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The Mill Reef Stakes is a
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flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-olds. It is run at Newbury over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September.


History

The event is named after
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, a highly successful racehorse in the early 1970s. He was trained at
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, located several miles from Newbury. The Mill Reef Stakes replaced a similar race, the Crookham Stakes, in 1972. The winner of the inaugural running, Mon Fils, went on to win the following year's
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. The leading horses from the Mill Reef Stakes sometimes race next in the
Middle Park Stakes The Middle Park Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old colts. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 metres), and it is ...
or the
Dewhurst Stakes The Dewhurst Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old colts and fillies. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres ...
.


Records

Leading jockey (5 wins): *
Pat Eddery Patrick James John Eddery (18 March 1952 – 10 November 2015) was an Irish flat racing jockey and trainer. He rode three winners of the Derby and was Champion Jockey on eleven occasions. He rode the winners of 4,632 British flat races, a f ...
– ''Habat (1973), Red Cross (1974), Formidable (1977), Lord Seymour (1979), Magic of Life (1987)'' Leading trainer (4 wins): *
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 ...
– ''Mon Fils (1972), Showbrook (1991), Galeota (2004), Cool Creek (2005)'' *
Peter Walwyn Peter Tyndall Walwyn, (1 July 1933 – 7 December 2017) was a British racehorse trainer. He was based at stables in the Lambourn, Berkshire, area and enjoyed his period of greatest success in the mid-1970s when he was British flat racing Cham ...
– ''Habat (1973), Red Cross (1974), Formidable (1977), Luqman (1985)''


Winners


Crookham Stakes

The Crookham Stakes, named after the village of Crookham, was the precursor of the Mill Reef Stakes (although run over a distance of 7 furlongs and 60 yards (1,463 metres)). * 1960: Colour Blind * 1961: All a Gogg * 1962: My Myosotis * 1963: Soderini * 1964: Audience * 1965: Fontex * 1966: Karpathos * 1967: Hurry Hurry * 1968:
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* 1969: Hazy Idea * 1970: Revellarie * 1971: Alonso


See also

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References

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