Dante Stakes

Group 2 race
Dante Stakes

Location	York Racecourse York, England
Inaugurated	1958
Race type	Flat / Thoroughbred
Sponsor	Totesport
Website	York
Race information
Distance	1m 2f 88y (2,092 m)
Track	Turf, left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds
Weight	9 st 0 lb Allowances 3 lb for fillies Penalties 3 lb for G1 win this year
Purse	£150,000 (2011) 1st: £85,155

The Dante Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbreds. It is run at York over a distance of 1 mile, 2 furlongs and 88 yards (2,092 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in May.

The event is named in honour of Dante, the Yorkshire-trained winner of a wartime substitute Derby at Newmarket in 1945. It was established in 1958, and the inaugural running was won by Bald Eagle.

The Dante Stakes serves as a trial for the Derby, and nine horses have won both races. The first was St Paddy in 1960, and the most recent was Authorized in 2007. The last participant to subsequently win the Derby was Workforce, the runner-up in 2010.

At present, the Dante Stakes is held on the second day of York's three-day Dante Festival meeting.

Records

Leading jockey (6 wins):

• Pat Eddery – Beldale Flutter (1981), Hot Touch (1983), Damister (1985), Red Glow (1988), Sanglamore (1990), Tenby (1993)

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Leading trainer (7 wins):

• Henry Cecil – Approval (1970), Lyphard's Wish (1979), Hello Gorgeous (1980), Simply Great (1982), Claude Monet (1984), Reference Point (1987), Tenby (1993)

Winners since 1976

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1976	Trasi's Son	Edward Hide	Martin Tate	2:18.10
1977	Lucky Sovereign	Taffy Thomas	Harry Wragg	2:16.70
1978	Shirley Heights	Greville Starkey	John Dunlop	2:10.84
1979	Lyphard's Wish	Joe Mercer	Henry Cecil
1980	Hello Gorgeous	Joe Mercer	Henry Cecil	2:10.10
1981	Beldale Flutter	Pat Eddery	Michael Jarvis	2:19.10
1982	Simply Great	Lester Piggott	Henry Cecil
1983	Hot Touch	Pat Eddery	Geoff Wragg	2:18.10
1984	Claude Monet	Steve Cauthen	Henry Cecil	2:08.55
1985	Damister	Pat Eddery	Jeremy Tree	2:17.23
1986	Shahrastani	Walter Swinburn	Michael Stoute	2:11.72
1987	Reference Point	Steve Cauthen	Henry Cecil	2:08.25
1988	Red Glow	Pat Eddery	Geoff Wragg	2:11.95
1989	Torjoun	Ray Cochrane	Luca Cumani	2:06.98
1990	Sanglamore	Pat Eddery	Roger Charlton	2:09.18
1991	Environment Friend	George Duffield	James Fanshawe	2:12.42
1992	Alnasr Alwasheek	Steve Cauthen	Michael Stoute	2:08.71
1993	Tenby	Pat Eddery	Henry Cecil	2:12.36
1994	Erhaab	Willie Carson	John Dunlop	2:06.18
1995	Classic Cliche	Walter Swinburn	Saeed bin Suroor	2:10.63
1996	Glory of Dancer	Olivier Peslier	Paul Kelleway	2:12.40
1997	Benny the Dip	Olivier Peslier	John Gosden	2:11.97
1998	Saratoga Springs	Michael Kinane	Aidan O'Brien	2:11.57
1999	Salford Express	Richard Quinn	David Elsworth	2:16.36
2000	Sakhee	Richard Hills	John Dunlop	2:07.81
2001	Dilshaan	Kieren Fallon	Sir Michael Stoute	2:10.69
2002	Moon Ballad	Jamie Spencer	Saeed bin Suroor	2:07.06
2003	Magistretti	Kevin Darley	Neville Callaghan	2:09.48
2004	North Light	Kieren Fallon	Sir Michael Stoute	2:15.69
2005	Motivator	Johnny Murtagh	Michael Bell	2:16.17
2006	Septimus	Kieren Fallon	Aidan O'Brien	2:17.55
2007	Authorized	Frankie Dettori	Peter Chapple-Hyam	2:11.54
2008	Tartan Bearer	Ryan Moore	Sir Michael Stoute	2:09.50
2009	Black Bear Island	Colm O'Donoghue	Aidan O'Brien	2:11.64
2010	Cape Blanco	Johnny Murtagh	Aidan O'Brien	2:06.70
2011	Carlton House	Ryan Moore	Sir Michael Stoute	2:13.49

Earlier winners

• 1958: Bald Eagle
• 1959: Dickens
• 1960: St Paddy
• 1961: Gallant Knight
• 1962: Lucky Brief
• 1963: Merchant Venturer

• 1964: Sweet Moss
• 1965: Ballymarais
• 1966: Hermes
• 1967: Gay Garland
• 1968: Lucky Finish
• 1969: Activator

• 1970: Approval
• 1971: Fair World
• 1972: Rheingold
• 1973: Owen Dudley
• 1974: Honoured Guest
• 1975: Hobnob

See also

• Horseracing in Great Britain
• List of British flat horse races

References

• Racing Post:
  • 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
  • 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
  • 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

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• galopp-sieger.de – Dante Stakes.
• horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Dante Stakes (2011).
• pedigreequery.com – Dante Stakes – York.
• Abelson, Edward; John Tyrrel (1993). The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. p. 43. ISBN 1-873626-15-0.