Pomfret Stakes
Appearance
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2024 | ||
Point Lynas | Regal Reality | Dear My Friend |
Previous years | ||
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2023 | ||
Poker Face | Flight Plan | Raadobarg |
2022 | ||
Alflaila | Marie's Diamond | Modern News |
2021 | ||
Brunch | Rhoscolyn | Azano |
The Pomfret Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Pontefract over a distance of 1 mile and 6 yards (1,615 metres), and is scheduled to take place each year in July.
The race was first run in 2004, as a handicap. It became a conditions race with Listed status in 2007.
Records
[edit]Most successful horse:
- No horse has won this race more than once
Leading jockey (2 wins):
- Royston Ffrench – Sound Breeze (2005, 2006)
- Ted Durcan - Blue Ksar (2007), Emerald Commander (2011)
- Silvestre de Sousa - Big Country (2018), Marie's Diamond (2019)
Leading trainer (3 wins):
- Mark Johnston - Sound Breeze (2005), Marie's Diamond (2019), Dark Vision (2020)
- Saeed bin Suroor – Blue Ksar (2007), Rio De La Plata (2010), Emerald Commander (2011)
Winners
[edit]Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
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2004 | Wing Commander | 5 | Paul Hanagan | Richard Fahey | 1:45.20 |
2005 | Sound Breeze | 3 | Royston Ffrench | Mark Johnston | 1:42.93 |
2006 | Jubilee Street | 7 | Royston Ffrench | Ann Duffield | 1:43.18 |
2007 | Blue Ksar | 4 | Ted Durcan | Saeed bin Suroor | 1:48.02 |
2008 | Choose Your Moment[a] | 3 | Eddie Ahern | Patrick Haslam | 1:43.01 |
2009 | Khateeb | 4 | Tadhg O'Shea | Michael Jarvis | 1:43.43 |
2010 (dh) |
Mabait Rio De La Plata |
4 5 |
Kieren Fallon Daragh O'Donohoe |
Luca Cumani Saeed bin Suroor |
1:43.25 |
2011 | Emerald Commander | 4 | Ted Durcan | Saeed bin Suroor | 1:43.97 |
2012 | Highland Knight | 5 | David Probert | Andrew Balding | 1:41.24 |
2013 | Fire Ship | 4 | Neil Callan | William Knight | 1:44.73 |
2014 | Custom Cut | 5 | David Nolan | David O'Meara | 1:42.06 |
2015 | Mondialiste | 5 | Danny Tudhope | David O'Meara | 1:43.32 |
2016 | Convey | 4 | Ryan Moore | Michael Stoute | 1:41.94 |
2017 | Another Touch | 4 | Tony Hamilton | Richard Fahey | 1:45.42 |
2018 | Big Country | 5 | Silvestre de Sousa | Michael Appleby | 1:45.41 |
2019 | Marie's Diamond | 3 | Silvestre de Sousa | Mark Johnston | 1:45.97 |
2020 | Dark Vision | 4 | James Doyle | Mark Johnston | 1:42.87 |
2021 | Brunch | 4 | William Buick | Michael Dods | 1:43.22 |
2022 | Alflaila | 3 | Jim Crowley | Owen Burrows | 1:44.64 |
2023 | Poker Face | 4 | James Doyle | Simon & Ed Crisford | 1:43.37 |
2024 | Point Lynas | 5 | Callum Rodriguez | Edward Bethell | 1:41.46 |
- ^ The 2008 winner Choose Your Moment was later exported to Hong Kong and renamed Prime Champion