Hopeful Stakes (Great Britain)

Hopeful Stakes
Listed race
Location July Course
Newmarket, England
Race type Flat / Thoroughbred
Sponsor Stobart Members Club
Website Newmarket
Race information
Distance 6f (1,207 metres)
Surface Turf
Track Straight
Qualification Three-years-old and up
exc. G1 or G2 winners since September 1st 2013
Weight 8 st 12 lb (3yo);
9 st 1 lb (4yo+)
Allowances 5 lb for fillies
Penalties
4 lb for Listed winners*
7 lb for Group 3 winners*
* after October 31st 2013
(2yo wins not penalised)
Purse £40,000 (2015)
1st: £22,684
Hopeful Stakes
2015
Polybius Naadirr Lucky Kristale

The Hopeful Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run on the July Course at Newmarket over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,027 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in August.

The race was awarded Listed status in 2002.

Winners since 1994

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time
1994 Rafferty's Rules Kieren Fallon Lynda Ramsden 1:10.98
1995 Cheyenne Spirit J Stack Ben Hanbury 1:10.35
1996 Carranita Tim Sprake Bryn Palling 1:14.73
1997 Elnadim Michael Kinane John Dunlop 1:11.04
1998 Tipsy Creek Richard Hills Ben Hanbury
1999 Arkadian Hero Gérald Mossé Luca Cumani 1:10.26
2000 Vision of Night Pat Eddery John Dunlop 1:12.96
2001 Mugharreb 3 Kieren Fallon Ben Hanbury 1:11.58
2002 Three Points 5 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor 1:11.30
2003 Fayr Jag 4 Willie Supple Tim Easterby 1:11.62
2004 Prince Aaron 4 Gary Carter Conrad Allen 1:14.02
2005 Quito 8 Jamie Spencer David Chapman 1:13.22
2006 Appalachian Trail 5 T Eaves Ian Semple 1:15.33
2007 Beckermet 5 Chris Catlin Roger Fisher 1:12.53
2008 Edge Closer 4 Ryan Moore Richard Hannon, Sr. 1:10.32
2009 Palace Moon 4 Steve Drowne Hughie Morrison
2010 Doncaster Rover 4 Robert Winston David Brown
2011 Swiss Dream 3 Nicky Mackay David Elsworth
2012 Hitchens 7 Martin Dwyer David Barron
2013 Tropics 5 Jim Crowley Dean Ivory 1:13.30
2014 Tropics 6 Robert Winston Dean Ivory 1:09.84
2015 Polybius 4 Ted Durcan David Lanigan 1:11.26

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