St. Simon Stakes
Group 3 race | |
Location |
Newbury Racecourse Newbury, England |
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Inaugurated | 1969 |
Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Sponsor | Worthington's |
Website | Newbury |
Race information | |
Distance | 1m 4f 5y (2,419 m) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification |
Three-years-old and up exc. G1 winners at 3yo+ |
Weight |
8 st 11 lb (3yo); 9 st 4 lb (4yo+) Allowances 3 lb for fillies and mares Penalties 6 lb for Group 2 winners * 3 lb for Group 3 winners * * since February 28 |
Purse |
£60,000 (2016) 1st: £34,026 |
2016 | ||
Duretto | Mountain Bell | Kings Fete |
Previous years | ||
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2015 | ||
Koora | Melodious | Moderah |
2014 | ||
Sky Hunter | Island Remede | Battalion |
2013 | ||
Cubanita | Nichols Canyon | Cocktail Queen |
2012 | ||
Hazel Lavery | Noble Mission | Songcraft |
2011 | ||
Beaten Up | Al Kazeem | Barbican |
2010-2001 | ||
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2010 | ||
Clowance | Poet | Dreamspeed |
2009 | ||
High Heeled | Tastahil | Harbinger |
2008 | ||
Buccellati | Blue Monday | Sell Out |
2007 | ||
Crime Scene | Ivy Creek | Regime |
2006 | ||
Short Skirt | Mountain | Orcadian |
2005 | ||
Day Flight | Self Defense | Munsef |
2004 | ||
Orcadian | Frank Sonata | Self Defense |
2003 | ||
Imperial Dancer | High Accolade | Dubai Success |
2002 | ||
The Whistling Teal | Warrsan | Nysaean |
2001 | ||
High Pitched | Head In The Clouds | Mubtaker |
2000-1991 | ||
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2000 | ||
Wellbeing | Marienbard | Boreas |
1999 | ||
Signorina Cattiva | Salford Express | Salmon Ladder |
1998 | ||
Dark Moondancer | Delilah | The Glow-Worm |
1997 | ||
Kaliana | Kutta | Busy Flight |
1996 | ||
Salmon Ladder | Kutta | Eva Luna |
1995 | ||
Phantom Gold | Asterita | Whitechapel |
1994 | ||
Persian Brave | Strategic Choice | Duke Of Eurolink |
1993 | ||
Kithanga | Anna Of Saxony | Linpac West |
1992 | ||
Up Anchor | Spring | Zinaad |
1991 | ||
Further Flight | Filia Ardross | Always Friendly |
1990-1988 | ||
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1990 | ||
Down The Flag | Hajade | Spritsail |
1989 | ||
Sesame | Sudden Victory | Spritsail |
1988 | ||
Upend | Apache | Al Mufti |
The St. Simon Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Newbury over a distance of 1 mile, 4 furlongs and 5 yards (2,419 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in October.
History
The event is named after St. Simon, an undefeated racehorse in the 1880s and subsequently a successful sire. It was established in 1969, and the first running was won by Rangong.
The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and the St. Simon Stakes was initially given Group 2 status. By the end of the decade it was classed at Group 3 level. It is now restricted to horses which have not won a Group 1 event since the age of two.
The St. Simon Stakes is part of Newbury's last flat racing fixture of the year. The meeting is currently sponsored by Worthington's and known as the Worthington's Armed Forces Day. The race is currently billed as the Worthington's Victoria Club Stakes.
