2025 Ebor Grand Cup Stakes Betting Tips
We’re looking forward to a competitive battle at the Knavesmire this Saturday. The runners and riders will compete in the Race to the Ebor Grand Cup Stakes, with this being the third race on a seven-race card. Absurde was third last time out, with that effort coming at Chester last month in a six-runner race.
Previously to that was a success at Plumpton, with the 9/4 favourite landing the spoils in the Sussex Champion Hurdle Handicap, with that being an impressive four length success over the distance of two miles. Willie Mullins also saw his charge run well at the Cheltenham Festival in March when finishing third in the County Handicap Hurdle.
Term Of Endearment was second last time out and could go one better for William Haggas at York. The six-year-old was second out of seven runners in that previous showing, with that coming after a decent effort at Meydan. Back in August, there was a success at Goodwood when fending off seven other runners.
Alsakib ran at York for Andrew Balding last time out, with the four-year-old likely to be in the final shake-up here. The horse might have needed a run at the Knavesmire when finishing fourth out of five runners. That was in the ultra-competitive Yorkshire Cup Stakes over one mile and six furlongs and there was only one and a half lengths separating him from victory.
2023 Race To The Ebor Grand Cup Stakes
Israr is the betting favourite to win the 2023 Race To The Ebor Grand Cup Stakes, with John & Thady Gosden’s horse potentially the one to beat at the Knavesmire. The four-year-old was beaten into second at Newbury last time out, although it was still a bold showing from a horse who was runner-up to Haskoy in the Al Rayyan Stakes on 20 May.
This was a Group 3 encounter and we might expect more from a runner that was below par in the November Handicap at Doncaster in early November, with Quickthorn also among the favourites for this race. In the Yorkshire Cup Stakes, the runner was fourth out of six runners over one mile and six furlongs although this was certainly a quality field.
Roberto Escobarr is a William Haggas-trained runner who claimed a victory at Sandown Park on 25 May, with the experienced six-year-old scoring in the Henry II Stakes. This time around, Tom Marquand will be on board a horse who appears to be improving with age considering that this was the runner’s first win in seven attempts.
Lone Eagle is another runner who has struggled to secure a victory, with the horse finishing second in the Ormonde Stakes at Chester on 11 May, with the charge outperforming odds of 10/1 to finish ahead of favourite Changingoftheguard. This was an improvement on a Newbury showing where the horse finishing well down the pecking order.