Today horse racing tips and trends are from Sandown plus two races from Wolverhampton on the all weather. The big race of the day is the 2m handicap Imperial Cup which is normally a great warm up to Cheltenham, there is no bonus this year but the Pipe team normally target this race, lets see what the trends spit out in this race.
1:50 Tedley 33/1
2:25 (Imperial Cup) Sans Bruit 7/1
2:40 Nine Tenths 4/1
3:00 Bellas Bridge 12/1
3:15 Kings Code 4/1
3:35 Invisible Nao 6/1
20/20 – Had won no more than twice over hurdles before
19/20 – Aged 6 or younger
19/20 – Carried 10-11 or more
17/20 – Placed in the top 3 last time out
17/20 – Came from outside the top 3 in the betting
16/20 – Rated 129 or less
16/20 – Unplaced favourites
15/20 – Raced within the last 6 weeks
14/20 – Returned 9/1 or less in the betting
13/20 – Irish bred
12/20 – Aged 6 years-old
11/20 – Had won over this trip before
7/20 – Won last time out
3/20 – Won by trainer Paul Nicholls (2 of the last 9)
2/20 – Won by the Fergal O’Brien yard (2 of the last 8)
2/20 – Won by trainer Nicky Henderson
2/20 – Won by the Pipe yard
1/20 – Winning favourites
1/20 – Winners that went onto run at Cheltenham (3rd Martin Pipe)
The last 10 winners were aged 5 or 6
The average winning SP in the last 10 runnings is 12/1
19/20 – Had won no more than twice over hurdles before
19/20 – Had won between 1-2 times over hurdles before
18/20 – Had raced within the last 6 weeks
17/20 – Rated 124 or higher
16/20 – Carried 10-13 or less
16/20 – Aged 6 or younger
13/20 – Had won over at least 2m1f (hurdles) before
12/20 – Carried 10-7 or less
12/20 – Winners that went onto run at the Cheltenham Festival (1 winner, Gaspara - Fred Winter 2007)
12/20 – Winning distance – 3 ½ lengths or more
11/20 – Finished in the top two last time out
10/20 – Aged 4 or 5 years-old
9/20 – Returned a double-figure price in the betting
7/20 – Raced at either Cheltenham (2), Sandown (2) or Ascot (2) last time out
7/20 – French bred
6/20 – Won last time out
6/20 – Had raced at Sandown (hurdles) before – 2 had won there before
5/20 – Winning favourites
5/20 – Won by the Pipe stable (have won it 9 times in all)
2/20 – Trained by Nigel Twiston-Davies (2 of last 7)
2/20 – Won by an Irish-trained horse
2/20 – Trained by Paul Nicholls (2 of the last 4)
2/20 – Ridden by Harry Cobden (2 of the last 4)
The average winning SP in the last 20 years is 11/1
18/19 – Had won at least one NH Flat race before
18/19 – 1ST or 2ND last time out
17/19 – Returned 17/2 or shorter in the betting
13/19– Won last time out
13/19 – Had won just once before (NH Flat race)
11/19 – Aged 5 years-old
11/19 – Had raced within the last 8 weeks
1/19 – Winning favourites
12 of the last 14 winners were aged 5 or 6 years-old
Luccia won the race last year
Just 6 previous runnings
6/6 – Top 4 finish last time out
6/6 – Ran in the last 4 weeks
6/6 – Returned 15/2 or shorter
5/6 – Aged 5 or 6 year-old
5/6 – French bred
5/6 – Didn’t win last time out
4/6 – Carried 11st or less
2/6 – Favourites placed
2/6 – Won with 11st 8lbs or more
0/6 – Winning favourites
Trainers, Tizzard, Venetia Williams, Ben Pauling, Nick Williams and Gary Moore (2) are the past winners of this race
Trainer Paul Nicholls has a 20% record with his chasers at the track
Trainer Sarah Humphrey is 3-from-3 with her chasers at the track
The average winning SP in the last 6 runnings is 5/1
14/17 – Placed favourites
14/17 – Returned 9/1 or shorter in the betting
13/17 – Had won over 7f before
12/17 – Rated 104 or higher
11/17 – Had won at least 4 times before
10/17 – Had raced within the last 3 weeks
9/17 – Raced at Lingfield last time out
9/17 – Unplaced last time out
6/17 – Aged 6 or 7 years-old
6/17 – Had won at Wolverhampton before
6/17 – Winning favourite
3/17 – Ridden by Ryan Moore (3 of the last 6)
2/17 – Trained by Marco Botti
2/17 – Trained by Richard Hannon (2 of last 4)
Tinker Toy won the race in 2022
8 of the last 9 winners came from stalls 6 or lower
19/21 – Aged 6 or younger
19/21 – Won over a mile (or further) before
17/21 – Had raced within the last 6 weeks
17/21 – Priced 9/1 or shorter in the betting
16/21– Won at least three times before
11/21 – Placed favourites
10/21 – Came from outside the top 3 in the betting
10/21 – Came from stall 8 or higher
10/21 – Ran at Lingfield last time out
9/21 – Had won at Wolverhampton before
7/21 – Aged 5 years-old
8/21 – Won last time out
5/21 – Winning favourites
4/21 – Ridden by Jim Crowley (2) or David Probert (2)
2/21 – Trained by the Richard Hannon yard
2/21 – Ridden by Jamie Spencer
2 of the last 5 winners were trained by Andrew Balding
The average winning SP in the last 10 runnings is 6/1