The Jockey Club Stakes is a Group 2 flat

horse race Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic p ...

in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run over a distance of 1 mile and 4 furlongs (2,414 metres) on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket in late April or early May.

History

The event was introduced by the

Jockey Club The Jockey Club is the largest commercial horse racing organisation in the United Kingdom. It owns 15 of Britain's famous racecourses, including Aintree, Cheltenham, Epsom Downs and both the Rowley Mile and July Course in Newmarket, amo ...

in 1894. It was originally held in the autumn, and was initially run over 1 mile and 2 furlongs. In the early part of its history, the Jockey Club Stakes was open to horses aged three or older. It sometimes featured one or more of the season's

Classic A classic is an outstanding example of a particular style; something of lasting worth or with a timeless quality; of the first or highest quality, class, or rank – something that exemplifies its class. The word can be an adjective (a '' ...

winners. It was extended to 1 mile and 6 furlongs in 1901. The race continued to be staged in the autumn until 1962. It was switched to the spring and cut to 1 mile and 4 furlongs in 1963. It was subsequently closed to three-year-olds. The Jockey Club Stakes is currently held on the opening day of Newmarket's three-day Guineas Festival meeting. The leading contenders from the Jockey Club Stakes often go on to compete in the

Coronation Cup The Coronation Cup is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Epsom Downs over a distance of 1 mile, 4 furlongs and 6 yards ...

. The last to win both races in the same year was Shirocco in 2006.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins): * Phardante – ''1986, 1987'' Leading jockey (7 wins): *

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 ...

– ''Holmbush (1950), Nucleus (1955), Court Prince (1959), St. Paddy (1961), Knockroe (1972), Relay Race (1974), Ardross (1982)'' Leading trainer (9 wins): * Alec Taylor, Jr. – ''Love Wisely (1897), Sceptre (1903), Sancy (1907), Lemberg (1910), Trois Temps (1914), Prince Chimay (1918), Lady Juror (1922), Inkerman (1923), Book Law (1927)''

Winners since 1976

Earlier winners

* 1894:

Isinglass Isinglass () is a substance obtained from the dried swim bladders of fish. It is a form of collagen used mainly for the clarification or fining of some beer and wine. It can also be cooked into a paste for specialised gluing purposes. The ...

* 1895: Laveno * 1896:

Persimmon The persimmon is the edible fruit of a number of species of trees in the genus ''Diospyros''. The most widely cultivated of these is the Oriental persimmon, '' Diospyros kaki'' ''Diospyros'' is in the family Ebenaceae, and a number of non-pe ...

* 1897: Love Wisely * 1898: Cyllene * 1899:

Flying Fox ''Pteropus'' (suborder Yinpterochiroptera) is a genus of megabats which are among the largest bats in the world. They are commonly known as fruit bats or flying foxes, among other colloquial names. They live in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Aust ...

* 1900: Disguise II * 1901: Pietermaritzburg * 1902: Rising Glass * 1903:

Sceptre A sceptre is a staff or wand held in the hand by a ruling monarch as an item of royal or imperial insignia. Figuratively, it means royal or imperial authority or sovereignty. Antiquity Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia The ''Was'' and other ...

* 1904:

Rock Sand Rock Sand (1900–1914) was a British Thoroughbred race horse and sire. In a career which lasted from the spring of 1902 until October 1904 he ran twenty times and won sixteen races. He was a leading British two-year-old of his generation, ...

* 1905: St Amant * 1906: Beppo * 1907: Sancy * 1908: Siberia * 1909: Phaleron * 1910:

Lemberg Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine ...

* 1911: Stedfast * 1912:

Prince Palatine Prince Palatine (1908–1924) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. He was named for County Palatine of Lancaster near where his breeder William Hall Walker had been raised. Racing career Racing at age two, Prince Palatine won three of his ...

* 1913: Cantilever * 1914: Trois Temps * 1915: Lanius * 1916: Cannobie * 1917: ''no race'' * 1918: Prince Chimay * 1919: ''no race'' * 1920: Torelore * 1921: Milenko * 1922: Lady Juror * 1923: Inkerman * 1924: Teresina * 1925: Tatra * 1926: Foxlaw * 1927: Book Law * 1928:

Toboggan A toboggan is a simple sled traditionally used by children. It is also a traditional form of transport used by the Innu and Cree of northern Canada. In modern times, it is used on snow to carry one or more people (often children) down a hill ...

* 1929: Cyclonic * 1930: Pyramid * 1931: Shell Transport * 1932:

Firdaussi Firdaussi (1929 – after 1944) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He showed very good form as a two-year-old in 1931 when he won three of his five races including the Dewhurst Stakes. In the following year his progress was inter ...

* 1933: Tai-Yang * 1934: Umidwar * 1935: Plassy * 1936:

Precipitation In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravitational pull from clouds. The main forms of precipitation include drizzle, rain, sleet, snow, ice pellets, graupel and hai ...

* 1937: Solfo * 1938: Challenge * 1939–44: ''no race'' * 1945: Black Peter * 1946: Rising Light * 1947: Esprit de France * 1948: Alycidon * 1949: Dust Devil * 1950: Holmbush * 1951: Pardal * 1952: Mister Cube * 1953: Buckhound * 1954: Brilliant Green * 1955: Nucleus * 1956: Kurun * 1957: Court Harwell * 1958: All Serene * 1959: Court Prince * 1960: Prolific * 1961:

St Paddy St. Paddy (1957–1984) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In 1960, he won both the Epsom Derby and the St Leger. His performances in both 1960 and 1961 were instrumental in making his sire Aureole the Leading sire in Great Bri ...

* 1962: Gaul * 1963: Darling Boy * 1964: Fighting Ship * 1965: Bal Masque * 1966: Alcalde * 1967: Acrania * 1968: Crozier * 1969: Torpid * 1970: Queen of Twilight * 1971: Meadowville * 1972: Knockroe * 1973: Our Mirage * 1974: Relay Race * 1975: Shebeen

References

* Paris-Turf: **, , , , , *

Racing Post ''Racing Post'' is a British daily horse racing, greyhound racing and sports betting publisher which is published in print and digital formats. It is printed in tabloid format from Monday to Sunday. , it has an average daily circulation of ...

: ** , , , , , , , , , ** , , , , , , , , , ** , , , , , , , , , ** , , , ----
galopp-sieger.de
– ''Jockey Club Stakes.''
ifhaonline.org
– ''International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Jockey Club Stakes (2019).''
pedigreequery.com
– ''Jockey Club Stakes – Newmarket.'' * {{Race Meeting, Guineas Festival, Turf Open middle distance horse races Newmarket Racecourse Flat races in Great Britain 1894 establishments in England Recurring sporting events established in 1894

History

Records

Winners since 1976

Earlier winners

See also

References