The Rose of Lancaster 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, 2 furlongs and 100 yards (2,103 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in early August.

History

The event was established in 1986, and it was initially called the Summer Trophy. It was given its current title and promoted from Listed to Group 3 status in 1989. For a period it was sponsored by

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, and it was later backed by the property development firm Petros.

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began sponsoring the event in 2007. The Rose of Lancaster Stakes was formerly contested over 1 mile, 2 furlongs and 120 yards. It was cut to its present distance in 2009. The sponsorship of the race was adopted by

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when the company bought the Tote in 2011, and in 2012 it was sponsored by

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. Betfred took over the sponsorship again from 2013 to 2017.

Records

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

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(3 wins): * Richard Hills – ''Fahal (1995), Ekraar (2000), Nayef (2001)'' *

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- ''Mister Monet (2004), Amralah (2014), Frankuus (2017)'' Leading trainer (3 wins): *

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 ...

– ''Greek Dance (1999), Notable Guest (2005), Class Is Class (2011)'' *

Marcus Tregoning Marcus Tregoning (born 31 July 1959) is an English thoroughbred racehorse trainer, based at Whitsbury Manor Stables in Whitsbury, Hampshire. He originally worked as assistant trainer to Dick Hern. Tregoning began training horses by himself in 199 ...

– ''Ekraar (2000), Nayef (2001), Mulaqat (2006)'' * Mark Johnston - ''Mister Monet (2004), Jukebox Jury (2009), Frankuus (2017)''

Winners

References

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History

Records

Winners

See also

References