Old Borough Cup Preview, Trends & Analysis

2024 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:

• Old Borough Cup Past Winners
• Old Borough Cup Trainer Statistics
• Old Borough Cup Jockey Statistics

We also have a dedicated Haydock 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 at Haydock Racecourse section for links to these.

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:

• 2024 Old Borough Cup Trends
• Old Borough 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 Old Borough Cup next time out then you would have backed a total of 3 winners. Backing all 18 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -0.75. Before placing your bet on the 2024 Old Borough Cup 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 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:

• 2010 - Kansai Spirit (2:55.64)
• 2021 - Island Brave (2:57.22)
• 2012 - Sir Graham Wade (2:57.65)

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 trainer of the horse at the time of winning the Old Borough Cup as well as the jockey is also displayed along with the starting price the horse was sent off.

Race Notes: The race was abandoned in 2008.

Year	Horse (Drawn)	Info
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)
2014 3:01.92	Nautilus (GB) 4yo 9-7 (7 of 16) 10/1	Nicky Mackay John Gosden (GB)

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). There are two trainers who have not had the best of times over the last 20 renewals in the Old Borough Cup, Tim Easterby has sent a total of 13 runners to the race without recording any wins whilst Richard Fahey has sent out 13 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	15-2-5	+0.00	+7.86
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
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
Philip Kirby	2-1-1	+9.00	+5.25

Old Borough Cup Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Old Borough Cup over the last 20 renewals is Joe Fanning who has won the race two times with those two winners coming from The Persuader (2003) and Yes Mr President (2009).

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	8-2-2	+10.50	+4.32
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
Silvestre De Sousa	4-1-1	+7.00	+3.00
William Buick	4-1-2	+1.00	+0.81
Liam Keniry	3-1-1	+5.50	+2.69
Clifford Lee	2-1-1	+11.00	+6.50

2024 Old Borough Cup Trends

Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 18, (4, 10), 4, 1, (1, 2), 4, 1, 3, 1, 3, UR, 4, 4, 1, 8, 2, 6, 5, 3, 14

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 (78%) - Off a break of 8 - 38 days
• 20 / 20 (79%) - Ran over 7f - 1m3f (Debut)
• 20 / 20 (80%) - In a field of 7 - 22 (Last Win)
• 20 / 20 (80%) - Highest Placed is not G2/LST/Cl5-6
• 20 / 20 (81%) - Achieved a TS of 66+ (Season)
• 20 / 20 (81%) - Within the first 12 of the market
• 20 / 20 (82%) - Had 4 - 14 placings (Career)
• 20 / 20 (84%) - Highest Run is not LST
• 20 / 20 (87%) - Furthest Won 1m3f - 2m½f
• 20 / 20 (88%) - No more than +17lbs (Vs Min Weight)
• 20 / 20 (88%) - Had 1 - 12 placings (Hcps)
• 20 / 20 (88%) - Ran over 1m2½f - 2m½f (Last Win)
• 20 / 20 (89%) - Had 1 - 9 wins (Hcps)
• 20 / 20 (89%) - Achieved a TS of 63+ (Last 5)

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. If there is anything that you do not understand in this blog, please do leave a comment or alternatively, head over to the Horse Racing Terms and Abbreviations article which is available in the OLBG Betting School section.

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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 +38.50 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 run of Class 1 (Listed), when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-45.

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

• 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]
• 2019: Winner in 5 (15,13,12) [16 Runners]

The course which has produced the most winners of the Old Borough Cup is York, there has been a total number of 8 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 271 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 2 winners from a total of 14 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:

• Hernando (0 Wins from 7 runners)
• Cape Cross (0 Wins from 6 runners)
• High Chaparral (0 Wins from 6 runners)
• In The Wings (0 Wins from 5 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 has been a total of 5 winning favourites in the race. Remember to use the best racing tipsters along with the information on this page to find you a bet on the 2024 Old Borough Cup.

Other Principal races at Haydock racecourse

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

Races in January

• Peter Marsh Chase

Races in February

• Haydock Grand National Trial

Races in May

• Long Distance Handicap Hurdle
• Silver Bowl
• Swinton Handicap Hurdle

Races in June

• Old Newton Cup

Races in July

• Lancashire Oaks

Races in September

• Haydock Sprint Cup

Races in November

• Betfair Chase
• Betfair Stayers Handicap Hurdle