Irish Lincolnshire Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends

2025 Irish Lincolnshire Preview

The Irish Lincolnshire is the first big handicap of the flat season in Ireland and a race in which we usually get a large field since 1999 all bar two of the races have had 18+ runner fields.

The race has been vastly run at the Curragh racecourse but between 2017 & 2019 it was held as Naas due to redevelopment at the Curragh racecourse.

The race is run over a mile and is open to runners aged four years old or older, it is held in either late March or early April.

Irish Lincolnshire Information:

• Irish Lincolnshire Past Winners
• Irish Lincolnshire Trainer Statistics
• Irish Lincolnshire Jockey Statistics

If you are interested in other predictions at Curragh then head over to the Curragh tips page to see which runners are being supported by the OLBG racing tipsters and also compare those predictions to the runners that make the trend shortlist when added below. You may also be interested in other preview blogs that we have packed full of information, head down to the Other Principal Races at Curragh Racecourse section for links to these.

How competitive is the Irish Lincolnshire market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2020 when the race had an over-round of 133%. The race in 2005 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 178%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Irish Lincolnshire, the over-round has been 146%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £146 which is bet.

Irish Lincolnshire Trends:

• 2025 Irish Lincolnshire Trends
• Irish Lincolnshire 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 Irish Lincolnshire 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 -8.79. Ahead of the 2025 Irish Lincolnshire why not head over to the racing predictions for tips on other races today?

Over the last 20 renewals, it was the Adrian McGuinness trained Bowerman ridden by Ronan Whelan who set the fastest winning time in the Irish Lincolnshire, the runner won the race in a time of 1:38.56 was set when winning the race in 2020. At the other end of the scale, it was the combination of trainer C F Swan and jockey W J Lee with Crooked Throw who set the slowest winning time, the race-winning time was 1:55.60 in the 2008 renewal.

These are the top three quickest-run Irish Lincolnshire over the last 20 renewals:

1. Bowerman (1:38.56) in 2020
2. Raadobarg (1:43.10) in 2022
3. Layfayette (1:45.31) in 2021

Irish Lincolnshire Past Winners

Here are the Irish Lincolnshire 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 trainer of the horse at the time of winning the Irish Lincolnshire as well as the jockey is also displayed along with the starting price the horse was sent off.

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Irish Lincolnshire have been based:

• IRE: 19 winners with an additional 56 placings from 400 runners
• GB: 1 winner with an additional 3 placings from 31 runners
• FR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner

Irish Lincolnshire Trainer Statistics

There are two leading trainers in the Irish Lincolnshire over the last 20 renewals with both Adrian McGuinness and G M Lyons who have both won the race two times. Adrian McGuinness winners have been with Victram (2005) and Bowerman (2020). G M Lyons winners have been with Brendan Brackan (2017) and Karawaan (2019). Multiple trainers have not had the best of times over the last 20 renewals in the Irish Lincolnshire, J S Bolger (0-20), Mrs John Harrington (0-16), Richard Fahey (0-15) and Kevin Prendergast (0-12) have all failed to produce a single winner despite sending multiple runners to the race.

Here are some of the top Irish Lincolnshire 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):

Irish Lincolnshire Jockey Statistics

There are two leading jockeys in the Irish Lincolnshire over the last 20 renewals with both Wayne Lordan and Chris Hayes who have both won the race three times. Wayne Lordan winners have been with Tolpuddle (2004), Pollen (2009) and Onenightidreamed (2015). Chris Hayes winners have been with Sruthan (2016), Layfayette (2021) and Lattam (2023). The only other jockey to have recorded multiple wins in the Irish Lincolnshire is Gary Carroll (2 wins). Multiple jockeys have not had the best of times over the last 20 renewals in the Irish Lincolnshire, N G McCullagh (0-15), Shane Foley (0-14) and Rory Cleary (0-14) have all failed to produce a single winner despite sending multiple rides to the race.

Here are some of the top Irish Lincolnshire 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):

2025 Irish Lincolnshire Trends

Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 1, 8, 11, 5, 3, 10, 10, 1, 12, 1, 17, 22, 9, 1, 4, 7, 20, 1, 7, 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 (75%) - No more than -21lbs (Vs Max Weight)
• 20 / 20 (80%) - No bigger than 16/1 (LTO)
• 20 / 20 (81%) - Ran over 1m - 2m (LTO)
• 20 / 20 (81%) - Achieved an RPR of 87+ (Last 5)
• 20 / 20 (83%) - Furthest Won 1m - 1m4½f
• 20 / 20 (85%) - Achieved an RPR of 88+ (Career)
• 20 / 20 (85%) - Won by at least a neck (Last Win)
• 20 / 20 (86%) - Carried 121 - 144lbs (Last Win)
• 18 / 20 (75%) - No bigger than 20/1 (Career Place)
• 18 / 20 (75%) - No bigger than 12/1 (Career Win)
• 18 / 20 (77%) - Placed within last 4 starts
• 18 / 20 (85%) - No bigger than 33/1 (Debut)
• 17 / 20 (61%) - Achieved an RPR of 90+ (Last 3)
• 17 / 20 (62%) - No bigger than 11/2 (Last Win)
• 17 / 20 (76%) - No more than -4yrs (Vs Max Age)

Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Curragh racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Irish Lincolnshire. If you are looking to place on a bet this race well in advance of the actual running, then there may be an ante-post market available for you to place your bet. If you are unfamiliar with this type of betting then head over to the OLBG Betting School and read our Ante-Post Horse Racing article which explains how ante-post betting works.

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Irish Lincolnshire Trend Analysis

The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 2 career wins over further, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-59.

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

• 2024: Winner in 17 (12,15,9) [19 Runners]
• 2023: Winner in 24 (20,6,19) [27 Runners]
• 2022: Winner in 12 (25,18,24) [26 Runners]
• 2021: Winner in 5 (11,3,1) [24 Runners]
• 2020: Winner in 1 (11,21,14) [17 Runners]

The course which has produced the most winners of the Irish Lincolnshire is Leopardstown, there has been a total number of 5 winners of this race who ran at Leopardstown 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 358 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 3 winners from a total of 74 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, these are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Irish Lincolnshire:

• Arakan (2 Wins)
• Orpen (2 Wins)

These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Irish Lincolnshire despite multiple attempts:

• Fast Company (0 Wins from 7 runners)
• Invincible Spirit (0 Wins from 7 runners)
• Pivotal (0 Wins from 7 runners)
• Alhebayeb (0 Wins from 6 runners)
• Aussie Rules (0 Wins from 6 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Big Robert in 2010, winning for P D Deegan at odds of 33/1 under the guidance of Kieran O'Neill. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 6 winning favourites in the race. Remember to bookmark the best racing tipsters page so you can get easy access to the best OLBG racing tipsters.

Other Principal races at Curragh racecourse

Here are some other notable races at the Curragh racecourse throughout the racing season that you may be interested in.

Races in May (Irish Guineas Festival)

• Emerald Mile Handicap
• Greenlands Stakes
• Irish 2000 Guineas
• Irish 1000 Guineas
• Tattersalls Gold Cup

Races in June

• Irish Derby

Races in July

• Irish Oaks

Races in August

• Irish Cambridgeshire

Races in September

• Irish St Leger

Races in October

• Irish Cesarewitch