List of British flat horse races

A list of notable flat horse races which take place annually in Great Britain, under the authority of the British Horseracing Authority, including all conditions races which currently hold Group 1, 2 or 3 status in the European Pattern.

Group 1

Month	Race Name	Racecourse	Distance †	Age/Sex
001 April / May	2,000 Guineas Stakes	Newmarket	1609 1m	3yo c&f
002 April / May	1,000 Guineas Stakes	Newmarket	1609 1m	3yo f
003 May	Lockinge Stakes	Newbury	1609 1m	4yo+
004 June	Coronation Cup	Epsom	2423 1m 4f 10y	4yo+
005 June	Oaks Stakes	Epsom	2423 1m 4f 10y	3yo f
006 June	Derby Stakes	Epsom	2423 1m 4f 10y	3yo c&f
007 June	Queen Anne Stakes	Ascot	1609 1m	4yo+
008 June	King's Stand Stakes	Ascot	1006 5f	3yo+
009 June	St. James's Palace Stakes	Ascot	1609 1m	3yo c
010 June	Prince of Wales's Stakes	Ascot	2012 1m 2f	4yo+
011 June	Gold Cup	Ascot	4023 2m 4f	4yo+
012 June	Coronation Stakes	Ascot	1609 1m	3yo f
013 June	Diamond Jubilee Stakes	Ascot	1207 6f	3yo+
014 July	Eclipse Stakes	Sandown	2018 1m 2f 7y	3yo+
015 July	Falmouth Stakes	Newmarket	1609 1m	3yo+ f
016 July	July Cup	Newmarket	1207 6f	3yo+
017 July	King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes	Ascot	2414 1m 4f	3yo+
018 July / Aug	Sussex Stakes	Goodwood	1609 1m	3yo+
019 July / Aug	Nassau Stakes	Goodwood	1986 1m 1f 192y	3yo+ f
020 August	International Stakes	York	2092 1m 2f 88y	3yo+
021 August	Yorkshire Oaks	York	2414 1m 4f	3yo+ f
022 August	Nunthorpe Stakes	York	1006 5f	2yo+
023 September	Sprint Cup	Haydock	1207 6f	3yo+
024 September	St. Leger Stakes	Doncaster	2937 1m 6f 132y	3yo c&f
025 September	Fillies' Mile	Newmarket	1609 1m	2yo f
026 September	Cheveley Park Stakes	Newmarket	1207 6f	2yo f
027 September	Sun Chariot Stakes	Newmarket	1609 1m	3yo+ f
028 October	Middle Park Stakes	Newmarket	1207 6f	2yo c
029 October	Dewhurst Stakes	Newmarket	1408 7f	2yo c&f
030 October	Queen Elizabeth II Stakes	Ascot	1609 1m	3yo+
031 October	Champion Stakes	Ascot	2012 1m 2f	3yo+
032 October	Racing Post Trophy	Doncaster	1609 1m	2yo c&f

