Joel Stakes
| Group 2 race | |
| Location | Rowley Mile Newmarket, England |
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| Inaugurated | 1987 |
| Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
| Sponsor | Shadwell |
| Website | Newmarket |
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| Distance | 1 mile (1,609 metres) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Straight |
| Qualification | Three-years-old and up |
| Weight | 9 st 0 lb (3yo); 9 st 4 lb (4yo+) Allowances 3 lb for fillies and mares Penalties 4 lb for Group 1 winners * * since February 29 |
| Purse | £100,000 (2016) 1st: £61,814 |
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| Cougar Mountain | Gifted Master | Nathra |
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| Time Test | Custom Cut | Decorated Knight |
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| Custom Cut | Captain Cat | Hors De Combat |
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| Soft Falling Rain | Montiridge | Premio Loco |
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| Penitent | Side Glance | Premio Loco |
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| Ransom Note | Premio Loco | Poet's Voice |
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| Cityscape | Penitent | Fair Trade |
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| Confront | Rio De La Plata | Forgotten Voice |
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| Eagle Mountain | Bankable | Ordnance Row |
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| Creachadoir | Tell | Heaven Sent |
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| Satchem | Pinson | Road To Love |
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| Rob Roy | Ancient World | Polar Ben |
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| Polar Ben | Salselon | Funfair |
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| Splendid Era | Kalaman | Muqbil |
The Joel Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late September.
History
The event was established in 1987, and it was originally called the Main Reef Stakes. It was named after Main Reef, a successful horse owned and bred by Jim Joel. It was initially restricted to three-year-olds and contested over 1 mile and 2 furlongs.
The race was opened to older horses and cut to a mile in 1989. For a period it was classed at Listed level. Jim Joel died in 1992, and it was renamed the Joel Stakes in 1994.
The Joel Stakes was promoted to Group 3 status in 2003. The Shadwell breeding organisation became its sponsor in 2008, and its full title included the name of Nayef, a Shadwell stallion for a period. It was upgraded to Group 2 in 2011.[1]
The race is currently held on the second day of Newmarket's three-day Cambridgeshire Meeting, the day before the Cambridgeshire Handicap.
Records
Most successful horse:
- no horse has won this race more than once
Leading jockey (3 wins):
- Michael Hills – Lockton (1987), Splendid Era (2003), Ransom Note (2011)
- Michael Kinane – Raj Waki (1990), Beckett (2001), Rob Roy (2005)
- Ryan Moore - Confront (2009). Time Test (2015), Cougar Mountain (2016)
Leading trainer (3 wins):
- Sir Michael Stoute – Sabotage (1989), Rob Roy (2005), Confront (2009)
Winners
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
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| 1987 | Lockton | 3 | Michael Hills | Jeremy Hindley | 2:06.88 |
| 1988 | Hibernian Gold | 3 | Greville Starkey | Guy Harwood | 2:06.10 |
| 1989 | Sabotage | 3 | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute | 1:43.13 |
| 1990 | Raj Waki | 3 | Michael Kinane | Guy Harwood | 1:36.93 |
| 1991 | Rudimentary | 3 | Pat Eddery | Henry Cecil | 1:36.55 |
| 1992 | Inner City | 3 | Frankie Dettori | Luca Cumani | 1:37.50 |
| 1993 | Gabr | 3 | Willie Carson | Robert Armstrong | 1:42.41 |
| 1994 | Fraam | 5 | Walter Swinburn | Alex Scott | 1:36.05 |
| 1995 | Bin Rosie | 3 | Kevin Darley | David Loder | 1:36.24 |
| 1996 | Yeast | 4 | Ray Cochrane | William Haggas | 1:37.43 |
| 1997 | Intikhab | 3 | Richard Hills | David Morley | 1:38.09 |
| 1998 | Im Proposin | 3 | Richard Quinn | John Dunlop | 1:42.02 |
| 1999 | Indian Lodge | 3 | Michael Roberts | Amanda Perrett | 1:39.00 |
| 2000 | Hopeful Light | 3 | Jimmy Fortune | John Gosden | 1:40.39 |
| 2001 | Beckett | 3 | Michael Kinane | Aidan O'Brien | 1:38.54 |
| 2002 | Desert Deer | 4 | Kevin Darley | Mark Johnston | 1:34.54 |
| 2003 | Splendid Era | 3 | Michael Hills | Barry Hills | 1:37.40 |
| 2004 | Polar Ben | 5 | Johnny Murtagh | James Fanshawe | 1:37.33 |
| 2005 | Rob Roy | 3 | Michael Kinane | Sir Michael Stoute | 1:39.22 |
| 2006 | Satchem | 4 | Kerrin McEvoy | Saeed bin Suroor | 1:39.95 |
| 2007 | Creachadoir | 3 | Kerrin McEvoy | Saeed bin Suroor | 1:36.68 |
| 2008 | Eagle Mountain | 4 | Kevin Shea | Mike de Kock | 1:34.07 |
| 2009 | Confront | 4 | Ryan Moore | Sir Michael Stoute | 1:36.18 |
| 2010 | Cityscape | 4 | Steve Drowne | Roger Charlton | 1:39.84 |
| 2011 | Ransom Note | 4 | Michael Hills | Charles Hills | 1:34.68 |
| 2012 | Penitent | 6 | Daniel Tudhope | David O'Meara | 1:36.32 |
| 2013 | Soft Falling Rain | 4 | Paul Hanagan | Mike de Kock | 1:37.20 |
| 2014 | Custom Cut | 5 | Daniel Tudhope | David O'Meara | 1:35.66 |
| 2015 | Time Test | 3 | Ryan Moore | Roger Charlton | 1:35.84 |
| 2016 | Cougar Mountain | 5 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | 1:36.85 |
See also
- Horseracing in Great Britain
- List of British flat horse races
- Recurring sporting events established in 1987 – this race is included under its original title, Main Reef Stakes.
References
- ^ Lees, Jon (20 January 2011). "BHA secures upgrades for three pattern races". Racing Post. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
- Paris-Turf:
- Racing Post:
- galopp-sieger.de – Joel Stakes (ex Main Reef Stakes).
- horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Joel Stakes (2016).
- pedigreequery.com – Joel Stakes – Newmarket.