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2024 Gordon Stakes Preview
Established in 1902, the Gordon Stakes is a Group 3 flat race that is open to three-year-olds only and is run over one mile and four furlongs on the third day of the Glorious Goodwood festival in late July or early August.
All runners are set an initial weight of 9-1 but fillies get a 3lb allowance and Group winners get penalties with Group 1 (7lb), Group 2 (5lb) and Group 3 (3lb).
Gordon Stakes Information:
We also have a dedicated Goodwood tips 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. 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 Gordon Stakes 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 107%. The race in 2007 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 118%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Gordon Stakes, the over-round has been 113%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £113 which is bet.
Gordon Stakes 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 Gordon Stakes next time out then you would have backed a total of 3 winners. Backing all 20 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -5.22. Ahead of the 2024 Gordon Stakes why not head over to the racing predictions for tips on other races today?
Over the last 20 renewals, it was Cross Counter, trained by Charlie Appleby and ridden by William Buick who set the fastest winning time in the Gordon Stakes, the runner won the race in a time of 2:31.39 when winning the race in 2018. At the other end of the scale, it was the combination of trainer William Haggas and jockey Tom Marquand with Desert Hero who set the slowest winning time, the race-winning time was 2:43.86 in the 2023 renewal.
These are the top three quickest-run Gordon Stakes over the last 20 renewals:
- Cross Counter (2:31.39) in 2018
- Snow Sky (2:33.08) in 2014
- New London (2:33.80) in 2022
Gordon Stakes Past Winners
Here are the Gordon 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 at the time of winning the Gordon Stakes and the jockey is also displayed along with the starting price the horse was sent off.
| Year | Horse (Drawn) | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 2:43.86 | Desert Hero (GB) 3yo 9-3 (2 of 6) 7/1 | Tom Marquand William Haggas (GB) |
| 2022 2:33.80 | New London (IRE) 3yo 9-3 (6 of 10) 6/4F | William Buick Charlie Appleby (GB) |
| 2021 2:40.21 | Ottoman Emperor (IRE) 3yo 9-1 (7 of 8) 11/1 | Ben Coen J P Murtagh (IRE) |
| 2020 2:34.89 | Mogul (GB) 3yo 9-1 (5 of 6) 9/2 | Ryan Moore A P O'Brien (IRE) |
| 2019 2:35.67 | Nayef Road (IRE) 3yo 9-1 (6 of 9) 9/1 | Silvestre De Sousa Mark Johnston (GB) |
| 2018 2:31.39 | Cross Counter (GB) 3yo 9-1 (2 of 4) 7/4 | William Buick Charlie Appleby (GB) |
| 2017 2:42.94 | Crystal Ocean (GB) 3yo 9-1 (1 of 5) 6/4F | Ryan Moore Sir Michael Stoute (GB) |
| 2016 2:38.37 | Ulysses (IRE) 3yo 9-1 (5 of 9) 9/2 | Andrea Atzeni Sir Michael Stoute (GB) |
| 2015 2:34.94 | Highland Reel (IRE) 3yo 9-1 (3 of 9) 7/4F | Joseph O'Brien A P O'Brien (IRE) |
| 2014 2:33.08 | Snow Sky (GB) 3yo 9-1 (7 of 7) 9/2 | James Doyle Sir Michael Stoute (GB) |
Where have the winning runners come from?
Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Gordon Stakes have been based:
- GB: 16 winners with an additional 24 placings from 129 runners
- IRE: 4 winners with an additional 5 placings from 19 runners
- FR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner
- QA: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner
- GER: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner
Gordon Stakes Trainer Statistics
The leading trainer in the Gordon Stakes over the last 20 renewals is Sir Michael Stoute who has won the race six times with those six winners coming from Maraahel (2004), Conduit (2008), Harbinger (2009), Snow Sky (2014), Ulysses (2016) and Crystal Ocean (2017). Other trainers who have recorded multiple wins in the Gordon Stakes are A P O'Brien (3 wins) and Charlie Appleby (3 wins). There is one trainer who has not had the best of times in the Gordon Stakes, Andrew Balding has sent a total of 10 runners to the race without recording any wins.
