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Cheveley Park Stakes

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Inaugurated
  
1899

Sponsor
  
Connolly's RED MILLS

Distance
  
6f (1,207 metres)

Race type
  
Flat / Thoroughbred

Website
  
Newmarket

Location
  
Rowley Mile Newmarket, England

The Cheveley Park Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old fillies. 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 late September.

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History

The event is named after Cheveley Park, an estate purchased by Harry McCalmont in 1892. It was established in 1899, and the inaugural running was won by Lutetia.

The race is currently held on the final day of Newmarket's three-day Cambridgeshire Meeting, the same day as the Cambridgeshire Handicap.

The leading horses from the Cheveley Park Stakes often go on to compete in the following season's 1,000 Guineas. The first to win both was Pretty Polly (1903–04), and the most recent was Special Duty (2009–10).

Records

Leading jockey (9 wins):

  • Sir Gordon Richards – Tiffin (1928), Keystone (1940), Lady Sybil (1942), Neolight (1945), Pambidian (1948), Belle of All (1950), Zabara (1951), Bebe Grande (1952), Sixpence (1953)

    • Leading trainer (4 wins):

  • Alec Taylor, Jr. – Maid of the Mist (1908), Maid of Corinth (1909), Bayuda (1918), Miss Gadabout (1924)
  • Criquette Head-Maarek – Ma Biche (1982), Ravinella (1987), Pas de Reponse (1996), Special Duty (2009)

    • Leading owner (4 wins):

  • Robert Sangster – Durtal (1976), Sookera (1977), Woodstream (1981), Capricciosa (1990)

    • Winners since 1971

    a Forest Flower finished first in 1986, but she was subsequently disqualified and placed last.

    References

    Cheveley Park Stakes Wikipedia
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