The Oh So Sharp Stakes is a

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in Great Britain open to two-year-old

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. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in October.

History

The event is named after

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, a Newmarket-trained winner of the fillies'

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in 1985. It was established in 1987, and it was initially an ungraded conditions race. It was given Listed status in 1993, and promoted to Group 3 level in 2007. The race was previously held on the second day of Newmarket's three-day Cambridgeshire Meeting, the day before the

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, but was moved to a fixture a week later in 2014. From 2015 it was moved back a further week to become part of the Future Champions Festival at Newmarket.

Records

Leading

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(4 wins): * Richard Hills – ''Hiwaya (1994), Sarayir (1996), Khulood (2002), Tabassum (2009)'' Leading trainer (6 wins): *

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– ''Arsaan (1988), Dartrey (1990), Lilium (2000), Top Romance (2003), Tabassum (2009), Havant (2010)''

Winners

References

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History

Records

Winners

See also

References