Autumn Mile Handicap Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (October Finale)

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We look at the Autumn Mile Handicap ahead of the next renewal, a race contested over 1m at York to see which runners, trainers and jockeys have previously won the race and which trends you can use to find the winner of the Autumn Mile Handicap.

Autumn Mile Handicap Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (October Finale)
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Andy Powell Content Editor

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 Autumn Mile Handicap Preview

Contested over a distance of one mile, this race is a class two handicap that is scheduled to take place in October of each year at the York Racecourse with the race being open to runners aged four or older.

Autumn Mile Handicap Information:

Why not use the trends shortlist below to help you narrow down the field and then head over to the dedicated York tips page to see which runners are being supported by the OLBG expert racing tipsters to find yourself a bet? 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 Autumn Mile Handicap market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2003 when the race had an over-round of 112%. The race in 2022 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 137%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Autumn Mile Handicap, the over-round has been 125%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £125 which is bet.

Autumn Mile Handicap Trends:

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 Autumn Mile 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 -12.75. Ahead of the 2025 Autumn Mile Handicap why not head over to the racing predictions for tips on other races today?

Over the last 20 renewals, it was Graphic, trained by William Haggas and ridden by Ryan Moore who set the fastest winning time in the Autumn Mile Handicap, the runner won the race in a time of 1:36.40 when winning the race in 2013. At the other end of the scale, it was the combination of trainer K R Burke and jockey Dougie Costello with Youre Fired who set the slowest winning time, the race-winning time was 1:46.06 in the 2015 renewal.

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

  1. Graphic (1:36.40) in 2013
  2. Just Hiss (1:37.03) in 2018
  3. Calcutta (1:37.15) in 2003

Autumn Mile Handicap Past Winners

Here are the Autumn Mile 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 Autumn Mile Handicap are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.

YearHorse (Drawn)Info
2024
1:39.57
Empirestateofmind (IRE)
6yo 8-12 (15 of 16) 14/1
Jason Hart
John & Sean Quinn (GB)
2023
1:42.31
Hafeet Alain (IRE)
7yo 8-10 (1 of 12) 13/2
Connor Planas (3lbs)
Ed Walker (GB)
2022
1:39.50
Substantial (GB)
4yo 8-7 (19 of 20) 7/1
Cieren Fallon
William Haggas (GB)
2021
1:39.51
Shelir (IRE)
5yo 9-6 (4 of 20) 14/1
Jason Watson
David O'Meara (GB)
2020
1:40.68
Ouzo (GB)
4yo 9-1 (13 of 20) 11/1
Kieran O'Neill
Richard Hannon (GB)
2019
1:42.53
Crownthorpe (GB)
4yo 8-9 (4 of 15) 12/1
Sean Davis (3lbs)
Richard Fahey (GB)
2018
1:37.03
Just Hiss (GB)
5yo 8-7 (5 of 16) 9/1
Rachel Richardson
Tim Easterby (GB)
2017
1:37.46
Zabeel Prince (IRE)
4yo 9-7 (4 of 20) 15/8F
Silvestre De Sousa
Roger Varian (GB)
2016
1:37.50
Highland Colori (IRE)
8yo 9-2 (14 of 19) 22/1
Liam Keniry
Andrew Balding (GB)
2015
1:46.06
Youre Fired (IRE)
4yo 9-7 (1 of 13) 15/2F
Dougie Costello
K R Burke (GB)

Autumn Mile Handicap Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Autumn Mile Handicap over the last 20 renewals is William Haggas who has won the race three times with those three winners coming from Graphic (2013), Homage (2014) and Substantial (2022). Other trainers who have recorded multiple wins in the Autumn Mile Handicap are Tim Easterby (2 wins) and Saeed bin Suroor (2 wins). There is one trainer who has not had the best of times in the Autumn Mile Handicap, Michael Dods has sent a total of 11 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Autumn Mile 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):

TrainerR-W-PWinEW
William Haggas7-3-4+13.33+8.59
Tim Easterby26-2-8-4.00+3.44
Saeed bin Suroor7-2-3+0.00-0.38
David O'Meara39-1-6-24.00-20.31
Richard Fahey28-1-6-15.00-9.37
Andrew Balding4-1-1+19.00+10.75
David Simcock4-1-2+6.00+4.63
David Evans3-1-1+12.00+6.75
Ed Walker3-1-2+4.50+3.37
Richard Hannon2-1-1+10.00+5.88

Autumn Mile Handicap Jockey Statistics

There are two leading jockeys in the Autumn Mile Handicap over the last 20 renewals with both Ryan Moore and Frankie Dettori who have both won the race two times. Ryan Moore winners have been with Graphic (2013) and Homage (2014). Frankie Dettori winners have been with Army Of Angels (2006) and Amarna (2007). There is one jockey who has not had the best of times in the Autumn Mile Handicap, David Allan has ridden 10 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Autumn Mile 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):

JockeyR-W-PWinEW
Ryan Moore4-2-2+8.33+4.46
Frankie Dettori2-2-2+5.00+3.12
Silvestre De Sousa5-1-2-2.12-1.76
Jason Hart4-1-2+11.00+6.88
Jason Watson4-1-1+11.00+5.75
Kieran O'Neill3-1-1+9.00+4.88
Sean Davis2-1-1+11.00+6.50
Cieren Fallon2-1-1+6.00+3.38
Liam Keniry1-1-1+22.00+13.75
Dougie Costello1-1-1+7.50+4.69

Autumn Mile Handicap Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +26.00 is when runners ran in a Class 3 when last winning. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 7 starts in the past 180 days, 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:

  • 2024: Winner in 15 (10,8,4) [16 Runners]
  • 2023: Winner in 1 (10,13) [12 Runners]
  • 2022: Winner in 19 (5,9,12) [20 Runners]
  • 2021: Winner in 4 (3,5,9) [20 Runners]
  • 2020: Winner in 13 (9,16,1) [20 Runners]

The course which has produced the most winners of the Autumn Mile Handicap is Newmarket (Rowley), there has been a total number of 6 winners of this race who ran at Newmarket (Rowley) last time out. The next best course which has produced the second most winners is York, there has been a total number of 3 winners of this race who ran at York last time out.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 19 winners from a total of 310 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 1 winner from a total of 16 runners.

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

  • Invincible Spirit (0 Wins from 8 runners)
  • Cape Cross (0 Wins from 7 runners)
  • Oasis Dream (0 Wins from 7 runners)
  • Pivotal (0 Wins from 7 runners)
  • Footstepsinthesand (0 Wins from 5 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Highland Colori in 2016, winning for Andrew Balding at odds of 22/1 under the guidance of Liam Keniry. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 5 winning favourites in the race. Remember to use the best racing tipsters along with the information on this page to find you a bet on the 2025 Autumn Mile Handicap.

Article Contributor Information

We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Autumn Mile Handicap 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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