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

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).

Gordon Stakes Information:

• Gordon Stakes Past Winners
• Gordon Stakes Trainer Statistics
• Gordon Stakes 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 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:

• 2025 Gordon Stakes Trends
• Gordon Stakes Trend Analysis

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 19 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -4.22. Whilst we wait for the 2025 Gordon Stakes remember you can get daily racing predictions from the expert tipsters on the racing predictions page.

The runner that holds the record over the past 20 renewals for the slowest time in the race was set in the 2023 renewal when Desert Hero from William Haggas under the guidance of Tom Marquand, won in a time of 2:43.86, whilst at the other end of the spectrum, Cross Counter, trained by Charlie Appleby and ridden by William Buick set the quickest time of 2:31.39 in the 2018 renewal.

These are the top three quickest-run Gordon Stakes 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

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.

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

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 five times with those five winners coming from 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 (4 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 11 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):

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). 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):

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 has been a total number 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 has been a total number 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. Ahead of the 2025 Gordon Stakes why not head over to the best racing tipster page to see what the tipsters are backing 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.