Lillie Langtry Stakes

Lillie Langtry Stakes
Group 3 race
Location Goodwood Racecourse
W. Sussex, England
Inaugurated 2003
Race type Flat / Thoroughbred
Sponsor Markel Corporation
Website Goodwood
Race information
Distance 1m 6f (2,816 metres)
Surface Turf
Track Right-handed
Qualification Three-years-old and up
fillies & mares
Weight 8 st 6 lb (3yo);
9 st 6 lb (4yo+)
Penalties
7 lb for Group 1 winners *
5 lb for Group 2 winners *
3 lb for Group 3 winners *
* since November 1 last year
(2yo wins not penalised)
Purse £100,000 (2015)
1st: £56,710
Blackrock Fillies' Stakes
2015
Simple Verse Hidden Gold Jordan Princess

The Lillie Langtry Stakes is a Group 3 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 and 6 furlongs (2,816 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late July or early August.

History

The event was established in 2003, and it was initially titled the Gladness Stakes. It was named after Gladness, a successful racehorse whose victories included the Goodwood Cup in 1958. The inaugural running was classed at Listed level.

The race was renamed and promoted to Group 3 status in 2004. It was named after Lillie Langtry, a British actress who was a mistress of King Edward VII. As Lady de Bathe, Langtry owned Merman, the winner of the Goodwood Cup in 1899.

The Lillie Langtry Stakes was sponsored by Moët Hennessy from 2008 to 2010, and during this period it was known as the Moët Hennessy Fillies' Stakes. It was sponsored by BlackRock and run as the iShares Fillies' Stakes in 2011-12. In 2013 it was renamed the Blackrock Fillies' Stakes, and in 2014 it was sponsored by Sterling Insurance. Since 2015 the race has been sponsored by Markel Insurance.

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

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

  • Tartouche – 2005, 2006
  • Wild Coco - 2012, 2013

Leading jockey (3 wins):

  • Seb Sanders – Moments of Joy (2003), Tartouche (2005, 2006)
  • Tom Queally - Sevenna (2009), Wild Coco (2012, 2013)

Leading trainer (2 wins):

Winners

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Time
2003 Moments of Joy 3 Seb Sanders Rae Guest 3:02.77
2004 Astrocharm 5 Neil Callan Mark Tompkins 3:00.27
2005 Tartouche 4 Seb Sanders Lady Herries 3:07.81
2006 Tartouche 5 Seb Sanders Lady Herries 3:00.70
2007 Hi Calypso 3 Ryan Moore Sir Michael Stoute 3:02.47
2008 Gravitation 3 Alan Munro William Jarvis 3:04.67
2009 Sevenna 4 Tom Queally Henry Cecil 3:06.55
2010 Eastern Aria 4 Richard Hills Mark Johnston 2:58.05
2011 Meeznah 4 Frankie Dettori David Lanigan 2:57.61
2012 Wild Coco 4 Tom Queally Sir Henry Cecil 3:03.39
2013 Wild Coco 5 Tom Queally Lady Cecil 2:59.00
2014 Missunited 7 Jim Crowley Michael Winters 2:59.27
2015 Simple Verse 3 Harry Bentley Ralph Beckett 3:00.79

See also

References

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