The Pontefract Castle Stakes is a
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horse race
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in Great Britain open to
filies and
mare
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s aged four years or older.
It is run at
Pontefract
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over a distance of 1 mile 4 furlongs and 5 yards (2,419 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June.
The race was first run in 2005. It was originally open to horses of either sex but was restricted to fillies and mares from the 2017 running.
Records
Most successful horse (2 wins):
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Brown Panther
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– ''2012, 2013''
Leading
jockey
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(2 wins):
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Harry Bentley – ''Isabel De Urbina (2018), Antonia De Vega (2020)''
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Ryan Moore - '' Abingdon (2017), Katara (2021) ''
Leading
trainer (2 wins):
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Ralph Beckett
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Beckett comes from an aristocratic racing background. He is the grandson of Ralph Beck ...
– ''Isabel De Urbina (2018), Antonia De Vega (2020)''
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Luca Cumani Luca M. Cumani (born 7 April 1949, in Milan, Italy) is an Italian thoroughbred horse trainer and breeder. He trained at Bedford House Stables in Newmarket from 1976 to 2019. He has trained a multitude of high-profile horses, including seven Clas ...
– ''Connecticut (2015), Loving Things (2016)''
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Tom Dascombe
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Brown Panther
Brown Panther (3 March 2008 – 13 September 2015) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. During a racing career which lasted from November 2010 until September 2014 he won eleven of his twenty-eight races and competed in seven countries, name ...
(2012,2013)
*
Sir Michael Stoute
Sir Michael Ronald Stoute (born 22 October 1945) is a Barbadian British Thoroughbred horse trainer in flat racing.
Career
Stoute, whose father was the Chief of Police for Barbados, left the island in 1964 at the age of 19 to become an assis ...
-'' Abingdon (2017), Katara (2021) ''
Winners
See also
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Horse racing in Great Britain
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References
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Racing Post
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Flat races in Great Britain
Pontefract Racecourse
Long-distance horse races for fillies and mares
Recurring sporting events established in 2005
2005 establishments in England