The Pomfret Stakes is a

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in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at

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over a distance of 1 mile and 6 yards (1,615 metres), and is scheduled to take place each year in July. The race was first run in 2004, as a handicap. It became a

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with Listed status in 2007.

Records

Most successful horse: * ''No horse has won this race more than once'' Leading

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(2 wins): * Royston Ffrench – ''Sound Breeze (2005, 2006)'' *

Ted Durcan Thomas Edward Durcan (born 25 February 1973) is a retired, two-time British Classic-winning Irish jockey. He was champion jockey in the United Arab Emirates on seven occasions and rode over 1,000 winners in Great Britain in career lasting fr ...

- ''Blue Ksar (2007), Emerald Commander (2011)'' *

Silvestre de Sousa Silvestre de Sousa (born 31 December 1980 in São Francisco do Maranhão, Brazil) is a Brazilian flat racing jockey based in Britain. He was champion jockey of Britain in 2015, with 132 winners, and again in 2017 and 2018. Childhood and early ...

- ''Big Country (2018), Marie's Diamond (2019)'' Leading trainer (3 wins): * Mark Johnston - ''Sound Breeze (2005), Marie's Diamond (2019), Dark Vision (2020)'' *

Saeed bin Suroor Saeed bin Suroor (born 16 November 1968 in Dubai) is a horse racing trainer in Great Britain. He took out his training licence in 1993 and the following year was appointed as the trainer for Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin operation. He has been ...

– ''Blue Ksar (2007), Rio De La Plata (2010), Emerald Commander (2011)''

Winners

References

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Records

Winners

See also

References