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Flying Childers Stakes

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Inaugurated
  
1967

Sponsor
  
Pepsi Max

Distance
  
5f (1,006 metres)

Race type
  
Flat / Thoroughbred

Website
  
Doncaster

Location
  
Doncaster Racecourse Doncaster, England

The Flying Childers Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old horses. It is run at Doncaster over a distance of 5 furlongs (1,006 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September.

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History

The event is named after Flying Childers, a famous 18th-century racehorse bred at Carr House near Doncaster. It was established in 1967, and it was originally called the Norfolk Stakes. It was renamed when a different race became known as the Norfolk Stakes in 1973, and from this point it held Group 1 status. It was downgraded to Group 2 in 1979.

The Flying Childers Stakes is currently run on the third day of Doncaster's four-day St. Leger Festival, the day before the St. Leger Stakes.

Records

Leading jockey (5 wins):

  • Lester Piggott – Tribal Chief (1969), Marble Arch (1972), Gentle Thoughts (1973), Hot Spark (1974), Green Desert (1985)
  • Frankie Dettori - Howick Falls (2003), Fleeting Spirit (2007), Sand Vixen (2009), Gutaifan (2015), Ardad (2016)

    • Leading trainer (5 wins):

  • Sir Michael Stoute – Music Maestro (1977), Marwell (1980), Green Desert (1985), Raah Algharb (1994), Saddad (2001)

    • Winners

    a The 1989 race was abandoned because of subsidence.
    b The 2004 winner Chateau Istana was later exported to Hong Kong and renamed Chateau King Prawn.
    c The 2006 running took place at York.

    References

    Flying Childers Stakes Wikipedia
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