2022 Prince of Wales's Stakes Preview, Trends & Analysis

Published: Jun 16, 1:42pm Last Updated: Jul 5, 12:32pm Horse Racing 3 Comments 2793 Views

2022 Prince of Wales's Stakes Preview

The Prince Of Wales's Stakes has changed over the years, originally open to three-year-olds only and run over one mile and five furlongs. When returning after the war in 1968 the distance was changed to one mile and two furlongs and since 2000 the race is now been open to four-year-olds or older.

To see which runners the OLBG racing tipsters are tipping throughout the card that includes this race, head over to the Royal Ascot Betting Picks on the day of the race, do they agree with the runners on the trend shortlist or are they predicting other runners?

Over the last 20 renewals, it was the John Gosden trained The Fugue ridden by William Buick who has set the fastest winning time in the Prince of Wales's Stakes, the runner won the race in a time of 2:01.90 that was set when winning the race in 2014. At the other end of the scale, it was the combination of trainer Clive Cox and jockey Adam Kirby with My Dream Boat who set the slowest winning time, the race-winning time was 2:11.38 in the 2016 renewal.

These are the top three quickest run Prince of Wales's Stakes over the last 20 renewals:

2014 - The Fugue (2:01.90)
2013 - Al Kazeem (2:03.06)
2018 - Poets Word (2:03.51)

How competitive is the Prince of Wales's Stakes market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2021 when the race had an over-round of 110%. The race in 2012 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 Prince of Wales's Stakes, the over-round has been 115% that means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £115 which is bet.

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 Prince of Wales's Stakes next time out then you would have back a total of 5 winners. Backing all 18 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -5.40. Before placing your bet on the 2022 Prince of Wales's Stakes see which other runners today are being back on the racing predictions page.

Prince of Wales's Stakes Past Ten Winners

Here are the past 10 winners of the Prince of Wales's Stakes. 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 which the horse came from and also the total number of runners in the race. The trainer of the horse at the time of winning the Prince of Wales's Stakes as well as the jockey is also displayed along with the starting price the horse was sent off.

Year	Horse (Drawn)	Info
2021 2:06.86	Love 4yo 8-11 (6 of 6) 11/10F	Ryan Moore A P O'Brien
2020 2:05.63	Lord North 4yo 9-0 (7 of 7) 5/1	James Doyle John Gosden
2019 2:10.25	Crystal Ocean 5yo 9-0 (6 of 8) 3/1	Frankie Dettori Sir Michael Stoute
2018 2:03.51	Poets Word 5yo 9-0 (1 of 7) 11/2	James Doyle Sir Michael Stoute
2017 2:05.04	Highland Reel 5yo 9-0 (6 of 8) 9/4	Ryan Moore A P O'Brien
2016 2:11.38	My Dream Boat 4yo 9-0 (3 of 6) 16/1	Adam Kirby Clive Cox
2015 2:05.07	Free Eagle 4yo 9-0 (4 of 9) 5/2F	Pat Smullen D K Weld
2014 2:01.90	The Fugue 5yo 8-11 (7 of 8) 11/2	William Buick John Gosden
2013 2:03.06	Al Kazeem 5yo 9-0 (9 of 11) 11/4	James Doyle Roger Charlton
2012 2:03.86	So You Think 5yo 9-0 (7 of 11) 4/5F	Joseph O'Brien A P O'Brien

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Prince of Wales's Stakes have been based:

GB: 11 winners with an additional 21 placings from 117 runners
IRE: 6 winners with an additional 7 placings from 26 runners
FR: 3 winners with an additional 4 placings from 20 runners
GER: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 4 runners
JPN: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 3 runners
AUS: 0 winners with an additional 1 placing from 1 runner
HK: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner
USA: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner

Prince of Wales's Stakes Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Prince of Wales's Stakes over the last 20 renewals is A P O'Brien who has won the race 4 times. Those 4 winners came from Duke Of Marmalade (2008), So You Think (2012), Highland Reel (2017) & Love (2021). Other trainers who have recorded multiple wins in the Prince of Wales's Stakes are John Gosden (2 wins), Sir Michael Stoute (2 wins) & A Fabre (2 wins).

