Nunthorpe Stakes

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History

The event is named after Nunthorpe, an area of York. The first version, a low-grade selling race, was established in 1903. The present version began in 1922, and the inaugural running was won by Two Step.

The race was sponsored by William Hill from 1976 to 1989, and during this period it was known as the William Hill Sprint Championship. It has had several different sponsors since then, and the latest is Coolmore Stud, which started supporting the event in 2007.

The Nunthorpe Stakes became part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series in 2011. The winner of the race now earns an automatic invitation to compete in the same year's Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The event is one of a limited number of races in which two-year-old horses can compete against their elders. The first juvenile to win was High Treason in 1953, and the most recent was Kingsgate Native in 2007. It is also the only Group 1 race in Great Britain open to two-year-old geldings.

The Nunthorpe Stakes is currently held on the third day of York's four-day Ebor Festival meeting and has been a Group 1 race since 1984.

Records

Most successful horse (3 wins):

• Tag End – 1928, 1929, 1930
• Sharpo – 1980, 1981, 1982

Other repeat winners (2 wins):

• Highborn – 1926, 1927
• Linklater – 1942, 1943
• Abernant – 1949, 1950
• Royal Serenade – 1951, 1952
• Right Boy – 1958, 1959
• Borderlescott – 2008, 2009
• Sole Power - 2010,2014
• Mecca's Angel – 2015, 2016
• Battaash – 2019, 2020

Leading jockey (7 wins):

• Lester Piggott – Right Boy (1958, 1959), Matatina (1963), Caterina (1966), Tower Walk (1969), Swing Easy (1971), Solinus (1978)

Leading trainer (5 wins):

• Ossie Bell – Highborn II (1926, 1927), Greenore (1932), Concerto (1933), Ipsden (1937)

Leading owner (3 wins):

