Fillies' Mile

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The Fillies' Mile is a Group 1 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for two-year-old thoroughbred fillies run over a distance of 1 mile at Ascot Racecourse in late September.

It was first run in 1973 and was given Group 1 status in 1990, having previously been a Group 2.

[edit] Winners since 1988

  • Pre Group 1 years indicated by shading.
Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Time
1988 Tessla Pat Eddery Henry Cecil Charles St George 1:43.96
1989 Silk Slippers Michael Hills Barry Hills Robert Sangster 1:42.49
1990 Shamshir Frankie Dettori Luca Cumani Sheikh Mohammed 1:43.27
1991 Culture Vulture * Richard Quinn Paul Cole Christopher Wright 1:46.11
1992 Ivanka Michael Roberts Clive Brittain Ali Saeed 1:46.65
1993 Fairy Heights Cash Asmussen Neville Callaghan Frank Golding 1:44.44
1994 Aqaarid Willie Carson John Dunlop Hamdan Al Maktoum 1:44.70
1995 Bosra Sham Pat Eddery Henry Cecil Wafic Saïd 1:43.13
1996 Reams of Verse Michael Kinane Henry Cecil Khalid Abdulla 1:44.32
1997 Gloriosa Frankie Dettori Luca Cumani Robert H Smith 1:42.31
1998 Sunspangled Michael Kinane Aidan O'Brien Sue Magnier & Michael Tabor 1:44.79
1999 Teggiano Frankie Dettori Clive Brittain Abdullah Saeed Belhab 1:49.69
2000 Crystal Music Frankie Dettori John Gosden Lord Lloyd-Webber 1:44.44
2001 Gossamer Jamie Spencer Luca Cumani Gerald Leigh 1:46.40
2002 Soviet Song Oscar Urbina James Fanshawe Elite Racing Club 1:42.32
2003 Red Bloom Kieren Fallon Sir Michael Stoute Cheveley Park Stud 1:40.81
2004 Playful Act Jimmy Fortune John Gosden Sangster Family 1:42.22
2005 Nannina ** Jimmy Fortune John Gosden Cheveley Park Stud 1:38.52
2006 Simply Perfect Darryll Holland Jeremy Noseda Derrick Smith, M Tabor, S Magnier 1:41.89

* Midnight Air finished first in 1991 but was relegated to last place following a Stewards' Enquiry.
** The 2005 race took place at Newmarket Racecourse.

[edit] Earlier winners

  • 1977 - Cherry Hinton
  • 1978 - Formulate
  • 1979 - Quick As Lightning
  • 1980 - Leap Lively


[edit] See also