Records
Most successful horse (2 wins):
- Jupiter Island – 1983, 1986
Leading jockey (3 wins):
- Brian Taylor – Frascati (1971), Ballyhot (1973), Obraztsovy (1978)
- Pat Eddery – Main Reef (1979), Dark Moondancer (1998), Signorina Cattiva (1999)
- Michael Hills – Further Flight (1991), Persian Brave (1994), High Heeled (2009)
Leading trainer (4 wins):
- Henry Cecil – Main Reef (1979), Upend (1988), Wellbeing (2000), High Pitched (2001)
Winners
Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
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1969 | Rangong | 4 | Geoff Lewis | Noel Murless | |
1970 | Politico | 3 | Geoff Lewis | Noel Murless | |
1971 | Frascati | 3 | Brian Taylor | Noel Murless | 2:37.83 |
1972 | Knockroe | 4 | Eric Eldin | Peter Nelson | |
1973 | Ballyhot | 5 | Brian Taylor | John Winter | |
1974 | Never Return | 3 | Willie Carson | Robert Armstrong | |
1975 | Dakota | 4 | Sandy Barclay | Sam Hall | |
1976 | Mart Lane | 3 | Bruce Raymond | Seamus McGrath | |
1977 | Hot Grove | 3 | Willie Carson | Fulke Johnson Houghton | |
1978 | Obraztsovy | 3 | Brian Taylor | Ryan Price | |
1979 | Main Reef | 3 | Pat Eddery | Henry Cecil | |
1980 | Shining Finish | 3 | Steve Cauthen | Jeremy Tree | |
1981 | Little Wolf | 3 | Graham Sexton | Dick Hern | |
1982 | no race [a] | ||||
1983 | Jupiter Island | 4 | Philip Robinson | Clive Brittain | |
1984 | Gay Lemur | 4 | Geoff Baxter | Bruce Hobbs | |
1985 | Shardari | 3 | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute | 2:35.87 |
1986 | Jupiter Island | 7 | Tony Murray | Clive Brittain | |
1987 | Lake Erie | 4 | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute | 2:44.29 |
1988 | Upend | 3 | Ray Cochrane | Henry Cecil | 2:43.41 |
1989 | Sesame | 4 | Gary Hind | David Morley | 2:41.58 |
1990 | Down the Flag | 3 | Bruce Raymond | Ben Hanbury | 2:44.79 |
1991 | Further Flight | 5 | Michael Hills | Barry Hills | 2:38.18 |
1992 | Up Anchor | 3 | Alan Munro | Paul Cole | 2:44.22 |
1993 | Kithanga | 3 | Jason Weaver | Luca Cumani | 2:38.86 |
1994 | Persian Brave | 4 | Michael Hills | Michael Bell | 2:48.39 |
1995 | Phantom Gold | 3 | Richard Hills | Lord Huntingdon | 2:39.71 |
1996 | Salmon Ladder | 4 | Richard Quinn | Paul Cole | 2:39.69 |
1997 | Kaliana | 3 | Royston Ffrench | Luca Cumani | 2:36.38 |
1998 | Dark Moondancer [b] | 3 | Pat Eddery | Peter Chapple-Hyam | 2:39.81 |
1999 | Signorina Cattiva | 3 | Pat Eddery | John Dunlop | 2:45.02 |
2000 | Wellbeing | 3 | Richard Quinn | Henry Cecil | 2:46.10 |
2001 | High Pitched [c] | 3 | Willie Ryan | Henry Cecil | 2:31.83 |
2002 | The Whistling Teal | 6 | Darryll Holland | Geoff Wragg | 2:41.47 |
2003 | Imperial Dancer | 5 | Ted Durcan | Mick Channon | 2:35.20 |
2004 | Orcadian | 3 | Martin Dwyer | James Eustace | 2:53.11 |
2005 | Day Flight | 4 | Richard Hughes | John Gosden | 2:36.99 |
2006 | Short Skirt | 3 | Ryan Moore | Sir Michael Stoute | 2:41.74 |
2007 | Crime Scene | 4 | Ted Durcan | Saeed bin Suroor | 2:42.21 |
2008 | Buccellati | 4 | William Buick | Andrew Balding | 2:45.51 |
2009 | High Heeled | 3 | Michael Hills | Barry Hills | 2:40.91 |
2010 | Clowance | 5 | Richard Hughes | Roger Charlton | 2:40.45 |
2011 | Beaten Up | 3 | Johnny Murtagh | William Haggas | 2:31.75 |
2012 | Hazel Lavery | 3 | Eddie Ahern | Charles Hills | 2:44.33 |
2013 | Cubanita | 4 | Jim Crowley | Ralph Beckett | 2:43.62 |
2014 | Sky Hunter | 4 | James Doyle | Saeed bin Suroor | 2:44.52 |
2015 | Koora | 3 | Jamie Spencer | Luca Cumani | 2:48.75 |
2016 | Duretto | 4 | Graham Lee | Andrew Balding | 2:38.19 |
a The 1982 running was abandoned because of a waterlogged course.
b c The 1998 and 2001 editions were held at Newmarket.
See also
References
- Paris-Turf:
- Racing Post:
- galopp-sieger.de – St. Simon Stakes.
- horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – St. Simon Stakes (2016).
- pedigreequery.com – St. Simon Stakes – Newbury.
- Abelson, Edward; Tyrrel, John (1993). The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. pp. 219–220. ISBN 1-873626-15-0.