Richmond Stakes

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The Richmond Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for two-year-old thoroughbred colts and geldings. It is run over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 metres) at Goodwood Racecourse during the Glorious Goodwood meeting in late July or early August.

It was first run in 1877 and was named by 6th Duke of Richmond, whose family introduced racing to Goodwood. Although recent winners of the race have mostly been future sprinters or milers, in earlier years the Richmond Stakes was sometimes won by subsequent Derby winners. These include Pommern (1914) and Mahmoud (1935).

[edit] Winners since 1986

Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Time
1986 Rich Charlie John Reid Charlie Nelson 1:11.65
1987 Warning Pat Eddery Guy Harwood 1:12.96
1988 Heart of Arabia Ray Cochrane Clive Brittain 1:13.45
1989 Contract Law Bruce Raymond William Jarvis 1:12.23
1990 Mac's Imp Alan Munro Bill O'Gorman 1:10.25
1991 Dilum Alan Munro Paul Cole 1:13.05
1992 Son Pardo John Reid Richard Hannon 1:11.26
1993 First Trump Michael Hills Geoff Wragg 1:12.69
1994 Sri Pekan Richard Quinn Paul Cole 1:11.51
1995 Polaris Flight John Reid Peter Chapple-Hyam 1:11.27
1996 Easycall Brett Doyle Brian Meehan 1:12.13
1997 Daggers Drawn Kieren Fallon Henry Cecil 1:12.62
1998 Muqtarib Richard Hills John Dunlop 1:14.46
1999 Bachir Frankie Dettori John Gosden 1:09.81
2000 Pyrus * Michael Kinane Aidan O'Brien 1:12.99
2001 Mister Cosmi Kevin Darley Mark Johnston 1:11.55
2002 Revenue * Darryll Holland Michael Bell 1:10.80
2003 Carrizo Creek Kieren Fallon Brian Meehan 1:12.25
2004 Montgomery's Arch Jimmy Fortune Peter Chapple-Hyam 1:12.81
2005 Always Hopeful Graham Gibbons Eoghan O'Neill 1:13.05
2006 Hamoody Alan Munro Peter Chapple-Hyam 1:10.68
2007 Strike the Deal Eddie Ahern Jeremy Noseda 1:11.59

* Endless Summer finished first in 2000 but was subsequently disqualified for being ineligible to run in the race.
* Elusive City finished first in 2002 but was subsequently disqualified after testing positive for a banned substance.

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