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Greenham Stakes

Flat horse race in Britain

Summary

Flat horse race in Britain

Field	Value
class	Group 3
horse race	Greenham Stakes
location	Newbury Racecourse
Newbury, Berkshire, England
inaugurated	1906
race type	Flat / Thoroughbred
sponsor	Watership Down Stud
website	Newbury
distance	7f (1,408 metres)
surface	Turf
track	Straight
qualification	Three-year-old
colts and geldings
weight	9 st 0 lb
purse	£55,000 (2021)
1st: £31,191

Newbury, Berkshire, England colts and geldings 1st: £31,191 |} The Greenham Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old colts and geldings. It is run over a distance of 7 furlongs (1540 yd) at Newbury in April.

History

The event is named after Greenham, the civil parish where Newbury Racecourse is located. It was established in 1906, and was initially contested over a mile.

The race continued with its original length until the start of World War II. It was not staged from 1941 to 1948, and resumed with a distance of 7 furlongs and 60 yards in 1949. It was shortened to 7 furlongs in 1956.

The Greenham Stakes can serve as a trial for various colts' Classics in Europe. The last winner to achieve victory in the 2000 Guineas was Frankel in 2011, and the most recent 2,000 Guineas winner to compete in the Greenham Stakes was Night of Thunder, the 2014 runner-up.

Records

Leading jockey (5 wins):

Steve Donoghue – Sydmonton (1911), Polygnotus (1919), Silvern (1920), Green Fire (1924), Zelina (1934)
Joe Mercer – Counsel (1955), Heathen (1968), Boldboy (1973), Kris (1979), Creag-an-Sgor (1984)

Leading trainer (6 wins):

Sir Henry Cecil – Wollow (1976), Kris (1979), Cajun (1982), Faustus (1986), Enrique (1999), Frankel (2011)
Richard Hannon Sr. – Rock City (1990), Redback (2002), Major Cadeaux (2007), Paco Boy (2008), Dick Turpin (2010), Olympic Glory (2013)

