Harry's Half Million By Goffs Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Ebor Festival)

Review key trends from past renewals of the Harry's Half Million By Goffs, including standout trainers and jockey performances, to discover which characteristics frequently lead to success in this lucrative juvenile handicap.
Harry's Half Million By Goffs Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Ebor Festival)
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2026 Harry's Half Million By Goffs Preview

The Harry's Half Million By Goffs is run on the second day of the York Ebor Festival, which takes place in August of each year. The race is a Class 2, open to two-year-old runners only, and is run over six furlongs.

The race previously went under the title of 'Premier Yearling Stakes' but was rebranded in 2024 to honour Harry Beeby, the former chairman of Doncaster Bloodstock Sales/Goffs UK.

Harry's Half Million By Goffs Information:

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

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How competitive is the Harry's Half Million By Goffs market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2014 when the race had an over-round of 115%. The race in 2023 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 Harry's Half Million By Goffs, the over-round has been 126%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £126 which is bet.

Below you will find the 2026 Harry's Half Million By Goffs Trends. See which patterns have occurred over the recent renewals that you may be able to use for the next renewal. We also have a section that looks at the Harry's Half Million By Goffs Trend Analysis.

These are the top three quickest-run Harry's Half Million By Goffs races over the last 20 renewals:

  1. Mums Tipple (1:09.32) in 2019
  2. Wootton Bassett (1:10.19) in 2010
  3. Elnawin (1:10.35) in 2008

Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? Over the past 20 renewals, if you had followed the winner of the Harry's Half Million By Goffs next time out, then you would have backed a total of 4 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since their win at SP next time out would have returned an LSP of -5.75. Remember to bookmark the racing tips page to access the OLBG racing picks easily daily.

The runner that holds the record over the past 20 renewals for the slowest time in the race was set in the 2006 renewal when Helene Brilliant from Brian Meehan under the guidance of Frankie Dettori, won in a time of 1:14.67, whilst at the other end of the spectrum, Mums Tipple, trained by Richard Hannon and ridden by Ryan Moore set the quickest time of 1:09.32 in the 2019 renewal.

What the expert says...
The Doncaster 2yo Stakes is a popular destination for the winner; seven took that route between 2010 & 2024, although only Wootton Bassett (2010) went on to also win that race.

Andy Powell - Horse Racing Betting Expert - OLBG.com

Harry's Half Million By Goffs Past Winners

Here are the Harry's Half Million By Goffs 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 Harry's Half Million By Goffs are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.

YearHorse (Drawn)Info
2025
1:11.74
Song Of The Clyde (GB)
2yo 9-2 (10 of 21) 15/2
Rossa Ryan
Clive Cox (GB)
2024
1:11.38
Diligently (GB)
2yo 9-2 (2 of 20) 22/1
Rossa Ryan
Clive Cox (GB)
2023
1:10.38
Dragon Leader (IRE)
2yo 9-2 (6 of 22) 7/2F
Ryan Moore
Clive Cox (GB)
2022
1:11.65
Shouldvebeenaring (GB)
2yo 9-2 (7 of 19) 5/2F
Sean Levey
Richard Hannon (GB)
2021
1:10.74
Ever Given (IRE)
2yo 9-0 (6 of 20) 3/1F
Daniel Tudhope
Tom Dascombe (GB)
2020
1:11.45
Happy Romance (IRE)
2yo 9-0 (2 of 19) 4/1
Sean Levey
Richard Hannon (GB)
2019
1:09.32
Mums Tipple (IRE)
2yo 9-5 (14 of 21) 7/2F
Ryan Moore
Richard Hannon (GB)
2018
1:11.25
Red Balloons (GB)
2yo 8-6 (12 of 20) 33/1
Barry McHugh
Richard Fahey (GB)
2017
1:12.23
Tangled (IRE)
2yo 8-11 (3 of 19) 15/2
Sean Levey
Richard Hannon (GB)
2016
1:10.43
Stormy Clouds (IRE)
2yo 8-9 (4 of 18) 13/2
Sean Levey
Richard Hannon (GB)

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Harry's Half Million By Goffs have been based:

  • GB: 20 winners with an additional 39 placings from 380 runners
  • IRE: 0 winners with an additional 2 placings from 8 runners
  • HK: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner
  • AUS: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner

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Harry's Half Million By Goffs Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Harry's Half Million By Goffs over the last 20 renewals is Richard Hannon, who has won the race five times, with those five winners coming from Stormy Clouds (2016), Tangled (2017), Mums Tipple (2019), Happy Romance (2020) and Shouldvebeenaring (2022). Other trainers who have recorded multiple wins in the Harry's Half Million By Goffs are Clive Cox (3 wins), William Haggas (3 wins), Kevin Ryan (2 wins) and Richard Fahey (2 wins). There is one trainer who has not had the best of times in the Harry's Half Million By Goffs; K R Burke has sent a total of 12 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Harry's Half Million By Goffs 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):

