Cocked Hat Stakes
Listed race | |
Location | Goodwood Racecourse W. Sussex, England |
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Inaugurated | 1970 |
Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Sponsor | William Hill |
Website | Goodwood |
Race information | |
Distance | 1m 3f 44y (2,253 metres) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-old colts and geldings |
Weight | 9 st 2 lb Penalties 5 lb for Group winners* 3 lb for Listed winners* *after 31 August 2023 |
Purse | £60,000 (2024) 1st: £34,026 |
2024 | ||
Meydaan | Space Legend | Royal Power |
Previous years | ||
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2023 | ||
Gregory | Klondike | Hadrianus |
2022 | ||
Lionel | Aldous Huxley | Lysander |
2021 | ||
Lone Eagle | Yibir | Gentleman Joe |
1990-1987 | ||
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1990 | ||
Razeen | Elmaamul | Silca An' Key |
1989 | ||
Warrshan | Greenwich Papillon | Really Brilliant |
1988 | ||
Minster Son | Sheriff's Star | Al Mufti |
1987 | ||
Ibn Bey | Alwasmi | Classic Tale |
The Cocked Hat Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old colts and geldings. It is run at Goodwood over a distance of 1 mile 3 furlongs and 44 yards (2,253 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in May.
History
[edit]The event was established in 1970, and it was originally called the Predominate Stakes, although developed from a similar race called the Levin Down Stakes run up to 1969. It was named after Predominate, a three-time winner of the Goodwood Stakes from 1958 to 1960, and the winner of the Goodwood Cup in 1961.
For a period the Predominate Stakes was contested over 1 mile and 4 furlongs. It was cut to 1 mile, 1 furlong and 192 yards in 1988. A new distance of 1 mile and 3 furlongs was introduced in 2001.
The event was renamed the Cocked Hat Stakes in 2007. Its title recalls a light-hearted race staged at Goodwood in the 19th century, in which each rider had to wear a military hat.[1]
The race sometimes serves as a trial for the Epsom Derby. The only horse to have won both events is Troy in 1979.
Records
[edit]Leading jockey (5 wins):
- Willie Carson – English Harbour (1978), Troy (1979), Prince Bee (1980), Morcon (1983), Minster Son (1988)
- Frankie Dettori - Dubai Millennium (1999), Roscius (2000), Rewilding (2010), Khalidi (2017), Private Secretary (2019)
Leading trainer (6 wins):
- Dick Hern – Charlton (1970), Buoy (1973), Troy (1979), Prince Bee (1980), Morcon (1983), Minster Son (1988)
- Sir Henry Cecil - General Ironside (1976), Royal Blend (1977), Lanfranco (1985), Razeen (1990), Opera Score (1994), Disclaimer (2013)
Winners
[edit]- ^ The 1980 running took place at Kempton Park
- ^ The 1981 edition was abandoned because of a waterlogged course
- ^ The 2020 race was run in June due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
See also
[edit]- Horse racing in Great Britain
- List of British flat horse races
- Recurring sporting events established in 1970 – this race is included under its original title, Predominate Stakes.
References
[edit]- ^ Baird, Rosemary (2007). Goodwood: Art and Architecture, Sport and Family. Frances Lincoln. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-7112-2769-9.
- Paris-Turf:
- Racing Post:
- pedigreequery.com – Predominate Stakes – Goodwood.
- pedigreequery.com – Cocked Hat Stakes – Goodwood.