William_Hill_Sprint_Championship

Nunthorpe Stakes

Nunthorpe Stakes

Flat horse race in Britain

The Nunthorpe Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged two years or older. It is run at York over a distance of 5 furlongs (1,006 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in August.

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History

The event is named after Nunthorpe, an area of York. The first version, a low-grade selling race, was established in 1903. The present version began in 1922, and the inaugural running was won by Two Step.

The race was sponsored by William Hill from 1976 to 1989, and during this period it was known as the William Hill Sprint Championship. It has had several different sponsors since then, and the latest is Coolmore Stud, which started supporting the event in 2007.

The Nunthorpe Stakes became part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series in 2011. The winner of the race now earns an automatic invitation to compete in the same year's Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint.[1]

The event is one of a limited number of races in which two-year-old horses can compete against their elders. The first juvenile to win was High Treason in 1953, and the most recent was Kingsgate Native in 2007. It is also the only Group 1 race in Great Britain open to two-year-old geldings.

The Nunthorpe Stakes is currently held on the third day of York's four-day Ebor Festival meeting and has been a Group 1 race since 1984.

Records

Most successful horse (3 wins):

  • Tag End – 1928, 1929, 1930
  • Sharpo – 1980, 1981, 1982

Other repeat winners (2 wins):

Leading jockey (7 wins):

  • Lester Piggott – Right Boy (1958, 1959), Matatina (1963), Caterina (1966), Tower Walk (1969), Swing Easy (1971), Solinus (1978)

Leading trainer (5 wins):

  • Ossie Bell – Highborn II (1926, 1927), Greenore (1932), Concerto (1933), Ipsden (1937)

Leading owner (3 wins):

  • Sir Hugo Cunliffe-Owen – Highborn II (1926, 1927), Concerto (1933)
  • Jack Joel – Tag End (1928, 1929, 1930)
  • Monica Sheriffe – Sharpo (1980, 1981, 1982)

Winners

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  1. The 1942 running took place at Newmarket
  2. The 1943 running took place at Newmarket
  3. The 1944 running took place at Newmarket
  4. Thatching finished first in 1979 but was disqualified and placed last after a stewards enquiry
  5. Blue Siren finished first in 1994, but she was relegated to second place following a stewards' inquiry
  6. The 2008 running took place at Newmarket

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "2011 Breeders' Cup Challenge Schedule" (PDF). breederscup.com. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  • galopp-sieger.de – Nunthorpe Stakes.
  • ifhaonline.org – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Nunthorpe Stakes (2019).
  • pedigreequery.com – Nunthorpe Stakes – York.
  • Abelson, Edward; Tyrrel, John (1993). The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. pp. 158–160. ISBN 1-873626-15-0.
  • Race Recordings
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