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Beeswing Stakes

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Inaugurated
  
1977

Race type
  
Flat / Thoroughbred

Distance
  
7f (1,408 metres)

Last run
  
24 July 1999

Website
  
Newcastle

Location
  
Newcastle Racecourse Newcastle, England

The Beeswing Stakes was a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It was run at Newcastle over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres), and it was scheduled to take place each year in late July.

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History

The event was named after Beeswing, a successful 19th-century racehorse bred in Northumberland. It was established in 1977, and for a period it held Listed status. It was promoted to Group 3 level in 1986.

The Beeswing Stakes was last run in 1999. It was replaced the following year by a similar race, the Lennox Stakes at Goodwood.

Newcastle currently stages a 7-furlong handicap race called the Beeswing Handicap.

Records

Most successful horse:

  • no horse won this race more than once

    • Leading jockey (2 wins):

  • Pat Eddery – Kampala (1980), Great Commotion (1989)
  • Tony Ives – Milk of the Barley (1981), Silly Steven (1982)
  • Edward Hide – Beaudelaire (1983), Major Don (1984)
  • Steve Cauthen – Hadeer (1986), Salse (1988)
  • Willie Carson – Bold Russian (1991), Shahid (1995)
  • Ray Cochrane – Casteddu (1992), Eurolink Thunder (1993)

    • Leading trainer (2 wins):

  • Paul Cole – John de Coombe (1978), Sarab (1985)
  • Richard Hannon – Silly Steven (1982), Savahra Sound (1990)
  • John Dunlop – Eurolink Thunder (1993), Shahid (1995)

    • References

    Beeswing Stakes Wikipedia
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