The Greenham Stakes is a
Group 3 flat
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horse race
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in Great Britain open to three-year-old
colts and
gelding
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s. It is run over a distance of 7 furlongs () at
Newbury in April.
History
The event is named after
Greenham, the civil parish where Newbury Racecourse is located. It was established in 1906, and was initially contested over a mile.
The race continued with its original length until the start of World War II. It was not staged from 1941 to 1948, and resumed with a distance of 7 furlongs and 60 yards in 1949. It was shortened to 7 furlongs in 1956.
The Greenham Stakes can serve as a trial for various colts' Classics in Europe. The last winner to achieve victory in the
2000 Guineas was
Frankel
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in 2011, and the most recent 2,000 Guineas winner to compete in the Greenham Stakes was
Night of Thunder, the 2014 runner-up.
Records
Leading jockey (5 wins):
*
Steve Donoghue – ''Sydmonton (1911), Polygnotus (1919), Silvern (1920), Green Fire (1924), Zelina (1934)''
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Joe Mercer
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– ''Counsel (1955), Heathen (1968), Boldboy (1973), Kris (1979), Creag-an-Sgor (1984)''
Leading
trainer (6 wins):
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Henry Cecil
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– ''Wollow (1976), Kris (1979), Cajun (1982), Faustus (1986), Enrique (1999), Frankel (2011)''
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Richard Hannon Sr.
Richard Michael Hannon (born 1945), known as Richard Hannon Sr. to distinguish him from his son, is a former British horse trainer. He was British flat racing Champion Trainer four times, achieved more than a century of victories in a season 20 ti ...
– ''Rock City (1990), Redback (2002), Major Cadeaux (2007), Paco Boy (2008), Dick Turpin (2010), Olympic Glory (2013)''
Winners since 1931
Earlier winners
* 1906: Rocketter
* 1907: Donna Caterina
* 1908: Sir Toby
* 1909:
Minoru
* 1910: Bronzino
* 1911: Sydmonton
* 1912: Jingling Geordie
* 1913: Shogun
* 1914: Sunny Lake
* 1915: Let Fly / Sunfire *
* 1916: Analogy
* 1917–18: ''no race''
* 1919: Polygnotus
* 1920: Silvern
* 1921: ''no race''
* 1922: Weathervane
* 1923:
Parth
* 1924: Green Fire
* 1925: Sparus
* 1926: Friar Wile
* 1927: Lordland
* 1928: The Wheedler
* 1929: Sidonia
* 1930: Christopher Robin
* The 1915 race was a dead-heat and has joint winners.
See also
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Horse racing in Great Britain
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List of British flat horse races
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References
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Racing Post
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galopp-sieger.de– ''Greenham Stakes.''
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pedigreequery.com– ''Greenham Stakes – Newbury.''
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