Coral Handicap Stakes Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (October Finale)

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If you are a fan of horse racing trends then this preview of the Coral Handicap Stakes will be perfect for you! Not only do we look at the trends but we look at past winners as well as trainer and jockey records for the Coral Handicap Stakes, a race run over 1m2½f at York.

Coral Handicap Stakes Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (October Finale)
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Horse Racing stats man, Andy has contributed to OLBG for 18 years - An Ipswich fan and F1 fanatic, he also contributes EFL football and Motor Sport opinion.

2025 Coral Handicap Stakes Preview

This class two handicap was established in 2013, the race is run over a distance of one mile, two and a half furlongs in which runners aged three or older are permitted entry. The race is scheduled to take place in October of each year at the York racecourse.

Coral Handicap Stakes Information:

Our dedicated York tips page will not only bring you predictions from the OLBG racing tipsters for the upcoming card that includes the Coral Handicap Stakes but will also have predictions for each meeting at York 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 at York Racecourse section for links to these.

How competitive is the Coral Handicap Stakes market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 12 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2022 when the race had an over-round of 108%. The race in 2023 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 122%, whilst on average over the last 12 renewals of the Coral Handicap Stakes, the over-round has been 117%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £117 which is bet.

Coral Handicap Stakes Trends:

Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? From the past 12 if you had followed the winner of the Coral Handicap Stakes next time out then you would have backed a total of 3 winners. Backing all 10 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of +1.03. Before placing your bet on the 2025 Coral Handicap Stakes see which other runners today are being backed on the racing predictions page.

When looking over the past 12 renewals, a time of 2:08.36 was set by Dark Red in 2017, which is the quickest time over that period, the runner was trained by Ed Dunlop and ridden by Franny Norton. The slowest winning time was set in 2021 when Bay Bridge won in a time of 2:16.01, booked to ride was Richard Kingscote by the trainer Sir Michael Stoute.

These are the top three quickest-run Coral Handicap Stakes over the last 12 renewals:

  1. Dark Red (2:08.36) in 2017
  2. Seussical (2:09.03) in 2013
  3. Captain Cook (2:11.12) in 2016

Coral Handicap Stakes Past Winners

Here are the Coral Handicap Stakes' 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 Coral Handicap Stakes are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.

YearHorse (Drawn)Info
2024
2:14.67
Bolster (GB)
4yo 10-0 (13 of 13) 7/1
Pierre-Louis Jamin
K R Burke (GB)
2023
2:15.42
Certain Lad (GB)
7yo 9-7 (3 of 12) 9/2
George Bass (3lbs)
Jack Channon (GB)
2022
2:15.05
Algiers (IRE)
5yo 9-11 (3 of 5) 11/1
Harry Burns (3lbs)
Simon & Ed Crisford (GB)
2021
2:16.01
Bay Bridge (GB)
3yo 9-6 (4 of 10) 15/8F
Richard Kingscote
Sir Michael Stoute (GB)
2020
2:14.89
Ilaraab (IRE)
3yo 8-13 (11 of 13) 3/1F
Daniel Tudhope
William Haggas (GB)
2019
2:13.06
Coolagh Forest (IRE)
3yo 8-6 (1 of 7) 7/2
Paul Hanagan
Richard Fahey (GB)
2018
2:13.57
Aquarium (GB)
3yo 9-4 (4 of 14) 16/1
Franny Norton
Mark Johnston (GB)
2017
2:08.36
Dark Red (IRE)
5yo 9-4 (8 of 12) 10/1
Franny Norton
Ed Dunlop (GB)
2016
2:11.12
Captain Cook (GB)
3yo 8-13 (8 of 9) 11/2
Ted Durcan
Sir Michael Stoute (GB)
2015
2:14.43
Chancery (USA)
7yo 9-1 (2 of 8) 9/1
Jack Garritty (3lbs)
David O'Meara (GB)

Coral Handicap Stakes Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Coral Handicap Stakes over the last 12 renewals is Sir Michael Stoute who has won the race two times with those two winners coming from Captain Cook (2016) and Bay Bridge (2021).

Here are some of the top Coral Handicap Stakes trainer statistics over the last 12 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):

TrainerR-W-PWinEW
Sir Michael Stoute3-2-2+6.38+3.43
Richard Fahey11-1-2-6.50-5.31
David O'Meara9-1-4+1.00+0.73
William Haggas4-1-4+0.00+1.86
Ed Dunlop3-1-1+8.00+4.25
Simon & Ed Crisford1-1-1+11.00+6.88
K R Burke1-1-1+7.00+4.38
Charlie Appleby1-1-1+6.50+3.90
Jack Channon1-1-1+4.50+2.81
Andrew Balding8-0-2-8.00-5.55

Coral Handicap Stakes Jockey Statistics

There are two leading jockeys in the Coral Handicap Stakes over the last 12 renewals with both Adam Kirby and Franny Norton who have both won the race two times. Adam Kirby's winners have been with Seussical (2013) and Sudden Wonder (2014). Franny Norton winners have been with Dark Red (2017) and Aquarium (2018).

Here are some of the top Coral Handicap Stakes jockey statistics over the last 12 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):

JockeyR-W-PWinEW
Adam Kirby4-2-2+10.50+5.65
Franny Norton3-2-2+25.00+15.25
Daniel Tudhope5-1-3-1.00+0.08
Richard Kingscote4-1-1-1.12-1.87
Jack Garritty2-1-1+8.00+4.40
Harry Burns1-1-1+11.00+6.88
Pierre-Louis Jamin1-1-1+7.00+4.38
George Bass1-1-1+4.50+2.81
David Allan5-0-3-5.00-0.12
David Nolan5-0-0-5.00-5.00

Coral Handicap Stakes Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 6+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +21.88 is when runners ran at Newbury last time out. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had the highest class won of Class 3, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-29.

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

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

The course which has produced the most winners of the Coral Handicap Stakes is Newbury, there has been a total number of 6 winners of this race who ran at Newbury last time out.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 12 winners from a total of 122 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 3 runners.

Looking at the winning odds over the last 12 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Aquarium in 2018, winning for Mark Johnston at odds of 16/1 under the guidance of Franny Norton. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 12 renewals there have been 2 winning favourites in the race. Ahead of the 2025 Coral Handicap Stakes why not head over to the best racing tipster page to see what the tipsters are backing today?

Article Contributor Information

We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Coral Handicap Stakes Preview are at hand, Andy and Darren. They both work on the Horse racing tips team team looking after the tipsters and managing the tips settlement, whilst also creating and managing all of the horse racing event previews for Flat Racing.

Darren Brett

Darren Brett

Tipster competition manager

Darren has worked in the horse racing industry for decades bringing to OLBG for the last 20 years a wealth of knowledge, creating much of our content on these sports. Darren also manages our Grand National Guide and is the go-to font of knowledge for the world's greatest steeplechase.
Andy Powell

Andy Powell

Content editor

Andy, a seasoned horse racing expert with over 15 years of experience, possesses a comprehensive understanding of the sport, from delving into complex statistical data for flat racing in the UK and Ireland to crafting insightful flat racing blogs for OLBG.

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