Pretty Polly Stakes (Great Britain)
Appearance
Listed race | |
Location | Rowley Mile Newmarket, England |
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Inaugurated | 1962 |
Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Sponsor | Betfair |
Website | Newmarket |
Race information | |
Distance | 1m 2f (2,012 metres) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Straight |
Qualification | Three-year-old fillies excluding G1 / G2 winners |
Weight | 9 st 0 lb Penalties 5 lb for Group 3 winners * 3 lb for Listed winners * * after 31 August 2020 |
Purse | £51,150 (2022) 1st: £29,489 |
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Friendly Soul | Kalpana | Kitteridge |
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2023 | ||
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Running Lion | Sumo Sam | Trust The Stars |
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With The Moonlight | Mashaaer | Crenelle |
2021 | ||
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Mystery Angel | Sea Karats | Taslima |
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1990 | ||
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Sardegna | Wasnah | Katsina |
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Always On A Sunday | Rambushka | Roseate Tern |
1988 | ||
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La Vie En Primrose | Intimate Guest | Asl |
The Pretty Polly Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old fillies. It is run over a distance of 1 mile and 2 furlongs (2,012 metres) on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket in late April or early May.
History
[edit]The event is named after Pretty Polly, the winner of the fillies' Triple Crown in 1904. It was established in 1962, and was originally staged at Newmarket's mid-May fixture.[1] It was moved to early May in 1973.[2]
The Pretty Polly Stakes sometimes serves as a trial for the Epsom Oaks. The last horse to win both races was Taghrooda in 2014.
The race is held on the same day as the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket's two-day Guineas Festival meeting.
Records
[edit]Leading jockey (9 wins):
- Frankie Dettori – Pricket (1996), Siyadah (1997), Melikah (2000), Mot Juste (2001), Hi Dubai (2003), Marie de Medici (2010), Jazzi Top (2015), Swiss Range (2016), Lah Ti Dar (2018)
Leading trainer (8 wins):
- Henry Cecil – Flirtigig (1972), Cloonagh (1973), Sing Softly (1982), Sandy Island (1984), Indian Skimmer (1987), Sardegna (1990), All at Sea (1992), Midnight Line (1998)
- John Gosden – Take the Hint (2009), Taghrooda (2014), Jazzi Top (2015), Swiss Range (2016), Lah Ti Dar (2018), Run Wild (2021), Running Lion (2023), Friendly Soul (2024)
Winners since 1977
[edit]Year | Winner! Jockey | Trainer | Time | |
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1977 | Dunfermline | Willie Carson | Dick Hern | |
1978 | Upper Deck | Willie Carson | Dick Hern | |
1979 | Reprocolor | Greville Starkey | Michael Stoute | |
1980 | Jem Jen | Tony Murray | Paul Kelleway | |
1981 | Humming | Willie Carson | Dick Hern | |
1982 | Sing Softly | Lester Piggott | Henry Cecil | |
1983 | Jolly Bay | Pat Eddery | Jeremy Tree | |
1984 | Sandy Island | Lester Piggott | Henry Cecil | |
1985 | Capo di Monte | Tony Kimberley | Michael Stoute | |
1986 | Gesedeh | Tony Ives | Michael Jarvis | 2:09.15 |
1987 | Indian Skimmer | Steve Cauthen | Henry Cecil | 2:04.25 |
1988 | La Vie en Primrose | Michael Roberts | Clive Brittain | 2:10.91 |
1989 | Always on a Sunday [a] | Michael Hills | Paul Kelleway | 2:08.07 |
1990 | Sardegna | Steve Cauthen | Henry Cecil | 2:10.95 |
1991 | Gussy Marlowe | Michael Roberts | Clive Brittain | 2:05.74 |
1992 | All at Sea | Pat Eddery | Henry Cecil | 2:05.61 |
1993 | Magical Retreat | Darren Biggs | Charles Cyzer | 2:08.64 |
1994 | Wind in Her Hair | Richard Hills | John Hills | 2:02.14 |
1995 | Musetta | Brett Doyle | Clive Brittain | 2:03.67 |
1996 | Pricket | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | 2:03.85 |
1997 | Siyadah | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | 2:05.15 |
1998 | Midnight Line | Kieren Fallon | Henry Cecil | 2:07.05 |
1999 | Alabaq | Richard Hills | John Dunlop | 2:03.69 |
2000 | Melikah | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | 2:04.00 |
2001 | Mot Juste | Frankie Dettori | Ed Dunlop | 2:06.34 |
2002 | Esloob | Richard Hills | Marcus Tregoning | 2:04.40 |
2003 | Hi Dubai | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | 2:07.68 |
2004 | Ouija Board | Kieren Fallon | Ed Dunlop | 2:02.92 |
2005 | Fashionable | Richard Hughes | Barry Hills | 2:04.74 |
2006 | Riyalma | Michael Kinane | Sir Michael Stoute | 2:10.34 |
2007 | Dalvina | Jamie Spencer | Ed Dunlop | 2:03.27 |
2008 | Saphira's Fire | Martin Dwyer | Willie Muir | 2:07.27 |
2009 | Take the Hint | Jimmy Fortune | John Gosden | 2:01.93 |
2010 | Marie de' Medici | Frankie Dettori | Mark Johnston | 2:09.42 |
2011 | Dorcas Lane | Paul Hanagan | Lucy Wadham | 2:09.47 |
2012 | Kailani | Mickael Barzalona | Mahmood Al Zarooni | 2:09.75 |
2013 | Talent | Jim Crowley | Ralph Beckett | 2:04.14 |
2014 | Taghrooda | Paul Hanagan | John Gosden | 2:05.68 |
2015 | Jazzi Top | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden | 2:03.50 |
2016 | Swiss Range | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden | 2:05.40 |
2017 | Horseplay | David Probert | Andrew Balding | 2:04.60 |
2018 | Lah Ti Dar | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden | 2:04.26 |
2019 | Maqsad | Jim Crowley | William Haggas | 2:05.23 |
2020 | Run Wild[b] | Oisin Murphy | John Gosden | 2:01.87 |
2021 | Mystery Angel | Ben Curtis | George Boughey | 2:05.19 |
2022 | With The Moonlight | William Buick | Charlie Appleby | 2:02.57 |
2023 | Running Lion | Oisin Murphy | John and Thady Gosden | 2:05.86 |
2024 | Friendly Soul | Kieran Shoemark | John and Thady Gosden | 2:03.22 |
- ^ Rambushka finished first in 1989, but she was relegated to second place following a stewards' inquiry
- ^ The 2020 race was run in June, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
Earlier winners
[edit]- 1962: Military Pickle
- 1963: Fair Astronomer
- 1964: Young Man's Fancy
- 1965: Miba
- 1966: Orabella II
- 1967: Cranberry Sauce
- 1968: Celina
- 1969: Borana
- 1970: Royal Pancake
- 1971: Fleet Wahine
- 1972: Flirtigig
- 1973: Cloonagh
- 1974: Lauretta
- 1975: Val's Girl
- 1976: Spiranthes
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1964 Pretty Polly Stakes". Glasgow Herald. 16 May 1964. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- ^ "1973 Pretty Polly Stakes". Glasgow Herald. 5 May 1973. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- Paris-Turf:
- Racing Post:
- pedigreequery.com – Pretty Polly Stakes – Newmarket.