TrainerR-W-PWinEW
Richard Hannon28-5-6+1.00-10.50
Clive Cox12-3-6+24.00+9.00
William Haggas8-3-5+18.00+7.50
Kevin Ryan44-2-5-23.50-31.25
Richard Fahey39-2-7-2.75-17.37
Tim Easterby20-1-5-1.00-8.00
Tom Dascombe18-1-2-14.00-15.00
Brian Meehan12-1-3-7.00-8.00
K R Burke12-0-1-12.00-11.50
Hugo Palmer9-0-2-9.00-8.00

Harry's Half Million By Goffs Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Harry's Half Million By Goffs over the last 20 renewals is Sean Levey, who has won the race four times, with those four winners coming from Stormy Clouds (2016), Tangled (2017), Happy Romance (2020) and Shouldvebeenaring (2022). Other jockeys who have recorded multiple wins in the Harry's Half Million By Goffs are Ryan Moore (2 wins) and Rossa Ryan (2 wins). Multiple jockeys have not had the best of times over the last 20 renewals in the Harry's Half Million By Goffs. Tom Eaves (0-12), Jamie Spencer (0-11) and Richard Kingscote (0-10) have all failed to produce a single winner despite having multiple rides in the race.

Here are some of the top Harry's Half Million By Goffs 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):

JockeyR-W-PWinEW
Sean Levey6-4-4+18.50+8.25
Ryan Moore13-2-3-4.00-7.00
Rossa Ryan6-2-2+25.50+10.75
David Allan13-1-3+6.00-2.00
Silvestre De Sousa8-1-2+5.00-0.50
Barry McHugh7-1-1+27.00+10.50
Pat Dobbs6-1-1+20.00+7.50
Frankie Dettori6-1-2-1.00-2.50
Daniel Tudhope4-1-1+0.00-1.50
Liam Jones2-1-1+8.00+3.50

Harry's Half Million By Goffs Trend Analysis

✅ The trend factor, which has produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +7.75, is when runners ran on Good To Firm ground last time out.

❌ The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners ran in a Class 5 last time out, when backing these, the trend shows a record of 0-82.

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

  • 2025: Winner in 10 (14,19) [21 Runners]
  • 2024: Winner in 2 (4,21) [20 Runners]
  • 2023: Winner in 6 (2,16) [22 Runners]
  • 2022: Winner in 7 (14,13) [19 Runners]
  • 2021: Winner in 6 (12,16) [20 Runners]

The course which has produced the most winners of the Harry's Half Million By Goffs is Newbury; there have been a total of 5 winners of this race who ran at Newbury last time out. The next best courses, which have produced the second most winners, are Goodwood and Newmarket (July); there have been a total of 3 winners from each of those courses.

The race is open to both sexes, with the Male runners having produced a total of 16 winners from a total of 324 runners, whilst the Female runners have produced 4 winners from a total of 66 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Harry's Half Million By Goffs; that stallion, Acclamation, has produced 2 winners (2014,2007).

These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Harry's Half Million By Goffs despite multiple attempts:

  • Camacho (0 Wins from 10 runners)
  • Cotai Glory (0 Wins from 9 runners)
  • Dark Angel (0 Wins from 8 runners)
  • Pastoral Pursuits (0 Wins from 7 runners)
  • Fast Company (0 Wins from 6 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Red Balloons in 2018, winning for Richard Fahey at odds of 33/1 under the guidance of Barry McHugh. 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 use the best racing tipsters along with the information on this page to find a bet on the 2026 Harry's Half Million By Goffs.

Route to the Harry's Half Million By Goffs

Many trainers will target races to use as prep races before coming to the Harry's Half Million By Goffs. These are the races which the recent winners ran in before coming here:

