2022 Chesterfield Cup Handicap Preview, Trends & Analysis

2022 Chesterfield Cup Handicap Preview

Run during the Glorious Goodwood festival in July of each year at the Goodwood Racecourse is the Summer StakesChesterfield Cup Handicap, this is a Class 2 handicap that is run over a trip of one mile and two furlongs and is open to runners who are aged four or older.

We also have a dedicated Goodwood Betting Picks page that will cover this race as well as all of the other races on the day of the race, see which runners the OLBG racing tipsters are predicting to win this race and the others on the cards.

Over the last 20 renewals, it was the Mark Johnston trained Sennockian Star ridden by Joe Fanning who has set the fastest winning time in the Chesterfield Cup Handicap, the runner won the race in a time of 2:02.84 that was set when winning the race in 2014. At the other end of the scale, it was the combination of trainer David Menuisier and jockey William Buick with Migration who set the slowest winning time, the race-winning time was 2:13.30 in the 2021 renewal.

These are the top three quickest run Chesterfield Cup Handicap over the last 20 renewals:

2014 - Sennockian Star (2:02.84)
2016 - Fire Fighting (2:03.60)
2002 - Prairie Wolf (2:04.14)

How competitive is the Chesterfield Cup Handicap 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 114%. The race in 2008 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 129%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Chesterfield Cup Handicap, the over-round has been 122% that means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £122 which is bet.

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 Chesterfield Cup Handicap next time out then you would have back a total of 4 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of +6.51. Remember to bookmark the racing tips page so you can get easy access to the OLBG racing picks on a daily basis.

Chesterfield Cup Handicap Past Ten Winners

Here are the past 10 winners of the Chesterfield Cup Handicap. 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 which the horse came from and also the total number of runners in the race. The trainer of the horse at the time of winning the Chesterfield Cup Handicap as well as the jockey is also displayed along with the starting price the horse was sent off.

Year	Horse (Drawn)	Info
2021 2:13.30	Migration 5yo 8-10 (14 of 11) 2/1F	William Buick David Menuisier
2020 2:06.97	Maydanny 4yo 8-6 (1 of 18) 5/1F	Silvestre De Sousa Mark Johnston
2019 2:09.26	Fayez 5yo 8-12 (11 of 16) 25/1	Daniel Tudhope David O'Meara
2018 2:08.50	Alfarris 4yo 9-0 (3 of 15) 13/2F	Jim Crowley William Haggas
2017 2:07.79	Fabricate 5yo 9-4 (6 of 16) 20/1	Adam Kirby Michael Bell
2016 2:03.60	Fire Fighting 5yo 9-5 (16 of 17) 8/1F	Adam Kirby Mark Johnston
2015 2:04.94	Mount Logan 4yo 9-2 (10 of 16) 8/1F	Adam Kirby Luca Cumani
2014 2:02.84	Sennockian Star 4yo 9-6 (5 of 18) 14/1	Joe Fanning Mark Johnston
2013 2:07.71	Viewpoint 4yo 9-2 (13 of 16) 16/1	Richard Hughes Richard Hannon Snr
2012 2:06.84	Landaman 4yo 8-2 (17 of 18) 12/1	Darren Egan (5lbs) Mark Johnston

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Chesterfield Cup Handicap have been based:

GB: 20 winners with an additional 53 placings from 316 runners
IRE: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 2 runners

Chesterfield Cup Handicap Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Chesterfield Cup Handicap over the last 20 renewals is Mark Johnston who has won the race 6 times. Those 6 winners came from Crosspeace (2006), Drumfire (2009), Landaman (2012), Sennockian Star (2014), Fire Fighting (2016) & Maydanny (2020). Other trainers who have recorded multiple wins in the Chesterfield Cup Handicap are Michael Bell (2 wins) & Mick Channon (2 wins). There are multiple trainers who have not had the best of times over the last 20 renewals in the Chesterfield Cup Handicap, Richard Fahey (0-14), Saeed bin Suroor (0-13), Amanda Perrett (0-12) & Ed Dunlop (0-11) have all failed to produce a single winner despite sending multiple runners to the race.

