Champion Stakes
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The Champion 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 (2,012 metres) at Newmarket's Rowley Mile course in October. It was first run in 1877.
[edit] Winners since 1985
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
| 1985 | Pebbles | 4 | Pat Eddery | Clive Brittain | Sheikh Mohammed | 2:04.79 |
| 1986 | Triptych | 4 | Tony Cruz | Patrick Biancone | Alan Clore | 2:09.49 |
| 1987 | Triptych | 5 | Tony Cruz | Patrick Biancone | Alan Clore | 2:10.98 |
| 1988 | Indian Skimmer | 4 | Michael Roberts | Henry Cecil | Sheikh Mohammed | 2:10.51 |
| 1989 | Legal Case | 3 | Ray Cochrane | Luca Cumani | Sir Gordon White | 2:02.95 |
| 1990 | In the Groove | 3 | Steve Cauthen | David Elsworth | Brian Cooper | 2:05.67 |
| 1991 | Tel Quel | 3 | Thierry Jarnet | André Fabre | Sheikh Mohammed | 2:01.93 |
| 1992 | Rodrigo de Triano | 3 | Lester Piggott | Peter Chapple-Hyam | Robert Sangster | 2:02.46 |
| 1993 | Hatoof | 4 | Walter Swinburn | Criquette Head | Maktoum Al Maktoum | 2:06.80 |
| 1994 | Dernier Empereur | 4 | Sylvain Guillot | André Fabre | Gary Tanaka | 2:05.65 |
| 1995 | Spectrum | 3 | John Reid | Peter Chapple-Hyam | Lord Weinstock | 2:02.55 |
| 1996 | Bosra Sham | 3 | Pat Eddery | Henry Cecil | Wafic Saïd | 2:03.71 |
| 1997 | Pilsudski | 5 | Michael Kinane | Michael Stoute | Lord Weinstock | 2:05.46 |
| 1998 | Alborada | 3 | George Duffield | Sir Mark Prescott | Kirsten Rausing | 2:03.69 |
| 1999 | Alborada | 4 | George Duffield | Sir Mark Prescott | Kirsten Rausing | 2:05.57 |
| 2000 | Kalanisi | 4 | Johnny Murtagh | Sir Michael Stoute | HH Aga Khan IV | 2:05.59 |
| 2001 | Nayef | 3 | Richard Hills | Marcus Tregoning | Hamdan Al Maktoum | 2:07.72 |
| 2002 | Storming Home | 4 | Michael Hills | Barry Hills | Maktoum Al Maktoum | 2:01.42 |
| 2003 | Rakti | 4 | Philip Robinson | Michael Jarvis | Gary Tanaka | 2:03.34 |
| 2004 | Haafhd | 3 | Richard Hills | Barry Hills | Hamdan Al Maktoum | 2:06.90 |
| 2005 | David Junior | 3 | Jamie Spencer | Brian Meehan | Roldvale Limited | 2:05.43 |
| 2006 | Pride | 6 | Christophe Lemaire | Alain de Royer-Dupré | NP Bloodstock Ltd | 2:06.81 |
[edit] Earlier winners
- 1877 - Springfield
- 1878 - Jannette
- 1879 - Rayon d'Or
- 1880 - Robert the Devil
- 1881 - Bend Or
- 1882 - Tristan
- 1883 - Tristan
- 1884 - Tristan
- 1885 - Paradox
- 1886 - Ormonde
- 1887 - Bendigo
- 1888 - Friar's Balsam
- 1889 - Gold
- 1890 - Amphion
- 1891 - Orion
- 1892 - Orme
- 1893 - Le Nicham
- 1894 - La Flèche
- 1895 - Laveno
- 1896 - Labrador
- 1897 - Velasquez
- 1898 - Velasquez
- 1899 - Dieudonne
- 1900 - Solitaire
- 1901 - Osboch
- 1902 - Veles
- 1903 - Sceptre
- 1904 - Bachelor's Button
- 1905 - Pretty Polly
- 1906 - Polymelus
- 1907 - Galvani
- 1908 - Llangwm
- 1909 - Bayardo
- 1910 - Lemberg
- 1911 - Lemberg
- 1912 - Stedfast
- 1913 - Tracery
- 1914 - Hapsburg
- 1915 - Let Fly
- 1916 - Clarissimus
- 1917 - Gay Crusader
- 1918 - My Dear
- 1919 - Buchan
- 1920 - Orpheus
- 1921 - Orpheus
- 1922 - Franklin
- 1923 - Ellangowan
- 1924 - Pharos
- 1925 - Picaroon
- 1926 - Warden of the Marches
- 1927 - Astérus
- 1928 - Fairway
- 1929 - Fairway
- 1930 - Rustom Pasha
- 1931 - Goyescas
- 1932 - Cameronian
- 1933 - Chatelaine / Dastur *
- 1934 - Umidwar
- 1935 - Wychwood Abbott
- 1936 - Wychwood Abbott
- 1937 - Flares
- 1938 - Rockfel
- 1939 - no race
- 1940 - Hippius
- 1941 - Hippius
- 1942 - Big Game
- 1943 - Nasrullah
- 1944 - Hycilla
- 1945 - Court Martial
- 1946 - Honeyway
- 1947 - Migoli
- 1948 - Solar Slipper
- 1949 - Djeddah
- 1950 - Peter Flower
- 1951 - Dynamiter
- 1952 - Dynamiter
- 1953 - Nearula
- 1954 - Narrator
- 1955 - Hafiz II
- 1956 - Hugh Lupus
- 1957 - Rose Royale II
- 1958 - Bella Paola
- 1959 - Petite Etoile
- 1960 - Marguerite Vernaut
- 1961 - Bobar II
- 1962 - Arctic Storm
- 1963 - Hula Dancer
- 1964 - Baldric II
- 1965 - Silly Season
- 1966 - Pieces of Eight
- 1967 - Reform
- 1968 - Sir Ivor
- 1969 - Flossy
- 1970 - Lorenzaccio
- 1971 - Brigadier Gerard
- 1972 - Brigadier Gerard
- 1973 - Hurry Harriet
- 1974 - Giacometti
- 1975 - Rose Bowl
- 1976 - Vitiges
- 1977 - Flying Water
- 1978 - Swiss Maid
- 1979 - Northern Baby
- 1980 - Cairn Rouge
- 1981 - Vayrann
- 1982 - Time Charter
- 1983 - Cormorant Wood
- 1984 - Palace Music
* The 1933 race was a dead-heat and has joint winners.
