Dante Stakes
Group 2 race | |
Location | York Racecourse York, England |
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Inaugurated | 1958 |
Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Sponsor | Al Basti Equiworld |
Website | York |
Race information | |
Distance | 1m 2f 56y (2,063m) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | 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 | £55,000 (2020) 1st: £31,191 |
2020 | ||
Thunderous | Highest Ground | Juan Elcano |
The Dante Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old horses. It is run over a distance of 1 mile, 2 furlongs and 56 yards (2,063 metres) at York in May.
History
The event is named after Dante, the Yorkshire-trained winner of the Derby substitute at Newmarket in 1945. Established in 1958, it serves as a major trial for the Derby.[1] The first running was won by Bald Eagle.
The present race grading system was introduced in 1971, and the Dante Stakes initially held Group 3 status.[2] It was promoted to Group 2 level in 1980.
In total, ten winners of the race have achieved victory in the Derby. The first was St Paddy in 1960, and the most recent was Golden Horn in 2015. The 2014 Dante Stakes winner, The Grey Gatsby, subsequently won France's equivalent of the Derby, the Prix du Jockey-Club while the 2015 runner-up, Jack Hobbs, won the Irish Derby.
The Dante Stakes is currently staged 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)
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
- ^ The 2020 race was run in July due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
See also
References
- ^ "Bald Eagle Can Return to Favour for Derby". Glasgow Herald. 21 May 1958. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ "1979 Dante Stakes". Glasgow Herald. 16 May 1979. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- Paris-Turf:
- Racing Post:
- galopp-sieger.de – Dante Stakes.
- ifhaonline.org – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Dante Stakes (2019).
- pedigreequery.com – Dante Stakes – York.
- Abelson, Edward; Tyrrel, John (1993). The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. p. 43. ISBN 1-873626-15-0.
- Race Recordings [1]