The Carnarvon Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years only. It is run at Newbury over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in May.
The race was run as the Hue-Williams Stakes in the eighties and early nineties and was contested by good horses such as Dayjur (beaten a head by Tod in 1990), Dancing Dissident (winner of the Group 2 Temple Stakes on next run) and Shalford (later winner of three Group 3 races over 6 furlongs). Subsequent runnings had a variety of names until the race was given its present name and awarded Listed status in 2002.
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