InfoLast Race
2025 - Song Of The Clyde
Newbury - 2nd of 6 (9/4)
Run For Your Money At BetVictor EBF Novice Stakes
2024 - Diligently
Sandown - 8th of 8 (7/1)
TrustATrader Fully Vetted Tradespeople Nursery Handicap
2023 - Dragon Leader
Salisbury - 1st of 9 (5/6)
Rumble Inthejungle Standing At Norman Court Stud British EBF Novice Stakes
2022 - Shouldvebeenaring
Ripon - 1st of 10 (10/3)
Hammond Associates Celebrates Yorkshire Spoons 30 Years Novice Stakes
2021 - Ever Given
Naas - 4th of 22 (7/2)
Irish EBF Ballyhane Stakes
2020 - Happy Romance
Newbury - 1st of 25 (10/3)
Weatherbys Super Sprint Stakes
2019 - Mums Tipple
Ascot - 1st of 7 (5/1)
Anders Foundation British EBF Crocker Bulteel Maiden Stakes
2018 - Red Balloons
Newbury - 10th of 25 (6/1)
Weatherbys Super Sprint Stakes
2017 - Tangled
Newmarket (July) - 1st of 12 (13/2)
Price Bailey Nursery Handicap
2016 - Stormy Clouds
Newbury - 3rd of 11 (12/1)
Bathwick Tyres St Hughs Fillies Stakes

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 Harrys Half Million By Goffs. 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 of the opening day of the Ebor Festival is the Juddmonte International, a Group 1 race with a purse of £1.25 million, which is part of the British Champion Series.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
13:50 York
Hong Kong Jockey Club World Pool Handicap
Trefor (IRE)
4yo - 7/1
Charles Hills
Kieran Shoemark
14:25 York
Acomb Stakes
Gewan (GB)
2yo - 11/2
Andrew Balding
P J McDonald
15:00 York
Great Voltigeur Stakes
Pride Of Arras (IRE)
3yo - 12/1
Ralph Beckett
Rossa Ryan
15:35 York
Juddmonte International Stakes
Ombudsman (IRE)
4yo - 7/4
John & Thady Gosden
William Buick
16:10 York
Ebor Festival Stayers Heritage Handicap
Santorini Star (IRE)
4yo - 100/30
William Haggas
Tom Marquand

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.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
13:50 York
Lowther Stakes
Royal Fixation (GB)
2yo - 5/2
Ed Walker
William Buick
14:25 York
Harrys Half Million By Goffs
Song Of The Clyde (GB)
2yo - 15/2
Clive Cox
Rossa Ryan
15:00 York
Clipper Handicap
Bullet Point (GB)
4yo - 15/8
William Haggas
Tom Marquand
15:35 York
Yorkshire Oaks
Minnie Hauk (IRE)
3yo - 8/15
A P O'Brien
Ryan Moore
16:10 York
Galtres Stakes
Charlottes Web (IRE)
4yo - 11/4
Simon & Ed Crisford
Daniel Tudhope
17:20 York
Ebor Festival Fillies Heritage Handicap
Royal Velvet (GB)
4yo - 12/1
William Knight
William Buick

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.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
13:50 York
Ebor Festival Sky Bet Heritage Handicap
Asgards Captain (IRE)
5yo - 16/1
Dylan Cunha
J F Egan
14:25 York
Lonsdale Cup
Trawlerman (IRE)
7yo - 5/6
John & Thady Gosden
William Buick
15:00 York
Gimcrack Stakes
Lifeplan (IRE)
2yo - 13/2
Declan Carroll
Zak Wheatley
15:35 York
Nunthorpe Stakes
Asfoora (AUS)
7yo - 11/1
Henry Dwyer
Oisin Murphy
17:20 York
Ebor Festival Mile Heritage Handicap
Fifth Column (IRE)
3yo - 11/4
John & Thady Gosden
William Buick

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.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
13:50 York
Strensall Stakes
King Of Cities (IRE)
3yo - 11/1
Richard Hannon
Sean Levey
14:25 York
Melrose Heritage Handicap
Tarriance (GB)
3yo - 5/1
Andrew Balding
Colin Keane
15:00 York
City of York Stakes
Never So Brave (IRE)
4yo - 7/2
Andrew Balding
Oisin Murphy
15:35 York
Ebor Handicap
Ethical Diamond (IRE)
5yo - 5/1
W P Mullins
William Buick
16:45 York
Roses Stakes
Revival Power (IRE)
2yo - 13/2
Tim Easterby
David Allan
17:20 York
Ebor Festival Finale Heritage Handicap
Dain Ma Nut In (IRE)
4yo - 11/1
Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore
Daniel Tudhope

Article Contributor Information

We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Harry's Half Million By Goffs Preview are at hand, Andy and James. 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.

James Banting

James Banting

Expert Guide

James Banting, a passionate horse racing enthusiast and aficionado, brings a wealth of experience to OLBG, having attended numerous race meetings over the years. His background working with the Jockey Association provides him with a unique insider's perspective on the industry.
Andy Powell

Andy Powell

Expert Guide

Andy, a seasoned horse racing expert with over 15 years of experience, possesses a comprehensive understanding of the sport, from delving into complex statistical data for flat racing in the UK and Ireland to crafting insightful flat racing blogs for OLBG.

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