Summer Mile Stakes

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The Summer Mile Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for four-year-old and above thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 1 mile at Ascot Racecourse in July.

The race is currently sponsored by Sony, and was raised to Group 2 level in 2007. Prior to this it held Group 3 status, having been previously upgraded from Listed class in 2003.

Before 2006 the race was known as the Silver Trophy Stakes, and when it was temporarily transferred to the all-weather track at Lingfield Park Racecourse in 2005, it became the first British Pattern race to be run on a non-turf course. This was followed by the newly upgraded Winter Derby in March 2006. After a second year at Lingfield, the race returned to Ascot in 2007.

[edit] Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1999	Wallace	3	Richard Hughes	Richard Hannon	1:40.72
2000	Sugarfoot	6	Willie Ryan	Nigel Tinkler	1:41.43
2001	Cape Town	4	Dane O'Neill	Richard Hannon	1:41.50
2002	Fallen Star	4	Steve Drowne	John Dunlop	1:40.96
2003	Tillerman	7	Richard Hughes	Amanda Perrett	1:40.78
2004	Shot to Fame	5	Frankie Dettori	Peter Harris	1:42.49
2005	Autumn Glory *	5	Steve Drowne	Geoff Wragg	1:36.45
2006	Echo of Light *	4	Kerrin McEvoy	Saeed bin Suroor	1:36.23
2007	Cesare	6	Jamie Spencer	James Fanshawe	1:40.65