UK Group 1 races 2010-present.

A lockdown thread of stats and facts.

There are currently 36 Group 1 races in the UK flat racing calendar.

A number that has increased by four since 2013:
Champion Fillies and Mares (from 2013)
Champion Sprint (2015)
Commonwealth Cup (2015)
Goodwood Cup (2017)

This number could increase further in the coming years with racecourses lobbying to upgrade current Group 2s such as:
Lennox Stakes (Goodwood)
Hungerford Stakes (Newbury)
Gimcrack Stakes (York)
Long Distance Cup (Ascot)
Etc

376 Group 1s have taken place in the UK since 2010.

Winning most trainers:
Aidan O’Brien – 86
John Gosden – 50
Sir Henry Cecil – 18
Sir Michael Stoute – 14
Charlie Appleby – 11
Richard Hannon Jr – 11

UK Group 1 winners since 2010 have been trained in:
226
115
26
2
2
2
1
1
1

Biggest SP of Group 1 winners since 2010:

Sole Power – 2010 Nunthorpe – 100/1
Billesdon Brook – 2018 1000 Guineas – 66/1
Qualify – 2015 Oaks – 50/1
Arabian Queen – 2015 Juddmonte – 50/1

Continued...

… Night Of Thunder – 2014 2000 Guineas – 40/1
Wings Of Eagles – 2017 Derby – 40/1
Jwala – 2013 Nunthorpe – 40/1
Alpha Delphini – 2018 Nunthorpe – 40/1

159 Group 1s have been won by the SP favourite since 2010. At a strike rate of 42.28%.

64 of those winning favourites were odds on.

Frankel at 1/20 in the 2012 Sussex was the shortest priced winner in that period.

35 odds on favourites failed to win in that time.

Taghrooda at 1/5 in the 2014 Yorkshire Oaks was the shortest priced loser.

The average finishing position of a Group 1 favourite since 2010 is 2.99.

Highest average SP of winner since 2010:

Nunthorpe – 20.77/1
1000 Guineas – 14.74/1
Oaks – 13.36/1
2000 Guineas – 10.43/1
Derby – 10.42/1

Lowest average SP of winner since 2010:

Coronation Cup – 2.74/1
Yorkshire Oaks – 2.87/1
Lockinge – 3.13/1
St James’s Palace – 3.57/1
Sussex – 3.57/1

Highest average runners per year since 2010:

King’s Stand – 16.09
1000 Guineas – 15.64
Diamond Jubilee – 15.27
2000 Guineas – 15.09
Nunthorpe – 14.45

Lowest average runners per year since 2010:

Sussex – 6.73
Coronation Cup – 6.91
Eclipse – 7.09
Falmouth – 7.27

Horses with most UK Group 1 wins since 2010:

10 – Frankel
7 – Enable, Stradivarius
5 - Minding
4 – Canford Cliffs
4 – Sole Power

Continued…

…
3 each – Battaash, Blue Point, Camelot, Cracksman, Dawn Approach, Dream Ahead, Ghaiyyath, Highland Reel, Love, Midday, Muhaarar, Postponed, Roaring Lion, Sky Lantern, Solow, St Nicholas Abbey, The Fugue, The Tin Man, Twice Over, U S Navy Flag, Winter.

Aidan O’Brien dominates many of the Group 1 stats since 2010 with 86 total wins.

Classics:
Winning 24 of 55
10 favs. 14 non favs. Ave winning SP 9.92/1

Less dominant in Royal Ascot Group 1s:
Winning 14 of 83
10 favs. 4 non favs. Ave winning SP 3.11/1

3,962 horses have competed in UK Group 1s since 2010.

617 (15.57%) were trained by Aidan O’Brien.

UK Group 1 races with most Aidan O’Brien runners since 2010:

Derby – Average of 4.55 per year or 33.58% of total
Oaks – 3.36 or 30.25%
Vertem Futurity Trophy – 2.55 or 27.77%
Dewhurst – 2.09 or 26.77%
St Leger – 2.45 or 24.94%

So, O’Brien will often have multiple runners.

Taking O’Brien’s shortest price runner in every UK Group 1 since 2010:
Average price – 6.59/1
Average finishing position – 4.37

O’Brien’s highest placed finisher:
Average price – 9.15/1
Average finishing position – 3.81

When winning a UK Group 1, how many total runners in the race did O’Brien have?

1 runner – 24 wins
2 – 32
3 – 13
4 – 9
5 – 5
6 – 2
7 runners – 1 win

Since 2010, O’Brien’s shortest priced runner in a UK Group 1 has finished 10th or worse on 26 occasions.

In 21 of those races O'Brien had only one runner.

My spreadsheet with all the results on is a monster and growing by the week. So they'll be more stats and specific race analysis as the flat season commences in May.