Gimcrack Stakes

The Gimcrack Stakes is a Group 2 race for two-year-old colts and geldings at York’s Ebor Festival in August.

The Gimcrack Stakes takes place on Friday 25th August 2023.

The 2023 Gimcrack Stakes takes place over a distance of 6 furlongs on the third day of the 2023 Ebor Festival.

The race has produced Classic winners including Mill Reef (1970), Nebbiolo (1976), Turtle Island (1993) and Rock of Gibraltar (2001). In more recent seasons the trend has been for high-class speed horses including champion sprinters Muhaarar (2014) and Blue Point (2016).

In our Gimcrack Stakes 2023 guide, we provide the latest odds, betting tips and betting offers for the group three horse racing event.

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Race Overview – The Gimcrack Stakes

The Gimcrack Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race for two-year-old colts and geldings contested in the United Kingdom, every year in August. It is held at York over a distance of 6 furlongs.

Check out our guides to all the other Group 2 horse races.

Gimcrack Stakes Odds 2023

Here are the latest odds for the Gimcrack Stakes in 2023:

• There is no open book of odds in the ante-post market for this event yet

Gimcrack Stakes Tips

Here are our tips for Gimcrack Stakes in 2023:

• 2 points to win for TBC at odds of TBC
• 1 point each way for TBC at odds of TBC

Some of the horses in the Gimcrack Stakes will run in other events later in the year. Stay updated on the horses and place ante-post bets if you want to wager on them.

