Over the last five seasons we’ve seen eight Ascot Champions Day favourites win – with the most recent being the Frankie Dettori-ridden King Of Steel in 2023, who won the Champion Stakes.
With six races per meeting, this works out at a 27% Ascot favourites strike-rate over Champions Day since 2019.
One of those horse racing market leaders was Magical in 2019 – a horse that heading into the 2024 meeting remains trainer Aidan O’Brien’s last winner at this fixture.
| Year | Favourite Winners | Number Of Races |
| 2023 | 1 (King Of Steel) | 6 |
| 2022 | 3 (Trueshan, Kinross, Emily Upjohn) | 6 |
| 2021 | 1 (Trueshan) | 6 |
| 2020 | 1 (Wonderful Tonight) | 6 |
| 2019 | 2 (Star Catcher, Magical) | 6 |
| Totals | 8 | 30 |