Group 2

Month	Race Name	Racecourse	Distance †	Age/Sex
001 April	Sandown Mile	Sandown	1622 1m 14y	4yo+
002 April / May	Jockey Club Stakes	Newmarket	2414 1m 4f	4yo+
003 May	Duke of York Stakes	York	1207 6f	3yo+
004 May	Middleton Stakes	York	2092 1m 2f 88y	4yo+ f
005 May	Dante Stakes	York	2092 1m 2f 88y	3yo
006 May	Yorkshire Cup	York	2816 1m 6f	4yo+
007 May	Temple Stakes	Haydock	1006 5f	3yo+
008 June	Coventry Stakes	Ascot	1207 6f	2yo
009 June	Windsor Forest Stakes	Ascot	1609 1m	4yo+ f
010 June	Queen Mary Stakes	Ascot	1006 5f	2yo f
011 June	Norfolk Stakes	Ascot	1006 5f	2yo
012 June	Ribblesdale Stakes	Ascot	2414 1m 4f	3yo f
013 June	King Edward VII Stakes	Ascot	2414 1m 4f	3yo c&g
014 June	Hardwicke Stakes	Ascot	2414 1m 4f	4yo+
015 July	Lancashire Oaks	Haydock	2396 1m 3f 200y	3yo+ f
016 July	July Stakes	Newmarket	1207 6f	2yo c&g
017 July	Princess of Wales's Stakes	Newmarket	2414 1m 4f	3yo+
018 July	Cherry Hinton Stakes	Newmarket	1207 6f	2yo f
019 July	Superlative Stakes	Newmarket	1408 7f	2yo
020 July	Summer Mile Stakes	Ascot	1609 1m	4yo+
021 July	York Stakes	York	2092 1m 2f 88y	3yo+
022 July / Aug	Lennox Stakes	Goodwood	1408 7f	3yo+
023 July / Aug	Vintage Stakes	Goodwood	1408 7f	2yo
024 July / Aug	King George Stakes	Goodwood	1006 5f	3yo+
025 July / Aug	Goodwood Cup	Goodwood	3219 2m	3yo+
026 July / Aug	Richmond Stakes	Goodwood	1207 6f	2yo c&g
027 August	Hungerford Stakes	Newbury	1408 7f	3yo+
028 August	Great Voltigeur Stakes	York	2414 1m 4f	3yo c&g
029 August	Lonsdale Cup	York	3299 2m 88y	3yo+
030 August	Gimcrack Stakes	York	1207 6f	2yo c&g
031 August	Lowther Stakes	York	1207 6f	2yo f
032 August	Celebration Mile	Goodwood	1609 1m	3yo+
033 September	Park Hill Stakes	Doncaster	2937 1m 6f 132y	3yo+ f
034 September	Flying Childers Stakes	Doncaster	1006 5f	2yo
035 September	Doncaster Cup	Doncaster	3621 2m 2f	3yo+
036 September	May Hill Stakes	Doncaster	1609 1m	2yo f
037 September	Champagne Stakes	Doncaster	1408 7f	2yo c&g
038 September	Park Stakes	Doncaster	1408 7f	3yo+
039 September	Mill Reef Stakes	Newbury	1214 6f 8y	2yo
040 September	Joel Stakes	Newmarket	1609 1m	3yo+
041 September	Royal Lodge Stakes	Newmarket	1609 1m	2yo c&g
042 October	Challenge Stakes	Newmarket	1408 7f	3yo+
043 October	Rockfel Stakes	Newmarket	1408 7f	2yo f
044 October	British Champions Sprint Stakes	Ascot	1207 6f	3yo+
045 October	British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes	Ascot	2414 1m 4f	3yo+ f