Here are some of the top Gordon 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):
| Trainer | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Michael Stoute | 10-6-8 | +12.00 | +8.57 |
| A P O'Brien | 14-3-8 | -2.25 | +2.21 |
| Charlie Appleby | 6-3-3 | +4.75 | +0.71 |
| William Haggas | 4-1-1 | +4.00 | +1.38 |
| David Elsworth | 4-1-1 | +0.00 | -1.12 |
| J P Murtagh | 1-1-1 | +11.00 | +6.60 |
| Andrew Balding | 10-0-2 | -10.00 | -6.55 |
| John Gosden | 7-0-4 | -7.00 | -3.55 |
| Marcus Tregoning | 5-0-3 | -5.00 | -1.62 |
| Richard Hannon | 4-0-1 | -4.00 | -2.69 |
Gordon Stakes Jockey Statistics
The leading jockey in the Gordon Stakes over the last 20 renewals is Ryan Moore who has won the race five times with those five winners coming from Conduit (2008), Harbinger (2009), Rebel Soldier (2010), Crystal Ocean (2017) and Mogul (2020). Other jockeys who have recorded multiple wins in the Gordon Stakes are William Buick (2 wins) and Silvestre De Sousa (2 wins).
Here are some of the top Gordon 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):
| Jockey | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Moore | 14-5-9 | +4.25 | +3.67 |
| William Buick | 9-2-4 | -3.75 | -4.38 |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 5-2-2 | +13.00 | +7.60 |
| Frankie Dettori | 8-1-3 | -5.25 | -3.73 |
| James Doyle | 5-1-2 | +0.50 | -0.25 |
| Andrea Atzeni | 4-1-3 | +1.50 | +1.65 |
| Tom Marquand | 3-1-1 | +5.00 | +2.38 |
| Tom Queally | 3-1-1 | +0.75 | -0.28 |
| Mickael Barzalona | 2-1-2 | +3.50 | +3.31 |
| Ben Coen | 1-1-1 | +11.00 | +6.60 |
2024 Gordon Stakes Trends
Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 5, 2, 1, (1, 2), 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 6, 1, 8, 1, 2, 2, 4, 3, 1, 6
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 (67%) - No bigger than 11/1
- 20 / 20 (78%) - Within the first 6 of the market
- 20 / 20 (79%) - No bigger than 18/1 (Career Place)
- 20 / 20 (83%) - Fewer than 2 races (Class)
- 20 / 20 (85%) - Is not FR/GER/USA bred
- 20 / 20 (86%) - Furthest ran 1m2½f - 2m
- 20 / 20 (87%) - Achieved a TS of 76+ (Season)
- 20 / 20 (87%) - Ran over 7f - 1m2½f (Debut)
- 20 / 20 (87%) - Off a break of 19 - 83 days
- 20 / 20 (87%) - Had 2 - 6 placings (1 Year)
- 20 / 20 (89%) - Beaten no more -9l (Debut)
- 20 / 20 (89%) - Furthest Won 1m - 2m
- 20 / 20 (89%) - Highest Placed is not Cl3/Cl5
- 20 / 20 (89%) - Not in FRA/DEU/SCO (LTO)
- 19 / 20 (79%) - No bigger than 8/1 (Career Win)
Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Goodwood racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Gordon Stakes. 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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Gordon Stakes Trend Analysis
The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 1 career place over further, 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:
- 2023: Winner in 2 (4) [6 Runners]
- 2022: Winner in 6 (9,1) [10 Runners]
- 2021: Winner in 7 (5,1) [8 Runners]
- 2020: Winner in 5 (2) [6 Runners]
- 2019: Winner in 6 (7,2) [9 Runners]
The course which has produced the most winners of the Gordon Stakes is Ascot, there has been a total number of 9 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 149 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 2 runners.
Looking over the past renewals, these are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Gordon Stakes:
- Galileo (6 Wins)
- Sea The Stars (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 Gordon 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 Ottoman Emperor in 2021, winning for J P Murtagh at odds of 11/1 under the guidance of Ben Coen. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 8 winning favourites in the race. Before placing your bet on the 2024 Gordon Stakes head over to see which other runners today are being backed by the best racing tipsters today.
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 Gordon Stakes 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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