The Nunthorpe Stakes is a
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in Great Britain open to horses aged two years or older. It is run at
York
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over a distance of 5 furlongs (1,006 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in August.
History
The event is named after Nunthorpe, an area of York. The first version, a low-grade selling race, was established in 1903. The present version began in 1922, and the inaugural running was won by Two Step.
The race was sponsored by
William Hill from 1976 to 1989, and during this period it was known as the William Hill Sprint Championship. It has had several different sponsors since then, and the latest is
Coolmore Stud
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, which started supporting the event in 2007.
The Nunthorpe Stakes became part of the
Breeders' Cup Challenge
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series in 2011. The winner of the race now earns an automatic invitation to compete in the same year's
Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint.
The event is one of a limited number of races in which two-year-old horses can compete against their elders. The first juvenile to win was High Treason in 1953, and the most recent was
Kingsgate Native in 2007. It is also the only Group 1 race in Great Britain open to two-year-old geldings.
The Nunthorpe Stakes is currently held on the third day of York's four-day
Ebor Festival
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meeting and has been a Group 1 race since 1984.
Records
Most successful horse (3 wins):
* Tag End – ''1928, 1929, 1930''
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Sharpo – ''1980, 1981, 1982''
Other repeat winners (2 wins):
* Highborn – ''1926, 1927''
* Linklater – ''1942, 1943''
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Abernant – ''1949, 1950''
* Royal Serenade – ''1951, 1952''
*
Right Boy
Right Boy (1954–1977) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire
Background
Right Boy cost 575 guineas as a yearling. He was the second top sprinter of the 1950s to be trained in Yorkshire by Bill Dutton - the first wa ...
– ''1958, 1959''
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Borderlescott – ''2008, 2009''
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Mecca's Angel – ''2015, 2016''
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Battaash
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– ''2019, 2020''
Leading
jockey
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(7 wins):
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Lester Piggott
Lester Keith Piggott (5 November 1935 – 29 May 2022) was an English professional jockey and trainer. With 4,493 career flat racing wins in Britain, including a record nine Epsom Derby victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest f ...
– ''Right Boy (1958, 1959), Matatina (1963), Caterina (1966), Tower Walk (1969), Swing Easy (1971), Solinus (1978)''
Leading
trainer (5 wins):
* Ossie Bell – ''Highborn II (1926, 1927), Greenore (1932), Concerto (1933), Ipsden (1937)''
Leading owner (3 wins):
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Sir Hugo Cunliffe-Owen – ''Highborn II (1926, 1927), Concerto (1933)''
*
Jack Joel – ''Tag End (1928, 1929, 1930)''
* Monica Sheriffe – ''Sharpo (1980, 1981, 1982)''
Winners
See also
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Horse racing in Great Britain
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