Winners since 1931

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1931	Link Boy	R Dick	Joseph Lawson	1:43.80
1932	Orwell	Bobby Jones	Joseph Lawson	1:52.40
1933	Harinero	C Ray	Richard Dawson	1:43.60
1934	Zelina	Steve Donoghue	Hugh Powney	1:42.20
1935	Theft	Gordon Richards	Frank Butters	1:43.60
1936	Noble King	R Perryman	Frank Butters	1:50.40
1937	Fairford	Tommy Weston	Harry Cottrill	1:47.60
1938	Mirza	Harry Wragg	Frank Butters	1:42.40
1939	Fairstone	C Richards	Harry Cottrill	1:42.20
1940	Tant Mieux	Gordon Richards	Fred Darling	1:43.40
1941–48	no race
1949	Star King	Doug Smith	Jack Waugh	1:30.20
1950	Port o'Light	Tommy Gosling	Walter Nightingall	1:33.80
1951Abandoned due to waterlogging
1952	Serpenyoe	Frankie Durr	William Smyth	1:31.80
1953	March Past	Ted Fordyce	Ken Cundell	1:31.00
1954	Infatuation	Bill Rickaby	Vic Smyth	1:31.20
1955	Counsel	Joe Mercer	Jack Colling	1:33.00
1956	Ratification	Harry Carr	Vic Smyth	1:27.60
1957	Pipe of Peace	Scobie Breasley	Gordon Richards	1:27.80
1958	Paresa	Bill Rickaby	Reg Day	1:28.40
1959	Masham	Doug Smith	Geoffrey Brooke	1:36.20
1960	Filipepi	Geoff Lewis	Ron Smyth	1:30.00
1961	Primus	Doug Smith	Gordon Richards	1:35.20
1962	Romulus	Wally Swinburn	Fulke Johnson Houghton	1:28.80
1963	Fighting Ship	S Smith	Jack Jarvis	1:35.20
1964	Excel	Frankie Durr	Tommy Gosling	1:31.40
1965	Silly Season	Geoff Lewis	Ian Balding	1:36.60
1966Abandoned due to snow
1967	Play High	Duncan Keith	Walter Nightingall	1:28.60
1968	Heathen	Joe Mercer	Dick Hern	1:28.00
1969	Tower Walk	Taffy Thomas	Geoffrey Barling	1:23.40
1970	Gold Rod	Frankie Durr	Reg Akehurst	1:38.60
1971	Mill Reef	Geoff Lewis	Ian Balding	1:27.81
1972	Martinmas	Philip Waldron	Ian Balding	1:32.00
1973	Boldboy	Joe Mercer	Dick Hern	1:27.01
1974	Glen Strae	Tony Murray	Ryan Price	1:28.12
1975	Mark Anthony	Lester Piggott	Clive Brittain	1:41.71
1976	Wollow	Gianfranco Dettori	Henry Cecil	1:26.06
1977	He Loves Me	Tony Kimberley	Jeremy Hindley	1:29.90
1978	Derrylin	Eric Eldin	Doug Smith	1:33.19
1979	Kris	Joe Mercer	Henry Cecil	1:28.02
1980	Final Straw	Greville Starkey	Michael Stoute	1:24.61
1981	Another Realm	Greville Starkey	Frankie Durr	1:32.12
1982	Cajun	Lester Piggott	Henry Cecil	1:25.25
1983	Wassl	Willie Carson	John Dunlop	1:31.20
1984	Creag-An-Sgor	Joe Mercer	Charlie Nelson	1:26.91
1985	Bairn	Lester Piggott	Luca Cumani	1:29.78
1986	Faustus	Steve Cauthen	Henry Cecil	1:35.98
1987	Risk Me	Steve Cauthen	Paul Kelleway	1:38.39
1988	Zelphi	Pat Eddery	Jeremy Tree	1:29.12
1989	Zayyani	Billy Newnes	Fulke Johnson Houghton	1:31.72
1990	Rock City	Pat Eddery	Richard Hannon Sr.	1:28.22
1991	Bog Trotter	Lester Piggott	William Haggas	1:26.49
1992	Lion Cavern	Steve Cauthen	André Fabre	1:32.04
1993	Inchinor	Frankie Dettori	Roger Charlton	1:30.38
1994	Turtle Island	John Reid	Peter Chapple-Hyam	1:30.89
1995	Celtic Swing	Kevin Darley	Lady Herries	1:24.31
1996	Danehill Dancer	Pat Eddery	Neville Callaghan	1:30.18
1997	Yalaietanee	Frankie Dettori	Michael Stoute	1:26.07
1998	Victory Note	John Reid	Peter Chapple-Hyam	1:33.27
1999	Enrique	Kieren Fallon	Henry Cecil	1:25.19
2000	Barathea Guest	Philip Robinson	George Margarson	1:26.88
2001	Munir	Richard Hills	Barry Hills	1:31.64
2002	Redback	Darryll Holland	Richard Hannon Sr.	1:23.84
2003	Muqbil	Willie Supple	John Dunlop	1:24.48
2004	Salford City	Johnny Murtagh	David Elsworth	1:26.97
2005	Indesatchel	Jamie Spencer	David Wachman	1:29.24
2006	Red Clubs	Michael Hills	Barry Hills	1:25.69
2007	Major Cadeaux	Richard Hughes	Richard Hannon Sr.	1:23.66
2008	Paco Boy	Richard Hughes	Richard Hannon Sr.	1:27.14
2009	Vocalised	Kevin Manning	Jim Bolger	1:27.81
2010	Dick Turpin	Ryan Moore	Richard Hannon Sr.	1:22.72
2011	Frankel	Tom Queally	Henry Cecil	1:24.60
2012	Caspar Netscher	Shane Kelly	Alan McCabe	1:32.32
2013	Olympic Glory	Richard Hughes	Richard Hannon Sr.	1:26.14
2014	Kingman	James Doyle	John Gosden	1:26.95
2015	Muhaarar	Frankie Dettori	Charles Hills	1:20.80
2016	Tasleet	Paul Hanagan	William Haggas	1:25.38
2017	Barney Roy	James Doyle	Richard Hannon Jr.	1:23.08
2018	James Garfield	Frankie Dettori	George Scott	1:26.98
2019	Mohaather	Jim Crowley	Marcus Tregoning	1:26.89
	no race 2020
2021	Chindit	Pat Dobbs	Richard Hannon Jr.	1:23.98
2022	Perfect Power	Christophe Soumillon	Richard Fahey	1:22.77
2023	Isaac Shelby	Sean Levey	Brian Meehan	1:29.05
2024	Esquire	Daniel Tudhope	David O'Meara	1:25.17
2025	Jonquil	Oisin Murphy	Andrew Balding	1:24.42

Earlier winners

1906: Rocketter
1907: Donna Caterina
1908: Sir Toby
1909: Minoru
1910: Bronzino
1911: Sydmonton
1912: Jingling Geordie
1913: Shogun
1914: Sunny Lake
1915: Let Fly / Sunfire *
1916: Analogy
1917–18: no race
1919: Polygnotus
1920: Silvern
1921: no race
1922: Weathervane
1923: Parth
1924: Green Fire
1925: Sparus
1926: Friar Wile
1927: Lordland
1928: The Wheedler
1929: Sidonia
1930: Christopher Robin

The 1915 race was a dead-heat and has joint winners.

References

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References

(13 April 1907). "1907 Greenham Stakes". [[The Herald (Glasgow).
(1 April 1939). "1939 Greenham Stakes". Glasgow Herald.
(1 April 1949). "1949 Greenham Stakes". Glasgow Herald.
(13 April 1956). "1956 Greenham Stakes". Glasgow Herald.
(17 March 2020). "Coronavirus: Horse racing in Great Britain suspended until end of April".

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