Kincsem Handicap Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Glorious Goodwood)

2025 Kincsem Handicap Preview

A Class 2 handicap that is restricted to three-year-old runners, the Summer Vase Handicap is currently known as the Kincsem Handicap for sponsorship reasons takes place in July of each year during the Glorious Goodwood festival with the race being run over a trip of one mile and two furlongs.

Kincsem Handicap Information:

• Kincsem Handicap Past Winners
• Kincsem Handicap Trainer Statistics
• Kincsem Handicap Jockey Statistics

To see which runners the OLBG racing tipsters are tipping throughout the card that includes this race, head over to the Goodwood 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 Races Covered at Glorious Goodwood section for links to these.

How competitive is the Kincsem Handicap market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2024 when the race had an over-round of 112%. The race in 2007 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 132%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Kincsem Handicap, the over-round has been 121%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £121 which is bet.

Kincsem Handicap Trends:

• 2025 Kincsem Handicap Trends
• Kincsem Handicap 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 Kincsem Handicap next time out then you would have backed a total of 3 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -8.30. Whilst we wait for the 2025 Kincsem Handicap 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 2:02.81 was set by Road To Love in 2006, which is the quickest time over that period, the runner was trained by Mark Johnston and ridden by Richard Hills. The slowest winning time was set in 2023 when Royal Rhyme won in a time of 2:10.41, booked to ride was Clifford Lee by the trainer K R Burke.

These are the top three quickest-run Kincsem Handicap over the last 20 renewals:

1. Road To Love (2:02.81) in 2006
2. Gibeon (2:03.67) in 2015
3. Forest Of Dean (2:03.79) in 2019

Kincsem Handicap Past Winners

Here are the Kincsem 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 Kincsem 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 Kincsem Handicap have been based:

• GB: 20 winners with an additional 44 placings from 274 runners
• IRE: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner

Kincsem Handicap Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Kincsem Handicap over the last 20 renewals is John Gosden who has won the race three times with those three winners coming from Pipedreamer I (2007), Beachfire (2010) and Forest Of Dean (2019). There is one trainer who has not had the best of times in the Kincsem Handicap, Richard Fahey has sent a total of 12 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Kincsem Handicap 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):

Kincsem Handicap Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Kincsem Handicap over the last 20 renewals is William Buick who has won the race four times with those four winners coming from Beachfire (2010), Grandeur (2012), Qaader (2021) and Warren Point (2022). There is one jockey who has not had the best of times in the Kincsem Handicap, Frankie Dettori has ridden 10 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Kincsem Handicap 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):

Kincsem Handicap Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +27.00 is when runners had 3 career places in Flat (Turf) races. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners ran in a Class 3 last time out, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-68.

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

• 2024: Winner in 9 (13,4) [10 Runners]
• 2023: Winner in 2 (1,5) [15 Runners]
• 2022: Winner in 6 (3,2) [13 Runners]
• 2021: Winner in 7 (3,12) [11 Runners]
• 2020: Winner in 6 (9,5) [11 Runners]

The course which has produced the most winners of the Kincsem Handicap is Newmarket (July), there has been a total number of 9 winners of this race who ran at Newmarket (July) last time out. The next best course which has produced the second most winners is Ascot, there has been a total number of 5 winners of this race who ran at Ascot last time out.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 20 winners from a total of 266 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 9 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Kincsem Handicap, that stallion Cape Cross has produced 2 winners (2015,2009).

These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Kincsem Handicap despite multiple attempts:

• Kingman (0 Wins from 7 runners)
• Dubai Destination (0 Wins from 5 runners)
• Footstepsinthesand (0 Wins from 5 runners)
• Frankel (0 Wins from 5 runners)
• Halling (0 Wins from 5 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Junkanoo in 2020, winning for Gary Moore at odds of 50/1 under the guidance of David Egan. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 5 winning favourites in the race. Ahead of the 2025 Kincsem Handicap why not head over to the best racing tipster page to see what the tipsters are backing today?

Races Covered at Glorious Goodwood

Here is the schedule for the five-day Glorious Goodwood 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.

Tuesday at Glorious Goodwood

Part of the British Champion Series, the Goodwood Cup is the highlight on the opening day, a marathon over two miles where stamina is key.

Wednesday at Glorious Goodwood

Run over a mile, the Sussex Stakes is the main race on the second day, this Group 1 is also part of the British Champion Series.

Thursday at Glorious Goodwood

The Group 1 Nassau Stakes is the highlight on Thursday, contested over 1m2f and restricted to only fillies and mares, the race is part of the British Champion Series.

Friday at Glorious Goodwood

Friday features a couple of decent handicaps with the Goodwood Handicap a stamina-testing race and the Golden Mile which is a heritage handicap. The highlight of the day is the King George Stakes, a sprint run over five furlongs.

Saturday at Glorious Goodwood

Saturday is the day of one of the biggest handicaps on the flat, the Stewards Cup, 20+ runners over six furlongs compete in this heritage handicap.