British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes Betting Odds 

One of the four Group 1s on British Champions Day is limited to the girls, with the British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes crowning the best middle distance horse of their sex for that season. It is run over 1m4f at Ascot and is the only race held over that distance that day, meaning any filly or mare who wishes to step up from the 1m2f of the Champion Stakes to take on their own sex has a happy home. The market starts to shape up from months out, with the betting currently as follows.

Odds to follow

Who are This Year’s British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes Favourites?

There are lots of Group 1 winners from 2024 who are in contention for the British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes. Perhaps the highest performing filly has been Bluestocking, who not only broke through at the top level earlier this campaign, but has finished second in the open King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes over this course and distance, finishing ahead of the likes of former Derby hero Auguste Rodin.

She is the most popular four-year-old in the race, but the Classic generation is well supplied to win this contest, as three-year-olds did in every season between 2017 and 2022. Aidan O’Brien is, unsurprisingly, the key handle involved with two of those, with Yorkshire Oaks winner Content and Nassau Stakes heroine Opera Singer both improving as the season has gone on.

However, the former was beaten in the Irish Oaks by Ralph Beckett’s You Got To Me, though she did turn the tables on the Knavesmire. Nevertheless, her trainer won this with Simple Verse in 2015 and appears to have stamina in abundance.

Who are This Year’s British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes Underdogs?

All of the underdogs for the British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes are available in at least one place at 10/1 or bigger, so each-way returns are likely if you are brave enough to find a filly or mare who stands out at a price.

Bettors may choose to side with a more up-and-coming filly of the likes of Kalpana, Purple Lily or Sea Just In Time, all of whom are around the 10-16/1 mark, though more experienced Group 1 performers such as Emily Upjohn or Jackie Oh can also be backed at similar odds.

Last Year’s British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes Odds

Soft ground played a part in proceedings last year, as a 22/1 shock was recorded courtesy of Poptronic, who gamely held off Bluestocking for Karl Burke.

Betting Strategies for the British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes

It is worth being aware of a number of different betting strategies for Champions Day races, as there are many ways of trying to make money off this brilliant series of races at Ascot.

Outright Winner

Three of the last five winners of the British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes have gone off as favourites, though there have been 16/1 and 22/1 outsiders in that time too. Nevertheless, this is the most popular market for the race, and it is worth monitoring it closely to get the best price about your chosen fancy.

Each Way

The 22/1 winner last season would have reward outright and each-way backers, though in 2022, only those who backed 50/1 shot Thunder Kiss and 80/1 outsider Insinuendo would have received returns for their second and third-placed efforts respectively. Even with ¼ or ⅕ of those odds at standard each-way terms, their backers would have returned with a healthy profit.

Draw Biases

A significant trend is beginning to unravel in the British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes when it comes to the draw as seven of the last eight winners have been drawn between stalls 8-11. That is very unusual, as no field in that time has exceeded 14, so this is a very specific trend to follow.

British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes Odds of Past 10 Winners

Generally, those towards of the head of he market are worth following, but when a winner does emerge at odds longer than 5/1, they have tended to be right from left field, at 12/1 or higher.

Year	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Odds
2023	Poptronic	Karl Burke	Sam James	22/1
2022	Emily Upjohn	John & Thady Gosden	Frankie Dettori	3/1F
2021	Eshaada	Roger Varian	Jim Crowley	16/1
2020	Wonderful Tonight	David Menuisier	William Buick	4/1F
2019	Star Catcher	John Gosden	Frankie Dettori	7/4F
2018	Magical	Aidan O’Brien	Ryan Moore	5/1
2017	Hydrangea	Aidan O’Brien	Ryan Moore	4/1
2016	Journey	John Gosden	Frankie Dettori	4/1
2015	Simple Verse	Ralph Beckett	Andrea Atzeni	5/1
2014	Madame Chiang	David Simcock	Jim Crowley	12/1