Lonsdale Cup Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Ebor Festival)

2025 Lonsdale Cup Preview

One for horses with plenty of stamina, the Lonsdale Cup is a Group 2 race that is run over two miles and fifty-six yards and is open to runners who are aged three or older. The race takes place on day three of the York Ebor Festival in August of each year.

Lonsdale Cup Information:

• Lonsdale Cup Past Winners
• Lonsdale Cup Trainer Statistics
• Lonsdale Cup Jockey Statistics

Why not use the trends shortlist below to help you narrow down the field and then head over to the dedicated York 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 at York Racecourse section for links to these.

How competitive is the Lonsdale Cup market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2021 when the race had an over-round of 107%. The race in 2018 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 125%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Lonsdale Cup, the over-round has been 113%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £113 which is bet.

Lonsdale Cup Trends:

• 2025 Lonsdale Cup Trends
• Lonsdale Cup 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 Lonsdale Cup next time out then you would have backed a total of 8 winners. Backing all 18 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of +3.82. Whilst we wait for the 2025 Lonsdale Cup remember you can get daily racing predictions from the expert tipsters on the racing predictions page.

Over the last 20 renewals, it was Millenary, trained by John Dunlop and ridden by T Quinn who set the fastest winning time in the Lonsdale Cup, the runner won the race in a time of 3:22.71 when winning the race in 2005. At the other end of the scale, it was the combination of trainer A P O'Brien and jockey Johnny Murtagh with Septimus who set the slowest winning time, the race-winning time was 3:38.82 in the 2007 renewal.

These are the top three quickest-run Lonsdale Cup over the last 20 renewals:

1. Millenary (3:22.71) in 2005
2. First Charter (3:25.94) in 2004
3. Stradivarius (3:27.06) in 2019

Lonsdale Cup Past Winners

Here are the Lonsdale Cup 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 Lonsdale Cup 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 Lonsdale Cup have been based:

• GB: 16 winners with an additional 26 placings from 134 runners
• IRE: 4 winners with an additional 3 placings from 21 runners
• GER: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner

Lonsdale Cup Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Lonsdale Cup over the last 20 renewals is John Gosden who has won the race three times with those three winners coming from Stradivarius (2018 & 2019) and Enbihaar (2020). Other trainers who have recorded multiple wins in the Lonsdale Cup are Andrew Balding (2 wins) and W P Mullins (2 wins).

Here are some of the top Lonsdale Cup 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):

Lonsdale Cup Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Lonsdale Cup over the last 20 renewals is Frankie Dettori who has won the race seven times with those seven winners coming from Sergeant Cecil (2006), Opinion Poll (2010 & 2011), Max Dynamite (2015) and Stradivarius (2018, 2019 & 2021). The only other jockey to have recorded multiple wins in the Lonsdale Cup is William Buick (2 wins).

Here are some of the top Lonsdale Cup 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):

Lonsdale Cup Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +18.38 is when runners last place was 1 start ago. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners carried 126lbs when last winning, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-23.

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

• 2024: Winner in 4 (6,1) [9 Runners]
• 2023: Winner in 5 (1) [7 Runners]
• 2022: Winner in 1 (5) [6 Runners]
• 2021: Winner in 1 [4 Runners]
• 2020: Winner in 2 (4) [7 Runners]

The course which has produced the most winners of the Lonsdale Cup is Goodwood, there has been a total number of 12 winners of this race who ran at Goodwood last time out.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 18 winners from a total of 145 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 2 winners from a total of 11 runners.

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

• Sea The Stars (3 Wins)
• Halling (2 Wins)

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

• Galileo (0 Wins from 7 runners)
• Dansili (0 Wins from 5 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Montaly in 2017, winning for Andrew Balding at odds of 16/1 under the guidance of P J McDonald. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 8 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 during the York Ebor Festival

Remember to head over to the York predictions page to see which runner the racing tipsters support in the Lonsdale Cup. Below are the other principal races that we cover during the Ebor Festival with links to each race blog and information for last year's winners.

Wednesday at the Ebor Festival

The highlight on the opening day of the Ebor Festival is the Juddmonte International, a Group 1 race with a purse of £1.25m which is part of the British Champion Series.

Thursday at the Ebor Festival

The fillies and mares take centre stage on Thursday at the festival in the Yorkshire Oaks, another Group 1 which is part of the British Champion Series.

Friday at the Ebor Festival

The British Champion Series race for Friday at the Ebor Festival is the 500k Nunthrope over the sprint distance of five furlongs. The Lonsdale Cup is also part of the British Champion Series on Friday.

Saturday at the Ebor Festival

The highlight on the final day of the Ebor Festival is the Ebor Handicap itself, a stamina testing class two handicap which carries a purse of 500k.

Other Principal Races at York Racecourse

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

Races in May (Dante Festival)

• Churchill Tyres Handicap
• Duke of York Stakes
• Jorvik Stakes
• Musidora Stakes
• Dante Stakes
• Hambleton Stakes
• Lindum York Handicap
• Middleton Stakes
• Knights Solicitors Handicap
• Yorkshire Cup

Races in July

• John Smiths Cup
• Sky Bet Dash

Races in October

• Autumn Mile Handicap
• Coral Handicap Stakes
• Coral Sprint Trophy
• Finale Handicap