Gordon Stakes Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Glorious Goodwood)

Preview the Gordon Stakes with a breakdown of previous winners, trainer trends, and jockey performances. This Group 3 race often acts as a key trial and offers useful pointers based on historic success.
Gordon Stakes Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Glorious Goodwood)
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 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).

For sponsorship purposes, the 2025 renewal of the Gordon Stakes will hold the title of 'HKJC World Pool Gordon Stakes'.

Gordon Stakes Information:

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.

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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.

Below you will find the 2025 Gordon 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 Gordon Stakes Trend Analysis. With the field now finalised, we have the Gordon Stakes Trend Shortlist, which is created using the listed trends.

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

  1. Cross Counter (2:31.39) in 2018
  2. Snow Sky (2:33.08) in 2014
  3. New London (2:33.80) in 2022

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 Gordon Stakes next time out, then you would have backed a total of 4 winners. Backing all 20 runners who have been out since their win at SP next time out would have returned an LSP of -1.47. Remember to use the racing predictions along with the information on this page to find a bet on the 2025 Gordon Stakes.

When looking over the past 20 renewals, a time of 2:31.39 was set by Cross Counter in 2018, which is the quickest time over that period. The runner was trained by Charlie Appleby and ridden by William Buick. The slowest winning time was set in 2023 when Desert Hero won in a time of 2:43.86, booked to ride was Tom Marquand by trainer William Haggas.

What the expert says...
Jan Brueghel (2024) became the third winner of this race since 2006 to then go on and win the St Leger next time out. Sixties Icon (2006) and Conduit (2008) were the other two.

Andy Powell - Horse Racing Betting Expert - OLBG.com

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 and the jockey at the time of winning the Gordon Stakes are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.

YearHorse (Drawn)Info
2024
2:34.76
Jan Brueghel (IRE)
3yo 9-6 (2 of 4) 4/5F
Ryan Moore
A P O'Brien (IRE)
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)

Where have the winning runners come from?

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

  • GB: 15 winners with an additional 23 placings from 127 runners
  • IRE: 5 winners with an additional 4 placings from 18 runners
  • QA: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner
  • GER: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner

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Gordon Stakes Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Gordon Stakes over the last 20 renewals is A P O'Brien, who has won the race four times, with those four winners coming from Yellowstone (2007), Highland Reel (2015), Mogul (2020) and Jan Brueghel (2024). There is one trainer who has not had the best of times in the Gordon Stakes; Andrew Balding has sent a total of 11 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are the Gordon Stakes trainer statistics over the last 20 renewals for trainers who have entries in the 2025 renewal; those not listed have not had a runner. (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
A P O'Brien13-4-8+0.55+1.21
William Haggas4-1-1+4.00+1.38
Andrew Balding11-0-2-11.00-6.55
Ralph Beckett3-0-0-3.00-3.00
Roger Varian2-0-1-2.00-1.25

Gordon Stakes Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Gordon Stakes over the last 20 renewals is Ryan Moore, who has won the race six times, with those six winners coming from Conduit (2008), Harbinger (2009), Rebel Soldier (2010), Crystal Ocean (2017), Mogul (2020) and Jan Brueghel (2024). The only other jockey to have recorded multiple wins in the Gordon Stakes is Silvestre De Sousa (2 wins).

Here are the Gordon Stakes jockey statistics over the last 20 renewals for jockeys who have rides in the 2025 renewal; those not listed have not had a runner. (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
Ryan Moore
(Galveston)
15-6-10+5.05+3.67
Silvestre De Sousa
(Rahiebb)
5-2-2+13.00+7.60
Tom Marquand
(Merchant)
4-1-1+4.00+2.38
Tom Queally
(Too Soon)
3-1-1+0.75-0.28
Oisin Murphy
(Windlord)
4-0-0-4.00-3.00

Gordon Stakes Trend Shortlist

Goodwood will host the 2025 renewal of the Gordon Stakes, which will be run at 2:30 pm on Thursday, 31st July 2025, and these are the runners who perform best based on the trends, along with the trainer and jockey and their record in the race (Runs-Wins-Places Win LSP / EW LSP):

  • 15/15 Rahiebb (5/1)
    • Roger Varian (2-0-1 -2.00 / -1.25)
    • Silvestre De Sousa (5-2-2 +13.00 / +7.60)

Others: Windlord (14/15), Galveston (13/15), Sir Dinadan (13/15), Merchant (12/15), Wimbledon Hawkeye (10/15) and Too Soon (9/15).

