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

Uncover the trends and profiles behind the bet365 Handicap at Newmarket. Analyse past winners, leading trainers, and jockey records in this competitive Festival handicap for valuable betting insight.
bet365 Handicap Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (July Festival)
Andy Powell
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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 Handicap Preview

Scheduled to take place in July of each year at the Newmarket racecourse during the July Festival is this Class 2 Heritage Handicap. The race is restricted to three-year-old runners only and is run over a distance of one mile and two furlongs for horses rated up to an OR of 105.

bet365 Handicap Information:

Why not use the trends shortlist below to help you narrow down the field and then head over to the dedicated Newmarket tips page to see which runners are being supported by the OLBG expert racing tipsters to find yourself a bet? 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.

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How competitive is the bet365 Handicap 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 116%. The race in 2007 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 Handicap, the over-round has been 122%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £122 which is bet.

Below you will find the 2025 bet365 Handicap 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 bet365 Handicap Trend Analysis.

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

  1. Walkinthesand (2:00.61) in 2019
  2. Maputo (2:00.91) in 2013
  3. New London (2:01.81) 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 bet365 Handicap next time out, then you would have backed a total of 5 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since their win at SP next time out would have returned an LSP of +5.35. Before placing your bet on the 2025 bet365 Handicap, see which other runners today are being backed 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 2012 renewal when Stature from Andrew Balding under the guidance of Ryan Moore, won in a time of 2:09.11, whilst at the other end of the spectrum, Walkinthesand, trained by Richard Hannon and ridden by Ryan Moore set the quickest time of 2:00.61 in the 2019 renewal.

What the expert says...
Last year's winner, Involvement, came here after finishing 7th in the Britannia Stakes a month earlier. That runner was the fifth winner to come from the Britannia Stakes, with most of them finishing well down the field in that race, 6th, 23rd, 19th & 4th.

Andy Powell - Horse Racing Betting Expert - OLBG.com

bet365 Handicap Past Winners

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

YearHorse (Drawn)Info
2024
2:05.22
Involvement (GB)
3yo 9-5 (6 of 10) 100/30F
Oisin Murphy
Simon & Ed Crisford (GB)
2023
2:06.61
Killybegs Warrior (IRE)
3yo 9-7 (6 of 12) 20/1
Kevin Stott
Charlie Johnston (GB)
2022
2:01.81
New London (IRE)
3yo 9-6 (1 of 12) 6/4F
William Buick
Charlie Appleby (GB)
2021
2:02.86
Dubai Honour (IRE)
3yo 8-12 (5 of 10) 11/2
James Doyle
William Haggas (GB)
2020
2:04.84
Zabeel Champion (GB)
3yo 8-5 (2 of 11) 8/1
P J McDonald
Mark Johnston (GB)
2019
2:00.61
Walkinthesand (IRE)
3yo 9-7 (6 of 14) 9/1
Ryan Moore
Richard Hannon (GB)
2018
2:04.65
Communique (IRE)
3yo 8-9 (4 of 9) 8/1
Silvestre De Sousa
Mark Johnston (GB)
2017
2:02.34
Marzouq (USA)
3yo 8-8 (1 of 11) 6/1
J F Egan
Jeremy Noseda (GB)
2016
2:01.97
Ode To Evening (GB)
3yo 9-5 (13 of 13) 25/1
James McDonald
Mark Johnston (GB)
2015
2:01.93
Resonant (IRE)
3yo 8-8 (2 of 10) 12/1
William Buick
Mark Johnston (GB)

Where have the winning runners come from?

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

  • GB: 20 winners with an additional 44 placings from 262 runners
  • IRE: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner

bet365 Handicap Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the bet365 Handicap over the last 20 renewals is Andrew Balding, who has won the race two times, with those two winners coming from Jedediah (2008) and Stature (2012). Two trainers have not had the best of times over the last 20 renewals in the bet365 Handicap. Sir Michael Stoute has sent a total of 12 runners to the race without recording any wins, whilst John Gosden has sent out 11 without a winner.

Here are some of the top bet365 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 Balding15-2-6+10.00+9.18
William Haggas13-1-2-6.50-6.45
Charlie Appleby9-1-3-6.50-4.56
Richard Fahey7-1-2+1.00+0.88
Richard Hannon5-1-4+5.00+10.53
Charlie Johnston3-1-1+18.00+10.50
Simon & Ed Crisford2-1-1+2.33+1.00
Sir Michael Stoute12-0-6-12.00-4.82
John Gosden11-0-1-11.00-9.75
Ed Dunlop5-0-2-5.00+0.13

bet365 Handicap Jockey Statistics

There are two leading jockeys in the bet365 Handicap over the last 20 renewals, with both Ryan Moore and William Buick, who have both won the race two times. Ryan Moore winners have been with Stature (2012) and Walkinthesand (2019). William Buick winners have been with Resonant (2015) and New London (2022).

