Jockey Club Stakes
Class | Group 2 |
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Location | Rowley Mile Newmarket, England |
Inaugurated | 1894 |
Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Sponsor | Betfred |
Website | Newmarket |
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Distance | 1m 4f (2,414 metres) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-hand "L" |
Qualification | Four-years-old and up |
Weight | 9 st 5 lb Allowances 3 lb for fillies and mares Penalties 3 lb for Group 1 winners * * after 2023 |
Purse | £125,000 (2025) 1st: £70,888 |
2025 | ||
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Bellum Justum | Silver Knott | Divina Grace |
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2024 | ||
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Outbox | Time Lock | Naqeeb |
2023 | ||
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Hurricane Lane | Global Storm | West Wind Blows |
2022 | ||
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Living Legend | Yibir | Outbox |
2021 | ||
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Sir Ron Priestley | Pyledriver | Thunderous |
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2019 | ||
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Communique | Defoe | Mildenberger |
2018 | ||
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Defoe | Red Verdon | Count Octave |
2017 | ||
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Seventh Heaven | One Foot In Heaven | Pinzolo |
2016 | ||
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Exosphere | Simple Verse | Big Orange |
2015 | ||
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Second Step | Telescope | Pether's Moon |
2014 | ||
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Gospel Choir | Pether's Moon | Trading Leather |
2013 | ||
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Universal | Dandino | Wigmore Hall |
2012 | ||
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Al Kazeem | Quest For Peace | Dunaden |
2011 | ||
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Dandino | Native Ruler | Indian Days |
2010-2001 | ||
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2010 | ||
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Jukebox Jury | Nanton | Claremont |
2009 | ||
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Bronze Cannon | Casual Conquest | Drill Sergeant |
2008 | ||
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Getaway | Sixties Icon | Galactic Star |
2007 | ||
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Sixties Icon | Admiral's Cruise | Mighty |
2006 | ||
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Shirocco | Munsef | Bandari |
2005 | ||
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Alkaased | Gamut | Bandari |
2004 | ||
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Gamut | Systematic | Warrsan |
2003 | ||
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Warrsan | Millenary | Highest |
2002 | ||
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Marienbard | Millenary | Storming Home |
2001 | ||
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Millenary | Sandmason | Holding Court |
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2000 | ||
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Blueprint | Casamasa | Largesse |
1999 | ||
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Silver Patriarch | Silver Rhapsody | Ta-Lim |
1998 | ||
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Romanov | Silver Patriarch | The Fly |
1997 | ||
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Time Allowed | Busy Flight | Mons |
1996 | ||
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Riyadian | Burooj | Sacrament |
1995 | ||
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Only Royale | Tikkanen | Time Star |
1994 | ||
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Silver Wisp | Apple Tree | Bobzao |
1993 | ||
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Zinaad | Apple Tree | Jeune |
1992 | ||
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Sapience | Luchiroverte | Toulon |
1991 | ||
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Rock Hopper | Mountain Kingdom | Karinga Bay |
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1990 | ||
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Roseate Tern | Ile De Nisky | Artic Envoy |
1989 | ||
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Unfuwain | Glacial Storm | Tralos |
The Jockey Club Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run over a distance of 1 mile and 4 furlongs (2,414 metres) on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket in late April or early May.
History
The event was introduced by the Jockey Club in 1894. It was originally held in the autumn, and was initially run over 1 mile and 2 furlongs.[1]
In the early part of its history, the Jockey Club Stakes was open to horses aged three or older. It sometimes featured one or more of the season's Classic winners. It was extended to 1 mile and 6 furlongs in 1901.[2]
The race continued to be staged in the autumn until 1962. It was switched to the spring and cut to 1 mile and 4 furlongs in 1963.[3] It was subsequently closed to three-year-olds.
The Jockey Club Stakes is currently held on the opening day of Newmarket's three-day Guineas Festival meeting.
The leading contenders from the Jockey Club Stakes often go on to compete in the Coronation Cup. The last to win both races in the same year was Shirocco in 2006.