• Sir Hugo Cunliffe-Owen – Highborn II (1926, 1927), Concerto (1933)
• Jack Joel – Tag End (1928, 1929, 1930)
• Monica Sheriffe – Sharpo (1980, 1981, 1982)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1922	Two Step	3	Herbert Jones	Alec Taylor Jr.	S Tattersall	0:59.40
1923	Golden Boss	3	Charlie Elliott	Cecil Boyd-Rochfort	A K Macomber	1:00.80
1924	Mumtaz Mahal	3	George Archibald	Dick Dawson	Aga Khan III	0:59.80
1925	Diomedes	3	Jack Leach	Harvey Leader	Sidney Beer	0:59.60
1926	Highborn	3	Joe Childs	Ossie Bell	Hugo Cunliffe-Owen	0:59.80
1927	Highborn	4	Joe Childs	Ossie Bell	Hugo Cunliffe-Owen	1:03.00
1928	Tag End	4	Brownie Carslake	Charles Peck	Jack Barnato Joel	1:00.20
1929	Tag End	5	Freddie Fox	Charles Peck	Jack Barnato Joel	0:58.00
1930	Tag End	6	Brownie Carslake	Charles Peck	Jack Barnato Joel	1:00.00
1931	Portlaw	3	Harry Beasley	Atty Persse	Abe Bailey	1:02.00
1932	Greenore	3	Harry Wragg	Ossie Bell	Lady Ludlow	0:59.60
1933	Concerto	5	Brownie Carslake	Ossie Bell	Hugo Cunliffe-Owen	0:59.00
1934	Gold Bridge	5	Charlie Elliott	Vandeleur Beatty	Lord Beatty	0:57.00
1935	Shalfleet	4	Henri Jelliss	Harvey Leader	Harvey Leader	0:58.80
1936	Bellacose	4	Patrick Beasley	Jack Colling	P Dunne	1:00.40
1937	Ipsden	4	Sam Wragg	Ossie Bell	Lady Ludlow	0:58.80
1938	Mickey The Greek	4	Harry Wragg	Henry Leach	Henry Leach	0:58.60
1939	Portobello	3	Gordon Richards	Jack Colling	P Dunne	1:00.00
1940	no race 1940
1940	no race 1941
1942	LinklaterTemplate:Efn	6	Eph Smith	William Smyth	A E Saunders	1:00.60
1943	LinklaterTemplate:Efn	7	Eph Smith	William Smyth	A E Saunders	1:00.20
1944	Sugar PalmTemplate:Efn	6	Charlie Elliott	Frank Hartigan	A Bonsor	1:00.00
1945	Golden Cloud	4	Michael Beary	Teddy Lambton	Mrs G Lambton	0:59.00
1946	The Bug	3	Charlie Smirke	Marcus Marsh	Norman Wachman	0:59.80
1947	Como	5	Harry Carr	Gerald Armstrong	J Fielden	0:58.80
1948	Careless Nora	3	Charlie Elliott	Johnny Dines	George Frampton	0:58.40
1949	Abernant	3	Gordon Richards	Noel Murless	Reginald Macdonald-Buchanan	0:58.20
1950	Abernant	4	Gordon Richards	Noel Murless	Reginald Macdonald-Buchanan	0:58.60
1951	Royal Serenade	3	Charlie Elliott	Harry Wragg	Mrs G Kohn	0:58.80
1952	Royal Serenade	4	Gordon Richards	Harry Wragg	G Bell	1:00.80
1953	High Treason	2	Derrick Greening	Ted Leader	Jim Joel	0:59.20
1954	My Beau	2	Tommy Carter	Paddy Prendergast	A Wimbush	1:02.60
1955	Royal Palm	3	Willie Snaith	Sam Armstrong	Jack Gerber	0:58.80
1956	Ennis	2	Paul Tulk	Walter Nightingall	C Harper	1:01.00
1957	Gratitude	4	Willie Snaith	Humphrey Cottrill	Lionel Brook Holliday	1:02.60
1958	Right Boy	4	Lester Piggott	Bill Dutton	Geoffrey Gilbert	1:02.40
1959	Right Boy	5	Lester Piggott	Pat Rohan	David Wills	0:59.00
1960	Bleep-Bleep	4	Harry Carr	Harry Cottrill	Mrs M Turner	1:00.00
1961	Floribunda	3	Ron Hutchinson	Paddy Prendergast	Meg Mullion	0:59.60
1962	Gay Mairi	3	Scobie Breasley	H Whiteman	A Macdonald	1:01.40
1963	Matatina	3	Lester Piggott	Sam Armstrong	Mrs R Wilson	1:00.40
1964	Althrey Don	3	R Maddock	Pat Rohan	J Done	0:59.20
1965	Polyfoto	3	J Wilson	Eddie Reavey	Mrs C Reavey	1:00.80
1966	Caterina	3	Lester Piggott	Sam Armstrong	R F Scully	0:59.60
1967	Forlorn River	5	Bruce Raymond	Arthur Stephenson	Mrs W A Richardson	1:01.60
1968	So Blessed	3	Frankie Durr	Michael Jarvis	David Robinson	0:59.40
1969	Tower Walk	3	Lester Piggott	Geoffrey Barling	V W Hardy	0:59.20
1970	Huntercombe	3	Sandy Barclay	Arthur Budgett	H Renshaw	1:04.00
1971	Swing Easy	3	Lester Piggott	Jeremy Tree	John Hay Whitney	1:00.80
1972	Deep Diver	3	Bill Williamson	Paul Davey	David Robinson	0:57.70
1973	Sandford Lad	3	Tony Murray	Ryan Price	C Olley	1:00.60
1974	Blue Cashmere	4	Edward Hide	Michael Stoute	R Clifford-Turner	0:59.21
1975	Bay Express	4	Willie Carson	Peter Nelson	P Miller	0:58.99
1976	Lochnager	4	Edward Hide	Mick Easterby	Charles Spence	0:58.92
1977	Haveroid	3	Edward Hide	Neil Adam	T Newton	1:01.47
