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. It is run over a distance of 1 mile at Ascot Racecourse in late September.

It was first run in 1973 and was promoted to Group 1 status in 1990, having been previously contested at Group 2 level.

[edit] Winners since 1987

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1987	Diminuendo	Steve Cauthen	Henry Cecil	Sheikh Mohammed	1:43.10
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 Abdullah	1:44.32
1997	Glorosia	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 W. 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	D. Smith, M. Tabor, S. Magnier	1:41.89
2007	Listen	Johnny Murtagh	Aidan O'Brien	D. Smith, S. Magnier, M. Tabor	1:43.30

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

[edit] Earlier winners

[edit] References

• PedigreeQuery.com
• Racing Post:
  • 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
  • 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

[edit] See also

• Horseracing in Great Britain
• List of British flat horse races