) in 2014
Goodwood Handicap Past Winners
Here are the Goodwood 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 Goodwood Handicap are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.
| Year | Horse (Drawn) | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 4:24.69 | Master Milliner (IRE) 8yo 9-5 (0 of 18) 25/1 | Charles Bishop Emma Lavelle (GB) |
| 2023 4:35.48 | Temporize (GB) 4yo 8-5 (0 of 17) 6/1F | Luke Morris Syd Hosie (GB) |
| 2022 4:24.93 | Master Milliner (IRE) 6yo 9-1 (0 of 14) 14/1 | Sean Levey Emma Lavelle (GB) |
| 2021 4:39.40 | Calling The Wind (IRE) 5yo 8-13 (0 of 20) 8/1 | Pat Dobbs Richard Hughes (GB) |
| 2020 4:34.39 | Just Hubert (IRE) 4yo 8-8 (0 of 15) 25/1 | Tom Marquand William Muir (GB) |
| 2019 4:33.00 | Timoshenko (GB) 4yo 8-0 (0 of 19) 9/1 | Luke Morris Sir Mark Prescott Bt (GB) |
| 2018 4:28.58 | Lil Rockerfeller (USA) 7yo 8-13 (0 of 14) 11/4F | Silvestre De Sousa Neil King (GB) |
| 2017 4:48.04 | Cool Sky (GB) 8yo 8-2 (18 of 15) 25/1 | Josephine Gordon Ian Williams (GB) |
| 2016 4:32.87 | Star Rider (GB) 4yo 8-13 (12 of 20) 11/1 | Jimmy Fortune Hughie Morrison (GB) |
| 2015 4:36.45 | Sands Of Fortune (IRE) 6yo 8-8 (20 of 19) 16/1 | William Twiston-Davies Nigel Twiston-Davies (GB) |
Where have the winning runners come from?
Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Goodwood Handicap have been based:
- GB: 20 winners with an additional 52 placings from 341 runners
- IRE: 0 winners with an additional 2 placings from 5 runners
- FR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner
Goodwood Handicap Trainer Statistics
The leading trainer in the Goodwood Handicap over the last 20 renewals is Ian Williams who has won the race three times with those three winners coming from Baddam (2008), Teak (2014) and Cool Sky (2017). Other trainers who have recorded multiple wins in the Goodwood Handicap are Hughie Morrison (2 wins), Nicky Henderson (2 wins), Sir Mark Prescott Bt (2 wins) and Emma Lavelle (2 wins). Two trainers have not had the best of times over the last 20 renewals in the Goodwood Handicap, Gary Moore has sent a total of 10 runners to the race without recording any wins whilst Andrew Balding has sent out 10 without a winner.
Here are some of the top Goodwood 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Williams | 22-3-4 | +51.00 | +28.39 |
| Hughie Morrison | 11-2-5 | +18.00 | +13.00 |
| Nicky Henderson | 10-2-5 | +3.00 | +4.88 |
| Sir Mark Prescott Bt | 9-2-3 | +7.00 | +2.89 |
| Emma Lavelle | 3-2-3 | +38.00 | +24.94 |
| Nigel Twiston-Davies | 4-1-2 | +13.00 | +8.63 |
| Richard Hughes | 4-1-1 | +5.00 | +2.00 |
| Micky Hammond | 3-1-1 | +18.00 | +10.50 |
| Neil King | 3-1-1 | +0.75 | -0.28 |
| Syd Hosie | 2-1-1 | +5.00 | +2.75 |
Goodwood Handicap Jockey Statistics
There are multiple leading jockeys in the Goodwood Handicap over the last 20 renewals with Luke Morris, Silvestre De Sousa and Joe Fanning having all won the race two times. Luke Morris winners have been with Timoshenko (2019) and Temporize (2023). Silvestre De Sousa winners have been with Teak (2014) and Lil Rockerfeller (2018). Joe Fanning's winners have been with Hurricane Higgins (2012) and Broxbourne (2013). Two jockeys have not had the best of times over the last 20 renewals in the Goodwood Handicap, Jim Crowley has ridden 12 runners to the race without recording any wins whilst David Probert has ridden 10 without a winner.
Here are some of the top Goodwood 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Morris | 14-2-4 | +3.00 | +2.14 |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 11-2-5 | +26.75 | +18.41 |
| Joe Fanning | 11-2-4 | +12.00 | +6.75 |
| Tom Marquand | 5-1-1 | +21.00 | +11.63 |
| Josephine Gordon | 3-1-1 | +23.00 | +13.63 |
| Pat Dobbs | 3-1-1 | +6.00 | +3.00 |
| Liam Jones | 2-1-1 | +7.00 | +4.00 |
| Charles Bishop | 1-1-1 | +25.00 | +15.63 |
| Sean Levey | 1-1-1 | +14.00 | +8.75 |
| Jim Crowley | 12-0-3 | -12.00 | -6.62 |
2025 Goodwood Handicap Trends
Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 1, (1, 6), 4, 15, 3, 1, (7, 18), 5, 2, 7, 3, 14, 10, 1, 6, 6, (3, 5, 10), 2, 1, (4, 8)
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 (81%) - Ran in 1 - 23 races (Hcps)
- 20 / 20 (82%) - Within the first 14 of the market
- 20 / 20 (85%) - No bigger than 33/1
- 20 / 20 (85%) - Not in a G1/G3/LST/Cl5-6 (LTO)
- 20 / 20 (86%) - Not fallen (Career)
- 20 / 20 (88%) - Held an OR of 72+ (LTO)
- 20 / 20 (89%) - Fewer than 4 placings (Class)
- 19 / 20 (86%) - Achieved an RPR of 78+ (Last 3)
- 19 / 20 (88%) - Held an OR of 74+ (Last 5)
- 19 / 20 (88%) - Won by at least a neck (Last Win)
- 19 / 20 (89%) - Carried no more than 133lbs
- 18 / 20 (83%) - No older than a 7yo
- 17 / 20 (73%) - Achieved a TS of 37+ (LTO)
- 16 / 20 (74%) - No bigger than 16/1 (LTO)
- 16 / 20 (78%) - Placed within last 3 starts
Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Goodwood racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Goodwood Handicap. Maybe you are looking to back something in this race on the tote, but you are not sure of the process or how the tote works, No problem! We have an article which is dedicated to The Tote for you to read which explains everything you need to know! Be sure to check out the other articles in the OLBG Betting School.
