Park Hill Stakes Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (St Leger Festival)

Park Hill Stakes Past Winners

Here are the Park Hill Stakes' 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 Park Hill Stakes 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 Park Hill Stakes have been based:

• GB: 19 winners with an additional 29 placings from 158 runners
• IRE: 1 winner with an additional 7 placings from 29 runners
• FR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 2 runners

2025 Park Hill Stakes Replay

Park Hill Stakes Trainer Statistics

There are multiple leading trainers in the Park Hill Stakes over the last 20 renewals, with Ralph Beckett, John Gosden, Sir Michael Stoute, and John & Thady Gosden having all won the race twice. Ralph Beckett winners have been with Simple Verse (2016) and Alyssa (2017). John Gosden's winners have been with Gretchen (2015) and Enbihaar (2019). Sir Michael Stoute winners have been with Hi Calypso (2007) and Allegretto (2008). John & Thady Gosden winners have been with Free Wind (2021) and Mimikyu (2022). There is one trainer who has not had the best of times in the Park Hill Stakes; A P O'Brien has sent a total of 16 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Park Hill Stakes 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):

Park Hill Stakes Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Park Hill Stakes over the last 20 renewals is Frankie Dettori, who has won the race four times, with those four winners coming from Eastern Aria (2010), Meeznah (2011), Free Wind (2021) and Mimikyu (2022). Other jockeys who have recorded multiple wins in the Park Hill Stakes are Ryan Moore (2 wins), Jamie Spencer (2 wins), Jim Crowley (2 wins) and Pat Dobbs (2 wins).

Here are some of the top Park Hill Stakes 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):

Park Hill Stakes Trend Analysis

✅ The trend factor, which has produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +27.38, is when runners ran on Good ground when last winning.

❌ The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 0 wins in the past year, when backing these, the trend shows a record of 0-34.

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

• 2025: Winner in 4 (5,8) [11 Runners]
• 2024: Winner in 2 (7,6) [9 Runners]
• 2023: Winner in 2 (1,10) [10 Runners]
• 2022: Winner in 8 (6,5) [8 Runners]
• 2021: Winner in 4 (6,2) [8 Runners]

The course which has produced the most winners of the Park Hill Stakes is Goodwood; there have been a total of 4 winners of this race who ran at Goodwood last time out. The next best courses, which have produced the second most winners, are York and Deauville; there have been a total of 3 winners from each of those courses.

Looking over the past renewals, these are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Park Hill Stakes:

• Galileo (3 Wins)
• Dubawi (2 Wins)
• Nathaniel (2 Wins)

Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have been disappointed with multiple attempts but no wins in the Park Hill Stakes; that stallion is Lope De Vega, who has failed to produce a winner from 6 runners.

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was The Miniver Rose in 2009, winning for Richard Hannon Snr at odds of 28/1 under the guidance of Pat Dobbs. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals, there have been 6 winning favourites in the race. Ahead of the 2026 Park Hill Stakes, why not head over to the best racing tipster page to see what the tipsters are backing today?

Route to the Park Hill Stakes

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

Other Principal races during the Doncaster St Leger Festival

Here is the schedule for the four-day St Leger Festival for races, which we cover with blogs. Each race will be linked to the race blog and detail last year's winner in the table below.

Thursday at St Leger Festival

There are a couple of Group 2s which take centre-stage on the opening day of the St Leger Festival, the £120k May Hill Stakes, where the two-year-olds feature and then the £150k Park Hill Fillies Stakes, where the older fillies compete. We also have the £300k 2-y-o Stakes, a valuable class two race.

Friday at St Leger Festival

On Friday, the feature race of the day is the Group 2 Doncaster Cup, which is part of the British Champion Series and carries a £150k purse. The Flying Childers Stakes is another race on Friday, which carries a decent purse, £130k on offer for the two-year-olds.

Saturday at St Leger Festival

The feature race of the festival, the St Leger, takes place on Saturday, another race which is part of the British Champion Series, this Group 1 carries a purse of £700k. The three races before the St Leger all carry decent purses too, the Champagne Stakes (£150k), the Portland (£100k) and the Park Stakes (£140k).

Sunday at St Leger Festival

Sunday is a bit more low-key, only one class one race, which is the £85k Sceptre Stakes for the fillies over 7f, and there are also a couple of decent handicaps carrying good purses of £70k and £65k.