August Stakes

August Stakes
Listed race
Location Windsor Racecourse
Windsor, England
Race type Flat / Thoroughbred
Sponsor Sri Lanka
Website Windsor
Race information
Distance 1m 3f 135y (2,336 metres)
Surface Turf
Track Left and right-handed
Qualification Three-years-old and up
exc. Group 1 and Group 2 winners since 1st September 2013.
Weight 8 st 7 lb (3yo);
9 st 3 lb (4yo+)
Allowances
5 lb for fillies

Penalties
7 lb for Group winners*
5 lb for Listed winners*
* after October 31st 2013
(2yo wins not penalised)
Purse £37,000 (2014)
1st: £20,982
August Stakes
2015
Beautiful Romance Gospel Choir Gibeon

The August Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Windsor over a distance of 1 mile 3 furlongs and 135 yards (2,555 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in August.

The race was awarded Listed status in 2004.

Winners since 2000

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time
2000 Happy Change Michael Hills Mark Johnston 2:30.30
2001 Delius 4 Kieren Fallon Michael Stoute 2:27.00
2002 Arctic Owl 8 Richard Hughes James Fanshawe 2:26.50
2003 Gamut 4 Kieren Fallon Michael Stoute 2:27.91
2004 Naheef 5 Kerrin McEvoy Saeed bin Suroor 3:33.27
2005 Orcadian 4 Richard Hughes James Eustace 2:27.28
2006 Crocodile Dundee 5 Jamie Spencer Luca Cumani 2:27.20
2007 Dragon Dancer 4 Darryll Holland Geoff Wragg 2:31.21
2008 Spanish Moon 4 Ryan Moore Michael Stoute 2:24.83
2009 Traffic Guard 5 Martin Dwyer Paul Cole
2010 Whispering Gallery 4 Ted Durcan Saeed bin Suroor
2011 Opera Gal 4 Jimmy Fortune Andrew Balding
2012 Cameron Highland 3 Neil Callan Roger Varian
2013 Cameron Highland 4 Andrea Atzeni Roger Varian 2:30.02
2014 Glorious Protector 4 George Baker Ed Walker 2:23.17
2015 Beautiful Romance 3 Harry Bentley Saeed bin Suroor 2:28.85

See also

References

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