Records
Most successful horse (2 wins):
- Phardante – 1986, 1987
Leading jockey (7 wins):
- Lester Piggott – Holmbush (1950), Nucleus (1955), Court Prince (1959), St. Paddy (1961), Knockroe (1972), Relay Race (1974), Ardross (1982)
Leading trainer (9 wins):
- Alec Taylor, Jr. – Love Wisely (1897), Sceptre (1903), Sancy (1907), Lemberg (1910), Trois Temps (1914), Prince Chimay (1918), Lady Juror (1922), Inkerman (1923), Book Law (1927)
Winners since 1920
Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
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1920 | Torelore | 3 | Bernard Carslake | Atty Persse | ||
1921 | Milenko | 3 | William Lister | Fred Pratt | 3:04.40 | |
1922 | Lady Juror | 3 | Freddy Lane | Alec Taylor Jr. | 3:02.80 | |
1923 | Inkerman | 3 | Joe Childs | Alec Taylor Jr. | 3:02.60 | |
1924 | Teresina | 4 | Charlie Elliott | Richard Dawson | 2:59.80 | |
1925 | Tatra | 3 | Freddie Fox | Captain Richard Gooch | 3:00.20 | |
1926 | Foxlaw | 4 | Bernard Carslake | Reg Day | 3:04.40 | |
1927 | Book Law | 3 | Henri Jelliss | Alec Taylor Jr. | Lord Astor | 3:06.00 |
1928 | Toboggan | 3 | Tommy Weston | Frank Butters | Lord Derby | 3:04.80 |
1929 | Cyclonic | 4 | Charlie Elliott | Basil Jarvis | 3:00.80 | |
1930 | Pyramid | 3 | Tommy Weston | Frank Butters | 3:10.60 | |
1931 | Shell Transport | 3 | Bobby Dick | Joseph Lawson | 3:02.00 | |
1932 | Firdaussi | 3 | Michael Beary | Frank Butters | Aga Khan III | 3:16.00 |
1933 | Tai-Yang | 3 | Sir Gordon Richards | Fred Darling | H Morriss | 3:04.60 |
1934 | Umidwar | 3 | Freddie Fox | Frank Butters | Aga Khan III | 2:59.60 |
1935 | Plassy | 3 | Richard Perryman | Colledge Leader | Lord Derby | 3:04.40 |
1936 | Precipitation | 3 | Richard Perryman | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | Lady Z Wernher | 3:02.40 |
1937 | Solfo | 3 | Tommy Lowrey | Basil Jarvis | Major J S Courtauld | 3:08.00 |
1938 | Challenge | 3 | Eph Smith | Jack Jarvis | Sir L Philipps | 3:14.00 |
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1945 | Black Peter | 3 | Sam Wragg | Jack Waugh | Mrs M Harvey | 3:00.40 |
1946 | Rising Light | 4 | Doug Smith | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | King George VI | 3:00.00 |
1947 | Esprit De France | 3 | Doug Smith | Aga Khan III | 3:07.20 | |
1948 | Alycidon | 3 | Doug Smith | Walter Earl | Lord Derby | 2:59.30 |
1949 | Dust Devil | 3 | Doug Smith | Frank Butters | Aga Khan III | 3:03.40 |
1950 | Holmbush | 3 | Lester Piggott | Arthur Budgett | Sir Derrick Bailey | 3:08.94 |
1951 | Pardal | 4 | Rae Johnstone | Marcel Boussac | 3:09.79 | |
1952 | Mister Cube | 3 | Manny Mercer | Jack Jarvis | Sir A Jarvis | 3:13.73 |
1953 | Buckhound | 4 | Sir Gordon Richards | Noel Murless | Colonel B Hornung | 2:56.19 |
1954 | Brilliant Green | 3 | Eph Smith | D F Watson | James A de Rothschild | 3:06.72 |
1955 | Nucleus | 3 | Lester Piggott | C Jerdein | Dorothy Paget | 3:02.67 |
1956 | Kurun | 4 | Charlie Smirke | Charlie Elliott | Marcel Boussac | 3:02.65 |
1957 | Court Harwell | 3 | Scobie Breasley | Sir Gordon Richards | J R Mullion | 3:06.11 |
1958 | All Serene | 3 | Doug Smith | Norman Bertie | H R H Princess Royal | 3:14.81 |
1959 | Court Prince | 3 | Lester Piggott | Noel Murless | T Lilley | 3:09.79 |
1960 | Prolific | 3 | Duncan Keith | Walter Nightingall | Mrs C Evans | 3:05.82 |
1961 | St Paddy | 4 | Lester Piggott | Noel Murless | Lady Sassoon | 3:03.81 |