Here are some of the top Chesterfield Cup 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
Mark Johnston	37-6-16	+28.00	+31.74
Michael Bell	7-2-3	+21.50	+15.03
Mick Channon	5-2-2	+19.00	+10.75
Sir Michael Stoute	12-1-5	-1.00	+0.93
William Haggas	6-1-2	+1.50	+0.69
David O'Meara	3-1-1	+23.00	+13.63
Sir Mark Prescott Bt	3-1-1	+8.00	+4.25
David Menuisier	1-1-1	+2.00	+1.20
Richard Fahey	14-0-6	-14.00	-1.24
Saeed bin Suroor	13-0-3	-13.00	-7.87

Chesterfield Cup Handicap Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Chesterfield Cup Handicap over the last 20 renewals is Adam Kirby who has won the race 3 times. Those 3 winners came from Mount Logan (2015), Fire Fighting (2016) & Fabricate (2017). There are two jockeys who have not had the best of times over the last 20 renewals in the Chesterfield Cup Handicap, Paul Hanagan has had a total of 14 rides to the race without recording any wins whilst Martin Dwyer has had 10 rides without a winner.

Here are some of the top Chesterfield Cup Handicap jockey statistics over the last 20 renewals (R = Rides, 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
Adam Kirby	4-3-3	+35.00	+21.50
Ryan Moore	15-1-5	-4.00	-0.95
Joe Fanning	12-1-3	+3.00	+4.38
Silvestre De Sousa	9-1-4	-3.00	+3.13
Jim Crowley	8-1-2	-0.50	-1.56
William Buick	7-1-3	-4.00	-1.80
Daniel Tudhope	5-1-3	+21.00	+14.96
Royston Ffrench	4-1-2	+9.00	+8.13
Sam Hitchcott	1-1-1	+14.00	+8.75
Paul Hanagan	14-0-5	-14.00	-3.74

2022 Chesterfield Cup Handicap Trends

Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): ,3,10,8,11,11,5,7,2,5,2,9,(8,10),9,(1,7),(1,3,4,9,14),7,1,(3,9),1,1

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 (82%) - Field of 5-15 (Last Win)
20 / 20 (85%) - Ran on GS, GD or GF (LTO)
20 / 20 (86%) - No bigger than 25/1
19 / 20 (71%) - Within first 11 of market
19 / 20 (77%) - Previously won over 1m2f+
19 / 20 (79%) - Aged either 4yo or 5yo
19 / 20 (88%) - 9+ Starts (Career)
18 / 20 (71%) - Beaten no more 8½l (LTO)

Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Goodwood racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Chesterfield Cup 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 too in the OLBG Betting School.

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Chesterfield Cup Handicap Trend Analysis

The trend factor which has produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +74.50 is when runners had 2 career wins in Handicap races. The worst performing factor which has failed to produce a single winner is when runners ran in a race worth £3,000 on debut, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-78.

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

2021: Winner in 14 (6,2) [11 Runners]
2020: Winner in 1 (13,4,18) [18 Runners]
2019: Winner in 11 (13,7,3) [16 Runners]
2018: Winner in 3 (13,7) [15 Runners]
2017: Winner in 6 (2,16,15) [16 Runners]

The course which has produced the most winners of the Chesterfield Cup Handicap is York, there has been a total number of 5 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 20 winners from a total of 309 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 9 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, These are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Chesterfield Cup Handicap:

Cape Cross (2 Wins)
Rock Of Gibraltar (2 Wins)

These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Chesterfield Cup Handicap despite multiple attempts:

Dansili (0 Wins from 11 runners)
Dark Angel (0 Wins from 7 runners)
Galileo (0 Wins from 7 runners)
Pivotal (0 Wins from 6 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest priced winner was Fayez in 2019 when winning for David O'Meara at odds of 25/1 under the guidance of Daniel Tudhope. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there has been a total of 5 winning favourites in the race. Before placing your bet on the 2022 Chesterfield Cup Handicap see which other runners today are being back by the best racing tipsters today.

2022 Chesterfield Cup Handicap Preview, Trends & Analysis