"the inaugural running was won by Cruiskeen. It was founded in the same year as another major handicap at Newmarket, the Cambridgeshire. The two races came to be known as the Autumn Double. The Cesarewitch initially took place before the Cambridgeshire, but the schedule was later reversed and it is now held two weeks after the other race. Three horses completed the double in the 19th century — Rosebery (1876), Foxhall (1881) and Plaisanterie (1885) — but the feat has been rarely attempted since then. The race was formerly staged during Newmarket's Champions' Day meeting in mid-October and became part"
"Autumn Stakes (Great Britain) The Autumn Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old horses. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in October. The event was established in 1987, and it was originally held at Ascot. The inaugural running was abandoned because of a waterlogged course. For a period the race held Listed status, and it was promoted to Group 3 level in 2003. The Autumn Stakes was transferred to Newmarket in 2011. It"
"the Cambridgeshire, but the schedule was later reversed and the Cambridgeshire now precedes the other race by two weeks. Three horses completed the double in the 19th century — Rosebery (1876), Foxhall (1881) and Plaisanterie (1885) — but the feat has been rarely attempted since then. The Cambridgeshire Handicap is currently held on the final day of Newmarket's three-day Cambridgeshire Meeting. Most successful horse (2 wins): Leading jockey (4 wins): Leading trainer (4 wins): The 1986 and 1999 editions were held on Newmarket's July Course. The 1927 race was a dead-heat and has joint winners.<br> The 1939 event was split"
"Newmarket Racecourse Newmarket Racecourse, is a British Thoroughbred horse racing venue in the town of Newmarket, Suffolk, comprising two individual racecourses, the Rowley Mile and the July Course. Newmarket is often referred to as the headquarters of British horseracing and is home to the largest cluster of training yards in the country and many key horse racing organisations, including Tattersalls, the National Horseracing Museum and the National Stud. Newmarket hosts two of the country's five Classic Races - the 1,000 Guineas and 2,000 Guineas, and numerous other Group races. In total, it hosts 9 of British racing's 36 annual Group"
"Newmarket Stakes The Newmarket Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old colts and geldings. It is run over a distance of 1 mile and 2 furlongs (2,012 metres) on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket in late April or early May. The original version of the Newmarket Stakes was established in the early 19th century. It was usually held on the final day of the venue's First Spring meeting in late April or early May. It was run on the Ditch Mile course over distances slightly under a mile. It ended after a period of"
"Newmarket in autumn 1817 and late in the following year he was offered for sale as a potential stallion. According to the General Stud Book Azor was exported to Austria (""sent to Vienna""). Azor (horse) Azor (foaled 1814) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. In a career that lasted from April to October 1817 he ran five times and won two races. In the summer of 1817 he created a 50/1 upset by winning The Derby after being entered in the race to act as a pacemaker for a more highly regarded stable companion. The rest of his form was well"
"Newmarket in October 1831. In the following year she won the Ascot Gold Cup, the year's most important weight-for-age race in a run-off after being held to a dead heat by the St Leger winner Rowton. From the summer of 1832, few owners were willing to try their horses against her and she won several prizes by walkover or forfeit. She was retired from racing after sustaining an injury in the spring of 1834. She made little impact as a broodmare and died in 1841. Camarine was a dark chestnut mare with a white blaze and four white socks bred"
"town of Newmarket is considered the centre of English racing, largely because of the famous Newmarket Racecourse. The two forms of horseracing in the United Kingdom are National Hunt, which involves jumping over fences or hurdles, and the more glamorous flat racing. National Hunt is a winter sport and flat racing is a summer sport, but the seasons are very long and they overlap. In flat racing the three races which make up the Triple Crown are the 2,000 Guineas, The Derby, and the St. Leger Stakes. Other leading flat races include the 1,000 Guineas and The Oaks, and these"