Gimcrack Stakes Previous Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1910	Pietri	Danny Maher	John Watson
1911	Lomond	Frank Wootton	Richard Wootton
1912	Flippant	William Saxby	Richard Wootton
1913	Stornoway	Frank Wootton	Richard Wootton
1940	no race 1914-1918
1919	Southern	Freddie Fox	Reg Day
1920	Polemarch	Fred Lane	R H Dewhurst
1921	Scamp	Fred Lane	Fred Templeman
1922	Town Guard	George Archibald	Peter Gilpin
1923	Sansovino	Tommy Weston	George Lambton
1924	Game Shot	Frank Bullock	Norman Scobie
1925	Lex	Michael Beary	Reg Day
1926	Bold Archer	Harry Wragg	Ralph Moreton
1927	Black Watch	Gordon Richards	Peter Gilpin
1928	The Black Abbott	Gordon Richards	Fred Darling
1929	Roral	Dick Perryman	Atty Persse
1930	Four Course	Freddie Fox	Fred Darling
1931	Miracle	Harry Wragg	Jack Jarvis
1932	Young Lover	Dick Perryman	Frank Butters
1933	Mrs Rustom	Michael Beary	Frank Butters
1934	Bahram	Dick Perryman	Frank Butters
1935	Paul Beg	Herbert Gunn	W Easterby
1936	Goya	Charlie Elliott	George Lambton
1937	Golden Sovereign	Tommy Weston	Harry Cottrill
1938	Cockpit	Dick Perryman	Colledge Leader
1939	Tant Mieux	Gordon Richards	Fred Darling
1940	no race 1940-1944
1945	Gulf Stream	Harry Wragg	Walter Earl
1946	Petition	Harry Wragg	Frank Butters
1947	Black Tarquin	Harry Carr	Cecil Boyd-Rochfort
1948	Star King[a]	Sam Wragg	Jack Waugh
1949	Palestine	Gordon Richards	Frank Butters
1950	Cortil	Rae Johnstone	Charles Semblat
1951	Windy City	Gordon Richards	Paddy Prendergast
1952	Bebe Grand	Willie Snaith	Sam Armstrong
1953	The Pie King	Gordon Richards	Paddy Prendergast
1954	Precast	Billy Nevett	Dick Peacock
1955	Idle Rocks	Doug Smith	Geoffrey Brooke
1956	Eudaemon	Edgar Britt	Charles Elsey
1957	Pheidippides	Doug Smith	Charles Elsey
1958	Be Careful	Edward Hide	Charles Elsey	1:14.00
1959	Paddy's Sister	George Moore	Paddy Prendergast
1960	Test Case	Eddie Larkin	Jack Jarvis	1:15.20
1961	Sovereign Lord	Scobie Breasley	Gordon Smyth	1:15.20
1962	Crocket	Doug Smith	Geoffrey Brooke	1:14.40
1963	Talahasse	Lester Piggott	T Corbett	1:14.00
1964	Double Jump	Jimmy Lindley	Jeremy Tree	1:15.20
1965	Young Emperor	Lester Piggott	Paddy Prendergast	1:13.60
1966	Golden Horus	Joe Mercer	Bill O'Gorman	1:15.40
1967	Petingo	Lester Piggott	Sam Armstrong	1:15.00
1968	Tudor Music	Frankie Durr	Michael Jarvis	1:13.00
1969	Yellow God	Frankie Durr	Paul Davey
1970	Mill Reef	Geoff Lewis	Ian Balding	1:11.80
1971	Wishing Star	Frankie Durr	Paul Davey
1972	Rapid River	Tommy Kelsey	Arthur Stephenson	1:12.50
1973	Giacometti	Tony Murray	Ryan Price	1:14.20
1974	Steel Heart	Lester Piggott	Dermot Weld	1:12.75
1975	Music Boy	Johnny Seagrave	Snowy Wainwright
1976	Nebbiolo	Gabriel Curran	Kevin Prendergast	1:12.50
1977	Tumbledownwind	Geoff Lewis	Bruce Hobbs	1:17.40
1978	Stanford	Pat Eddery	Neville Callaghan	1:13.80
1979	Sonnen Gold	Mark Birch	Peter Easterby
1980	Bel Bolide	Pat Eddery	Jeremy Tree	1:16.00
1981	Full Extent	John Lowe	Steve Norton	1:16.70
1982	Horage	Tony Murray	Matt McCormack
1983	Precocious	Lester Piggott	Henry Cecil	1:11.90
1984	Doulab	Tony Murray	Harry Thomson Jones	1:11.30
1985	Stalker	Joe Mercer	Peter Walwyn
1986	Wiganthorpe	Willie Carson	Mick Easterby	1:11.85
1987	Reprimand	Steve Cauthen	Henry Cecil	1:15.10
1988	Sharp N' Early	Brian Rouse	Richard Hannon Sr.	1:09.84
1989	Rock City	Willie Carson	Richard Hannon Sr.	1:10.97
1990	Mujtahid	Willie Carson	Robert Armstrong	1:10.55
1991	River Falls	Bruce Raymond	Richard Hannon Sr.	1:13.72
1992	Splendent	Alan Munro	Paul Cole	1:11.42
1993	Turtle Island	John Reid	Peter Chapple-Hyam	1:13.49
1994	Chilly Billy	Kieren Fallon	Lynda Ramsden	1:12.78
1995	Royal Applause	Walter Swinburn	Barry Hills	1:11.42
1996	Abou Zouz	Frankie Dettori	David Loder	1:10.78
1997	Carrowkeel	Pat Eddery	Barry Hills	1:13.39
1998	Josr Algarhoud	Kieren Fallon	Mick Channon	1:10.28
1999	Mull of Kintyre	Michael Kinane	Aidan O'Brien	1:11.51
2000	Bannister	Johnny Murtagh	Richard Hannon Sr.	1:12.50
2001	Rock of Gibraltar	Michael Kinane	Aidan O'Brien	1:11.23
2002	Country Reel	Frankie Dettori	David Loder	1:12.61
2003	Balmont	Pat Eddery	Jeremy Noseda	1:11.07
2004	Tony James	Seb Sanders	Clive Brittain	1:14.30
2005	Amadeus Wolf	Neil Callan	Kevin Ryan	1:09.75
2006	Conquest	Jimmy Fortune	William Haggas	1:11.81
2007	Sir Gerry	Jamie Spencer	James Fanshawe	1:14.16
2008	Shaweel [b]	Greg Fairley	Mark Johnston	1:13.92
2009	Showcasing	Jimmy Fortune	John Gosden	1:09.28
2010	Approve	Eddie Ahern	William Haggas	1:11.67
2011	Caspar Netscher	Robert Winston	Alan McCabe	1:12.74
2012	Blaine	Phillip Makin	Kevin Ryan	1:11.53
2013	Astaire	Neil Callan	Kevin Ryan	1:13.72
2014	Muhaarar	Paul Hanagan	Charles Hills	1:10.52
2015	Ajaya	Graham Gibbons	William Haggas	1:10.84
2016	Blue Point	William Buick	Charlie Appleby	1:09.00
2017	Sands of Mali	Paul Hanagan	Richard Fahey	1:11.16
2018	Emaraaty Ana	Frankie Dettori	Kevin Ryan	1:10.79
2019	Threat	Oisin Murphy	Richard Hannon Jr.	1:09.62
2020	Minzaal	Jim Crowley	Owen Burrows	1:11.21
2021	Lusail	Pat Dobbs	Richard Hannon Jr.	1:10.13
2022	Noble Style	William Buick	Charlie Appleby	1:10.51

Gimcrack Stakes Previous Result

🚀 Noble Style – remember the name. He could be very smart, coming from off the pace to win the £250,000 G2 @ABE_Dubai Gimcrack Stakes for William Buick, Charlie Appleby & @godolphin @yorkracecourse

🏇 Three runs
🥇 Three wins
⭐️ Serious prospect pic.twitter.com/LM2wRiTHIG

— Racing TV (@RacingTV) August 19, 2022

Famous Gimcrack Stakes Winners

The Gimcrack Stakes was first run in 1846 and was named after a 27-times winner, although none of them were at York.

