Rockfel Stakes

Rockfel Stakes
Group 2 race
Location Rowley Mile
Newmarket, England
Inaugurated 1981
Race type Flat / Thoroughbred
Sponsor Shadwell Racing
Website Newmarket
Race information
Distance 7f (1,408 metres)
Surface Turf
Track Straight
Qualification Two-year-old fillies
Weight 9 st 0 lb
Purse £100,000 (2016)
1st: £56,710
Rockfel Stakes
2016
Spain Burg Fair Eva Miss Infinity

The Rockfel Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old fillies. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September.

History

The event is named after Rockfel, a successful filly whose victories included two Classics in 1938. It was established in 1981, and its first winner was Top Hope.

The Rockfel Stakes attained Listed status in 1985, and it was promoted to Group 3 level in 1986. It was upgraded to Group 2 in 1998.

The race was formerly staged during Newmarket's Champions' Day meeting in mid-October. It became part of a new fixture called Future Champions Day in 2011 and was moved to a September date from 2014, switching places in the calendar with the Fillies' Mile.[1]

The leading horses from the Rockfel Stakes sometimes go on to compete in the following season's 1,000 Guineas. Four fillies have won both events, the most recent being Finsceal Beo (2006–07).

Records

Leading jockey (4 wins):

  • Michael Hills – Negligent (1989), Hula Angel (1998), Maids Causeway (2004), Just the Judge (2012)

Leading trainer (4 wins):

  • Barry Hills – Negligent (1989), Yawl (1992), Hula Angel (1998), Maids Causeway (2004)

Winners

Year Winner Jockey Trainer Time
1981 Top Hope Walter Swinburn Michael Stoute
1982 Saving Mercy Brian Taylor Jeremy Hindley
1983 Mahogany Joe Mercer Charlie Nelson
1984 Kashi Lagoon Bruce Raymond Ben Hanbury
1985 Tralthee Lester Piggott Luca Cumani
1986 At Risk Steve Cauthen Henry Cecil
1987 no race [a]
1988 Musical Bliss Walter Swinburn Michael Stoute 1:28.64
1989 Negligent Michael Hills Barry Hills 1:24.42
1990 Crystal Gazing Frankie Dettori Luca Cumani 1:29.80
1991 Musicale Pat Eddery Henry Cecil 1:23.92
1992 Yawl Darryll Holland Barry Hills 1:23.81
1993 Relatively Special Ray Cochrane Luca Cumani 1:27.82
1994 Germane Michael Fenton Michael Bell 1:25.76
1995 Bint Salsabil Willie Carson John Dunlop 1:26.05
1996 Moonlight Paradise Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor 1:26.26
1997 Name of Love Kieren Fallon David Loder 1:26.42
1998 Hula Angel Michael Hills Barry Hills 1:25.84
1999 Lahan Richard Hills John Gosden 1:26.79
2000 Sayedah Richard Hills Marcus Tregoning 1:27.96
2001 Distant Valley Dane O'Neill Richard Hannon Sr. 1:28.53
2002 Luvah Girl Kevin Darley Roger Charlton 1:24.98
2003 Cairns Ted Durcan Mick Channon 1:25.88
2004 Maids Causeway Michael Hills Barry Hills 1:28.93
2005 Speciosa Michael Fenton Pam Sly 1:27.01
2006 Finsceal Beo Kevin Manning Jim Bolger 1:27.12
2007 Kitty Matcham Johnny Murtagh Aidan O'Brien 1:27.01
2008 Lahaleeb Darryll Holland Mick Channon 1:23.95
2009 Music Show Kieren Fallon Mick Channon 1:23.83
2010 Cape Dollar Ryan Moore Sir Michael Stoute 1:26.91
2011 Wading Ryan Moore Aidan O'Brien 1:23.75
2012 Just the Judge Michael Hills Charles Hills 1:25.15
2013 Al Thakhira Martin Harley Marco Botti 1:25.54
2014 Lucida Kevin Manning Jim Bolger 1:22.82
2015 Promising Run James Doyle Saeed bin Suroor 1:23.55
2016 Spain Burg Frankie Dettori Xavier Thomas-Demeaulte 1:24.92

a The 1987 running was abandoned because of high winds and structural damage.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Weekend of Champions". britishchampionsseries.com. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  • galopp-sieger.de – Rockfel Stakes.
  • horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Rockfel Stakes (2016).
  • pedigreequery.com – Rockfel Stakes – Newmarket.
  • Abelson, Edward; Tyrrel, John (1993). The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. p. 212. ISBN 1-873626-15-0. 
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