1962 | Gaul | 3 | Geoff Lewis | Peter Hastings-Bass | Lord Sefton | 3:01.71 |
1963 | Darling Boy | 5 | Joe Mercer | Dick Hern | J J Astor | 2:36.21 |
1964 | Fighting Ship | 4 | Peter Robinson | Jack Jarvis | Lord Rosebery | 2:40.26 |
1965 | Bal Masque | 5 | Bill Pyers | Ernie Fellows | Mrs Howell E Jackson | 2:45.33 |
1966 | Alacalde | 4 | Doug Smith | Bernard van Cutsem | Lord Derby | 2:36.44 |
1967 | Acrania | 4 | Jimmy Lindley | Guy Harwood | R Zelker | 2:36.33 |
1968 | Crozier | 5 | Duncan Keith | Peter Walwyn | David Oldrey | 2:40.62 |
1969 | Torpid | 4 | Greville Starkey | John Oxley | Dick Hollingsworth | 2:43.94 |
1970 | Queen Of Twilight | 4 | Brian Taylor | Harvey Leader | Mrs L Smith | 2:38.48 |
1971 | Meadowville | 4 | Frankie Durr | Michael Jarvis | David Robinson | 2:39.80 |
1972 | Knockroe | 4 | Lester Piggott | Peter Nelson | Major V McCalmont | 2:33.82 |
1973 | Our Mirage | 4 | Frankie Durr | Barry Hills | Mrs S Enfield | 2:36.23 |
1974 | Relay Race | 4 | Lester Piggott | Henry Cecil | Sir R Macdonald-Buchanan | 2:40.13 |
1975 | Shebeen | 4 | Geoff Baxter | Bruce Hobbs | Sir Kenneth Butt | 2:39.12 |
1976 | Orange Bay | 4 | Pat Eddery | Peter Walwyn | Carlo Vittadini | 2:38.48 |
1977 | Oats | 4 | Pat Eddery | Peter Walwyn | David Oldrey | 2:35.95 |
1978 | Classic Example | 4 | Pat Eddery | Peter Walwyn | F Hue-Williams | 2:48.85 |
1979 | Obraztsovy | 4 | Brian Taylor | Ryan Price | H Demetriou | 2:44.67 |
1980 | More Light | 4 | Willie Carson | Dick Hern | R Budgett | 2:39.60 |
1981 | Master Willie | 4 | Philip Waldron | Henry Candy | Robert Barnett | 2:38.18 |
1982 | Ardross | 6 | Lester Piggott | Henry Cecil | Charles St George | 2:33.14 |
1983 | Electric | 4 | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute | R Clifford-Turner | 2:39.14 |
1984 | Gay Lemur | 4 | Geoff Baxter | Bruce Hobbs | Lady Eva Rosebery | 2:36.15 |
1985 | Kirmann | 4 | Steve Cauthen | Fulke Johnson Houghton | Aga Khan IV | 2:31.57 |
1986 | Phardante | 4 | Greville Starkey | Guy Harwood | Simon Karmel | 2:36.45 |
1987 | Phardante | 5 | Greville Starkey | Guy Harwood | Simon Karmel | 2:34.27 |
1988 | Almaarad | 5 | Willie Carson | John Dunlop | Hamdan Al Maktoum | 2:39.57 |
1989 | Unfuwain | 4 | Willie Carson | Dick Hern | Hamdan Al Maktoum | 2:31.09 |
1990 | Roseate Tern | 4 | Frankie Dettori | Luca Cumani | Peter Brant | 2:30.10 |
1991 | Rock Hopper | 4 | Pat Eddery | Michael Stoute | Maktoum Al Maktoum | 2:34.48 |
1992 | Sapience | 6 | Ray Cochrane | David Elsworth | W H O'Gorman | 2:32.13 |
1993 | Zinaad | 4 | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute | Maktoum Al Maktoum | 2:31.40 |
1994 | Silver Wisp | 5 | Michael Hills | David Nicholson | Shirley Robins | 2:31.37 |
1995 | Only Royale | 6 | Frankie Dettori | Luca Cumani | Frank Stronach | 2:31.26 |
1996 | Riyadian | 4 | Richard Quinn | Paul Cole | Prince Fahd Salman | 2:32.20 |
1997 | Time Allowed | 4 | John Reid | Michael Stoute | Robert Barnett | 2:29.15 |
1998 | Romanov | 4 | John Reid | Peter Chapple-Hyam | Robert Sangster | 2:39.10 |
1999 [a] | Silver Patriarch | 5 | Pat Eddery | John Dunlop | Peter Winfield | 2:28.48 |
2000 | Blueprint | 5 | Kieren Fallon | Sir Michael Stoute | Queen Elizabeth II | 2:31.72 |
2001 | Millenary | 4 | Pat Eddery | John Dunlop | L Neil Jones | 2:32.67 |
2002 | Marienbard | 5 | Jamie Spencer | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin | 2:30.09 |
2003 | Warrsan | 5 | Philip Robinson | Clive Brittain | Saeed Manana | 2:35.48 |