Group 3

Month	Race Name	Racecourse	Distance †	Age/Sex
001 March	Winter Derby	Lingfield	2012 1m 2f	4yo+
002 April	Nell Gwyn Stakes	Newmarket	1408 7f	3yo f
003 April	Craven Stakes	Newmarket	1609 1m	3yo c&g
004 April	Earl of Sefton Stakes	Newmarket	1811 1m 1f	4yo+
005 April	John Porter Stakes	Newbury	2419 1m 4f 5y	4yo+
006 April	Fred Darling Stakes	Newbury	1408 7f	3yo f
007 April	Greenham Stakes	Newbury	1408 7f	3yo c&g
008 April	Gordon Richards Stakes	Sandown	2018 1m 2f 7y	4yo+
009 April	Sandown Classic Trial	Sandown	2018 1m 2f 7y	3yo
010 April / May	Sagaro Stakes	Ascot	3219 2m	4yo+
011 April / May	Palace House Stakes	Newmarket	1006 5f	3yo+
012 April / May	Dahlia Stakes	Newmarket	1811 1m 1f	4yo+ f
013 May	Huxley Stakes	Chester	2080 1m 2f 75y	4yo+
014 May	Chester Vase	Chester	2474 1m 4f 66y	3yo c&g
015 May	Dee Stakes	Chester	2080 1m 2f 75y	3yo c&g
016 May	Ormonde Stakes	Chester	2697 1m 5f 89y	4yo+
017 May	Chartwell Fillies' Stakes	Lingfield	1408 7f	3yo+ f
018 May	Lingfield Derby Trial	Lingfield	2310 1m 3f 106y	3yo c&g
019 May	Musidora Stakes	York	2092 1m 2f 88y	3yo f
020 May	Henry II Stakes	Sandown	3290 2m 78y	4yo+
021 May	Brigadier Gerard Stakes	Sandown	2018 1m 2f 7y	4yo+
022 May / June	Pinnacle Stakes	Haydock	2396 1m 3f 200y	4yo+ f
023 May / June	John of Gaunt Stakes	Haydock	1408 7f	4yo+
024 June	Princess Elizabeth Stakes	Epsom	1714 1m 114y	3yo+ f
025 June	Diomed Stakes	Epsom	1714 1m 114y	3yo+
026 June	Jersey Stakes	Ascot	1408 7f	3yo
027 June	Tercentenary Stakes	Ascot	2012 1m 2f	3yo
028 June	Albany Stakes	Ascot	1207 6f	2yo f
029 June	Queen's Vase	Ascot	3219 2m	3yo
030 June / July	Chipchase Stakes	Newcastle	1207 6f	3yo+
031 June / July	Criterion Stakes	Newmarket	1408 7f	3yo+
032 July	Sprint Stakes	Sandown	1011 5f 6y	3yo+
033 July	Bahrain Trophy	Newmarket	2615 1m 5f	3yo
034 July	Summer Stakes	York	1207 6f	3yo+ f
035 July	Hackwood Stakes	Newbury	1214 6f 8y	3yo+
036 July	Princess Margaret Stakes	Ascot	1207 6f	2yo f
037 July / Aug	Gordon Stakes	Goodwood	2414 1m 4f	3yo
038 July / Aug	Molecomb Stakes	Goodwood	1006 5f	2yo
039 July / Aug	Lillie Langtry Stakes	Goodwood	2816 1m 6f	3yo+ f
040 July / Aug	Glorious Stakes	Goodwood	2414 1m 4f	4yo+
041 July / Aug	Thoroughbred Stakes	Goodwood	1609 1m	3yo
042 July / Aug	Oak Tree Stakes	Goodwood	1408 7f	3yo+ f
043 August	Rose of Lancaster Stakes	Haydock	2099 1m 2f 95y	3yo+
044 August	Sweet Solera Stakes	Newmarket	1408 7f	2yo f
045 August	Sovereign Stakes	Salisbury	1609 1m	3yo+ c&g
046 August	Geoffrey Freer Stakes	Newbury	2671 1m 5f 61y	3yo+
047 August	Acomb Stakes	York	1408 7f	2yo
048 August	Strensall Stakes	York	1800 1m 208y	3yo+
049 August	Prestige Stakes	Goodwood	1408 7f	2yo f
050 August	Winter Hill Stakes	Windsor	2018 1m 2f 7y	3yo+
051 Aug / Sept	Supreme Stakes	Goodwood	1408 7f	3yo+
052 Aug / Sept	Solario Stakes	Sandown	1423 7f 16y	2yo
053 Aug / Sept	Atalanta Stakes	Sandown	1622 1m 14y	3yo+ f
054 September	September Stakes	Kempton	2414 1m 4f	3yo+
055 September	Sirenia Stakes	Kempton	1207 6f	2yo
056 September	Sceptre Stakes	Doncaster	1408 7f	3yo+ f
057 September	Arc Trial	Newbury	2217 1m 3f 5y	3yo+
058 September	Firth of Clyde Stakes	Ayr	1207 6f	2yo f
059 September	World Trophy	Newbury	1037 5f 34y	3yo+
060 Sept / Oct	Somerville Tattersall Stakes	Newmarket	1408 7f	2yo c&g
061 Sept / Oct	Oh So Sharp Stakes	Newmarket	1408 7f	2yo f
062 October	Cornwallis Stakes	Ascot	1006 5f	2yo
063 October	Cumberland Lodge Stakes	Ascot	2414 1m 4f	3yo+
064 October	Bengough Stakes	Ascot	1207 6f	3yo+
065 October	Autumn Stakes	Newmarket	1609 1m	2yo
066 October	Darley Stakes	Newmarket	1811 1m 1f	3yo+
067 October	British Champions Long Distance Cup	Ascot	3219 2m	3yo+
068 October	Horris Hill Stakes	Newbury	1408 7f	2yo c&g
069 October	St. Simon Stakes	Newbury	2419 1m 4f 5y	3yo+

