Autumn Stakes (Great Britain)

Autumn Stakes
Group 3 race
Location Rowley Mile
Newmarket, England
Inaugurated 1987
Race type Flat / Thoroughbred
Website Newmarket
Race information
Distance 1 mile (1,609 metres)
Surface Turf
Track Straight
Qualification Two-year-olds
Weight 9 st 1 lb
Allowances
3 lb for fillies
Penalties
5 lb for G1 / G2 winners
3 lb for G3 winners
Purse £50,000 (2014)
1st: £28,355
Autumn Stakes
2014
Commemorative Restorer Future Empire

The Autumn Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old horses. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in October.

History

The event was established in 1987, and it was originally held at Ascot. The inaugural running was abandoned because of a waterlogged course. For a period the race held Listed status, and it was promoted to Group 3 level in 2003.

The Autumn Stakes was transferred to Newmarket in 2011. It became part of a new fixture called Future Champions Day but from 2014 it moved to be run at the same fixture as the Cesarewitch Handicap.

The leading horses from the race sometimes go on to compete in the Racing Post Trophy. The last to win both was Kingston Hill in 2013.

Records

Leading jockey (3 wins):

  • Pat Eddery – High Roller (1996), French Fellow (1999), Big Bad Bob (2002)

Leading trainer (3 wins):

  • John Dunlop – Noble Patriarch (1989), Beauchamp King (1995), Big Bad Bob (2002)

Winners

Year Winner Jockey Trainer Time
1987 no race [a]
1988 Nashwan Willie Carson Dick Hern 1:47.29
1989 Noble Patriarch Willie Carson John Dunlop 1:43.91
1990 Sea Level Steve Cauthen Barry Hills 1:42.08
1991 Ninja Dancer Bruce Raymond Julie Cecil 1:45.28
1992 Taos Steve Cauthen John Gosden 1:43.34
1993 no race [b]
1994 Presenting Frankie Dettori John Gosden 1:41.86
1995 Beauchamp King John Reid John Dunlop 1:48.16
1996 High Roller Pat Eddery Henry Cecil 1:44.91
1997 Dr Fong Kieren Fallon Henry Cecil 1:49.31
1998 Daliapour Olivier Peslier Luca Cumani 1:48.32
1999 French Fellow [c] Pat Eddery Tim Easterby 1:46.86
2000 Nayef Richard Hills Marcus Tregoning 1:49.79
2001 Fight Your Corner Kevin Darley Mark Johnston 1:44.59
2002 Big Bad Bob Pat Eddery John Dunlop 1:42.52
2003 Fantastic View Pat Dobbs Richard Hannon, Sr. 1:45.55
2004 no race [d]
2005 Blitzkrieg [e] Seb Sanders Vince Smith 1:40.90
2006 Caldra Declan McDonogh Sylvester Kirk 1:43.56
2007 Ibn Khaldun Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor 1:44.24
2008 Kite Wood Philip Robinson Michael Jarvis 1:42.42
2009 Morana Alan Munro Peter Chapple-Hyam 1:43.51
2010 Abjer Richard Hills Clive Brittain 1:44.84
2011 Rockinante Richard Hughes Richard Hannon, Sr. 1:37.71
2012 Trading Leather Kevin Manning Jim Bolger 1:37.83
2013 Kingston Hill Andrea Atzeni Roger Varian 1:39.07
2014 Commemorative James Doyle Charles Hills 1:37.91

a b The 1987 and 1993 runnings were abandoned because of a waterlogged course.
c The 1999 winner French Fellow was later exported to Hong Kong and renamed Epic Express.
d The 2004 race was scheduled to be run at Salisbury, but it was cancelled due to heavy rain.
e The 2005 edition took place at Salisbury.

See also

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