Jockey Club Stakes

Group 2 race
Jockey Club Stakes

Location	Rowley Mile Newmarket, England
Inaugurated	1894
Race type	Flat / Thoroughbred
Sponsor	QIPCO
Website	Newmarket
Race information
Distance	1m 4f (2,414 metres)
Track	Turf, right-hand "L"
Qualification	Four-years-old and up
Weight	8 st 11 lb (4yo); 8 st 12 lb (5yo+) Allowances 3 lb for fillies and mares Penalties 5 lb for Group 1 winners * 3 lb for Group 2 winners * * at 1 mile or over since August 31 last year
Purse	£80,000 (2011) 1st: £45,416

The Jockey Club Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain which is open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run over a distance of 1 mile and 4 furlongs (2,414 metres) at Newmarket, and the final part of the race is on the Rowley Mile. It is scheduled to take place each year in late April or early May.

History

The event was introduced by the Jockey Club in 1894, and the first running was won by Isinglass. The race was originally held in the autumn, and it was initially run over 1 mile and 2 furlongs. In the early part of its history it was open to horses aged three or older, and it sometimes featured one or more of the season's Classic winners. Its distance was extended to 1 mile and 6 furlongs in 1901.

The minimum age of competing horses was raised to four in 1963, and from this point the race was contested over 1 mile and 4 furlongs. Since then, the leading contenders have often gone on to run in the Coronation Cup, and the last to win both events in the same year was Shirocco in 2006.

At present, the Jockey Club Stakes is staged on the opening day of Newmarket's two-day Guineas Festival meeting, the same day as the 2,000 Guineas Stakes.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

• Phardante – 1986, 1987

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Leading jockey (7 wins):

• Lester Piggott – Holmbush (1950), Nucleus (1955), Court Prince (1959), St. Paddy (1961), Knockroe (1972), Relay Race (1974), Ardross (1982)

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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 1980

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1980	More Light	4	Willie Carson	Dick Hern
1981	Master Willie	4	Philip Waldron	Henry Candy
1982	Ardross	6	Lester Piggott	Henry Cecil
1983	Electric	4	Walter Swinburn	Michael Stoute
1984	Gay Lemur	4	Geoff Baxter	Bruce Hobbs
1985	Kirmann	4	Steve Cauthen	Fulke Johnson Houghton
1986	Phardante	4	Greville Starkey	Guy Harwood	2:36.45
1987	Phardante	5	Greville Starkey	Guy Harwood	2:34.27
1988	Almaarad	5	Willie Carson	John Dunlop	2:39.57
1989	Unfuwain	4	Willie Carson	Dick Hern	2:31.09
1990	Roseate Tern	4	Frankie Dettori	Luca Cumani	2:30.10
1991	Rock Hopper	4	Pat Eddery	Michael Stoute	2:34.48
1992	Sapience	6	Ray Cochrane	David Elsworth	2:32.13
1993	Zinaad	4	Walter Swinburn	Michael Stoute	2:31.40
1994	Silver Wisp	5	Michael Hills	David Nicholson	2:31.37
1995	Only Royale	6	Frankie Dettori	Luca Cumani	2:31.26
1996	Riyadian	4	Richard Quinn	Paul Cole	2:32.20
1997	Time Allowed	4	John Reid	Michael Stoute	2:29.15
1998	Romanov	4	John Reid	Peter Chapple-Hyam	2:39.10
1999	Silver Patriarch	5	Pat Eddery	John Dunlop	2:28.48
2000	Blueprint	5	Kieren Fallon	Sir Michael Stoute	2:31.72
2001	Millenary	4	Pat Eddery	John Dunlop	2:32.67
2002	Marienbard	5	Jamie Spencer	Saeed bin Suroor	2:30.09
2003	Warrsan	5	Philip Robinson	Clive Brittain	2:35.48
2004	Gamut	5	Kieren Fallon	Sir Michael Stoute	2:29.77
2005	Alkaased	5	Jimmy Fortune	Luca Cumani	2:31.43
2006	Shirocco	5	Christophe Soumillon	André Fabre	2:36.25
2007	Sixties Icon	4	Frankie Dettori	Jeremy Noseda	2:33.52
2008	Getaway	5	Stéphane Pasquier	André Fabre	2:35.63
2009	Bronze Cannon	4	Jimmy Fortune	John Gosden	2:30.70
2010	Jukebox Jury	4	Royston Ffrench	Mark Johnston	2:32.34
2011	Dandino	4	Paul Mulrennan	James Given	2:33.70

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
• 1920: Torelore

• 1921: Milenko
• 1922: Lady Juror
• 1923: Inkerman
• 1924: Teresina
• 1925: Tatra
• 1926: Foxlaw
• 1927: Book Law
• 1928: Toboggan
• 1929: Cyclonic
• 1930: Pyramid
• 1931: Shell Transport
• 1932: Firdaussi
• 1933: Tai-Yang
• 1934: Umidwar
• 1935: Plassy
• 1936: Precipitation
• 1937: Solfo
• 1938: Challenge
• 1939–44: no race
• 1945: Black Peter
• 1946: Rising Light
• 1947: Esprit de France
• 1948: Alycidon
• 1949: Dust Devil
• 1950: Holmbush
• 1951: Pardal
• 1952: Mister Cube

• 1953: Buckhound
• 1954: Brilliant Green
• 1955: Nucleus
• 1956: Kurun
• 1957: Court Harwell
• 1958: All Serene
• 1959: Court Prince
• 1960: Prolific
• 1961: St Paddy
• 1962: Gaul
• 1963: Darling Boy
• 1964: Fighting Ship
• 1965: Bal Masque
• 1966: Alcalde
• 1967: Acrania
• 1968: Crozier
• 1969: Torpid
• 1970: Queen of Twilight
• 1971: Meadowville
• 1972: Knockroe
• 1973: Our Mirage
• 1974: Relay Race
• 1975: Shebeen
• 1976: Orange Bay
• 1977: Oats
• 1978: Classic Example
• 1979: Obraztsovy

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 – Jockey Club Stakes.
• horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Jockey Club Stakes (2011).
• pedigreequery.com – Jockey Club Stakes – Newmarket.
• Abelson, Edward; John Tyrrel (1993). The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. pp. 32–33. ISBN 1-873626-15-0.