"up again in class when he was one of ten colts to contest the Group One Middle Park Stakes over six furlongs at Newmarket on 12 October and started at odds of 8/1. The Irish colts Great White Eagle (Round Tower Stakes) and Sudirman (Phoenix Stakes) headed the betting in front of Astaire's stablemate Hot Streak (Cornwallis Stakes) and Supplicant (Mill Reef Stakes), whilst the other runners included Justice Day, Brown Sugar (Molecomb Stakes, Sirenia Stakes) and Green Door (Flying Childers Stakes). As in most of his previous races that year, Astaire was sent to the front by Callan from"
"lands."" An open-age version of the Craven Stakes was staged annually until the 1870s. It traditionally took place on a Monday in April, and was usually Newmarket's first race of the season. Several other venues had a race of the same name. The present race, a one-mile event for three-year-olds, was established in 1878. The inaugural running was won by Thurio. The modern version of the Craven Stakes can serve as a trial for the 2,000 Guineas. The first horse to win both races was Scot Free in 1884. The most recent was Haafhd in 2004. The Craven Stakes is"
"Newmarket Handicap The Newmarket Handicap is a Victoria Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred open handicap horse race over a distance of 1200 metres, at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in March during the VRC Autumn Racing Carnival. Prize money is A$1,250,000. The Newmarket Handicap is considered Australia's premier sprint race. First run in 1874, the brainchild of VRC committeeman Captain Frederick Standish who thought a ""short and merry"" race over six furlongs would add interest to the Club's autumn program. The Newmarket Handicap is the only Flemington race, apart from the Melbourne Cup, in which up to 24 horses are permitted"
"Middle Park Stakes The Middle Park Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old colts. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September. The event was founded by William Blenkiron, and it is named after his stud at Eltham. It was established in 1866, and was initially titled the Middle Park Plate. It was originally open to horses of either gender. The race was formerly staged during Newmarket's Cambridgeshire Meeting in late September or"
"Newmarket for an undisclosed fee, but moved back to Yorkshire to stand for a fee of five guineas at Newland Park near Wakefield in 1833. In the following year he moved to Thetford in Norfolk where he stood at a fee of fifteen guineas until 1839. The best of his progeny included St Francis, winner of the Ascot Gold Cup, Shillelagh second to Plenipotentiary in the 1837 Epsom Derby and Birdcatcher, the runner-up in the 1832 St Leger. Through his daughter Currency, he was the damsire of Saint Germain (Prix du Jockey Club) and Jouvence (Prix du Jockey Club, Prix"
"to start. In 2007 the race was run at Caulfield Racecourse due to refurbishment work at Flemington Racecourse. Five horses in the history of the event have won the Newmarket Handicap twice. The most successful trainer has been Bart Cummings with eight wins – (1972, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1990, 1991). The most successful jockey has been Damien Oliver with three wins – Alinghi (2005), Toledo (2001) and Shillaci (1992). The race record is held by 2011 winner Black Caviar who posted the time of 1:07.36. Newmarket Handicap The Newmarket Handicap is a Victoria Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred"
"The Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket on 3 October saw Balmont moved up to Group One class for the first time. Three Valleys, who had won the Coventry Stakes before finishing third in the Phoenix Stakes, started favourite ahead of Grand Reward and Kheleyf (second in the Norfolk Stakes) with Balmont the 8/1 joint fourth choice in the betting alongside Auditorium (Ripon Champion Two Years Old Trophy). The other runners included Fokine, Old Deuteronomy (second in the Phoenix Stakes), Whipper (Prix Morny) and Nevisian Lad (July Stakes). After tracking the leaders, Balmont finished strongly and finished three quarters of a"
"Group 2 status in 1996. The Duchess of Cambridge Stakes is currently held on the second day of Newmarket's three-day July Festival meeting. The equivalent race for male horses is the July Stakes. Several winners have gone on to achieve victory in the following season's 1,000 Guineas Stakes. The first was Sweet Solera in 1961, and the most recent was Attraction in 2004. In 2013 the race was renamed the Duchess of Cambridge Stakes in honour of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. This also came in the same year as the Windsor Forest Stakes at Royal Ascot was changed to the"