It was open to both sexes until being restricted to colts and geldings in 1987.

It is currently held on day 3 of the York Ebor Festival meeting.

Among the earlier winners was Bahram, a Triple Crown winner for His Highness The Aga Khan. Only Nijinsky (1970) has managed to complete the Triple Crown since, although it is no longer a priority with the breeding industry now more focussed on speed than stamina.

The brilliant Mill Reef won the Gimcrack in 1970 and later added the Dewhurst Stakes. He was beaten by Brigadier Gerard in one of the finest renewals of the 2000 Guineas ever witnessed. Mill Reef excelled over middle distances, winning the Epsom Derby, the King George and the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.

Nebbiolo (1976) was the next horse to go on from the Gimcrack to lift a Classic, taking the 2000 Guineas. He defeated subsequent Epsom Derby winner The Minstrel.

1993 winner Turtle Island had a marked preference for soft ground and would revel in the testing conditions to win the Irish 2000 Guineas by 15 lengths.

Rock of Gibraltar (2001) won ten of his thirteen career races, winning seven consecutive Group 1 races for Aidan O’Brien. His notable victories included the 2000 Guineas, the Irish 2000 Guineas, St James’s Palace Stakes and Sussex Stakes. He was the most recent Gimcrack winner to win a Classic but the race has produced Champion sprinters Muhaarar (2014) and Blue Point (2016).

Muhaarar had enough class to win the seven-furlong Greenham Stakes first time out as a three-year-old, breaking the course record in the process. Things did not go his way in the French 2000 Guineas but he reverted successfully to sprint distances, his victories including the Commonwealth Cup and the July Cup.

Blue Point won over £2.6 million in prize money for Godolphin. His best season was in 2019 when he won twice at Royal Ascot, taking the King’s Stand Stakes and the Diamond Jubilee Stakes. He was named 2019 Cartier Champion Sprinter.

Key Gimcrack Stakes Trials

The most informative trial for the Gimcrack Stakes in recent years has been the Richmond Stakes at Glorious Goodwood. Three of the last twelve winners ran in that race, all three finishing in the frame at the Sussex track.

Course form is a definite positive with four of the twelve having recorded at least one previous victory at York.

The Gimcrack winner has almost automatically been aimed at the Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket next time.

Eight of the last twelve Gimcrack winners ran in that race with Astaire (2013) taking the Group 1 prize.

Caspar Netscher (2011) followed up successfully in the Mill Reef Stakes at Newbury while Threat (2019) won the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster next time out.

Gimcrack Stakes Betting Trends

Only three of the last twelve favourites have won the Gimcrack Stakes; Blue Point (2016) at 11-8, Threat (2019) at 11-10 and Minzaal (2020) at 5-2.

There have also been five other winners from the first three in the betting during that period.

Shock results are rare in the Gimcrack with only Sands Of Mali (2017) at 14-1 falling into that category in recent years.

An official rating of 104 or higher is normally required to win this race. Astaire and Muhaarar both won off that rating while the highest rated winner in the last twelve seasons was Threat (111).

All twelve winners had recorded at least one previous victory and all but one had raced more than once.

Gimcrack Stakes – Top Trainers and Jockeys

You have to delve deep into the history books to find the leading trainers and jockeys in the Gimcrack. William l’Anson Jnr trained seven winners between 1881 and 1903 while John Osborne Jnr rode nine winners between 1852 and 1880.

Kevin Ryan has a fine record in the Gimcrack with four winners. He won with Amadeus Wolf (2005), Blaine (2012), Astaire (2013) and Emaraaty Ana (2018).

William Haggas has three winners; Conquest (2006), Approve (2010) and Ajaya (2015) and Richard Hannon Jnr has won it twice in the last three seasons with Threat (2019) and Lusail (2021).

Frankie Dettori won it for the first time with Abou Zouz back in 1996, trained by David Loder. The same combination struck again with Country Reel in 2002 and Dettori won it for the third time aboard Emaraaty Ana in 2018.

Best Gimcrack Stakes Betting Sites

The Gimcrack Stakes has regularly produced top-class winners including numerous Classic winners.

Although the current trend is for top-class sprinters, it remains a very informative race for the top juvenile races in the Autumn.

Shock results have been rare and it usually provides a competitive race with each-way betting opportunities.

Summary of Gimcrack Stakes

We hope you have enjoyed our guide to the Gimcrack Stakes.

It is of the best races of the season and at the York Ebor meeting, many top-class performers have won the race and gone on to even greater things.

It’s one of our favourite races of the year.

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Resources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimcrack_Stakes