1978	Solinus	3	Lester Piggott	Vincent O'Brien	Danny Schwartz	0:59.23
1979	AhonooraTemplate:Efn	4	Greville Starkey	Frankie Durr	Essa Alkhalifa	1:00.58
1980	Sharpo	3	Pat Eddery	Jeremy Tree	Monica Sheriffe	1:01.20
1981	Sharpo	4	Pat Eddery	Jeremy Tree	Monica Sheriffe	1:00.86
1982	Sharpo	5	Steve Cauthen	Jeremy Tree	Monica Sheriffe	0:58.68
1983	Habibti	3	Willie Carson	John Dunlop	Mohamed Mutawa	0:57.99
1984	Committed	4	Brent Thomson	Dermot Weld	Robert Sangster	0:57.24
1985	Never So Bold	5	Steve Cauthen	Robert Armstrong	Edward Kessly	0:59.81
1986	Last Tycoon	3	Yves Saint-Martin	Robert Collet	Richard C. Strauss	0:57.47
1987	Ajdal	3	Walter Swinburn	Michael Stoute	Sheikh Mohammed	0:58.48
1988	Handsome Sailor	5	Michael Hills	Barry Hills	Robert Sangster	0:58.73
1989	Cadeaux Genereux	4	Pat Eddery	Alex Scott	Maktoum Al Maktoum	0:57.67
1990	Dayjur	3	Willie Carson	Dick Hern	Hamdan Al Maktoum	0:56.16
1991	Sheikh Albadou	3	Pat Eddery	Alex Scott	Hilal Salem	0:58.21
1992	Lyric Fantasy	2	Michael Roberts	Richard Hannon Sr.	7th Earl of Carnarvon	0:57.39
1993	Lochsong	5	Frankie Dettori	Ian Balding	Jeff Smith	0:58.12
1994	Piccolo Template:Efn	3	John Reid	Mick Channon	John Mitchell & Partners	0:57.61
1995	So Factual	5	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	0:57.47
1996	Pivotal	3	George Duffield	Sir Mark Prescott	Cheveley Park Stud	0:56.53
1997 (dh)	Coastal Bluff Ya Malak	5 6	Kevin Darley Alex Greaves	David Barron David Nicholls	Mrs David Sharp Contrac / Consultco	0:59.58
1998	Lochangel	4	Frankie Dettori	Ian Balding	Jeff Smith	0:56.83
1999	Stravinsky	3	Michael Kinane	Aidan O'Brien	Magnier / Tabor	0:59.33
2000	Nuclear Debate	5	Gérald Mossé	John Hammond	Bob Chester	0:57.83
2001	Mozart	3	Michael Kinane	Aidan O'Brien	Tabor / Magnier	0:57.27
2002	Kyllachy	4	Jamie Spencer	Henry Candy	Thurloe / Cheveley Park	0:58.10
2003	Oasis Dream	3	Richard Hughes	John Gosden	Khalid Abdullah	0:56.20
2004	Bahamian Pirate	9	Seb Sanders	David Nicholls	Lucayan Stud	0:59.89
2005	La Cucaracha	4	Michael Hills	Barry Hills	Guy Reed	0:56.82
2006	Reverence	5	Kevin Darley	Eric Alston	G. & L. Middlebrook	1:00.68
2007	Kingsgate Native	2	Jimmy Quinn	John Best	John Mayne	0:58.14
2008	Borderlescott Template:Efn	6	Pat Cosgrave	Robin Bastiman	Edgar / Donaldson	0:56.09
2009	Borderlescott	7	Neil Callan	Robin Bastiman	Edgar / Donaldson	0:57.50
2010	Sole Power	3	Wayne Lordan	Edward Lynam	Sabena Power	0:57.14
2011	Margot Did	3	Hayley Turner	Michael Bell	Redman / Philipps	0:58.66
2012	Ortensia	7	William Buick	Paul Messara	Fraser / Fraser / Ridley	0:57.62
2013	Jwala	4	Steve Drowne	Robert Cowell	Manor Stud / Hoare	0:57.34
2014	Sole Power	7	Richard Hughes	Edward Lynam	Sabena Power	0:57.92
2015	Mecca's Angel	4	Paul Mulrennan	Michael Dods	David T J Metcalfe	0:57.24
2016	Mecca's Angel	5	Paul Mulrennan	Michael Dods	David T J Metcalfe	0:56.24
2017	Marsha	4	Luke Morris	Sir Mark Prescott	Elite Racing Club	0:57.97
2018	Alpha Delphini	7	Graham Lee	Bryan Smart	Alpha Delphini Partnership	0:57.18
2019	Battaash	5	Jim Crowley	Charles Hills	Hamdan Al Maktoum	0:55.90
2020	Battaash	6	Jim Crowley	Charles Hills	Hamdan Al Maktoum	0:57.38
2021	Winter Power	3	Silvestre De Sousa	Tim Easterby	King Power Racing	0:56.72
2022	Highfield Princess	5	Jason Hart	John Quinn	Trainers House Enterprises	0:57.18
2023	Live In The Dream	4	Sean Kirrane	Adam West	Steve & Jolene De'Lemos	0:56.87
2024	Bradsell	4	Hollie Doyle	Archie Watson	Victorious Racing	0:57.34

See also

• Horse racing in Great Britain
• List of British flat horse races

References

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External links

• Race Recordings (1969, 1972, 1982-2003) youtube.com
• galopp-sieger.de – Nunthorpe Stakes.
• ifhaonline.org – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Nunthorpe Stakes (2019).
• pedigreequery.com – Nunthorpe Stakes – York.
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