"and the Falmouth Stakes was initially classed at Group 3 level. It was opened to older fillies and mares in 1974. It became known as the Child Stakes in 1975, when Child's Bank began a period of sponsorship. It was promoted to Group 2 level in 1987, and it reverted to its original name in 1992. It was raised to Group 1 status in 2004. The Falmouth Stakes is currently held on the second day of Newmarket's three-day July Festival meeting. Most successful horse (2 wins): Leading jockey (7 wins): Leading trainer (6 wins): Leading owner (4 wins): Falmouth Stakes"
"Newmarket in April and started the 9/1 third choice in a twenty-three runners field. Under what was described as a ""perfectly judged"" ride from Richard Quinn he went to the front from the start and was never seriously challenged, winning by one and a quarter lengths from Fath. The colt failed to build on his promising start in his two subsequent races, finishing at the rear of the field in both the Cork and Orrery Stakes and the July Cup. Primo Valentino was retired from racing to become a breeding stallion. He was based at the Bearstone Stud before moving"
"second favourite, but again finished unplaced behind Pinza. In September Nearula finished third to King of the Tudors at Ascot in the Knight's Royal Stakes, the race which was renamed the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes two years late. Nearula's final race of the year was the Champion Stakes over ten furlongs at Newmarket in October. He started at odds of 4/1 and won by three quarters of a length after a ""fine race"" against the Irish colt Sea Charger and the Washington, D.C. International Stakes winner Wilwyn. Shortly after his Newmarket win, Nearula was one of several horses who escaped"
"the two-day Guineas Festival meeting in late April or early May. It is run on the same day as the 2,000 Guineas. Leading jockey since 1978 (6 wins): Leading trainer since 1978 (10 wins): The 2007 winner ""Salford Mill"" was later exported to Hong Kong and renamed ""Helene Mascot"". <br> <br> <br> The original version of the race was held at Newmarket's First Spring Meeting in late April or early May. The next version was held at Newmarket's Second Spring Meeting in mid-May. Newmarket Stakes The Newmarket Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old"
"Newmarket in October. Mimi earned £12,455 as a three-year-old. At the end of her racing career Mimi was bought back by Tatton Sykes and returned to her birthplace at Sledmere to become a broodmare. She produced at least twelve foals and several good winners between 1893 and 1907: Mimi died in 1907. Mimi (horse) Mimi (1888 – 1907) was a dual classic-winning British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. As a two-year-old in 1890 she showed very promising form to win her first four starts but was well beaten when stepped up in class to contest the Middle Park Plate and the"
"autumn at Newmarket to face six other runners in the Grand Duke Michael Stakes on 4 October. He started 4/6 favourite and won from the Duke of York's colt Orion, with Don Carlos third. Cedric's owners claimed another prize at the next Newmarket meeting, when the Derby winner was allowed to walk over in a Sweepstakes after the other runners were withdrawn. Cedric returned as a four-year-old in a match race at Newmarket on 19 April in which he received two pounds in weight from the five-year-old Bizarre, a horse who won the Ascot Gold Cup in both 1824 and"
"one or more of the season's Classic 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 two-day Guineas Festival meeting. It is run on the same day as the 2,000 Guineas. The leading contenders from the Jockey Club Stakes often go on to compete in the Coronation Cup. The last to"
"six races including the Chesterfield Stakes at Newmarket, the Ham Stakes at Goodwood and the Convivial Stakes at York. In autumn he ran at Newmarket, winning the Buckenham Stakes and a Triennial Stakes and then walking over in the October Produce Stakes when no other horses opposed him, before contesting one of the year’s most prestigious two-year-old races, the Middle Park Plate. His previous successes meant that he had to carry a seven pound weight penalty, as did the season's leading filly Sunshine. In a rough finish, Sunshine was beaten a head by another filly, Frivloity, with Knigcraft a further"
"run well"". Diadem started 6/4 favourite and won as expected but Sunny Jane finished very strongly and was only half a length away in second place. Two months later she reportedly won a race at the Newmarket July meeting. The New Oaks was run in ""wretched"" weather on 2 August at Newmarket and attracted a field of eleven runners with Diadem starting the 7/4 favourite. Sunny Jane, ridden by Otto Madden, was second choice in the betting on 4/1 while the best of the other runners appeared to be Molly Desmond (Cheveley Park Stakes) and Hampshire Lily. Appearing to be"
