Sussex Stakes

Group 1 race
Sussex Stakes

Location	Goodwood Racecourse W. Sussex, England
Inaugurated	1841
Race type	Flat / Thoroughbred
Sponsor	QIPCO
Website	Goodwood
Race information
Distance	1 mile (1,609 metres)
Track	Turf, right-handed
Qualification	Three-years-old and up
Weight	8 st 13 lb (3yo); 9 st 7 lb (4yo+) Allowances 3 lb for fillies and mares
Purse	£300,000 (2011) 1st: £170,130

The Sussex Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Goodwood over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late July or early August.

Contents 1 History 2 Records 3 Winners since 1971 4 Earlier winners 5 See also 6 References

History

The first version of the event, a 6-furlong race for two-year-olds, was established in 1841. It continued intermittently for thirty-seven years, but it was uncontested on twenty-five occasions including fourteen walkovers.

The Sussex Stakes became a 1-mile race for three-year-olds in 1878. The previous version had been overshadowed by both the Goodwood Cup and the Stewards' Cup, but in its modified form it became the most prestigious race at Goodwood.

The event was opened to four-year-olds in 1960, and to horses aged five or older in 1975.

The race is currently held on the second day of the five-day Glorious Goodwood meeting.

Records

Most successful horse:

• no horse has won this race more than once

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Leading jockey (8 wins):

• Sir Gordon Richards – Marconigram (1928), Corpach (1936), Pascal (1937), Radiotherapy (1946), Combat (1947), Krakatao (1949), Le Sage (1951), Agitator (1952)

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Leading trainer (6 wins):

• Sir Henry Cecil – Bolkonski (1975), Wollow (1976), Kris (1979), Distant View (1994), Ali-Royal (1997), Frankel (2011)

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Leading owner (5 wins): (includes part ownership)

• HH Aga Khan III – Le Phare (1929), Dastur (1932), Badruddin (1934), Hairan (1935), Palestine (1950)
• Sue Magnier – Among Men (1998), Giant's Causeway (2000), Rock of Gibraltar (2002), Henrythenavigator (2008), Rip Van Winkle (2009)

Winners since 1971

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1971	Brigadier Gerard	3	Joe Mercer	Dick Hern	Jean Hislop	1:41.11
1972	Sallust	3	Joe Mercer	Dick Hern	Sir Michael Sobell	1:37.60
1973	Thatch	3	Lester Piggott	Vincent O'Brien	Jack Mulcahy	1:39.20
1974	Ace of Aces	4	Jimmy Lindley	Maurice Zilber	Nelson Bunker Hunt	1:41.82
1975	Bolkonski	3	Gianfranco Dettori	Henry Cecil	Carlo d'Alessio	1:39.56
1976	Wollow	3	Gianfranco Dettori	Henry Cecil	Carlo d'Alessio	1:39.74
1977	Artaius	3	Lester Piggott	Vincent O'Brien	Mrs George Getty II	1:39.51
1978	Jaazeiro	3	Lester Piggott	Vincent O'Brien	Robert Sangster	1:40.30
1979	Kris	3	Joe Mercer	Henry Cecil	Lord Howard de Walden	1:41.75
1980	Posse	3	Pat Eddery	John Dunlop	Ogden Mills Phipps	1:41.63
1981	Kings Lake	3	Pat Eddery	Vincent O'Brien	Mrs Jean-Pierre Binet	1:39.38
1982	On the House	3	John Reid	Harry Wragg	Sir Philip Oppenheimer	1:37.65
1983	Noalcoholic	6	George Duffield	G. Pritchard-Gordon	William du Pont III	1:37.51
1984	Chief Singer [a]	3	Ray Cochrane	Ron Sheather	Jeff Smith	1:38.21
1985	Rousillon	4	Greville Starkey	Guy Harwood	Khalid Abdullah	1:41.07
1986	Sonic Lady	3	Walter Swinburn	Michael Stoute	Sheikh Mohammed	1:39.65
1987	Soviet Star	3	Greville Starkey	André Fabre	Sheikh Mohammed	1:38.83
1988	Warning	3	Pat Eddery	Guy Harwood	Khalid Abdullah	1:39.83
1989	Zilzal	3	Walter Swinburn	Michael Stoute	Mana Al Maktoum	1:36.77
1990	Distant Relative	4	Willie Carson	Barry Hills	Wafic Saïd	1:36.06
1991	Second Set	3	Frankie Dettori	Luca Cumani	Richard L. Duchossois	1:40.53
1992	Marling	3	Pat Eddery	Geoff Wragg	Edmund Loder	1:36.68
1993	Bigstone	3	Dominique Boeuf	Elie Lellouche	Daniel Wildenstein	1:40.19
1994	Distant View	3	Pat Eddery	Henry Cecil	Khalid Abdullah	1:35.71
1995	Sayyedati	5	Brett Doyle	Clive Brittain	Mohamed Obaida	1:36.17
1996	First Island	4	Michael Hills	Geoff Wragg	Mollers Racing	1:37.75
1997	Ali-Royal	4	Kieren Fallon	Henry Cecil	Greenbay Stables Ltd	1:37.98
1998	Among Men	4	Michael Kinane	Sir Michael Stoute	Tabor / Magnier	1:40.23
1999	Aljabr	3	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	1:35.66
2000	Giant's Causeway	3	Michael Kinane	Aidan O'Brien	Magnier / Tabor	1:38.65
2001	Noverre	3	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	1:37.12
2002	Rock of Gibraltar	3	Michael Kinane	Aidan O'Brien	Ferguson / Magnier	1:38.29
2003	Reel Buddy	5	Pat Eddery	Richard Hannon	Speedlith Group	1:40.00
2004	Soviet Song	4	Johnny Murtagh	James Fanshawe	Elite Racing Club	1:36.98
2005	Proclamation	3	Michael Kinane	Jeremy Noseda	Princess Haya of Jordan	1:40.16
2006	Court Masterpiece	6	Jimmy Fortune	Ed Dunlop	Gainsborough Stud	1:36.10
2007	Ramonti	5	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	1:37.62
2008	Henrythenavigator	3	Johnny Murtagh	Aidan O'Brien	Sue Magnier	1:38.46
2009	Rip Van Winkle	3	Johnny Murtagh	Aidan O'Brien	Magnier / Tabor / Smith	1:37.16
2010	Canford Cliffs	3	Richard Hughes	Richard Hannon	Heffer / Roy / Instance	1:37.44
2011	Frankel	3	Tom Queally	Sir Henry Cecil	Khalid Abdullah	1:37.47

^a Rousillon finished first in 1984, but he was relegated to fifth place following a stewards' inquiry.

Earlier winners

* The 1941 running took place at Newmarket.

See also

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

References

• Racing Post:
  • 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
  • 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
  • 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

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• galopp-sieger.de – Sussex Stakes.
• horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Sussex Stakes (2011).
• pedigreequery.com – Sussex Stakes – Goodwood.
• Abelson, Edward; John Tyrrel (1993). The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. pp. 130–133. ISBN 1-873626-15-0.