Dewhurst Stakes Betting Tips, Winners & History

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Dewhurst Stakes Betting Tips

Note: The following tips are from 2020. Tips for the next renewal will be added once the final declarations have been made.

The name of Aidan O’Brien rarely seems to be too far from the summit of the trainers’ table in any of the top British or Irish Group 1 events, and that is the case once again here. With a total of six previous wins in the race, O’Brien is only two successes off a tie for the all-time lead, and is comfortably the most successful of the trainers represented this year.

With five previous wins to his name, Kevin Manning has some way to go to catch all-time leader Lester Piggott’s 10 victories, but he is the most successful of the riders on show in 2020. Manning gets the leg up on the Jim Bolger-trained Poetic Flare this year.

The favourites boast an impressive 70% strike rate in this event across the past decade. There were no great prices amongst those seven winning jollies, with the biggest being the even money returned by Too Darn Hot in 2018. Still, there’s been enough to edge supporters of the market leader into a level stakes profit of £1.60 over this period.

Chindit – 5/2

Given their renowned success with juveniles, it is a little surprising to note that neither Richard Hannon Snr nor Richard Hannon Jr has ever won this race. Bidding to change all that this year – and in with a pretty good chance of doing so according to the market – is the Wootton Bassett colt, Chindit.

Looking a horse of some potential when winning a decent maiden contest on debut at Doncaster back in July, he has gone on to back up that promise with successes at both Listed and Group 2 level. One of the most notable aspects of his three wins to date is just how smooth they have been – each time coming from a little off the pace to forge clear in the closing stages, without ever really appearing to be under maximum pressure.

His win in the Champagne Stakes last time out would look to represent just about the best from on offer here, with both the close up second and third being held in very high regard, and there being a mile back to the fourth placed finisher. A length clear of the re-opposing Albasheer in that Doncaster event, he will likely need to pull out a bit more in what is the hottest juvenile contest of the season. But on what we have seen to date, there is every reason to believe he may be up to the task.

Alkumait – 8/1

Marcus Tregoning took this prize back in 2005 with his subsequent Epsom Derby hero, Sir Percy, and will have high hopes of claiming the pot for a second time with the Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum-owned runner, Alkumait.

This one looked a winner in waiting when enjoying no sort of run in a novice contest on debut at Newbury, and has since gone on to back up that assessment with two highly impressive successes in his two most recent starts. Way too good for his rivals in a maiden event at Goodwood, he then had significantly more on his plate when stepped into the Group 2 Mill Reef Stakes back at Newbury last time out. And whilst he didn’t get the job done quite so easily that day, he was still hardly going full throttle in registering success by a margin of almost a length from a quality field. The manner in which he loomed up on the outside, quickened clear and pricked his ears once in front hinted at a very smart performer in the making, and he looks well worth this seat at the top table.

The main question mark comes with this step up from six furlongs to seven furlongs, particularly with the ground looking like making this a thorough test at the trip. By speed influence, Showcasing, and out of a Dutch Art mare, he does have questions to answer on the pedigree front, but was so impressive in that latest win that we are loathe to rule him out.

Wembley – 10/1

Aidan O’Brien regularly sends a colt from at least towards the top of his juvenile pecking order for this race. Champion juvenile, Air Force Blue, and subsequent 2,000 Guineas king, Churchill, have featured amongst his four winners of the race in the past 10 years. O’Brien saddles two this year in the shape of St Mark’s Basilica and Wembley. Of that duo it is the latter who we fancy boasts the stronger claims.

Something of a slow burner, this son of Galileo didn’t break his duck until the fourth time of asking, but it isn’t unusual for one from this yard to take a while to come to hand. The fact that his Roscommon victory came on soft/heavy ground augurs well for his chance, but it is his effort in defeat last time out at the Curragh which makes him of strong interest here. Travelling all over the back of a packed field in that Group 1 National Stakes contest, he was forced to check and switch wide before finishing with a real flourish to reel in all bar Thunder Moon at the line.

We fancy he may well have won that race with a clearer passage. Whilst the manner in which he hit the line strongly is a big positive in a contest where a premium is likely to be placed upon stamina. Being a full brother to Johannes Vermeer, this one also gets a big tick in the pedigree box. The biggest success of Johannes Vermeer’s career came when winning the 2015 Group 1 Criterium International over this trip of seven furlongs during his juvenile campaign – with the race being run on very soft ground that year.