When it comes to historic flat horse races, there are few that are older than the Gimcrack Stakes. This is a Group 2 encounter which has its heritage from 1846, with Al Basti Equiworld having been one of the most recent sponsors. There is a substantial purse that is made available to the winning connections.

You can get the best York betting odds by comparing the different bookmakers. We will have Gimcrack betting odds and horse racing price boosts that are made available for this six furlong encounter, with this being a straight dash down the Knavesmire straight in the hope of landing victory.

The 2022 Gimcrack Stakes winner was Noble Style who pleased punters who backed the Charlie Appleby-trained charge at 3/1. He beat race favourite Marshman who traded at 9/4, while Cold Case rewarded each-way backers at 18/1 and some backers were able to get Best Odds Guaranteed on the above runners.

Trainer Richard Hannon Jnr has achieved some notable success in this race, with Threat obliging in 2019 and the same handler was in the winners’ enclosure with Lusail two years later. Owen Burrows was able to produce an excellent training performance in 2020 to score with Minzaal.

If you look through the Ebor Festival racecard, then you are able to find that the Gimcrack Stakes takes pride of place on Day Three of the meeting. This forms part of the same York racecard as the Lonsdale Cup, with extra each-way places often made available with some of the best bookmakers.