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2025 Old Borough Cup Preview
The Old Borough Cup is run in September of each year at the Haydock racecourse, the race is a class two handicap that is run over one mile and six furlongs and is open to runners who are aged three or older.
Old Borough Cup Information:
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How competitive is the Old Borough Cup market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2022 when the race had an over-round of 110%. The race in 2019 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 134%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Old Borough Cup, the over-round has been 122%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £122 which is bet.
Old Borough Cup 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 Old Borough Cup next time out then you would have backed a total of 4 winners. Backing all 18 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of +3.15. Ahead of the 2025 Old Borough Cup why not head over to the racing predictions for tips on other races today?
The runner that holds the record over the past 20 renewals for the slowest time in the race was set in the 2018 renewal when Reshoun from Ian Williams under the guidance of Jim Crowley, won in a time of 3:17.75, whilst at the other end of the spectrum, Kansai Spirit, trained by John Gosden and ridden by William Buick set the quickest time of 2:55.64 in the 2010 renewal.
These are the top three quickest-run Old Borough Cup over the last 20 renewals:
- Kansai Spirit (2:55.64) in 2010
- Island Brave (2:57.22) in 2021
- Sir Graham Wade (2:57.65) in 2012
Old Borough Cup Past Winners
Here are the Old Borough 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 Old Borough Cup are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.
Race Notes: The race was abandoned in 2008.
| Year | Horse (Drawn) | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 3:03.67 | Epic Poet (IRE) 5yo 9-7 (9 of 15) 11/2 | Daniel Tudhope David O'Meara (GB) |
| 2023 3:02.61 | Post Impressionist (IRE) 4yo 9-0 (11 of 14) 10/1 | Tom Marquand William Haggas (GB) |
| 2022 3:06.17 | Island Brave (IRE) 8yo 8-11 (5 of 6) 15/2 | Gina Mangan (5lbs) Heather Main (GB) |
| 2021 2:57.22 | Island Brave (IRE) 7yo 9-4 (3 of 10) 10/1 | Silvestre De Sousa Heather Main (GB) |
| 2020 3:12.64 | Euchen Glen (GB) 7yo 9-7 (11 of 17) 14/1 | Paul Mulrennan Jim Goldie (GB) |
| 2019 3:06.99 | Time To Study (FR) 5yo 8-10 (5 of 16) 7/1 | Cieren Fallon (5lbs) Ian Williams (GB) |
| 2018 3:17.75 | Reshoun (FR) 4yo 8-11 (7 of 8) 6/1 | Jim Crowley Ian Williams (GB) |
| 2017 3:13.22 | Sepal (USA) 4yo 8-1 (10 of 9) 11/4F | Jamie Gormley (7lbs) Iain Jardine (GB) |
| 2016 3:11.68 | Intense Tango (GB) 5yo 8-5 (11 of 17) 12/1 | Clifford Lee (7lbs) K R Burke (GB) |
| 2015 3:05.59 | Nakeeta (GB) 4yo 8-4 (5 of 16) 20/1 | Royston Ffrench Iain Jardine (GB) |
Where have the winning runners come from?
Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Old Borough Cup have been based:
- GB: 20 winners with an additional 48 placings from 279 runners
- IRE: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 2 runners
Old Borough Cup Trainer Statistics
There are multiple leading trainers in the Old Borough Cup over the last 20 renewals with Ian Williams, John Gosden, Iain Jardine and Heather Main having all won the race two times. Ian Williams winners have been with Reshoun (2018) and Time To Study (2019). John Gosden winners have been with Kansai Spirit (2010) and Nautilus (2014). Iain Jardine winners have been with Nakeeta (2015) and Sepal (2017). Heather Main winners have been with Island Brave (2021 & 2022). Two trainers have not had the best of times over the last 20 renewals in the Old Borough Cup, Tim Easterby has sent a total of 12 runners to the race without recording any wins whilst Richard Fahey has sent out 12 without a winner.
