2022 Windsor Castle Stakes Preview, Trends & Analysis

2022 Windsor Castle Stakes Preview

The Windsor Castle Stakes is run as part of the Royal Ascot festival which takes place in June, the race is open to only two-year-old runners and is run over a straight five furlongs. All runners run off a weight of 9-3 with the exception of fillies who receive a five-pound allowance meaning they run off 8-12.

We also have a dedicated Royal Ascot Betting Picks 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.

The runner that holds the record over the past 20 renewals for the slowest time in the race was set in the 2019 renewal when Southern Hills from A P O'Brien who under the guidance of Ryan Moore, won in a time of 1:03.05, whilst at the other end of the spectrum, Titus Alone, trained by Bryan Smart and ridden by Kevin Darley set the quickest time of 57.40 in the 2005 renewal.

These are the top three quickest run Windsor Castle Stakes over the last 20 renewals:

2005 - Titus Alone (57.40)
2014 - Hootenanny (59.05)
2017 - Sound And Silence (59.20)

How competitive is the Windsor Castle Stakes market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2005 when the race had an over-round of 112%. The race in 2003 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 150%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Windsor Castle Stakes, the over-round has been 130% that means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £130 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 Windsor Castle Stakes next time out then you would have back a total of 4 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of +10.25. Whilst we wait for the 2022 Windsor Castle Stakes remember you can get daily racing predictions from the expert tipsters on the racing predictions page.

Windsor Castle Stakes Past Ten Winners

Here are the past 10 winners of the Windsor Castle 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 Windsor Castle Stakes as well as the jockey is also displayed along with the starting price the horse was sent off.

Year	Horse (Drawn)	Info
2021 59.78	Chipotle 2yo 9-3 (1 of 27) 22/1	Charles Bishop Eve Johnson Houghton
2020 1:00.04	Tactical 2yo 9-3 (20 of 18) 7/2F	James Doyle Andrew Balding
2019 1:03.05	Southern Hills 2yo 9-3 (24 of 21) 7/1	Ryan Moore A P O'Brien
2018 1:00.25	Soldiers Call 2yo 9-3 (22 of 28) 12/1	Daniel Tudhope Archie Watson
2017 59.20	Sound And Silence 2yo 9-3 (12 of 22) 16/1	William Buick Charlie Appleby
2016 1:02.56	Ardad 2yo 9-3 (1 of 22) 20/1	Robert Havlin John Gosden
2015 1:00.04	Washington DC 2yo 9-3 (6 of 27) 5/1	Ryan Moore A P O'Brien
2014 59.05	Hootenanny 2yo 9-3 (25 of 24) 7/2F	Victor Espinoza Wesley A Ward
2013 59.82	Extortionist 2yo 9-3 (28 of 24) 16/1	Johnny Murtagh Olly Stevens
2012 1:01.21	Hototo 2yo 9-3 (18 of 23) 14/1	Phillip Makin Kevin Ryan

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Windsor Castle Stakes have been based:

GB: 16 winners with an additional 35 placings from 349 runners
IRE: 2 winners with an additional 5 placings from 39 runners
USA: 2 winners with an additional 0 placings from 17 runners
FR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 6 runners
AUS: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 2 runners

Windsor Castle Stakes Trainer Statistics

There are two leading trainers in the Windsor Castle Stakes over the last 20 renewals with both A P O'Brien & Wesley A Ward who have both won the race 2 times. A P O'Brien winners have been with Washington DC (2015) & Southern Hills (2019). Wesley A Ward winners have been with Strike The Tiger (2009) & Hootenanny (2014). There are multiple trainers who have not had the best of times over the last 20 renewals in the Windsor Castle Stakes, Brian Meehan (0-11), Richard Hannon (0-11), Tom Dascombe (0-10), David Evans (0-10) & Mark Johnston (0-10) have all failed to produce a single winner despite sending multiple runners to the race.

