Dante Stakes Trends 2025

May 14, 2025
Andy Newton

Run at York racecourse, the Dante Stakes is a Group Two contest for 3 year-olds that is run over a trip of 1m2f.

Staged in the middle of May each season the middle-distance contest is seen as a key Epsom Derby Trial, with four of the last 21 Dante Stakes winners going onto land the fourth English Classic - Desert Crown (2022) and Golden Hornin 2015, being the most-recent horses to complete the Dante/Derby double - 11 in total have won both races (see them all below).

Trainer John Gosden has won three of the last 10 runnings and the Johnston has been responsible for two of the last 8 winning horses. While leading Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien, who has also won the race four times, should be noted.

Finally, it's a race jockey Oisin Murphy is making his own, with three wins since 2018.

We take a look back at past winners of the Dante Stakes, plus give you the key trends ahead of the 2025 renewal – this year run on Thursday 15th May

Past Dante Stakes Winners

2024 - ECONOMICS (6/1)
2023 - THE FOXES (6/1)
2022 - DESERT CROWN (7/2 jfav)
2021 - HURRICANE LANE (5/1)
2020 – THUNDEROUS (13/2)
2019 – TELECASTER (7/1)
2018 – ROARING LION (3/1 fav)
2017 – PERMIAN (10/1)
2016 – WINGS OF DESIRE (9/1)
2015 – GOLDEN HORN (4/1)
2014 – THE GREY GATSBY (9/1)
2013 – LIBERTARIAN (33/1)
2012 – BONFIRE (3/1)
2011 – CARLTON HOUSE (11/4)
2010 – CAPE BLANCO (9/2)
2009 – BLACK BEAR ISLAND (12/1)
2008 – TARTAN BEARER (10/1)
2007 – AUTHORIZED (10/11 fav)

Dante Stakes Trends

18/21 – Winners that went onto run in the Epsom Derby (4 won)
18/22 – Finished third or better last time out
16/22 – Returned 8/1 or shorter in the betting
15/22 – Had a previous race that season
14/22 – Won their previous race
10/21 – Went onto be placed in the Epsom Derby
5/22 – Had won over 1m2f before
5/22 – Winning favourites (1 joint)
4/21 – Went onto win the Epsom Derby
3/22 – Won by trainer Aidan O’Brien (won it 4 times in all)
3/22 – Won by jockey Ryan Moore
3/22 – Trained by John Gosden (3 of last 10 runnings)
3/22 – Ridden by William Buick
3/22 – Ridden by Oisin Murphy (3 of the last 7)
2/22 – Trained the Johnston yard (Mark/Charlie) (2 of last 8)
1/22 – Had run at York before
1/22 – Winners from stall 2
Just 3 winning favourites in the last 17 runnings (1 joint)
Desert Crown (2022) and Golden Horn (2015) were the last Dante winners to go onto win the Epsom Derby
11 Dante Stakes winners in total have gone onto win the Epsom Derby

Dante/Derby Winners

1960 – St Paddy
1978 – Shirley Heights
1986 – Shahrastani
1987 – Reference Point
1994 – Erhaab
1997 – Benny The Dip
2004 – North Light
2005 – Motivator
2007 – Authorized
2015 – Golden Horn
2022 – Desert Crown

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