Hever Sprint Stakes

Hever Sprint Stakes
Listed race
Location Lingfield Park Racecourse
Lingfield, England
Race type Flat / Thoroughbred
Sponsor Unibet
Website Lingfield Park
Race information
Distance 5f (1,006 metres)
Surface Polytrack
Track Left-handed
Qualification Four-years-old and up
exc G1 / G2 winners since 2013
Weight 9 st 0 lb (3yo);
9 st 5 lb (4yo+)
Allowances
5 lb for fillies and mares

Penalties
7 lb for Group 1 / Group 2 winners*
5 lb for Group 3 winners *
3 lb for Listed winners *
* since May 31 last year
Purse £45,000 (2016)
1st: £25,520
Hever Sprint Stakes
2016
Lightscameraction Take Cover Muthmir

The Hever Sprint Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years and over. It is run at Lingfield Park over a distance of 5 furlongs (1,006 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in February or March.[1]

The race was first run in 2003, and was awarded Listed status in 2007.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

  • Arganil – 2009, 2010

Leading jockey (3 wins):

  • Neil CallanKing Orchisios (2007), Arganil (2009, 2010)

Leading trainer (3 wins):

  • Kevin Ryan – King Orchisios (2007), Arganil (2009, 2010)

Winners

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time
2003 Peruvian Chief 6 Darryll Holland Nick Littmoden 0:59.32
2004 No Time 4 Frankie Dettori Mark Polglase 0:57.39
2005 Dancing Mystery 11 Stephen Carson Eric Wheeler 0:58.98
2006 Les Arcs 6 John Egan Tim Pitt 0:58.70
2007 King Orchisios 4 Neil Callan Kevin Ryan 0:57.87
2008 Conquest 4 Jimmy Fortune William Haggas 0:58.38
2009 Arganil 4 Neil Callan Kevin Ryan 0:57.50
2010 Arganil 5 Neil Callan Kevin Ryan 0:57.49
2011 Anne Of Kiev 6 Steve Drowne Jeremy Gask 0:58.46
2012 Fratellino 5 Martin Harley Alan McCabe 0:58.84
2013 Ladies Are Forever 5 William Twiston-Davies Geoff Oldroyd 0:56.67
2014 Stepper Point 5 Martin Dwyer Willie Muir 0:57.12
2015 Pretend 4 Adam Kirby Charlie Appleby 0:58.08
2016 Lightscameraction 4 Luke Morris Gay Kelleway 0:57.90

See also

References

  1. "British Flat Pattern and Listed Races 2014" (pdf). britishhorseracing.com. p. 33. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
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