"at Newmarket Racecourse. Ridden by Yves Saint-Martin he started the 15/2 second favourite behind the 2000 Guineas winner To-Agori-Mou in a field which also included the Irish filly Cairn Rouge who had won the race in 1981 as well as Master Willie, Madam Gay and The Wonder. Vayrann was always among the leaders, took the lead inside the final quarter mile and never looked in danger of defeat, winning by two lengths from Cairn Rouge, with the 66/1 outsider Amyndas two length further back in third. A post-race urine sample gave a positive result but the result of the race"
"the race were withdrawn by their owners. The day's ""racing"" was a poor one: two of the three scheduled races were walkovers and the third was abandoned ""for want of horses"". Lap-dog returned to Newmarket in autumn and finished second to Dervise when 8/13 favourite for the Town Plate on 4 October. At the next Newmarket meeting on 16 October he reversed the form to beat Dervise in a subscription race, but both were easily beaten by Lamplighter. The race was described by the Sporting Magazine as ""bringing together the most prominent characters of their class"" and as confirming Lamplighter"
"level and started a 20/1 outsider for the Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket on 1 October. Tender King and End of the Line were again in opposition, whilst the other nine runners included Hays (winner of the Mill Reef Stakes), Peterhof (Flying Childers Stakes), Chiris's Lad (runner-up in the Coventry Stakes), Take the Floor (runner-up in the Gimcrack Stakes) and Philip Martin (third in the National Stakes). Ridden by Lester Piggott, Cajun raced at the rear of the field as the 66/1 outsider Lucky Hunter set the pace. but began to make rapid progress approaching the final furlong. He went"
"Superlative Stakes held Listed status. It was upgraded to Group 3 level in 2003, and to Group 2 in 2006. It is currently staged on the final day of Newmarket's three-day July Festival meeting. Leading jockey since 1986 (4 wins): Leading trainer since 1986 (9 wins): Superlative Stakes The Superlative Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old horses. It is run on the July Course at Newmarket over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in July. The event was formerly known as the"
"ended her season with a second trip to England to contest the Fillies' Mile at Newmarket Racecourse on 7 October. Ridden by Moore she was made the 5/2 joint-favourite alongside the Godolphin filly Subetsu with Hydrangea third in the betting on 4/1. The other five runners were the May Hill Stakes winner Rich Legacy and the maiden winners Spatial, Fleabiscuit, Easy Victory and Urban Fox. Rich Legacy took an early lead before giving way to Spatial after two furlongs as Moore settled Rhododendron just behind the leaders. Rhododendron made good progress in the last quarter mile, took the lead approaching"
"Newmarket Racecourse , won the Autumn Stakes by two lengths, and was rated the third best juvenile of his generation. Gainsborough won the 2,000 Guineas, marking the first time that a horse bred by a woman won one of the British Classic Races and the first time a Classic winner carried a woman's colours. He was ridden by jockey Joe Childs, who, to help the War effort, donated his winnings to his 4th Hussars regiment to which he was attached. Following his win in the 2,000 Guineas, Gainsborough won the most prestigious race in England, The Derby, which was run"
"race at Newmarket by Lord Foley's horse Sultan. At the First October Meeting at Newmarket on 30 September, Gustavus finished second to the Duke of Grafton's colt Guerilla in the Trial Stakes. Guerilla won the race by half a length and was an unanticipated winner, with one commenter in the ""Sporting Magazine"" stating, ""The Trial Stakes, which should have set every body right, set every body wrong."" Later the same day, Gustavus beat Lord Egremont's colt Black-and-all-Black in a match race. At the Second October Meeting on 14 October, Gustavus was second in the 50-guinea Post Sweepstakes to the filly"
"the Clearwell Stakes at the Newmarket Second October meeting, in which Galantine (officially Sir M. Wood's b. f. by Reveller, out of Snowdrop) made her first racecourse appearance. She started at odds of 10/1 and finished unplaced behind the favourite Oxygen. Three days later ""the Snowdrop filly"" ran in the meeting's other major two-year-old race, the Prendergast Stakes. She showed improved form, finishing third to the colt Zany, who had beaten Oxygen in the July Stakes. On her first appearance as a three-year-old, Mark Wood's filly, now officially named Galantine, was one of eight fillies to contest the 1000 Guineas"