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Goodwood Handicap Trend Analysis
The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +20.00 is when runners had 1 start in the past 30 days. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when the runner's last win was 2 starts ago, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-54.
Here are the most recent winning draws along with the further placings in brackets:
- 2024: Winner in 0 (0,0,0) [18 Runners]
- 2023: Winner in 0 (0,0,0) [17 Runners]
- 2022: Winner in 0 (0,0) [14 Runners]
- 2021: Winner in 0 (0,0,0) [20 Runners]
- 2020: Winner in 0 (0,0) [15 Runners]
The course which has produced the most winners of the Goodwood Handicap is Ascot, there has been a total number of 5 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 17 winners from a total of 310 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 3 winners from a total of 37 runners.
Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Goodwood Handicap, that stallion Helmet has produced 2 winners (2024,2022).
These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Goodwood Handicap despite multiple attempts:
- Galileo (0 Wins from 17 runners)
- Champs Elysees (0 Wins from 8 runners)
- Frankel (0 Wins from 7 runners)
- Hernando (0 Wins from 7 runners)
- Singspiel (0 Wins from 6 runners)
Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Teak in 2014, winning for Ian Williams at odds of 33/1 under the guidance of Silvestre De Sousa. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 5 winning favourites in the race. Before placing your bet on the 2025 Goodwood Handicap head over to see which other runners today are being backed by the best racing tipsters today.
Article Contributor Information
We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Goodwood Handicap 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.
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.
Tuesday at Glorious Goodwood
Part of the British Champion Series, the Goodwood Cup is the highlight on the opening day, a marathon over two miles where stamina is key.
| Race | Last Winner | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 13:50 Chesterfield Cup Handicap | Take Heart (IRE) 4yo - 7/1 | J P Murtagh Ben Coen |
| 14:25 Vintage Stakes | Aomori City (FR) 2yo - 2/1 | Charlie Appleby William Buick |
| 15:00 Lennox Stakes | Audience (GB) 5yo - 4/1 | John & Thady Gosden Robert Havlin |
| 15:35 Goodwood Cup | Kyprios (IRE) 6yo - 8/13 | A P O'Brien Ryan Moore |
Wednesday at Glorious Goodwood
Run over a mile, the Sussex Stakes is the main race on the second day, this Group 1 is also part of the British Champion Series.
| Race | Last Winner | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 14:25 Oak Tree Stakes | Raqiya (IRE) 3yo - 7/1 | Owen Burrows Jim Crowley |
| 15:00 Molecomb Stakes | Big Mojo (IRE) 2yo - 25/1 | Michael Appleby Silvestre De Sousa |
| 15:35 Sussex Stakes | Notable Speech (GB) 3yo - 3/1 | Charlie Appleby William Buick |
Thursday at Glorious Goodwood
The Group 1 Nassau Stakes is the highlight on Thursday, contested over 1m2f and restricted to only fillies and mares, the race is part of the British Champion Series.
| Race | Last Winner | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 13:50 Kincsem Handicap | Approval (GB) 3yo - 11/2 | William Haggas Tom Marquand |
| 14:25 Richmond Stakes | Black Forza (USA) 2yo - 9/1 | M D O'Callaghan Dylan Browne McMonagle |
| 15:00 Gordon Stakes | Jan Brueghel (IRE) 3yo - 4/5 | A P O'Brien Ryan Moore |
| 15:35 Nassau Stakes | Opera Singer (USA) 3yo - 9/4 | A P O'Brien Ryan Moore |
Friday at Glorious Goodwood
Friday features a couple of decent handicaps with the Goodwood Handicap a stamina-testing race and the Golden Mile which is a heritage handicap. The highlight of the day is the King George Stakes, a sprint run over five furlongs.
| Race | Last Winner | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 13:50 Goodwood Handicap | Master Milliner (IRE) 8yo - 25/1 | Emma Lavelle Charles Bishop |
| 14:25 Thoroughbred Stakes | Lead Artist (GB) 3yo - 9/2 | John & Thady Gosden Kieran Shoemark |
| 15:00 Golden Mile Handicap | Toimy Son (FR) 5yo - 12/1 | David Menuisier Oisin Murphy |
| 15:35 King George Stakes | Big Evs (IRE) 3yo - 13/8 | Michael Appleby Tom Marquand |
Saturday at Glorious Goodwood
Saturday is the day of one of the biggest handicaps on the flat, the Stewards Cup, 20+ runners over six furlongs compete in this heritage handicap.
| Race | Last Winner | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 13:50 Glorious Stakes | Al Aasy (IRE) 7yo - 3/1 | William Haggas Jim Crowley |
| 14:25 Summer Handicap | Align The Stars (IRE) 3yo - 100/30 | Charlie Johnston Joe Fanning |
| 15:00 Lillie Langtry Stakes | Term Of Endearment (GB) 5yo - 15/2 | Henry De Bromhead W J Lee |
| 15:35 Stewards Cup | Get It (GB) 6yo - 40/1 | George Baker Pat Cosgrave |
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