2004 | Gamut | 5 | Kieren Fallon | Sir Michael Stoute | Gay Smith | 2:29.77 |
2005 | Alkaased | 5 | Jimmy Fortune | Luca Cumani | Michael Charlton | 2:31.43 |
2006 | Shirocco | 5 | Christophe Soumillon | André Fabre | Baron Georg van Ullmann | 2:36.25 |
2007 | Sixties Icon | 4 | Frankie Dettori | Jeremy Noseda | Susan Roy | 2:33.52 |
2008 | Getaway | 5 | Stéphane Pasquier | André Fabre | Baron Georg van Ullmann | 2:35.63 |
2009 | Bronze Cannon | 4 | Jimmy Fortune | John Gosden | Anthony Oppenheimer | 2:30.70 |
2010 | Jukebox Jury | 4 | Royston Ffrench | Mark Johnston | Alan Spence | 2:32.34 |
2011 | Dandino | 4 | Paul Mulrennan | James Given | Elite Racing Club | 2:33.70 |
2012 | Al Kazeem | 4 | James Doyle | Roger Charlton | John Deer | 2:39.66 |
2013 | Universal | 4 | Joe Fanning | Mark Johnston | Abdulla Al Mansoori | 2:32.83 |
2014 | Gospel Choir | 5 | Ryan Moore | Sir Michael Stoute | Cheveley Park Stud | 2:33.03 |
2015 | Second Step | 4 | Andrea Atzeni | Luca Cumani | Merry Fox Stud Ltd | 2:32.37 |
2016 | Exosphere | 4 | Ryan Moore | Sir Michael Stoute | Khalid Abdullah | 2:30.92 |
2017 | Seventh Heaven | 4 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | Smith / Magnier / Tabor | 2:34.39 |
2018 | Defoe | 4 | Andrea Atzeni | Roger Varian | Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum | 2:34.01 |
2019 | Communique | 4 | Silvestre de Sousa | Mark Johnston | Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum | 2:33.49 |
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2021 | Sir Ron Priestley | 5 | Franny Norton | Mark Johnston | Paul Dean | 2:32.54 |
2022 | Living Legend | 6 | Joe Fanning | Charlie and Mark Johnston | Barbara & Alick Richmond | 2:38.15 |
2023 | Hurricane Lane | 5 | William Buick | Charlie Appleby | Godolphin | 2:33.86 |
2024 | Outbox | 9 | Hollie Doyle | Archie Watson | Hambleton Racing Ltd XXXIII | 2:33.49 |
2025 | Bellum Justum | 4 | Oisin Murphy | Andrew Balding | King Power Racing Co Ltd | 2:32.39 |
- ^ The 1999 running took place on Newmarket's July Course
- ^ The 2020 running was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom[4]
Earlier winners
- 1894: Isinglass
- 1895: Laveno
- 1896: Persimmon
- 1897: Love Wisely
- 1898: Cyllene
- 1899: Flying Fox
- 1900: Disguise II
- 1901: Pietermaritzburg
- 1902: Rising Glass
- 1903: Sceptre
- 1904: Rock Sand
- 1905: St Amant
- 1906: Beppo
- 1907: Sancy
- 1908: Siberia
- 1909: Phaleron
- 1910: Lemberg
- 1911: Stedfast
- 1912: Prince Palatine
- 1913: Cantilever
- 1914: Trois Temps
- 1915: Lanius
- 1916: Cannobie
- 1917: no race
- 1918: Prince Chimay
- 1919: no race
See also
References
- ^ "1894 Jockey Club Stakes". Glasgow Herald. 28 September 1894. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- ^ "1901 Jockey Club Stakes". Glasgow Herald. 4 October 1901. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- ^ "1963 Jockey Club Stakes". Glasgow Herald. 30 April 1963. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- ^ "Coronavirus: Horse racing in Great Britain suspended until end of April". BBC Sport. 17 March 2020.
- Paris-Turf:
- Racing Post:
- galopp-sieger.de – Jockey Club Stakes.
- ifhaonline.org – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Jockey Club Stakes (2019).
- pedigreequery.com – Jockey Club Stakes – Newmarket.
- Abelson, Edward; Tyrrel, John (1993). The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. pp. 32–33. ISBN 1-873626-15-0.