bet365 Sprint Handicap Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (July Festival)

Contested over a distance of 6f is the bet365 Sprint Handicap which is scheduled to take place at Newmarket during the July Festival. Below we have detailed past winners along with both trainer and jockey records in the race and see which trends have been set based on past winners of the bet365 Sprint Handicap.
bet365 Sprint Handicap Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (July Festival)
Andy Powell
Andy Powell Content Editor

Horse Racing stats man, Andy has contributed to OLBG for 18 years - An Ipswich fan and F1 fanatic, he also contributes EFL football and Motor Sport opinion.

2025 bet365 Sprint Handicap Preview

Taking place at the July Festival each year at the Newmarket racecourse is this handicap that is open to runners who are aged three years old, the race is a Class 2 in which the runners compete over a six-furlong trip.

bet365 Sprint Handicap Information:

We also have a dedicated Newmarket 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 Other Principal races during the Newmarket July Festival section for links to these.

How competitive is the bet365 Sprint Handicap market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2024 when the race had an over-round of 121%. The race in 2018 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 135%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the bet365 Sprint Handicap, the over-round has been 128%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £128 which is bet.

bet365 Sprint Handicap 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 bet365 Sprint Handicap next time out then you would have backed a total of 6 winners. Backing all 18 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of +15.50. Whilst we wait for the 2025 bet365 Sprint Handicap remember you can get daily racing predictions from the expert tipsters on the racing predictions page.

When looking over the past 20 renewals, a time of 1:09.93 was set by Shmookh in 2007, which is the quickest time over that period, the runner was trained by John Dunlop and ridden by Richard Hills. The slowest winning time was set in 2012 when Fulbright won in a time of 1:13.68, booked to ride was Silvestre De Sousa by the trainer Mark Johnston.

These are the top three quickest-run bet365 Sprint Handicap over the last 20 renewals:

  1. Shmookh (1:09.93) in 2007
  2. Lethal Levi (1:09.95) in 2022
  3. Pass The Vino (1:10.00) in 2019

bet365 Sprint Handicap Past Winners

Here are the bet365 Sprint Handicap 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 bet365 Sprint Handicap and the jockey are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.

YearHorse (Drawn)Info
2024
1:11.81
Sergeant Wilko (IRE)
3yo 8-10 (9 of 13) 6/1
Oisin Murphy
Kevin Ryan (GB)
2023
1:10.01
Quinault (GER)
3yo 8-3 (11 of 16) 4/1F
Connor Planas (5lbs)
Stuart Williams (GB)
2022
1:09.95
Lethal Levi (GB)
3yo 8-3 (14 of 19) 16/1
Jimmy Quinn
K R Burke (GB)
2021
1:10.29
Blackrod (GB)
3yo 8-4 (16 of 17) 11/1
Silvestre De Sousa
Michael Dods (GB)
2020
1:12.54
Elon (GB)
3yo 8-6 (12 of 17) 40/1
Callum Shepherd
William Knight (GB)
2019
1:10.00
Pass The Vino (IRE)
3yo 8-4 (20 of 20) 25/1
David Egan
Paul DArcy (GB)
2018
1:11.57
Foxtrot Lady (GB)
3yo 8-12 (8 of 20) 8/1
David Probert
Andrew Balding (GB)
2017
1:11.72
Ekhtiyaar (GB)
3yo 8-10 (19 of 19) 13/2
Jim Crowley
Roger Varian (GB)
2016
1:10.51
Dancing Star (GB)
3yo 9-2 (3 of 20) 7/1
David Probert
Andrew Balding (GB)
2015
1:11.42
Magical Memory (IRE)
3yo 8-12 (15 of 17) 7/1
Frankie Dettori
Charles Hills (GB)

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the bet365 Sprint Handicap have been based:

  • GB: 20 winners with an additional 57 placings from 358 runners
  • IRE: 0 winners with an additional 1 placing from 5 runners

bet365 Sprint Handicap Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the bet365 Sprint Handicap over the last 20 renewals is Andrew Balding who has won the race four times with those four winners coming from Dark Missile (2006), Fireback (2010), Dancing Star (2016) and Foxtrot Lady (2018). There is one trainer who has not had the best of times in the bet365 Sprint Handicap, Richard Hannon has sent a total of 13 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top bet365 Sprint 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):

TrainerR-W-PWinEW
Andrew Balding13-4-7+34.00+24.38
Richard Fahey26-1-6-18.00-8.30
Kevin Ryan19-1-5-12.00-6.94
Roger Varian9-1-2-1.50-2.31
Charles Hills8-1-1+0.00-2.62
K R Burke5-1-1+12.00+6.00
Stuart Williams5-1-1+0.00-1.50
Michael Dods3-1-2+9.00+6.88
William Knight2-1-2+39.00+29.50
Sir Mark Prescott Bt2-1-1+8.00+4.63

bet365 Sprint Handicap Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the bet365 Sprint Handicap over the last 20 renewals is David Probert who has won the race four times with those four winners coming from Fireback (2010), Coeus (2011), Dancing Star (2016) and Foxtrot Lady (2018). The only other jockey to have recorded multiple wins in the bet365 Sprint Handicap is Silvestre De Sousa (2 wins). Multiple jockeys have not had the best of times over the last 20 renewals in the bet365 Sprint Handicap, William Buick (0-13), Jamie Spencer (0-10) and Andrea Atzeni (0-10) have all failed to produce a single winner despite sending multiple rides to the race.

