Galtres Stakes
| Class | Listed |
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| Location | York Racecourse York, England |
| Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
| Sponsor | British EBF |
| Website | York |
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| Distance | 1m 3f 188y (2,385 metres) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-years-old and up fillies & mares exc. Group race winners and Group 1 placed since two years old. |
| Weight | 9 st 0 lb (3yo); 9 st 9 lb (4yo+) Penalties 4 lb for Listed winners* * after 2021 |
| Purse | £100,000 (2025) 1st: £56,710 |
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| Scenic | Karmology | Nakheel |
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| Sea Theme | One Evening | Tregony |
| 2022 | ||
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| Haskoy | Time Lock | Judith |
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| Forbearance | Domino Darling | Glenartney |
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| 2020 | ||
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| Gold Wand | Vivionn | Award Scheme |
| 2019 | ||
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| Search For A Song | Vivionn | Spirit Of Appin |
| 2018 | ||
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| Lah Ti Dar | Light Of Joy | Sun Maiden |
| 2017 | ||
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| Fleur Forsyte | More Mischief | Aljezeera |
| 2016 | ||
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| Abingdon | To Eternity | Pandora |
| 2015 | ||
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| Martlet | Koora | Dark Crusader |
| 2014 | ||
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| Queen Of Ice | Arabian Comet | Noble Protector |
| 2013 | ||
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| Our Obsession | Say | Jathabah |
| 2012 | ||
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| Pale Mimosa | Sequence | Cracking Lass |
| 2011 | ||
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| Set To Music | Cracking Lass | Polly's Mark |
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| 2010 | ||
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| Brushing | Sense Of Purpose | Copperbeech |
| 2009 | ||
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| Tanoura | Leocorno | Flame Of Gibraltar |
| 2007 | ||
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| Wannabe Posh | Brisk Breeze | Mussoorie |
| 2006 | ||
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| Anna Pavlova | Bunood | Gower Song |
| 2005 | ||
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| Kastoria | Albahja | Desert Move |
| 2004 | ||
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| Tarakala | Selebela | Desert Royalty |
| 2003 | ||
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| Mezzo Soprano | Thingmebob | Singleton |
| 2002 | ||
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| Alexander Three D | Rosa Parks | Frosty Welcome |
| 2001 | ||
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| Inchiri | Panna | Love Everlasting |
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| 2000 | ||
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| Firecrest | Fantasia Girl | Hiddnah |
| 1999 | ||
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| Innuendo | Credit-A-Plenty | Sweet Sorrow |
| 1998 | ||
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| Rambling Rose | Bristol Channel | Kadaka |
| 1997 | ||
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| Kaliana | The Faraway Tree | Book At Bedtime |
| 1996 | ||
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| Eva Luna | Time Allowed | Priolina |
| 1995 | ||
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| Larrocha | Segovia | Majestic Role |
| 1994 | ||
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| Noble Rose | Yenda | Frustration |
| 1993 | ||
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| Kithanga | Alouette | Anne Bonny |
| 1992 | ||
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| Cunning | Percy's Girl | Shirley Valentine |
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| Nibbs Point | Always Friendly | Tiger Flower |
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| Madiriya | Madame Dubois | Secret Waters |
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| Knoosh | Nesaah | Pretty Thing |
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| Upend | Percy's Lass | Banket |
The Galtres Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at York over a distance of 1 mile 3 furlongs and 188 yards (2,385 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in August. Since 2014 the race has carried the name of Sir Henry Cecil, a former British flat racing Champion Trainer who died in 2013. It is currently held on the second day of York's four-day Ebor Festival meeting.
Records
Most successful horse since 1960:
- no horse has won this race more than once
Leading jockey since 1960 (7 wins):
