Select Stakes
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The Select Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1 mile 1 furlong and 192 yards (1,986 metres) at Goodwood Racecourse in September.
It was first run in 1965 as the Valdoe Stakes, changing to its present name in 1986. Initially the race excluded three-year-olds, and from 1973-75 it was for three and four-year-olds only. In 1966 it was run as a handicap race.
The quality of horses which have contested the race in recent years is exceptionally high for a Group 3. The recent roll of honour boasts such illustrious names as Singspiel and Moon Ballad, both subsequent winners of the Dubai World Cup. Further back, Dancing Brave won the Select Stakes in 1986 en route to victory in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. And to add to all of this, Alderbrook, the 1994 winner, subsequently won the Champion Hurdle!
[edit] Winners since 1986
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
| 1986 | Dancing Brave | 3 | Greville Starkey | Guy Harwood | 2:04.81 |
| 1987 | Most Welcome | 3 | Paul Eddery | Geoff Wragg | |
| 1988 | Mtoto | 5 | Michael Roberts | Alec Stewart | 2:06.12 |
| 1989 | Legal Case | 3 | Frankie Dettori | Luca Cumani | 2:12.54 |
| 1990 | Missionary Ridge | 3 | Ray Cochrane | Barry Hills | 2:07.19 |
| 1991 | Filia Ardross | 5 | Michael Roberts | Alec Stewart | 2:10.16 |
| 1992 | Knifebox | 4 | Darryll Holland | John Gosden | 2:12.54 |
| 1993 | Knifebox | 5 | Michael Roberts | John Gosden | 2:11.88 |
| 1994 | Alderbrook | 5 | Paul Eddery | Julie Cecil | 2:13.40 |
| 1995 | Triarius | 5 | Gary Carter | Saeed bin Suroor | 2:10.07 |
| 1996 | Singspiel | 4 | Cash Asmussen | Michael Stoute | 2:07.38 |
| 1997 | Fahris | 3 | Ray Cochrane | Ben Hanbury | 2:10.38 |
| 1998 | Mutamam | 3 | Michael Roberts | Alec Stewart | 2:08.71 |
| 1999 | Lear Spear | 4 | Richard Quinn | David Elsworth | 2:05.12 |
| 2000 | Ekraar | 3 | Richard Hills | Marcus Tregoning | 2:07.08 |
| 2001 | Nayef | 3 | Richard Hills | Marcus Tregoning | 2:06.33 |
| 2002 | Moon Ballad | 3 | Jamie Spencer | Saeed bin Suroor | 2:03.44 |
| 2003 | Leporello | 3 | Ian Mongan | Peter Harris | 2:05.91 |
| 2004 | Alkaadhem | 4 | Willie Supple | Marcus Tregoning | 2:06.54 |
| 2005 | David Junior | 3 | Jamie Spencer | Brian Meehan | 2:08.84 |
| 2006 | Pictavia | 4 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | 2:04.03 |
