Ripon Silver Trophy Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends

2024 Ripon Silver Trophy Preview

Scheduled to take place in August of each year at the Ripon Racecourse is the Ripon Silver Trophy, the race serves as a consolation race for the Great St Wilfred. This race is also a class two handicap that is open to runners aged three or older and is run over a trip of six furlongs.

Ripon Silver Trophy Information:

• Ripon Silver Trophy Past Winners
• Ripon Silver Trophy Trainer Statistics
• Ripon Silver Trophy Jockey Statistics

If you are interested in other predictions at Ripon then head over to the Ripon tips page to see which runners are being supported by the OLBG racing tipsters and also compare those predictions to the runners that make the trend shortlist when added below. You may also be interested in other preview blogs that we have packed full of information, head down to the Other Principal Races at Ripon Racecourse section for links to these.

How competitive is the Ripon Silver Trophy market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 10 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2021 when the race had an over-round of 121%. The race in 2016 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 134%, whilst on average over the last 10 renewals of the Ripon Silver Trophy, the over-round has been 130%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £130 which is bet.

Ripon Silver Trophy Trends:

• 2024 Ripon Silver Trophy Trends
• Ripon Silver Trophy Trend Analysis

Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? From the past 10 if you had followed the winner of the Ripon Silver Trophy next time out then you would have backed a total of 3 winners. Backing all 9 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of +28.00. Remember to bookmark the racing tips page so you can get easy access to the OLBG racing picks on a daily basis.

The runner that holds the record over the past 10 renewals for the slowest time in the race was set in the 2019 renewal when Growl from Richard Fahey under the guidance of Tony Hamilton, won in a time of 1:15.50, whilst at the other end of the spectrum, Teruntum Star, trained by Kevin Ryan and ridden by Kevin Stott set the quickest time of 1:09.96 in the 2017 renewal.

These are the top three quickest-run Ripon Silver Trophy over the last 10 renewals:

• 2017 - Teruntum Star (1:09.96)
• 2013 - Clear Spring (1:10.12)
• 2016 - Roudee (1:10.84)

Ripon Silver Trophy Past Winners

Here are the Ripon Silver Trophy 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 also the total number of runners in the race. The trainer of the horse at the time of winning the Ripon Silver Trophy as well as the jockey is also displayed along with the starting price the horse was sent off.

Race Notes: Not held in 2022.

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Ripon Silver Trophy have been based:

• GB: 10 winners with an additional 29 placings from 180 runners
• AUS: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner

Ripon Silver Trophy Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Ripon Silver Trophy over the last 10 renewals is Richard Fahey who has won the race two times with those two winners coming from El Viento (2012) and Growl (2019). There are two trainers who have not had the best of times over the last 10 renewals in the Ripon Silver Trophy, Tim Easterby has sent a total of 20 runners to the race without recording any wins whilst Paul Midgley has sent out 14 without a winner.

Here are some of the top Ripon Silver Trophy trainer statistics over the last 10 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):

Ripon Silver Trophy Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Ripon Silver Trophy over the last 10 renewals is Tony Hamilton who has won the race two times with those two winners coming from El Viento (2012) and Growl (2019). There is one jockey who has not had the best of times in the Ripon Silver Trophy, David Allan has ridden a total of 10 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Ripon Silver Trophy jockey statistics over the last 10 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):

2024 Ripon Silver Trophy Trends

Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 2, 4, 7, 14, 3, 3, (1, 11), (11, 12), 7, (3, 9)

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.

• 10 / 10 (64%) - In a field of 5 - 10 (Debut)
• 10 / 10 (67%) - Made 4 - 15 starts (Going)
• 10 / 10 (67%) - Ran over 6f - 6f (LTO)
• 10 / 10 (68%) - Within the first 12 of market
• 10 / 10 (69%) - Carried 125 - 135lbs (Last Win)
• 10 / 10 (71%) - No bigger than 20/1
• 10 / 10 (76%) - No more than -9lbs (Vs Max Weight)
• 10 / 10 (77%) - Achieved a TS of 70+ (Going)
• 10 / 10 (77%) - Achieved an RPR of 86+ (Season)
• 10 / 10 (78%) - Carried 121 - 136lbs (LTO)
• 10 / 10 (79%) - An OR no less than 75 (Season)
• 10 / 10 (80%) - Had 3 - 11 wins (Career)
• 10 / 10 (85%) - Made 8 - 61 starts (Hcps)
• 10 / 10 (87%) - Had 5 - 22 placings (Career)
• 10 / 10 (88%) - Made 10 - 64 starts (Career)

Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Ripon racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Ripon Silver Trophy. 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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Ripon Silver Trophy Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 5+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +22.50 is when runners ran in a race restricted to 4yo+ when last winning. The worst performing factor which has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 0 career wins on the going, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-51.

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

• 2023: Winner in 10 (19,6,3) [17 Runners]
• 2021: Winner in 10 (1,2,12) [16 Runners]
• 2019: Winner in 18 (8,11,20) [19 Runners]
• 2018: Winner in 14 (1,6) [14 Runners]
• 2017: Winner in 20 (17,14,9) [20 Runners]

The courses which have produced the most winners of the Ripon Silver Trophy are Redcar, York and Goodwood, there has been a total number of 2 winners from each of those courses.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 10 winners from a total of 166 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 15 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Ripon Silver Trophy, that stallion Pivotal has produced 2 winners (2015,2014).

These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Ripon Silver Trophy despite multiple attempts:

• Acclamation (0 Wins from 7 runners)
• Invincible Spirit (0 Wins from 6 runners)
• Royal Applause (0 Wins from 6 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 10 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Marks Choice in 2021, winning for Sam England at odds of 20/1 under the guidance of Cam Hardie. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 10 renewals there has been a total of 1 winning favourites in the race. Ahead of the 2024 Ripon Silver Trophy why not head over to the best racing tipster page to see what the tipsters are backing today?

Other Principal races at Ripon racecourse

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

Races in August

• Great St Wilfrid Handicap
• Ripon Champion Two Years Old Trophy