*Trainer & Jockey numbers are Runs-Wins-Places Win LSP / EW LSP, Runners, Odds and Trends Passed/Failed correct at the time of posting (1:53 pm Tuesday 29th July 2025), if no odds were available at the time of posting, then forecasted odds are used.

Merchant won the King George V Stakes last time out, and a total of 5 previous winners of that race from a total of 18 runners went on to win next time out, backing them all would have returned an LSP of +17.38.

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 0-26.

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

  • 2024: Winner in 2 [4 Runners]
  • 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]

The course which has produced the most winners of the Gordon Stakes is Ascot; there have been a total of 8 winners of this race who ran at Ascot last time out. The next best course, which has produced the second most winners, is Curragh; there have been a total of 3 winners of this race who ran at Curragh 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 145 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 (7 Wins)
  • Sea The Stars (2 Wins)

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 9 winning favourites in the race. Whilst we wait for the 2025 Gordon Stakes, remember you can get daily racing predictions from the top racing tipsters on the best racing tipsters page.

Route to the Gordon Stakes

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

InfoLast Race
2024 - Jan Brueghel
Curragh - 1st of 8 (8/13)
Al Basti Equiworld Dubai International Stakes
2023 - Desert Hero
Ascot - 1st of 19 (18/1)
King George V Stakes
2022 - New London
Newmarket (July) - 1st of 12 (6/4)
bet365 Handicap
2021 - Ottoman Emperor
Navan - 1st of 5 (4/1)
Irish Stallion Farms EBF Race
2020 - Mogul
Epsom - 6th of 16 (7/1)
Epsom Derby
2019 - Nayef Road
Newmarket (July) - 2nd of 9 (3/1)
Bahrain Trophy Stakes
2018 - Cross Counter
Ascot - 1st of 7 (13/8)
Woodford Reserve Handicap
2017 - Crystal Ocean
Ascot - 3rd of 12 (9/4)
King Edward VII Stakes
2016 - Ulysses
Epsom - 12th of 16 (8/1)
Epsom Derby
2015 - Highland Reel
Curragh - 5th of 8 (11/4)
Irish Derby

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.

Darren Brett

Darren Brett

Expert Guide

Darren has worked in the horse racing industry for decades bringing to OLBG for the last 20 years a wealth of knowledge, creating much of our content on these sports. Darren also manages our Grand National Guide and is the go-to font of knowledge for the world's greatest steeplechase.
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.

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.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
13:20
Chesterfield Cup Handicap
Take Heart (IRE)
4yo - 7/1
J P Murtagh
Ben Coen
13:55
Vintage Stakes
Aomori City (FR)
2yo - 2/1
Charlie Appleby
William Buick
14:30
Lennox Stakes
Audience (GB)
5yo - 4/1
John & Thady Gosden
Robert Havlin
15:05
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.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
13:55
Oak Tree Stakes
Raqiya (IRE)
3yo - 7/1
Owen Burrows
Jim Crowley
14:30
Molecomb Stakes
Big Mojo (IRE)
2yo - 25/1
Michael Appleby
Silvestre De Sousa
15:05
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.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
13:20
Kincsem Handicap
Approval (GB)
3yo - 11/2
William Haggas
Tom Marquand
13:55
Richmond Stakes
Black Forza (USA)
2yo - 9/1
M D O'Callaghan
Dylan Browne McMonagle
14:30
Gordon Stakes
Jan Brueghel (IRE)
3yo - 4/5
A P O'Brien
Ryan Moore
15:05
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.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
13:20
Goodwood Handicap
Master Milliner (IRE)
8yo - 25/1
Emma Lavelle
Charles Bishop
13:55
Thoroughbred Stakes
Lead Artist (GB)
3yo - 9/2
John & Thady Gosden
Kieran Shoemark
14:30
Golden Mile Handicap
Toimy Son (FR)
5yo - 12/1
David Menuisier
Oisin Murphy
15:05
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.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
13:20
Glorious Stakes
Al Aasy (IRE)
7yo - 3/1
William Haggas
Jim Crowley
13:55
Summer Handicap
Align The Stars (IRE)
3yo - 100/30
Charlie Johnston
Joe Fanning
14:30
Lillie Langtry Stakes
Term Of Endearment (GB)
5yo - 15/2
Henry De Bromhead
W J Lee
15:05
Stewards Cup
Get It (GB)
6yo - 40/1
George Baker
Pat Cosgrave

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