Here are some of the top Prince of Wales's 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):

Trainer	R-W-P	Win	EW
A P O'Brien	23-4-11	-13.85	-9.68
John Gosden	15-2-8	-2.50	+3.83
Sir Michael Stoute	15-2-6	-4.50	-4.11
A Fabre	5-2-4	+1.38	+1.43
Saeed bin Suroor	11-1-3	-6.00	-5.72
Marcus Tregoning	5-1-1	+1.00	-1.00
Ed Dunlop	3-1-1	+6.00	+3.00
Roger Charlton	3-1-2	+0.75	+1.15
Clive Cox	1-1-1	+16.00	+10.00
D K Weld	1-1-1	+2.50	+1.50

Prince Of Wales Stakes Jockey Statistics

There are two leading jockeys in the Prince of Wales's Stakes over the last 20 renewals with both Frankie Dettori & James Doyle who have both won the race 3 times. Frankie Dettori winners have been with Grandera (2002), Rewilding (2011) & Crystal Ocean (2019). James Doyle winners have been with Al Kazeem (2013), Poets Word (2018) & Lord North (2020). The only other jockey to have recorded multiple wins in the Prince of Wales's Stakes is Ryan Moore (2 wins). There is one jockey who has not had the best of times in the Prince of Wales's Stakes, Jamie Spencer has had a total of 11 rides to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Prince of Wales's Stakes jockey statistics over the last 20 renewals (R = Rides, 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
Frankie Dettori	17-3-8	+1.50	-0.20
James Doyle	5-3-3	+11.25	+6.22
Ryan Moore	14-2-7	-8.65	-6.26
William Buick	9-1-3	-2.50	-1.80
Adam Kirby	2-1-1	+15.00	+9.00
Jamie Spencer	11-0-2	-11.00	-9.10
Jim Crowley	4-0-1	-4.00	-3.05
Seamie Heffernan	4-0-0	-4.00	-4.00
Andrea Atzeni	3-0-1	-3.00	-1.50
Tom Queally	3-0-1	-3.00	-1.95

2022 Prince of Wales's Stakes Trends

Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): ,3,9,4,1,4,1,1,2,1,2,1,4,3,1,6,8,2,2,4,1

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 (82%) - Furthest won over 10f - 12f
20 / 20 (83%) - Won with last 4 Starts
20 / 20 (88%) - No older than 5yo
19 / 20 (45%) - No bigger than 17/2
19 / 20 (47%) - Within first 4 of market
18 / 19 (50%) - No bigger than 4/1 LTO
18 / 20 (69%) - 7+ Career placings
18 / 20 (73%) - Best in 3 of 1st
18 / 20 (74%) - Never sent off 34/1+
17 / 20 (69%) - First three last time out

Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Royal Ascot racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Prince of Wales's Stakes. 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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Prince of Wales's Stakes Trend Analysis

The trend factor which has produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +9.60 is when runners had a furthest trip won of 1m4f. The worst performing factor which has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 2 career starts in the class, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-26.

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

2021: Winner in 6 (1) [6 Runners]
2020: Winner in 7 (6) [7 Runners]
2019: Winner in 6 (1,8) [8 Runners]
2018: Winner in 1 (5) [7 Runners]
2017: Winner in 6 (4,7) [8 Runners]

The course which has produced the most winners of the Prince of Wales's Stakes is Curragh, there has been a total number of 4 winners of this race who ran at Curragh last time out. The next best course which has produced the second most winners is Longchamp, there has been a total number of 3 winners of this race who ran at Longchamp last time out.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 17 winners from a total of 155 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 3 winners from a total of 18 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, These are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Prince of Wales's Stakes:

Dubawi (2 Wins)
Galileo (2 Wins)
High Chaparral (2 Wins)

Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have disappointed with multiple attempts but no wins in the Prince of Wales's Stakes, that stallion is Halling who has failed to produce a winner from 7 runners.

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest priced winner was My Dream Boat in 2016 when winning for Clive Cox at odds of 16/1 under the guidance of Adam Kirby. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there has been a total of 7 winning favourites in the race. Whilst we wait for the 2022 Prince of Wales's Stakes remember you can get daily racing predictions from the top racing tipsters on the best racing tipsters page.

2022 Prince of Wales's Stakes Preview, Trends & Analysis