Flying Fillies' Stakes

Flying Fillies' Stakes
Listed race
Location Pontefract Racecourse
Pontefract, England
Race type Flat / Thoroughbred
Sponsor Highfield Farm
Website Pontefract
Race information
Distance 6f (1,207 metres)
Surface Turf
Track Left-handed
Qualification Three-years-old and up
fillies & mares
Weight 8 st 13 lb (3yo);
9 st 2 lb (4yo+)
Penalties
3 lb for Group 3 winners*
5 lb for Group 2 winners*
7 lb for Group 1 winners*
* after 2017
Purse £60,000 (2018)
1st: £33,612
Flying Fillies' Stakes
2018
Castle Hill Cassie Foxtrot Lady Miss Bar Beach

The Flying Fillies' Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at Pontefract over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,027 metres).

The race was first run in 1998, and it is scheduled to take place each year in August.

Records

Most successful horse:

  • no horse has won this race more than once

Leading jockey (2 wins):

  • Tony Culhane - Cotton House (2002), Goldeva (2004)
  • Graham Lee (jockey) - Artistic Jewel (2013), Castle Hill Cassie (2018)

Leading trainer (2 wins):

Winners

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time
1998 Zelanda 3 Tony Garth John Gosden 1:15.00
1999 Wannabe Grand 3 Pat Eddery Jeremy Noseda 1:15.00
2000 Arabesque 3 Richard Quinn Henry Cecil 1:13.90
2001 Monnavanna 3 Darryll Holland Geoff Wragg 1:18.03
2002 Cotton House 5 Tony Culhane Mick Channon 1:16.20
2003 Lochridge 4 Martin Dwyer Andrew Balding 1:14.77
2004 Goldeva 5 Tony Culhane Reg Hollinshead 1:17.20
2005 Fruit of Glory 6 Micky Fenton John Jenkins 1:15.42
2006 Indian Maiden 6 Ted Durcan Malcolm Saunders 1:17.13
2007 Ripples Maid 4 Royston Ffrench Tony Geake 1:16.00
no race 2008 [a]
2009 Mullein 4 Seb Sanders Ralph Beckett 1:14.44
2010 Bounty Box 4 George Baker Chris Wall 1:14.92
2011 Rose Blossom 4 Paul Hanagan Richard Fahey 1:14.78
2012 Mince 3 Frankie Dettori Roger Charlton 1:14.20
2013 Artistic Jewel 4 Graham Lee Ed McMahon 1:15.66
2014 Valonia 3 Harry Bentley Henry Candy 1:14.39
2015 Divine 4 Silvestre de Sousa Mick Channon 1:16.89
2016 Mehronissa 4 Frederik Tylicki Ed Vaughan 1:14.04
2017 Queen Kindly 3 Tom Eaves Richard Fahey 1:15.31
2018 Castle Hill Cassie 4 Graham Lee Ben Haslam 1:15.59

a The 2008 running was abandoned because of a waterlogged course.

See also

References

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