PJ Towey Construction Handicap Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (St Leger Festival)

2024 PJ Towey Construction Handicap Preview

Scheduled to take place in September of each year at the Doncaster Racecourse during the St Leger festival is this handicap which is contested over one mile and two furlongs, the race is open to runners who are aged three or older.

PJ Towey Construction Handicap Information:

• PJ Towey Construction Handicap Past Winners
• PJ Towey Construction Handicap Trainer Statistics
• PJ Towey Construction Handicap Jockey Statistics

Our dedicated Doncaster tips page will not only bring you predictions from the OLBG racing tipsters for the upcoming card that includes the PJ Towey Construction Handicap but will also have predictions for each meeting at Doncaster throughout the season so be sure to head over there. 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 PJ Towey Construction Handicap market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2023 when the race had an over-round of 109%. The race in 2020 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 125%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the PJ Towey Construction Handicap, the over-round has been 115%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £115 which is bet.

PJ Towey Construction Handicap Trends:

• 2024 PJ Towey Construction Handicap Trends
• PJ Towey Construction Handicap Trend Analysis
• PJ Towey Construction Handicap Trend Shortlist

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 PJ Towey Construction Handicap next time out then you would have backed a total of 3 winners. Backing all 20 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -6.00. Before placing your bet on the 2024 PJ Towey Construction Handicap see which other runners today are being backed on the racing predictions page.

Over the last 20 renewals, it was Red Gala, trained by Sir Michael Stoute and ridden by Ryan Moore who set the fastest winning time in the PJ Towey Construction Handicap, the runner won the race in a time of 2:04.81 when winning the race in 2007. At the other end of the scale, it was the combination of trainer Sir Michael Stoute and jockey Ryan Moore with Davydenko who set the slowest winning time, the race-winning time was 2:15.67 in the 2019 renewal.

These are the top three quickest-run PJ Towey Construction Handicap over the last 20 renewals:

1. Red Gala (2:04.81) in 2007
2. Anmaat (2:05.56) in 2021
3. Mawatheeq (2:06.14) in 2009

PJ Towey Construction Handicap Past Winners

Here are the PJ Towey Construction Handicap 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 PJ Towey Construction Handicap 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 PJ Towey Construction Handicap have been based:

• GB: 20 winners with an additional 31 placings from 170 runners
• IRE: 0 winners with an additional 1 placing from 1 runner

PJ Towey Construction Handicap Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the PJ Towey Construction Handicap over the last 20 renewals is Sir Michael Stoute who has won the race three times with those three winners coming from Rohaani (2006), Red Gala (2007) and Davydenko (2019).

Here are the PJ Towey Construction Handicap trainer statistics over the last 20 renewals for trainers who have entries in the 2024 renewal, those not listed have not had a runner. (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):

PJ Towey Construction Handicap Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the PJ Towey Construction Handicap over the last 20 renewals is Jamie Spencer who has won the race two times with those two winners coming from Club Oceanic (2011) and Blue Waltz (2015).

Here are the PJ Towey Construction Handicap jockey statistics over the last 20 renewals for jockeys who have entries in the 2024 renewal, those not listed have not had a runner. (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):

PJ Towey Construction Handicap Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +23.10 is when runners had 4 season starts. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 2 career wins 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:

• 2023: Winner in 4 (2) [5 Runners]
• 2022: Winner in 7 (11,4) [11 Runners]
• 2021: Winner in 3 (4) [7 Runners]
• 2020: Winner in 11 (10,8) [14 Runners]
• 2019: Winner in 1 (8) [7 Runners]

The course which has produced the most winners of the PJ Towey Construction Handicap is York, there has been a total number of 5 winners of this race who ran at York last time out. The next best courses which have produced the second most winners are Ascot and Newmarket (July), there has been a total number of 3 winners from each of those courses.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 19 winners from a total of 164 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 1 winner from a total of 7 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the PJ Towey Construction Handicap, that stallion Pivotal has produced 2 winners (2015,2008).

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Leos Luckyman in 2005, winning for Mark Johnston at odds of 14/1 under the guidance of Joe Fanning. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 4 winning favourites in the race. Whilst we wait for the 2024 PJ Towey Construction Handicap remember you can get daily racing predictions from the top racing tipsters on the best racing tipsters page.

PJ Towey Construction Handicap Trend Shortlist

Doncaster will host the 2024 renewal of the PJ Towey Construction Handicap which will be run at 4:15 pm on Saturday 14th September 2024 and these are the runners who perform best based on the trends along with the trainer and jockey and their record in the race (Runs-Wins-Places Win LSP / EW LSP):

• 15/15 King Lear (11/2)
  • George Boughey (1-0-1 -1.00 / -0.08)
  • Pat Cosgrave (1-0-0 -1.00 / -1.00)

Others: Daysofourlives (14/15), Mr King (14/15), Liberty Lane (13/15), Lion Of War (13/15), Marhaba The Champ (11/15), Aerion Power (10/15), Paradias (10/15), Penzance (10/15), Rathgar (10/15) and Parlando (8/15).

*Trainer & Jockey numbers are Runs-Wins-Places Win LSP / EW LSP, Runners, Odds and Trends Passed/Failed correct at the time of posting (1:00 pm Thursday 12th September 2024), if no odds were available at the time of posting then forecasted odds are used.

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