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

2025 Park Hill Stakes Preview

Established in 1839, the Park Hill Stakes is a Group 2 race open to fillies and mares who are aged three or older, the race is featured at the St Leger Festival which is held at Doncaster in September of each year with the race being run over a trip of one mile, six furlongs and one-hundred and fifteen yards.

Park Hill Stakes Information:

• Park Hill Stakes Past Winners
• Park Hill Stakes Trainer Statistics
• Park Hill Stakes Jockey Statistics

To see which runners the OLBG racing tipsters are tipping throughout the card that includes this race, head over to the Doncaster tips on the day of the race, do they agree with the runners on the trend shortlist or are they predicting other runners? 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 Doncaster St Leger Festival section for links to these.

How competitive is the Park Hill Stakes 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 111%. The race in 2007 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 122%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Park Hill Stakes, the over-round has been 115%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £115 which is bet.

Park Hill Stakes Trends:

• 2025 Park Hill Stakes Trends
• Park Hill Stakes 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 Park Hill Stakes next time out then you would have backed a total of 2 winners. Backing all 18 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -12.42. Whilst we wait for the 2025 Park Hill Stakes remember you can get daily racing predictions from the expert tipsters on the racing predictions page.

When looking over the past 20 renewals, a time of 2:58.46 was set by Rising Cross in 2006, which is the quickest time over that period, the runner was trained by John Best and ridden by Martin Dwyer. The slowest winning time was set in 2008 when Allegretto won in a time of 3:13.31, booked to ride was Ryan Moore by the trainer Sir Michael Stoute.

These are the top three quickest-run Park Hill Stakes over the last 20 renewals:

1. Rising Cross (2:58.46) in 2006
2. Hi Calypso (3:01.07) in 2007
3. Eastern Aria (3:02.00) in 2010

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: 18 winners with an additional 28 placings from 158 runners
• IRE: 1 winner with an additional 8 placings from 28 runners
• FR: 1 winner with an additional 0 placings from 3 runners

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 two times. Ralph Beckett winners have been with Simple Verse (2016) and Alyssa (2017). John Gosden 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 had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +31.88 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 ran in a Handicap last time out, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-35.

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

• 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]
• 2020: Winner in 7 (5) [7 Runners]

The courses that have produced the most winners of the Park Hill Stakes are Goodwood and Deauville, there has been a total number of 4 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 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 7 winning favourites in the race. Before placing your bet on the 2025 Park Hill Stakes head over to see which other runners today are being backed by the best racing tipsters today.

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 2's 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.

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 £140k 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.

Other Principal Races at Doncaster Racecourse

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

Races in January

• Great Yorkshire Chase

Races in March

• Grimthorpe Handicap Chase
• Lincoln Handicap
• Spring Mile

Races in October

• Doncaster Stakes
• Futurity Trophy
• Futurity Trophy Weekend 5f Handicap
• Futurity Trophy Weekend 6f Handicap