Flying Fillies' Stakes
Appearance
Listed race | |
Location | Pontefract Racecourse Pontefract, England |
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Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Sponsor | Highfield Farm |
Website | Pontefract |
Race information | |
Distance | 6f (1,207 metres) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-years-old and up fillies & mares |
Weight | 8 st 13 lb (3yo); 9 st 2 lb (4yo+) Penalties 3 lb for Group 3 winners* 5 lb for Group 2 winners* 7 lb for Group 1 winners* * after 2018 |
Purse | £60,000 (2022) 1st: £33,612 |
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Believing | Funny Story | Samedi Rien |
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2022 | ||
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Princess Shabnam | Gale Force Maya | Chil Chil |
2021 | ||
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Double Or Bubble | Shepherds Way | Glesga Gal |
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2000 | ||
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Arabesque | Jezebel | Jemima |
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Wannabe Grand | Pipalong | Hot Tin Roof |
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Zelanda | Bayleaf | Nanoushka |
The Flying Fillies' Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at Pontefract over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,027 metres).
The race was first run in 1998, and it is scheduled to take place each year in August.
Records
[edit]Most successful horse:
- no horse has won this race more than once
Leading jockey (2 wins):
- Tony Culhane - Cotton House (2002), Goldeva (2004)
- Graham Lee - Artistic Jewel (2013), Castle Hill Cassie (2018)
- Silvestre de Sousa - Divine (2015), Perfection (2019)
Leading trainer (3 wins):
- Richard Fahey – Rose Blossom (2011), Queen Kindly (2017), Marine Wave (2024)
Winners
[edit]Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
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1998 | Zelanda | 3 | Tony Garth | John Gosden | 1:15.00 |
1999 | Wannabe Grand | 3 | Pat Eddery | Jeremy Noseda | 1:15.00 |
2000 | Arabesque | 3 | Richard Quinn | Henry Cecil | 1:13.90 |
2001 | Monnavanna | 3 | Darryll Holland | Geoff Wragg | 1:18.03 |
2002 | Cotton House | 5 | Tony Culhane | Mick Channon | 1:16.20 |
2003 | Lochridge | 4 | Martin Dwyer | Andrew Balding | 1:14.77 |
2004 | Goldeva | 5 | Tony Culhane | Reg Hollinshead | 1:17.20 |
2005 | Fruit of Glory | 6 | Micky Fenton | John Jenkins | 1:15.42 |
2006 | Indian Maiden | 6 | Ted Durcan | Malcolm Saunders | 1:17.13 |
2007 | Ripples Maid | 4 | Royston Ffrench | Tony Geake | 1:16.00 |
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2009 | Mullein | 4 | Seb Sanders | Ralph Beckett | 1:14.44 |
2010 | Bounty Box | 4 | George Baker | Chris Wall | 1:14.92 |
2011 | Rose Blossom | 4 | Paul Hanagan | Richard Fahey | 1:14.78 |
2012 | Mince | 3 | Frankie Dettori | Roger Charlton | 1:14.20 |
2013 | Artistic Jewel | 4 | Graham Lee | Ed McMahon | 1:15.66 |
2014 | Valonia | 3 | Harry Bentley | Henry Candy | 1:14.39 |
2015 | Divine | 4 | Silvestre de Sousa | Mick Channon | 1:16.89 |
2016 | Mehronissa | 4 | Frederik Tylicki | Ed Vaughan | 1:14.04 |
2017 | Queen Kindly | 3 | Tom Eaves | Richard Fahey | 1:15.31 |
2018 | Castle Hill Cassie | 4 | Graham Lee | Ben Haslam | 1:15.59 |
2019 | Perfection | 4 | Silvestre de Sousa | David O'Meara | 1:15.55 |
2020 | Stormy Girl | 3 | Cam Hardie | Rebecca Menzies | 1:13.87 |
2021 | Double or Bubble | 4 | Jack Mitchell | Chris Wall | 1:15.37 |
2022 | Princess Shabnam | 3 | Nicola Currie | Sean Woods | 1:15.62 |
2023 | Believing | 3 | Daniel Tudhope | George Boughey | 1:14.47 |
2024 | Marine Wave | 4 | Oisin Orr | Richard Fahey | 1:14.95 |
- ^ The 2008 running was abandoned because of a waterlogged course