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?

Last year’s winner, Kalpana, is the place to start, as she heads the market in her quest for back-to-back wins in this race. She will be returning off just a 13-day layoff if contesting this Group 1 though, having finished seventh in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. She has not won this season, but has raced almost exclusively in the highest company, while she was very impressive here 12 months ago.

Rain will be required for Estrange to be seen to best effect. However, David O’Meara’s near-white four-year-old has won four of her six career starts, is still relatively unexposed, and finished closer to Arc runner-up Minnie Hauk at York last time out than Kalpana did in the Arc. The Yorkshire Oaks was contested on ground quicker than ideal.

The even lesser-sighted Waardah also ranks as having a chance given the record of the Classic generation of three-year-olds in this race. She has won three from five, stepping up to land Listed and Group prizes the last twice.

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.

Last Year’s British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes Odds

The 2024 edition was turned into a procession by Kalpana, who won as the 100/30 favourite for Andrew Balding and William Buick.

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.