International Stakes
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The International Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1 mile 2 furlongs and 88 yards (2,092 metres) at York Racecourse during the Ebor Festival meeting in August.
It was first run in 1972 and was known until 1985 as the Benson & Hedges Gold Cup. Since 1989 the race has been sponsored by Juddmonte Farms, the breeding operation of Khalid Abdulla. The race is now commonly referred to as the Juddmonte International.
[edit] Winners since 1988
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
| 1988 | Shady Heights * | 4 | Willie Carson | Robert Armstrong | George Tong | 2:06.35 |
| 1989 | Ile de Chypre | 4 | Tony Clark | Guy Harwood | Athos Christodoulou | 2:06.91 |
| 1990 | In the Groove | 3 | Steve Cauthen | David Elsworth | Brian Cooper | 2:08.77 |
| 1991 | Terimon | 5 | Michael Roberts | Clive Brittain | Lady Beaverbrook | 2:16.18 |
| 1992 | Rodrigo de Triano | 3 | Lester Piggott | Peter Chapple-Hyam | Robert Sangster | 2:07.19 |
| 1993 | Ezzoud | 4 | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute | Maktoum Al Maktoum | 2:12.16 |
| 1994 | Ezzoud | 5 | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute | Maktoum Al Maktoum | 2:08.85 |
| 1995 | Halling | 4 | Walter Swinburn | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin Stables | 2:06.42 |
| 1996 | Halling | 5 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin Stables | 2:06.88 |
| 1997 | Singspiel | 5 | Frankie Dettori | Michael Stoute | Sheikh Mohammed | 2:12.10 |
| 1998 | One So Wonderful | 4 | Pat Eddery | Luca Cumani | Helena Springfield Ltd | 2:06.46 |
| 1999 | Royal Anthem | 4 | Gary Stevens | Henry Cecil | The Thoroughbred Corp. | 2:06.91 |
| 2000 | Giant's Causeway | 3 | Michael Kinane | Aidan O'Brien | Sue Magnier & Michael Tabor | 2:09.30 |
| 2001 | Sakhee | 4 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin Stables | 2:08.27 |
| 2002 | Nayef | 4 | Richard Hills | Marcus Tregoning | Hamdan Al Maktoum | 2:08.74 |
| 2003 | Falbrav | 5 | Darryll Holland | Luca Cumani | Scuderia Rencati | 2:06.84 |
| 2004 | Sulamani | 5 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin Stables | 2:11.82 |
| 2005 | Electrocutionist | 4 | Michael Kinane | Valfredo Valiani | Earle Mack | 2:07.47 |
| 2006 | Notnowcato | 4 | Ryan Moore | Sir Michael Stoute | Anthony & David de Rothschild | 2:12.32 |
* Persian Heights finished first in 1988 but was demoted to third place following a Stewards' Enquiry.
