Coral Eclipse Stakes Tips, Odds & Runners 2025

The Coral Eclipse is a premier race run at Sandown over 1m2f at the beginning of July every year. It is the first all-age Group 1 of the British flat season, and looks set to be a humdinger in 2025 with a potentially exciting clash of generations combining for a midsummer treat.

Coral Eclipse Tips

Here is who the GG tipsters are backing for the 2025 running of the Coral Eclipse at Sandown on Saturday, 5th July…

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Coral Eclipse Odds

Here is how they bet for the 2025 edition of the Coral Eclipse as things stand:

Who are this year’s Coral Eclipse Favourites?

The Coral Eclipse betting is currently headed by both three-year-olds potentially about to reach the peak of their powers, and some older horses already demonstrating their natural ability. The Eclipse is always a brilliant clash of generations and the 2025 renewal looks set to be no different.

Ombudsman has taken his form to a new level this season after a sensational performance at Royal Ascot recently. He has shot to prominence as one of the Eclipse favourites, with Sosie a potential runner for France, having won a Group 1 earlier this season too. Of the younger generation, Derby favourite Delacroix could look to bounce back here, though stablemate Camille Pissarro, winner of the Prix Du Jockey Club (French Derby), may also take his chance.

Who are this year’s Eclipse Underdogs?

Those at the head of the betting will be difficult favourites to overcome, but there are also some Eclipse underdogs who are burning under the radar. Those who like to back horses each-way will know there are some value prices about some talented Coral Eclipse underdogs ahead of the race.

Last Year’s Coral Eclipse Odds

The Coral Eclipse was won by star three-year-old City Of Troy in 2024, who went off at the prohibitive odds of 1/4.

Eclipse Stakes Racecourse 

The Eclipse is broadly run over a galloping layout at Sandown’s 1m2f course. The field starts on the furthest part of the track to the grandstand, covering the first 5f broadly on a straight, with a slight kink to the right.

The field then covers a sharp right-handed u-turn, that briefly crests in the middle, before the final stretch. This ensures that over longer distances, Sandown is relatively more difficult for front-runners to hold onto their lead, which leads to more interesting tactical scenarios.

Betting Strategies for the Coral Eclipse

You can bet on the Eclipse Stakes in numerous ways, to ensure that whatever the line-up in the race, you can have a fun wager on an outcome.

Outright Winner

Ultimately, however many runners take part in a renewal of the Coral Eclipse, you will always be able to back a horse in the outright winner market. The 1/4 for City Of Troy may not have seemed like great value a year ago, but in a small field, it can still be the best way of returning a profit.

Each Way

If there are five or more runners in the 2025 Eclipse, then you can look to find an each-way play. These are traditionally horses trading at 5/1 or bigger, as you return in profit if they finish in the places. There have been 8/1 and 14/1 winners within the last decade too.

Draw Biases

Over this trip there is rarely too much of a bias in terms of the draw at Sandown. Especially given the field size is often small, runners drawn wider have little difficulty in making the switch across, while the straight is long enough for a horse ridden under any tactics to close on the leader.

Are There Any Specific Coral Eclipse Stakes Betting Offers?

As the race approaches, we will know more about any extra place, best odds guaranteed, or any other offers related to the Coral Eclipse 2025.

Coral Eclipse Stakes Trends & Historic Data

Though plenty of greats have contested the race, no horse has ever won the Eclipse on three occasions. Five horses have doubled up in it though, although none have done so since Halling in 1996. Even the great Enable fell short when Ghaiyyath defeated her in 2020 after she had won the year before.

In terms of the personnel behind the horses though, the winning-most jockey, trainer and owner are all historic names in the sport. Firstly, Lester Piggott holds the record among the riders with seven wins, including a first at the age of just 15 aboard Mystery in 1951.

Last year, Aidan O’Brien overtook Alec Taylor jr by recording a seventh win in the race with Paddington that also ensured Sue Magnier and Coolmore owned their seventh winner in the contest.

For those looking for recent trends, all of the last six winners have gone off at 11/4 or shorter, while you have to go back all the way to 2005 for the last winner at a double-figure price. This is not a race to stray away from the market leaders, while there has been an ascendancy from the Classic generation, with three-year-olds claiming the last three runnings.

Eclipse Horse Entries & Selections

The Eclipse is one of the most open races in terms of qualification and criteria. It is the first Group 1 race in which both older horses and the Classic generation can compete, with any horse aged three or upwards eligible to run in the race.

It boasts a maximum field of just 17, but rarely gets anywhere near that number, coming in between the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes, in which those four years old and upward do not have to concede weight for age penalties to the three-year-olds who are ineligible, and the King George, the more decorated prize over 1m4f.

However, it is still a top class race with significant history and pedigree. Andrew Mount and Matty Sutcliffe will no doubt have their opinions on the contest as it approaches in July.

Which Trainers Have Historically Had the Most Success in the Eclipse?

Aidan O’Brien will be looking for a record extending ninth victory in the Eclipse if any of his runners go to post. He has won three of the last four runnings courtesy of St Mark’s Basilica, Paddington and City Of Troy, though his first success was arguably the most thrilling back in 2000, when Giant’s Causeway was victorious.

However, O’Brien is only two wins ahead of Sir Michael Stoute, only adding further intrigue to the 2025 Eclipse. Stoute’s most recent win was in 2017 with Ulysses, a similar type to Passenger who ran in the same owner’s colours, while his first victory in the race was back in 1993 with Opera House.

Coral Eclipse Last 10 Winners

Favourite backers would have found the winner of five of the last ten Eclipses, although they would still have made a loss overall with three of those five having gone off at odds-on.

Year	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Odds
2015	Golden Horn	John Gosden	Frankie Dettori	4/9F
2016	Hawkbill	Charlie Appleby	William Buick	6/1
2017	Ulysses	Sir Michael Stoute	Jim Crowley	8/1
2018	Roaring Lion	John Gosden	Oisin Murphy	7/4F
2019	Enable	John Gosden	Frankie Dettori	4/6F
2020	Ghaiyyath	Charlie Appleby	William Buick	9/4
2021	St Mark’s Basilica	Aidan O’Brien	Ryan Moore	EvsF
2022	Vadeni	Jean-Claude Rouget	Christophe Soumillon	11/4
2023	Paddington	Aidan O’Brien	Ryan Moore	8/11F
2024	City Of Troy	Aidan O’Brien	Ryan Moore	1/4F