Here are some of the top Old Borough 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):
| Trainer | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Williams | 18-2-6 | -3.00 | +5.80 |
| John Gosden | 6-2-5 | +10.00 | +9.44 |
| Iain Jardine | 4-2-2 | +20.75 | +12.15 |
| Heather Main | 2-2-2 | +17.50 | +10.69 |
| Jim Goldie | 8-1-2 | +7.00 | +5.05 |
| David O'Meara | 7-1-2 | -0.50 | -1.00 |
| Sir Michael Stoute | 5-1-1 | +0.00 | -1.50 |
| James Fanshawe | 3-1-2 | +9.00 | +7.13 |
| William Haggas | 3-1-2 | +8.00 | +5.10 |
| K R Burke | 2-1-2 | +11.00 | +9.00 |
Old Borough Cup Jockey Statistics
Here are some of the top Old Borough 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):
| Jockey | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Fanning | 8-1-1 | +4.00 | -0.12 |
| Frankie Dettori | 7-1-1 | -2.00 | -3.50 |
| Jim Crowley | 6-1-3 | +1.00 | +1.15 |
| Royston Ffrench | 5-1-3 | +16.00 | +16.44 |
| Neil Callan | 5-1-1 | +12.00 | +6.00 |
| Paul Mulrennan | 5-1-2 | +10.00 | +6.06 |
| Daniel Tudhope | 5-1-2 | +1.50 | +0.25 |
| William Buick | 5-1-2 | +0.00 | -0.19 |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 4-1-1 | +7.00 | +3.00 |
| Clifford Lee | 2-1-1 | +11.00 | +6.50 |
2025 Old Borough Cup Trends
Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): (4, 10), 4, 1, (1, 2), 4, 1, 3, 1, 3, UR, 4, 4, 1, 8, 2, 6, 5, 3, 14, 3
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 (73%) - No bigger than 20/1
- 20 / 20 (74%) - Highest Placed is not G2/LST/Cl4-5
- 20 / 20 (77%) - Off a break of 8 - 38 days
- 20 / 20 (78%) - Highest Won is not G2/Cl4
- 20 / 20 (79%) - Ran over 7f - 1m3f (Debut)
- 20 / 20 (83%) - Achieved a TS of 66+ (Season)
- 20 / 20 (83%) - Within the first 12 of the market
- 20 / 20 (84%) - Highest Run is not LST/Cl4
- 20 / 20 (84%) - Had 4 - 14 placings (Career)
- 20 / 20 (88%) - Not in a G1-3/LST/Cl5 (LTO)
- 20 / 20 (88%) - In a field of 8 - 22 (LTO)
- 20 / 20 (89%) - Ran in 1 - 9 races (Season)
- 20 / 20 (89%) - Carried 113 - 138lbs (LTO)
- 20 / 20 (89%) - Achieved an RPR of 87+ (Season)
- 20 / 20 (89%) - Ran in 1 - 8 races (180 Days)
Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Haydock racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Old Borough Cup. Maybe you are looking to back something in this race on the tote, but you are not sure of the process or how the tote works, No problem! We have an article which is dedicated to The Tote for you to read which explains everything you need to know! Be sure to check out the other articles in the OLBG Betting School.
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Old Borough Cup Trend Analysis
The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +35.50 is when runners had a highest class won of Class 2. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had a highest class won of Class 4, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-53.
Here are the most recent winning draws along with the further placings in brackets:
- 2024: Winner in 9 (5,4) [15 Runners]
- 2023: Winner in 11 (2,5) [14 Runners]
- 2022: Winner in 5 (7) [6 Runners]
- 2021: Winner in 3 (9,2) [10 Runners]
- 2020: Winner in 11 (7,8,12) [17 Runners]
The course which has produced the most winners of the Old Borough Cup is York, there has been a total number of 9 winners of this race who ran at York 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 263 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 2 winners from a total of 18 runners.
Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Old Borough Cup, that stallion Zebedee has produced 2 winners (2022,2021).
These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Old Borough Cup despite multiple attempts:
- Sadlers Wells (0 Wins from 7 runners)
- Cape Cross (0 Wins from 6 runners)
- Hernando (0 Wins from 6 runners)
- High Chaparral (0 Wins from 6 runners)
- Rail Link (0 Wins from 5 runners)
Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Nakeeta in 2015, winning for Iain Jardine at odds of 20/1 under the guidance of Royston Ffrench. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 5 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.
Article Contributor Information
We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Old Borough Cup 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
Tipster Competition Manager
Andy Powell
Content Editor
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