Great Voltigeur Stakes

Great Voltigeur Stakes

2015
Storm The Stars	Bondi Beach	Giovanni Canaletto

Previous years
2014
Postponed	Snow Sky	Odeon
2013
Telescope	Foundry	Secret Number
2012
Thought Worthy	Main Sequence	Encke
2011
Sea Moon	Al Kazeem	Seville
2010
Rewilding	Midas Touch	Joshua Tree
2009
Monitor Closely	Mastery	Father Time
2008
Centennial	Top Lock	Scintillo
2007
Lucarno	Yellowstone	Macarthur
2006
Youmzain	Red Rocks	Puerto Rico
2005
Hard Top	The Geezer	Avalon
2004
Rule of Law	Let The Lion Roar	Go For Gold
2003
Powerscourt	Brian Boru	Hawk Flyer

The Great Voltigeur Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old colts and geldings. It is run at York over a distance of 1 mile and 4 furlongs (2,414 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in August.

History

The event is named after Voltigeur, the Yorkshire-trained winner of the Derby and St Leger in 1850. It was established in 1950, and it was initially called the Voltigeur Stakes. The word "Great" was added to the title in 1957.

The Great Voltigeur Stakes serves as a trial for the following month's St Leger, and thirteen horses have achieved victory in both races. The first was Premonition in 1953, and the most recent was Lucarno in 2007. The last participant to subsequently win the St Leger was Encke, third in 2012.

The event is currently held on the opening day of York's four-day Ebor Festival meeting.

Records

Leading jockey (9 wins):

• Lester Piggott – Pindari (1959), St Paddy (1960), Ragazzo (1965), Meadowville (1970), Athens Wood (1971), Our Mirage (1972), Alleged (1977), Noble Saint (1979), Prince Bee (1980)

Leading trainer (7 wins):

• Sir Michael Stoute – Electric (1982), Sacrament (1994), Fantastic Light (1999), Air Marshall (2000), Hard Top (2005), Sea Moon (2011), Telescope (2013)

Winners

^a The 2008 running took place at Goodwood. * Intermezzo finished first in 1969, but he was relegated to fourth place following a stewards' inquiry.

See also

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

References

• Paris-Turf:
  • 1979, 1980, 1982, 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 – Great Voltigeur Stakes.
• horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Great Voltigeur Stakes (2015).
• pedigreequery.com – Great Voltigeur Stakes – York.
• Abelson, Edward; Tyrrel, John (1993). The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. pp. 152–153. ISBN 1-873626-15-0.