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Rockfel Stakes

Flat horse race in Britain

Summary

Flat horse race in Britain

Field	Value
class	Group 2
horse race	Rockfel Stakes
location	Rowley Mile
Newmarket, England
inaugurated	1981
race type	Flat / Thoroughbred
sponsor	BoyleSports
website	Newmarket
distance	7f (1,408 metres)
surface	Turf
track	Straight
qualification	Two-year-old fillies
weight	9 st 2 lb
Penalties
3 lb for G1 / G2 Group 2 winners
purse	£100,000 (2025)
1st: £56,710

Newmarket, England Penalties 3 lb for G1 / G2 Group 2 winners 1st: £56,710 |} 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. The race is currently part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge and the winner earns an automatic place in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf race.

The leading horses from the Rockfel Stakes sometimes go on to compete in the following season's 1000 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)
Frankie Dettori - Crystal Gazing (1990), Moonlight Paradise (1996), Spain Burg (2016), Juliet Capulet (2017)
Ryan Moore - * Cape Dollar (2010), Wading (2011), Just Wonderful (2018), Bubbling (2024) *

Leading trainer (4 wins):

Barry Hills – Negligent (1989), Yawl (1992), Hula Angel (1998), Maids Causeway (2004)
Aidan O'Brien - * Kitty Matcham (2007), Wading (2011), Just Wonderful (2018), Bubbling (2024) *

Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1981	Top Hope	Walter Swinburn	Michael Stoute	1:28.56
1982	Saving Mercy	Brian Taylor	Jeremy Hindley	1:29.45
1983	Mahogany	Joe Mercer	Charlie Nelson	1:26.89
1984	Kashi Lagoon	Bruce Raymond	Ben Hanbury	1:28.71
1985	Tralthee	Lester Piggott	Luca Cumani	1:27.30
1986	At Risk	Steve Cauthen	Henry Cecil	1:29.47
1987	no race
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	Micky 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	Micky 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
2017	Juliet Capulet	Frankie Dettori	John Gosden	1:27.23
2018	Just Wonderful	Ryan Moore	Aidan O'Brien	1:25.30
2019	Daahyeh	William Buick	Roger Varian	1:24.14
2020	Isabella Giles	Adam Kirby	Clive Cox	1:22.55
2021	Hello You	Rossa Ryan	David Loughnanne	1:23.12
2022	Commissioning	Robert Havlin	John and Thady Gosden	1:24.40
2023	Carla's Way	James Doyle	Simon & Ed Crisford	1:23.01
2024	Bubbling	Ryan Moore	Aidan O'Brien	1:27.20
2025	Zanthos	Oisin Murphy	Simon & Ed Crisford	1:24.19

References

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galopp-sieger.de – Rockfel Stakes.
ifhaonline.org – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Rockfel Stakes (2019).
pedigreequery.com – Rockfel Stakes – Newmarket.

References

"Weekend of Champions".

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