{"id":13555,"date":"2024-10-18T15:10:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T15:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=13555"},"modified":"2024-10-18T18:56:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T18:56:01","slug":"ascot-champions-day-favourites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/ascot-champions-day-favourites\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Are The Ascot Champions Day Favourites, Plus How Have The Market Leaders Fared?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Horse racing punters will be starting to study the form books ahead of the big weekend meetings, so we thought we’d look at how past Ascot Champions Day favourites have fared and also highlight which horses are expected to go off as the market leaders in 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n

How Many Ascot Champions Day Favourites Have Won In Recent Years?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Over the last five seasons we’ve seen eight Ascot Champions Day<\/strong> favourites win – with the most recent being the Frankie Dettori<\/a>-ridden King Of Steel in 2023, who won the Champion Stakes.<\/p>\n

With six races per meeting, this works out at a 27% Ascot favourites strike-rate over Champions Day<\/a> since 2019.<\/p>\n

One of those horse racing<\/a> market leaders was Magical in 2019 – a horse that heading into the 2024 meeting remains trainer Aidan O’Brien’s last winner at this fixture.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year
\n<\/b><\/td>\n		Favourite Winners
\n<\/b><\/td>\n		Number Of Races
\n<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2023
\n<\/em><\/td>\n		1 (King Of Steel)<\/em><\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2022<\/td>\n3 (Trueshan, Kinross, Emily Upjohn)<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021<\/td>\n1 (Trueshan)<\/em><\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/td>\n1 (Wonderful Tonight)<\/em><\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>\n2 (Star Catcher, Magical)<\/em><\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Totals<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/div>\n

British Champions Day at Ascot 2024 Details <\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\ud83d\udcc5Date: Saturday 19th October 2024
\n\u231aTimes: 1:20pm to 4:35pm<\/span><\/span>
\n\ud83c\udfc7Racecourse: Ascot, Berkshire
\n\ud83d\udcfa TV: ITV \/ Sky Racing (ATR)<\/p>\n

All of the 2024 Champions Day Ascot meeting will be covered on ITV Racing<\/a> this Saturday.<\/p>\n

2024 Ascot Champions Day Favourites: Which Horses Head The Markets?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

See below the six Champions Day races for Saturday 19th October and the most like Ascot favourites according to the best horse racing betting sites in the UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You can also see the Champions Day bankers<\/a> here, as we assess their chances.<\/p>\n

1:20 – Qipco British Champions Long Distance Cup: KYPRIOS<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Will be looking to give jockey Ryan Moore<\/a> his first Champions Day winner since Magical in 2018 and also provide trainer Aidan O’Brien<\/a> with his first at the meeting since 2019.<\/p>\n

Prolific stayer that has won all six starts this season – including two Ascot Gold Cups here at the Berkshire track.<\/p>\n

Kyprios takes Trawlerman, who won this race 12 months ago (watch below), but had that Godolphin horse a length back in the Gold Cup in the summer.<\/p>\n