- Frankie Dettori – Madiriya (1990), Nibbs Point (1991), Cunning (1992), Mezzo Soprano (2003), Our Obsession (2013), Martlet (2015), Lah Ti Dar (2018)
Leading trainer since 1960 (8 wins):
- Luca Cumani – Madiriya (1990), Nibbs Point (1991), Cunning (1992), Kithanga (1993), Noble Rose (1994), Larrocha (1995), Kaliana (1997), Innuendo (1999)
Winners since 1960
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
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| 1960 | Caistor Top | 3 | Joe Sime | Sam Hall | 2:40.00 |
| 1961 | Antigua | 3 | Geoff Lewis | Peter Hastings-Bass | 2:37.00 |
| 1962 | Romantica | 3 | Bill Williamson | Harry Wragg | 2:37.80 |
| 1963 | Turf | 3 | Eph Smith | Bernard van Cutsem | 2:40.20 |
| 1964 | Patti | 3 | Lester Piggott | Paddy Prendergast | 2:36.60 |
| 1965 | Take A Chance | 3 | Eddie Hide | Bill Elsey | 2:34.80 |
| 1966 | Criffel | 3 | Ron Hutchinson | John Dunlop | 2:36.60 |
| 1967 | Bamboozle | 3 | Lester Piggott | Frank Armstrong | 2:41.20 |
| 1968 | Top Line | 3 | Sandy Barclay | Noel Murless | 2:37.80 |
| 1969 | Splash Down | 3 | Bill Williamson | Gordon Smyth | 2:34.40 |
| 1970 | Pretty Puffin | 3 | Lester Piggott | Frank Armstrong | 2:43.60 |
| 1971 | No Surtax | 3 | Geoff Lewis | Noel Murless | 2:35.50 |
| 1972 | Carrot Top | 3 | Lester Piggott | Jeremy Tree | 2:30.20 |
| 1973 | Reload | 3 | Tony Murray | Harry Wragg | 2:36.60 |
| 1974 | Evening Venture | 3 | John Gorton | Bruce Hobbs | 2:35.78 |
| 1975 | Lucky For Me | 3 | Tony Murray | Con Collins | 2:30.74 |
| 1976 | Capricious | 3 | Christy Roche | Paddy Prendergast | 2:30.65 |
| 1977 | Galletto | 3 | Lester Piggott | Vincent O'Brien | 2:36.29 |
| 1978 | Tartan Pimpernel | 3 | Willie Carson | Dick Hern | 2:32.54 |
| 1979 | Odeon | 3 | Joe Mercer | Henry Cecil | 2:39.11 |
| 1980 | Deadly Serious | 3 | Lester Piggott | Dick Hern | 2:34.60 |
| 1981 | Ma Femme | 3 | Geoff Baxter | Bruce Hobbs | 2:35.49 |
| 1982 | Sans Blague | 3 | Willie Carson | Dick Hern | 2:33.08 |
| 1983 | Hymettus | 3 | Lester Piggott | John Dunlop | 2:32.32 |
| 1984 | Borushka | 3 | Kevin Darley | Fulke Johnson Houghton | 2:31.48 |
| 1985 | Ulterior Motive | 3 | Pat Eddery | John Dunlop | 2:36.24 |
| 1986 | Startino | 3 | Steve Cauthen | Henry Cecil | 2:30.72 |
| 1987 | Professional Girl | 3 | Pat Eddery | Jeremy Tree | 2:35.11 |
| 1988 | Upend | 3 | Steve Cauthen | Henry Cecil | 2:34.88 |
| 1989 | Knoosh | 3 | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute | 2:30.77 |
| 1990 | Madiriya | 3 | Frankie Dettori | Luca Cumani | 2:29.06 |
| 1991 | Nibbs Point | 3 | Frankie Dettori | Luca Cumani | 2:34.86 |
| 1992 | Cunning | 3 | Frankie Dettori | Luca Cumani | 2:28.57 |
| 1993 | Kithanga | 3 | Ray Cochrane | Luca Cumani | 2:33.14 |
| 1994 | Noble Rose | 3 | Michael Kinane | Luca Cumani | 2:29.96 |
| 1995 | Larrocha | 3 | Michael Kinane | Luca Cumani | 2:28.54 |
| 1996 | Eva Luna | 4 | Pat Eddery | Henry Cecil | 2:27.14 |
| 1997 | Kaliana | 3 | John Reid | Luca Cumani | 2:33.76 |
| 1998 | Rambling Rose | 3 | Pat Eddery | Michael Stoute | 2:25.93 |
| 1999 | Innuendo | 4 | John Reid | Luca Cumani | 2:32.24 |
| 2000 | Firecrest | 3 | Richard Quinn | John Dunlop | 2:28.55 |
| 2001 | Inchiri | 3 | Franny Norton | Gerard Butler | 2:30.60 |
| 2002 | Alexander Three D | 3 | Michael Hills | Barry Hills | 2:27.04 |
| 2003 | Mezzo Soprano | 3 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed Bin Suroor | 2:28.85 |
| 2004 | Tarakala | 3 | Michael Kinane | John Oxx | 2:37.68 |
| 2005 | Kastoria | 4 | Michael Kinane | John Oxx | 2:30.36 |
| 2006 | Anna Pavlova | 3 | Paul Hanagan | Richard Fahey | 2:36.60 |
| 2007 | Wannabe Posh | 4 | Eddie Ahern | John Dunlop | 2:33.06 |
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| 2009 | Tanoura | 3 | Michael Kinane | John Oxx | 2:32.64 |
| 2010 | Brushing | 4 | Kieren Fallon | Mark Tompkins | 2:31.97 |
| 2011 | Set To Music | 3 | Jamie Spencer | Michael Bell | 2:35.94 |
| 2012 | Pale Mimosa | 3 | Pat Smullen | Dermot Weld | 2:31.98 |
| 2013 | Our Obsession | 3 | Frankie Dettori | William Haggas | 2:31.99 |
| 2014 | Queen of Ice | 3 | Andrea Atzeni | William Haggas | 2:32.42 |
| 2015 | Martlet | 3 | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden | 2:32.35 |
| 2016 | Abingdon | 3 | Andrea Atzeni | Sir Michael Stoute | 2:33.84 |
| 2017 | Fleur Forsyte | 3 | Daniel Muscutt | James Fanshawe | 2:37.12 |
| 2018 | Lah Ti Dar | 3 | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden | 2:31.22 |
| 2019 | Search For A Song | 3 | Oisin Murphy | Dermot Weld | 2:30.30 |
| 2020 | Gold Wand | 3 | Andrea Atzeni | Roger Varian | 2:34.27 |
| 2021 | Forbearance | 4 | Hollie Doyle | Jessica Harrington | 2:27.66 |
| 2022 | Haskoy | 3 | Ryan Moore | Ralph Beckett | 2:30.75 |
| 2023 | Sea Theme | 3 | Tom Marquand | William Haggas | 2:28.09 |
| 2024 | Scenic | 4 | Oisin Murphy | Ed Walker | 2:28.27 |
- ^ The 2008 running was abandoned because of a waterlogged course
See also
References
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