White Rose Stakes

White Rose Stakes
Conditions race (discontinued)
LocationAscot Racecourse
Ascot, England
Last run28 April 1993
Race typeFlat / Thoroughbred
WebsiteAscot
Race information
Distance1m 2f (2,012 metres)
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds

The White Rose Stakes was a flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old horses. It was run at Ascot over a distance of 1 mile and 2 furlongs (2,012 metres), and it was scheduled to take place each year in April or May.

History

The event was originally held at Hurst Park. For a period it was open to horses aged three or older, and contested over 1 mile, 7 furlongs and 65 yards.[1]

The White Rose Stakes was restricted to three-year-olds and cut to 1 mile and 2 furlongs in the early 1950s. It was transferred to Ascot in 1963. The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and the event was classed at Group 3 level.

The race continued with Group 3 status until the early 1980s. It was subsequently downgraded, and was last run in 1993. It was replaced by an open-age handicap, the White Rose Handicap, in 1994.[2]

Records

Leading jockey since 1958 (5 wins):

  • Lester Piggott – Samothraki (1962), Right Noble (1966), Light Fire (1969), Only a Wish (1970), Dukedom (1980)
  • Willie Carson – Tierra Fuego (1976), Tully (1977), Milford (1979), Cut Above (1981), Alwuhush (1988)
  • Steve Cauthen – Kirmann (1984), Vertige (1985), Mashkour (1986), Zalazl (1989), Perpendicular (1991)

Leading trainer since 1958 (4 wins):

  • Dick Hern – Tepukei (1973), Tully (1977), Milford (1979), Cut Above (1981)
  • Henry Cecil – Vertige (1985), Mashkour (1986), Zalazl (1989), Perpendicular (1991)

Winners since 1970

Year Winner Jockey Trainer
1970 Only a Wish Lester Piggott Jeremy Tree
1971 Juggernaut Brian Taylor Freddie Maxwell
1972 Moulton Brian Taylor Harry Wragg
1973 Tepukei Joe Mercer Dick Hern
1974 English Prince Pat Eddery Peter Walwyn
1975 Jolly Good Geoff Lewis Bruce Hobbs
1976 Tierra Fuego Willie Carson Clive Brittain
1977 Tully [a] Willie Carson Dick Hern
1978 Leonardo da Vinci Pat Eddery Peter Walwyn
1979 Milford Willie Carson Dick Hern
1980 Dukedom Lester Piggott Ian Balding
1981 Cut Above Willie Carson Dick Hern
1982 Electric Walter Swinburn Michael Stoute
1983 no race [b]
1984 Kirmann Steve Cauthen Fulke Johnson Houghton
1985 Vertige Steve Cauthen Henry Cecil
1986 Mashkour Steve Cauthen Henry Cecil
1987 Zaizoom Richard Quinn Paul Cole
1988 Alwuhush Willie Carson John Dunlop
1989 Zalazl Steve Cauthen Henry Cecil
1990 Starstreak Richard Quinn Mark Johnston
1991 Perpendicular Steve Cauthen Henry Cecil
1992 Top Register Walter Swinburn Lord Huntingdon
1993 Tioman Island Richard Quinn Paul Cole
  1. ^ The 1977 running took place at Newbury
  2. ^ The 1983 edition was abandoned because of a waterlogged course

Earlier winners

  • 1939: Hunter's Moon[a]
  • 1943: Harroway
  • 1946: Marsyas
  • 1947: Chanteur
  • 1948: Migoli
  • 1949: Black Tarquin
  • 1951: Colonist II
  • 1952: Hilltop
  • 1953: Ambiguity
  • 1954: Hypera
  • 1955: Marwari
  • 1956: Esperanza
  • 1958: Crystal Bay
  • 1959: Parthia
  • 1960: Tudor Period
  • 1961: Scatter
  • 1962: Samothraki
  • 1963: Fern
  • 1964: Beaufront
  • 1965: I Say
  • 1966: Right Noble
  • 1967: Great Society
  • 1968: Torpid
  • 1969: Light Fire
  1. ^ Tricameron finished first in 1939, but he was disqualified

See also

References

  1. ^ "Chanteur II Runs Again at Hurst Park". Glasgow Herald. 26 May 1947. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  2. ^ "1994 White Rose Handicap". Racing Post. Retrieved 25 November 2012.