Here are some of the top bet365 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
Ryan Moore17-2-9+6.00+6.94
William Buick10-2-3+5.50+1.14
Joe Fanning13-1-3-5.50-2.43
Jamie Spencer10-1-3-6.00-1.24
James Doyle9-1-1-2.50-4.70
Silvestre De Sousa6-1-4+3.00+4.34
J F Egan6-1-2+1.00+1.60
P J McDonald4-1-3+5.00+6.05
Oisin Murphy4-1-2+0.33-0.15
Tom Queally3-1-1+38.00+23.00

bet365 Handicap Trend Analysis

✅ The trend factor, which has produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +71.83, is when runners ran in a race restricted to 2yo when last winning.

❌ The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 2 career starts with the jockey, when backing these, the trend shows a record of 0-41.

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

  • 2024: Winner in 6 (1,10) [10 Runners]
  • 2023: Winner in 6 (5,7) [12 Runners]
  • 2022: Winner in 1 (8,7) [12 Runners]
  • 2021: Winner in 5 (1,2) [10 Runners]
  • 2020: Winner in 2 (1,8) [11 Runners]

The course which has produced the most winners of the bet365 Handicap is Ascot; there have been a total of 8 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 252 runners, whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 11 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, these are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the bet365 Handicap:

  • Cape Cross (2 Wins)
  • Poets Voice (2 Wins)

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

  • New Approach (0 Wins from 6 runners)
  • Rock Of Gibraltar (0 Wins from 6 runners)
  • Kings Best (0 Wins from 5 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Circumvent in 2010, winning for Paul Cole at odds of 40/1 under the guidance of Tom Queally. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals, there have been 3 winning favourites in the race. Remember to use the best racing tipsters along with the information on this page to find a bet on the 2025 bet365 Handicap.

Route to the bet365 Handicap

Many trainers will target races to use as prep races before coming to the bet365 Handicap. These are the races which the recent winners ran in before coming here:

InfoLast Race
2024 - Involvement
Ascot - 7th of 29 (11/1)
Britannia Stakes
2023 - Killybegs Warrior
Ascot - 11th of 16 (50/1)
Hampton Court Stakes
2022 - New London
Chester - 2nd of 4 (4/11)
Chester Vase
2021 - Dubai Honour
Ascot - 4th of 29 (29/1)
Britannia Stakes
2020 - Zabeel Champion
Newmarket (Rowley) - 1st of 5 (12/1)
Betway Heed Your Hunch Handicap
2019 - Walkinthesand
Sandown - 5th of 8 (7/2)
Matchbook Low Commission Exchange Heron Stakes
2018 - Communique
York - 5th of 6 (4/1)
sunbets.co.uk Handicap
2017 - Marzouq
Goodwood - 2nd of 8 (15/8)
Ladys Newspaper Handicap
2016 - Ode To Evening
Sandown - 6th of 9 (14/1)
BetStars By Pokerstars Handicap
2015 - Resonant
Ascot - 19th of 28 (14/1)
Britannia Stakes

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 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.

Thursday at the July Festival

The highlight on Thursday, known as Ladies Day, is the Princess of Wales's Stakes, a Group 2 contest 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

Friday 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
15:00 Newmarket
bet365 Trophy Heritage Handicap
Fairbanks (GB)
4yo - 15/8
Andrew Balding
Oisin Murphy
15:35 Newmarket
Falmouth Stakes
Porta Fortuna (IRE)
3yo - 10/11
Donnacha Aidan O'Brien
Ryan Moore

Saturday 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
Bunbury Cup
Aalto (FR)
4yo - 15/2
Ian Williams
Rossa Ryan
15:25 Newmarket
bet365 Mile Handicap
First Conquest (GB)
3yo - 12/1
Charlie Appleby
William Buick
16:00 Newmarket
Superlative Stakes
Ancient Truth (IRE)
2yo - 4/6
Charlie Appleby
William Buick
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 Handicap Preview are at hand, Andy and James. 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.

James Banting

James Banting

Tipster Competition Assistant

James Banting, a passionate horse racing enthusiast and aficionado, brings a wealth of experience to OLBG, having attended numerous race meetings over the years. His background working with the Jockey Club provides him with a unique insider's perspective on the industry.
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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