Here are some of the top bet365 Sprint Handicap 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):

JockeyR-W-PWinEW
David Probert7-4-6+33.00+26.39
Silvestre De Sousa7-2-3+16.00+9.76
Ryan Moore16-1-2-8.00-9.56
Frankie Dettori8-1-2+0.00-0.37
Jimmy Quinn6-1-2+11.00+8.00
Oisin Murphy5-1-2+2.00+1.13
David Egan4-1-1+22.00+12.63
Jim Crowley4-1-2+3.50+1.98
Tom Queally3-1-1+31.00+18.63
Charles Bishop3-1-1+31.00+18.63

bet365 Sprint Handicap Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +63.00 is when runners last place was 1 start ago. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 1 career start in Handicap races, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-61.

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

  • 2024: Winner in 9 (12,8) [13 Runners]
  • 2023: Winner in 11 (9,4,12) [16 Runners]
  • 2022: Winner in 14 (11,13,4) [19 Runners]
  • 2021: Winner in 16 (15,19,2) [17 Runners]
  • 2020: Winner in 12 (9,19,10) [17 Runners]

The course which has produced the most winners of the bet365 Sprint Handicap is York, there has been a total number of 7 winners of this race who ran at York last time out. The next best course which has produced the second most winners is Newmarket (July), there has been a total number of 3 winners of this race who ran at Newmarket (July) 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 314 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 3 winners from a total of 49 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the bet365 Sprint Handicap, that stallion Bated Breath has produced 2 winners (2020,2017).

These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the bet365 Sprint Handicap despite multiple attempts:

  • Acclamation (0 Wins from 13 runners)
  • Kodiac (0 Wins from 11 runners)
  • Invincible Spirit (0 Wins from 10 runners)
  • Dutch Art (0 Wins from 6 runners)
  • Kyllachy (0 Wins from 6 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Elon in 2020, winning for William Knight at odds of 40/1 under the guidance of Callum Shepherd. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 1 winning favourites in the race. Whilst we wait for the 2025 bet365 Sprint Handicap remember you can get daily racing predictions from the top racing tipsters on the best racing tipsters page.

Other Principal races during the Newmarket July Festival

Remember to head to the Newmarket predictions page to see which runner the racing tipsters support in the bet365 Sprint Handicap. Below are the other principal races that we cover during the July Festival with links to each race blog as well as information for last year's winners.

Friday at the July Festival

The highlight on the Friday, known as Ladies Day is the Princess of Wales's Stakes, a group 2 contested over one mile and four furlongs.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
13:50 Newmarket
Bahrain Trophy Stakes
Ancient Wisdom (FR)
3yo - 6/4
Charlie Appleby
William Buick
14:25 Newmarket
July Stakes
Whistlejacket (IRE)
2yo - 11/10
A P O'Brien
Ryan Moore
15:00 Newmarket
bet365 Sprint Handicap
Sergeant Wilko (IRE)
3yo - 6/1
Kevin Ryan
Oisin Murphy
15:35 Newmarket
Princess of Wales's Stakes
Giavellotto (IRE)
5yo - 100/30
Marco Botti
Oisin Murphy

Saturday at the July Festival

Festival Friday as it is known features the Group 1 Falmouth Stakes which is part of the British Champion Series and is run over a mile.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
13:50 Newmarket
bet365 Handicap
Involvement (GB)
3yo - 100/30
Simon & Ed Crisford
Oisin Murphy
14:25 Newmarket
Duchess of Cambridge Stakes
Arabian Dusk (GB)
2yo - 12/1
Simon & Ed Crisford
Harry Davies
15:35 Newmarket
Falmouth Stakes
Porta Fortuna (IRE)
3yo - 10/11
Donnacha Aidan O'Brien
Ryan Moore

Sunday at the July Festival

As the name would indicate, 'July Cup Day', the main race on the final day of the July Festival is the July Cup, another race which is part of the British Champion Series, this race is contested over six furlongs.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
14:50 Newmarket
bet365 Mile Handicap
First Conquest (GB)
3yo - 12/1
Charlie Appleby
William Buick
15:25 Newmarket
Superlative Stakes
Ancient Truth (IRE)
2yo - 4/6
Charlie Appleby
William Buick
16:00 Newmarket
Bunbury Cup
Aalto (FR)
4yo - 15/2
Ian Williams
Rossa Ryan
16:35 Newmarket
July Cup
Mill Stream (IRE)
4yo - 11/1
Jane Chapple-Hyam
William Buick

Article Contributor Information

We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this bet365 Sprint Handicap 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

Tipster Competition Manager

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

Content Editor

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.

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