Here are some of the top Windsor Castle 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	17-2-4	-3.00	-6.00
Wesley A Ward	16-2-2	+22.50	+4.25
Richard Fahey	13-1-3	-7.50	-8.30
Mick Channon	13-1-4	-9.50	-8.05
Archie Watson	11-1-1	+2.00	-4.00
John Best	8-1-3	+93.00	+44.00
Kevin Ryan	7-1-3	+8.00	+2.00
Michael Bell	6-1-1	+9.00	+3.40
Andrew Balding	6-1-1	-1.50	-3.25
Bryan Smart	6-1-1	-2.25	-3.35

Windsor Castle Stakes Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Windsor Castle Stakes over the last 20 renewals is Ryan Moore who has won the race 2 times. Those 2 winners came from Washington DC (2015) & Southern Hills (2019). There is one jockey who has not had the best of times in the Windsor Castle Stakes, Frankie Dettori has had a total of 15 rides to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Windsor Castle 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
Ryan Moore	15-2-3	-1.00	-6.50
William Buick	11-1-1	+6.00	-2.00
Paul Hanagan	10-1-4	-4.50	-4.80
James Doyle	9-1-4	-4.50	-4.75
Tom Queally	5-1-1	+8.00	+3.20
John R Velazquez	4-1-1	+30.00	+13.50
Martin Dwyer	4-1-1	+6.00	+1.50
Declan McDonogh	2-1-1	+19.00	+9.00
Daniel Tudhope	2-1-1	+11.00	+5.00
Charles Bishop	1-1-1	+22.00	+11.00

2022 Windsor Castle Stakes Trends

Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): ,4,1,6,2,8,3,2,8,9,1,9,3,1,3,20,22,17,(4,13),1,7

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 (79%) - Never sent off 18/1+
20 / 20 (86%) - Avoid Fillies
20 / 20 (87%) - 1-3 Career starts
19 / 20 (77%) - Highest class contested not C2
19 / 20 (80%) - 1-3 Career starts over 5f
18 / 20 (86%) - Best in 3 of 1st or 2nd
18 / 20 (86%) - First four LTO
17 / 20 (47%) - No bigger than 20/1
17 / 20 (51%) - Within first ten of market
15 / 16 (85%) - Never won over 5.5f+

Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Royal Ascot racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Windsor Castle Stakes. If you are a newcomer to horse racing betting, then the number of types of bets can be scary! Don't let that put you off though, head over to this Types Of Horse Racing Bet article and have a read, you will then have a better knowledge of betting on racing in the future and there is plenty of other articles in the OLBG Betting School too.

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Windsor Castle Stakes Trend Analysis

The trend factor which has produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +63.75 is when runners had 2 season starts. The worst performing factor which has failed to produce a single winner is when runners ran in a field of 8 last time out, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-66.

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

2021: Winner in 1 (25,3) [27 Runners]
2020: Winner in 20 (5,10) [18 Runners]
2019: Winner in 24 (22,23) [21 Runners]
2018: Winner in 22 (27,9) [28 Runners]
2017: Winner in 12 (5,4) [22 Runners]

The courses which have produced the most winners of the Windsor Castle Stakes are Sandown and Curragh, 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 20 winners from a total of 357 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 56 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Windsor Castle Stakes, that stallion is Exceed And Excel who has produced 2 winners (2017,2008).

These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Windsor Castle Stakes despite multiple attempts:

Acclamation (0 Wins from 12 runners)
Invincible Spirit (0 Wins from 8 runners)
Kheleyf (0 Wins from 8 runners)
Mehmas (0 Wins from 7 runners)
Bahamian Bounty (0 Wins from 6 runners)
Royal Applause (0 Wins from 6 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest priced winner was Flashmans Papers in 2008 when winning for John Best at odds of 100/1 under the guidance of Steve Drowne. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there has been a total of 4 winning favourites in the race. Remember to bookmark the best racing tipsters page so you can get easy access to the best OLBG racing tipsters.

2022 Windsor Castle Stakes Preview, Trends & Analysis