Gordon Stakes

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The Gordon Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for three-year-old thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1 mile 4 furlongs (2,414 metres) at Goodwood Racecourse during the Glorious Goodwood meeting in late July / early August.

It was first run in 1902 and is named after the title of Duke of Gordon, one of the dukedoms held by the Duke of Richmond, owner of Goodwood Racecourse.

It is one of the principal trial races for the St Leger. Eight winners of the Gordon Stakes have gone on to win the St Leger - Prince Palatine (1911), Firdaussi (1932), Athens Wood (1971), Commanche Run (1984), Minster Son, Nedawi, Millenary and Sixties Icon.

The race was run under the title of the ABN Amro Stakes in 2004 and 2005, and the BGC Stakes in 2006.

[edit] Winners since 1988

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1988	Minster Son	Willie Carson	Dick Hern	2:40.54
1989	Warrshan	Walter Swinburn	Michael Stoute	2:35.06
1990	Karinga Bay	Brian Rouse	Denys Smith	2:32.42
1991	Stylish Senor	George Duffield	James Fanshawe	2:41.62
1992	Bonny Scot	Frankie Dettori	Luca Cumani	2:37.21
1993	Right Win	John Reid	Richard Hannon	2:42.26
1994	Broadway Flyer	Michael Hills	John Hills	2:35.32
1995	Presenting	Frankie Dettori	John Gosden	2:31.57
1996	St Mawes	Kevin Darley	John Dunlop	2:35.18
1997	Stowaway	Kevin Darley	Saeed bin Suroor	2:33.98
1998	= Rabah	Richard Hills	John Dunlop	2:37.54
	= Nedawi	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor
1999	Compton Ace	Kieren Fallon	Gerard Butler	2:34.17
2000	Millenary	Richard Quinn	John Dunlop	2:35.42
2001	Alexius	Kieren Fallon	Sir Michael Stoute	2:33.13
2002	Bandari	Willie Supple	Mark Johnston	2:34.26
2003	Phoenix Reach	Darryll Holland	Andrew Balding	2:36.53
2004	Maraahel	Richard Hills	Sir Michael Stoute	2:36.01
2005	The Geezer	Richard Quinn	David Elsworth	2:38.83
2006	Sixties Icon	Frankie Dettori	Jeremy Noseda	2:36.85

[edit] See also

• Horseracing in the United Kingdom
• List of British flat horse races