Stable Plate Records

Fastest Win: ROAD TO RESPECT 2017 ridden by Brian J Cooper trained by Noel Meade finished in 308.9s – 5 minutes 8.9 seconds

Most successful horse (2 wins):

The Tsarevich – 1985, 1986
Elfast – 1992, 1994

Leading jockey (3 wins):

Fred Winter – Slender (1951, dead-heat), Sy Oui (1953), Caesar's Helm (1958)

Leading trainer (4 wins):

Bobby Renton – Tudor Line (1954), Caesar's Helm (1958), Siracusa (1959), Merry Court (1968)
Nicky Henderson – The Tsarevich (1985, 1986), Liberthine (2005), Non So (2006)
Martin Pipe – Terao (1997), Majadou (1999), Dark Stranger (2000), Blowing Wind (2002)

12 Year Trends and Statistics 

• Age – 11 of the last 12 winners have been aged between 6 and 9.
• Sex – All of the last 12 winners were geldings.
• Trainer – David Pipe (3) and Venetia Williams 2 are the only trainers to saddle more than 1 winner in the last 12 years..
• Country – 7 of the last 12 winners were bred in Ireland, 3 in France and 2 in Great Britain.
• Colour – 9 of the last 12 winners were bay..
• Weight Carried – 9 of the last 12 winners have carried between 10st 5lb and 10st 13lb
• Starting Price (SP) – Another race where we might see double figure odds as 8 of the last 12 winners have been 12/1 or higher.
• Starting Price Rank – 3 of the last 12 winners started as favourite and 4 were in the first 2 in the betting.
• Headgear – None of the last 12 winners wore any headgear
• Days Since Last Run – 9 of the last 12 winners had run between 21 and 75 days ago. 
• Last Run Form –4 of the last 12 winners had won last time out. 7 finished in the first 4.
• Official Rating – 10 of the last 12 winners had an OR between 135 and 147.

Keith is currently working through the Cheltenham hopefuls and will update this section as soon as he has made his shortlist of contenders

Keith's shortlist and Antepost tips will appear here as soon as he has made his selections.  To be sure to find out who Keith selects on the morning of the race, join our VIP Club

What was Keith’s Stable Plate Tip for 2020?

Here is what Keith wrote for the 2020 Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate.

Another enigma of a race where, thanks to trainers keeping their cards close to their chests, we are very much in the dark regarding the potential runners and riders.

One horse that does fit the profile for the race is BEN DUNDEE, who has experience of these fences, and finished third in the Novices Handicap Chase at last year's festival. That experience is good enough for me to give him serious consideration.

Currently rated at 142, he is ideally weighted to be competitive in this. While disappointing over 2 miles last time (a trip that is too short for him), his previous run at Navan when ¾ length second over this sort of trip was very decent form indeed.

My selection for the Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate 2020 is: BEN DUNDEE 14/1 (NRNB).

As this article is written in advance of the 2020 Cheltenham Festival, the likely contenders are expected to change as we get closer to St Patricks Day Thursday. The picture also starts to get much clearer as we approach the festival, with trainers starting to show their cards in the weeks leading up to Day 3. 

On the day our runner in the Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate BEN DUNDEE was making good headway when hampered by fallers 2 fences out and fifth was the best he could manage.

Stable Plate Results

Keith Bond is our resident pro tipster here at FRT Towers. Keith lives and breathes horse racing, having begun his love of horse racing over 40 years ago with a part time job at Catterick Racecourse, as one of three fourteen year-olds looking after two jumps and a hurdle.

Over the years, Keith has been a regular at the northern tracks attending countless race meetings and building up a network of contacts, and a portfolio of systems and strategies. 

He was one of the co-founders of Free Racing Tips all the way back in 2008, and his free tips are now backed by more than seventy thousand FRT members every single day.

“Thanks Keith – It’s great to be part of an amazing group of people all after the same thing, passing on tips to beat the bookies”

Colin Parkinson, Harrow.

The FRT community love Keith’s attention to detail, knowledge of past races, and ability to pick horses...

“You offer some great tips, some fantastic outsiders tipped up as well. Most tipsters just put up favourites. Well done and keep up the good work”

John Woolley, Stockport

Cheltenham Festival Thursday

Race Schedule