Notable Handicaps

Month	Race Name	Racecourse	Distance †	Age/Sex
001 March / April	Lincoln Handicap	Doncaster	1609 1m	4yo+
002 March / April	Rosebery Stakes	Kempton	2012 1m 2f	4yo+
003 April	European Free Handicap	Newmarket	1408 7f	3yo
004 April / May	Victoria Cup	Ascot	1408 7f	4yo+
005 May	Chester Cup	Chester	3755 2m 2f 147y	4yo+
006 May	Silver Bowl	Haydock	1637 1m 30y	3yo
007 May / June	Zetland Gold Cup	Redcar	2012 1m 2f	3yo+
008 June	Royal Hunt Cup	Ascot	1609 1m	3yo+
009 June	Wokingham Stakes	Ascot	1207 6f	3yo+
010 June / July	Northumberland Plate	Newcastle	3236 2m 19y	3yo+
011 July	Old Newton Cup	Haydock	2396 1m 3f 200y	3yo+
012 July	Bunbury Cup	Newmarket	1408 7f	3yo+
013 July	John Smith's Cup	York	2092 1m 2f 88y	3yo+
014 July / Aug	Stewards' Cup	Goodwood	1207 6f	3yo+
015 August	Great St. Wilfrid Stakes	Ripon	1207 6f	3yo+
016 August	Ebor Handicap	York	2816 1m 6f	3yo+
017 September	Portland Handicap	Doncaster	1134 5f 140y	3yo+
018 September	Ayr Gold Cup	Ayr	1207 6f	3yo+
019 Sept / Oct	Cambridgeshire Handicap	Newmarket	1811 1m 1f	3yo+
020 October	Cesarewitch Handicap	Newmarket	3621 2m 2f	3yo+
021 November	November Handicap	Doncaster	2414 1m 4f	3yo+

Selected other races

Month	Race Name	Racecourse	Distance †	Age/Sex
001 March / April	Easter Stakes	Kempton	1609 1m	3yo c&g
002 April	Feilden Stakes	Newmarket	1811 1m 1f	3yo
003 April	Abernant Stakes	Newmarket	1207 6f	3yo+
004 April	Leicestershire Stakes	Leicester	1416 7f 9y	4yo+
005 April	Investec Derby Trial	Epsom	2028 1m 2f 18y	3yo
006 April / May	Newmarket Stakes	Newmarket	2012 1m 2f	3yo c
007 April / May	Pretty Polly Stakes	Newmarket	2012 1m 2f	3yo f
008 May	Cheshire Oaks	Chester	2285 1m 3f 79y	3yo f
009 May	Lingfield Oaks Trial	Lingfield	2310 1m 3f 106y	3yo f
010 May	Fillies' Trial Stakes	Newbury	2017 1m 2f 6y	3yo f
011 May	Cocked Hat Stakes	Goodwood	2213 1m 3f	3yo c&g
012 May	Height of Fashion Stakes	Goodwood	1986 1m 1f 192y	3yo f
013 May	Heron Stakes	Sandown	1622 1m 14y	3yo
014 May	Fairway Stakes	Newmarket	2012 1m 2f	3yo
015 June	Chesham Stakes	Ascot	1408 7f	2yo
016 June	Queen Alexandra Stakes	Ascot	4370 2m 5f 159y	4yo+
017 July	Glasgow Stakes	Hamilton	2227 1m 3f 16y	3yo
018 July	Weatherbys Super Sprint	Newbury	1037 5f 34y	2yo
019 July	Winkfield Stakes	Ascot	1408 7f	2yo
020 August	Washington Singer Stakes	Newbury	1408 7f	2yo
021 August	March Stakes	Goodwood	2816 1m 6f	3yo+
022 September	Stardom Stakes	Goodwood	1408 7f	2yo
023 September	Haynes, Hanson and Clark Stakes	Newbury	1609 1m	2yo
024 October	Silver Tankard Stakes	Pontefract	1613 1m 4y	2yo
025 Oct / Nov	Zetland Stakes	Newmarket	2012 1m 2f	2yo

Discontinued

Last Run	Race Name	Racecourse	Distance †	Age/Sex
001 April 1986	1,000 Guineas Trial Stakes	Salisbury	1408 7f	3yo f
002 April 1986	2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes	Salisbury	1408 7f	3yo c&g
003 April 1993	White Rose Stakes	Ascot	2012 1m 2f	3yo
004 July 2005	Golden Daffodil Stakes	Chepstow	2045 1m 2f 36y	3yo+ f
005 July 2005	Scottish Derby	Ayr	2012 1m 2f	3yo+
006 July 1999	Beeswing Stakes	Newcastle	1408 7f	3yo+
007 Aug 1985	Seaton Delaval Stakes	Newcastle	1408 7f	2yo
008 Sept 2011	Select Stakes	Goodwood	1986 1m 1f 192y	3yo+

† Distances in miles, furlongs and yards

References

• britishhorseracing.com – "British Flat Pattern and Listed Races 2011".

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