The Investec Specialist Bank "Dash" is a class 2 handicap run over 5 furlongs, which takes place on the undercard of the Derby Day at Epsom on Saturday 7th June. Dandy Nicholls and Stuart Williams have accounted for 6 of the last 12 winners and both have entries in this year’s race.
Below we take a look at the trends for the past 10 years:
Age (Win-Place-Runners)
3yo: 0-1-9
4yo: 3-9-50
5yo: 1-10-35
6yo: 5-5-41
7yo: 0-1-24
8yo+: 1-4-28
9 of 10 winners were aged 4 to 6, though they have represented around 67.4% of total runners.
Weight (Win-Place-Runners)
horses carrying 9-7 or more: 2-3-16
horses carrying 9-0 to 9-6: 3-10-58
horses carrying 8-7 to 8-13: 3-12-70
horses carrying 8-6 or less: 2-5-43
No very strong trend on the weights.
horses carrying a penalty: 0-4-17
Top weight: 07375095190 (1-1-10)
Official Ratings
horses rated 100 or higher: 2-6-28
horses rated 90 to 99: 5-14-92
horses rated 89 or lower: 3-10-67
The last 3 winners were all rated 93 or higher.
Recent/Past Form
9 of 10 winners had run 1 to 4 times that season (exception having first run of year)
8 of 10 winners had run in past 4 weeks
7 of 10 winners had run in at least 15 handicaps
9 of 10 winners had won at least 2 handicaps
10 of 10 winners had won over 5F
8 of 10 winners had won over 6F
8 of 10 winners had won a race worth 9K+
6 of 10 winners had won at class 2 or higher (2 exceptions had finished close 2nd in a race worth 29K+)
8 of 10 winners had contested a listed or group race
Other Races
Record of first 5 from Stellar Group Handicap: 0061851933821057 (3-3-16)
Gosforth Park Cup winner (Magical Macey): 01 (1-0-2)
SIS Sprint Handicap winner (Barnet Fair): 70480 (0-1-5)
Betfred Supports Jack Berry House Stakes winner (Monsieur Joe): 00 (0-0-2)
Investec Investment & Wealth Handicap winner (Caspian Prince): 00790 (0-0-5)
Great Surrey Handicap winner (Swan Song): 60070 (0-0-5)
3 of 10 winners ran in Investec Wealth & Investment Handicap, finishing 733
3 of 10 winners ran in Chester Stellar Group Handicap, finishing 152
3 of 10 winners ran in Betfred Supports Jack Berry House H'cap, finishing 830
3 of 10 winners ran in previous season's Ayr Gold Cup, finishing 000
3 of 10 winners ran in previous season's King George Stakes, finishing 070
2 of 10 winners ran in previous season's Coral Sprint Trophy, finishing 00
2 of 10 winners ran in previous season's City Wall Stakes, finishing 12
2 of 10 winners ran in previous season's Wokingham H'cap, finishing 00
Trainers
Dandy Nicholls (2-4-37) has won 4 of the last 12 runnings, all 4 of those winners were aged 6 or older.
Stuart Williams (2-2-7) has a fine record in this race, gaining 2 wins (33/1 & 7/1) and 2 places (20/1 & 9/2) from 7 runners in the past 10 years.
Andrew Balding (1-2-9) has saddled the winner and a couple of placed finishers since 2004.
John Best (1-0-1) trained Stone Of Folca to win this in 2012 at 50/1 and Kevin Ryan (1-0-16) won it in 2006.
Bryan Smart (0-2-5) & Simon Dow (0-2-5) has both saddled 2 placed finishers in last 10 years.
David O’Meara (0-1-1), Peter Crate (0-1-2) & Ronald Harris (0-1-4) have all filled 1 place in past 4 runnings.
Draw
horses draw 1 to 7: 1-10-70
horses draw 8 to 14: 4-11-70
horses drawn 15 to 20: 5-9-47
9 of 10 winners were drawn 8 or higher
The only horse drawn lower than 8 to take this in past 10 years was shock winner Stone Of Folca at 50/1 in 2012.
Price
7 of 10 winners were priced between 5/1 and 14/1
No very strong trends on prices, though this is a race where we’ve seen a few upsets in recent years, with a 33/1 winner in 2010 and a 50/1 victor in 2012.
The favourite (1-3-14) won this last year, though that was the first winning favourite since 2001. In past 10 years they show a level stakes loss of 4.00.
Summary:
Based on the trends from the past 10 years you are looking for a horse:
- Aged 4 to 6
- Run 1 to 4 times this season
- Had last run in past 28 days
- Won over 5F and 6F
- Won at class 2 or higher (worth 9K+)
- Has run in a group or listed race
- Finished in first 3 in Investec Investment & Wealth Handicap
- Finished in first 5 in Betfred Mobile Sprint and/or Stellar Group H'cap
- Ran in 2013 Ayr Gold Cup and/or King George Stakes
- Drawn 8 or higher (ideally 15 or higher)
- Trained by Dandy Nicholls or Stuart Williams.
