Young guns not smoking

In the Chester Cup 4 year olds perform 28% lower than expectations with just 4 winners in the last 16 renewals from 69 runners. 5 year olds perform even worse with just 2 winners from 59, which is 49% lower than expected.

 

Experience wins the day

6 and 7 year olds have the best record in the Chester Cup winning 10 of the last 16 renewals, from 61 and 40 runners respectively  6yo's perform 83% better than expected and 7yo's 87% better.

 

High in the weights

In the Chester Cup the top 4 in the weights have won 8 of the last 16 renewals from just 70 runners. That's 78% better than expected and a profit of 31 points to SP if you had backed them all.

 

Favourites chance

The favourite as won the Cheshire Oaks on 8 of the last 15 renewals and would have made you around 10 points profit backing them all. This is 89% higher than the expected 3.7 winners.

 

Fitness edge

8 of the last 15 Cheshire Oaks winners ran within the last 3 weeks prior to winning this race. Those 8 winners came from just 37 runners, which is 86% better than expected. A £1 on each of the 37 runners returned a profit of £14.50 to SP.