{"id":55201,"date":"2025-07-11T04:00:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T04:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=55201"},"modified":"2025-07-12T07:32:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T07:32:19","slug":"john-smiths-cup-trends-and-stats-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/john-smiths-cup-trends-and-stats-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"John Smith’s Cup Trends Highlight 83% Age Stat That Can’t Be Ignored For Big York Handicap"},"content":{"rendered":"

You can use our John Smith’s Cup trends and stats to help put history on your side by finding the best horse profiles based on past winners of Saturday’s big York race.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Including a massive 83% age stat that should help whittle down the runners to a more manageable size, plus three trainers that have won 50% of the last 14 runnings between them.<\/p>\n

The John Smith’s Cup Trends Tell Us 83% Of Winners Since 2002 Were Aged 4 or 5\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

With a maximum of 22 runners, then any pointers in trying to narrow down the field will help ahead of Saturday’s John Smith’s Cup.<\/p>\n

Which is where some of the key John Smith’s Cup trends come into force – especially a 83% age stat that has built up over the last 23 runnings.<\/p>\n

History tells us that a massive 19 of the last 23 winners were aged either 4 or 5.<\/p>\n

With only one winning 3 year-old (Wigmore Hall, 2010) and three horses aged 6 or 7.<\/p>\n

In fact, the winning 7 year-old Educate (2016) was the only one since 1960.<\/p>\n

While, despite 3 year-olds not having the best of records – it’s worth pointing out in the last ten runnings there have only been TWO horses aged 3 to even run.<\/p>\n

Regardless, the stats still point towards horses aged 4 and 5 historically having the best return.<\/p>\n

Who Are The 4 and 5 Year-Olds Running In The John Smith’s Cup This Year?<\/h3>\n