Duchess of Cambridge Stakes

Duchess Of Cambridge Stakes

2015
Illuminate	Besharah	Blue Bayou

Previous years
2014
Arabian Queen	High Celebrity	Tongue Twista
2013
Lucky Kristale	Rizeena	Queen Catrine
2012
Sendmylovetorose	Maureen	Jadanna
2011
Gamilati	Russelliana	Shumoos
2010
Memory	Soraaya	Hooray
2009
Misheer	Habaayib	Lady Darshaan
2008
Please Sing	Art Princess	Ahla Wasahl
2007
You'resothrilling	Festoso	Elletelle
2006
Sander Camillo	Alzerra	Gilded
2005
Donna Blini	Salut d'Amour	Spinning Queen
2004
Jewel In The Sand	Salsa Brava	Extreme Beauty
2003
Attraction	Pearl Grey	Birthday Suit

The Duchess of Cambridge Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old fillies. It is run on the July Course at Newmarket over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in July.

History

The event was established in 1947 as the Cherry Hinton Stakes, and the inaugural running was won by Great Fun.

The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and for a period the Duchess of Cambridge Stakes was classed at Group 3 level. It was promoted to Group 2 status in 1996.

The Duchess of Cambridge Stakes is currently held on the second day of Newmarket's three-day July Festival meeting. The equivalent race for male horses is the July Stakes.

Several winners have gone on to achieve victory in the following season's 1,000 Guineas Stakes. The first was Sweet Solera in 1961, and the most recent was Attraction in 2004.

In 2013 the race was renamed the Duchess of Cambridge Stakes from the Cherry Hinton Stakes. This also came in the same year as the Windsor Forest Stakes at Royal Ascot was changed to the Duke of Cambridge Stakes.

Records

Leading jockey (5 wins):

• Walter Swinburn – Top Socialite (1984), Kerrera (1988), Chicarica (1990), Red Carnival (1994), Wannabe Grand (1998)

Leading trainer (4 wins):

• Henry Cecil – Roussalka (1974), Diminuendo (1987), Chimes of Freedom (1989), Musicale (1991)
• Sir Michael Stoute – Top Socialite (1984), Kerrera (1988), Red Carnival (1994), Dazzle (1996)

Winners since 1980

Earlier winners

* The 1952 race was a dead-heat and has joint winners.

See also

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

References

• Paris-Turf:
  • 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987
• 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, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

• galopp-sieger.de – Duchess of Cambridge Stakes.
• horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Duchess of Cambridge Stakes (2015).
• pedigreequery.com – Duchess of Cambridge Stakes – Newmarket.
• Abelson, Edward; John Tyrrel (1993). The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. pp. 112–114. ISBN 1-873626-15-0.