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Nassau Stakes

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Inaugurated
  
1840

Sponsor
  
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Distance
  
1m 1f 192y (1,986 m)

Race type
  
Flat / Thoroughbred

Website
  
Goodwood

Location
  
Goodwood Racecourse W. Sussex, England

The Nassau Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at Goodwood over a distance of 1 mile, 1 furlong and 192 yards (1,986 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late July or early August.

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History

The title of the event acknowledges the friendship between the 5th Duke of Richmond, a former owner of Goodwood Racecourse, and the House of Orange-Nassau. The race was established in 1840, and it was originally restricted to three-year-old fillies. During the early part of its history it was contested over a distance of 1 mile. It was extended to 1½ miles in 1900, and shortened to its present length in 1911.

The Nassau Stakes was opened to fillies and mares aged four or older in 1975. For a period it was classed at Group 2 level, and it was promoted to Group 1 status in 1999.

The race is currently held on the final day of the five-day Glorious Goodwood meeting.

Records

Most successful horse (3 wins):

  • Midday – 2009, 2010, 2011

    • Leading jockey (6 wins):

  • Nat Flatman – Dil-bar (1842), Mania (1843), Clementina (1847), Clarissa (1849), Hirsuta (1852), Cantine (1859)
  • Sir Gordon Richards – Solfatara (1933), Coppelia (1935), Barrowby Gem (1936), Goblet (1948), Jet Plane (1949), Sea Parrot (1951)

    • Leading trainer (8 wins):

  • Sir Henry Cecil – Roussalka (1975, 1976), Connaught Bridge (1979), Nom de Plume (1987), Lyphard's Delta (1993), Midday (2009, 2010, 2011)

    • Leading owner (7 wins):

  • Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor – Winkipop (1910), First Spear (1914), Pompadour (1921), Concertina (1923), Saucy Sue (1925), Book Law (1927), Jet Plane (1949)

    • References

    Nassau Stakes Wikipedia
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