2025 Jockey Club Stakes Betting Odds at Newmarket racecourse

Friday, 02 May 2025

There’s some quality racing at Newmarket on Friday and perhaps the pick of the card is the Betfred Jockey Club Stakes. Silver Knott was able to win on his seasonal debut last time out and the Charlie Appleby-trained charge might be able to build on this success. However, Ambiente Friendly is another talented four-year-old who was fourth last time out.

Space Legend is returning to the track after some bright performances in the previous season. William Haggas has a four-year-old with solid credentials and another horse trading at the same price is Bellum Justum. Andrew Balding doesn’t just have this runner lining up but also Divina Grace who can go well at a bigger price.

Silver Knott
Silver Knott
2.50
Silver Knott
Silver Knott
Best Odds2.50
All Odds6/45/4
Ambiente Friendly
Ambiente Friendly
2.75
Ambiente Friendly
Ambiente Friendly
Best Odds2.75
All Odds7/47/4
Bellum Justum
Bellum Justum
6.00
Bellum Justum
Bellum Justum
Best Odds6.00
All Odds5/15/1
Divina Grace
Divina Grace
7.50
Divina Grace
Divina Grace
Best Odds7.50
All Odds13/26/1

2025 Jockey Club Stakes Betting Tips

Silver Knott was able to pick up a valuable win on his seasonal debut, with the five-year-old claiming a victory at Meydan at the beginning of March. The horse was sent off as the 8/13 favourite in this Group 2 encounter, with the horse performing well over one mile and four furlongs. This came after running in esteemed company at Belmont and Saratoga.

Ambiente Friendly was able to finish fourth this season when running in a five-runner encounter at Newmarket. This was in mid-April and came after the horse finished dead last at Longchamp in the Qatar Prix Niel. However, we should reflect that the runner was second in the Epsom Derby last year and clearly has good pedigree.

Space Legend returns to the track after a long lay-off and William Haggas trains a runner who achieved consecutive fourth-placed finishes last time out. The previous outing came at York in a competitive encounter, and that was after finishing dead last at Newmarket. However, there was a bright showing at Ascot when finishing second in the King Edward VII Stakes.

Bellum Justum was fifth last time out, with Andrew Balding training a horse that performed well in the Surprise Stakes. However, the real star performance of his career came at Kentucky Downs at the end of August. In the Derby Invitational Stakes, the horse was able to claim the spoils by over two lengths.


2024 Jockey Club Stakes Tips

Lion’s Pride was last seen running on the all-weather at Kempton Racecourse, with this horse turning out on 1 April where he was able to finish third out of five runners. This came after a victory at the same course in November where we saw the charge fend off three other rivals, although there are plenty of lively contenders in this field.

Time Lock returns to the track after a 200-day absence and Harry Charlton will hope that jockey Ryan Moore can produce a winning ride on this mount. The five-year-old was last seen finishing midfield in a competitive race at Ascot, with that coming in the British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes, with the horse competing well in this contest.

King Of Conquest is a five-year-old who has a lively each-way chance, with this being one of two Godolphin horses who could run a big race. The fact that William Buick has chosen to ride this charge suggests he has the best chance of the Charlie Appleby-trained runners, with the horse finishing fourth out of ten runners in Bahrain last time out.

Castle Way was also fourth in his previous showing, with this coming out of nine runners at Meydan where the horse performed reasonably well in a competitive heat. This came after a second-placed finish at York, with the last victory being on the July course at Newmarket where the runner was able to fend off five other rivals.