White Rose Stakes

The White Rose Stakes was a flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old horses. It was run at Ascot over a distance of 1 mile and 2 furlongs (2,012 metres), and it was scheduled to take place each year in April or May.

White Rose Stakes

Conditions race (discontinued)
Location	Ascot Racecourse Ascot, England
Last run	28 April 1993
Race type	Flat / Thoroughbred
Website	Ascot
Race information
Distance	1m 2f (2,012 metres)
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds

History

The event was originally held at Hurst Park. For a period it was open to horses aged three or older, and contested over 1 mile, 7 furlongs and 65 yards.^[1]

The White Rose Stakes was restricted to three-year-olds and cut to 1 mile and 2 furlongs in the early 1950s. It was transferred to Ascot in 1963. The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and the event was classed at Group 3 level.

The race continued with Group 3 status until the early 1980s. It was subsequently downgraded, and was last run in 1993. It was replaced by an open-age handicap, the White Rose Handicap, in 1994.^[2]

Records

Leading jockey since 1958 (5 wins):

• Lester Piggott – Samothraki (1962), Right Noble (1966), Light Fire (1969), Only a Wish (1970), Dukedom (1980)
• Willie Carson – Tierra Fuego (1976), Tully (1977), Milford (1979), Cut Above (1981), Alwuhush (1988)
• Steve Cauthen – Kirmann (1984), Vertige (1985), Mashkour (1986), Zalazl (1989), Perpendicular (1991)

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Leading trainer since 1958 (4 wins):

• Dick Hern – Tepukei (1973), Tully (1977), Milford (1979), Cut Above (1981)
• Henry Cecil – Vertige (1985), Mashkour (1986), Zalazl (1989), Perpendicular (1991)

Winners since 1970

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer
1970	Only a Wish	Lester Piggott	Jeremy Tree
1971	Juggernaut	Brian Taylor	Freddie Maxwell
1972	Moulton	Brian Taylor	Harry Wragg
1973	Tepukei	Joe Mercer	Dick Hern
1974	English Prince	Pat Eddery	Peter Walwyn
1975	Jolly Good	Geoff Lewis	Bruce Hobbs
1976	Tierra Fuego	Willie Carson	Clive Brittain
1977	Tully [a]	Willie Carson	Dick Hern
1978	Leonardo da Vinci	Pat Eddery	Peter Walwyn
1979	Milford	Willie Carson	Dick Hern
1980	Dukedom	Lester Piggott	Ian Balding
1981	Cut Above	Willie Carson	Dick Hern
1982	Electric	Walter Swinburn	Michael Stoute
1983	no race [b]
1984	Kirmann	Steve Cauthen	Fulke Johnson Houghton
1985	Vertige	Steve Cauthen	Henry Cecil
1986	Mashkour	Steve Cauthen	Henry Cecil
1987	Zaizoom	Richard Quinn	Paul Cole
1988	Alwuhush	Willie Carson	John Dunlop
1989	Zalazl	Steve Cauthen	Henry Cecil
1990	Starstreak	Richard Quinn	Mark Johnston
1991	Perpendicular	Steve Cauthen	Henry Cecil
1992	Top Register	Walter Swinburn	Lord Huntingdon
1993	Tioman Island	Richard Quinn	Paul Cole

1. The 1977 running took place at Newbury
2. The 1983 edition was abandoned because of a waterlogged course

Earlier winners

• 1939: Hunter's Moon^[a]
• 1943: Harroway
• 1946: Marsyas
• 1947: Chanteur
• 1948: Migoli
• 1949: Black Tarquin
• 1951: Colonist II
• 1952: Hilltop
• 1953: Ambiguity
• 1954: Hypera
• 1955: Marwari
• 1956: Esperanza
• 1958: Crystal Bay
• 1959: Parthia
• 1960: Tudor Period
• 1961: Scatter
• 1962: Samothraki
• 1963: Fern
• 1964: Beaufront
• 1965: I Say
• 1966: Right Noble
• 1967: Great Society
• 1968: Torpid
• 1969: Light Fire

1. Tricameron finished first in 1939, but he was disqualified

See also

• Horse racing in Great Britain
• List of British flat horse races

References

1. "Chanteur II Runs Again at Hurst Park". Glasgow Herald. 26 May 1947. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
2. "1994 White Rose Handicap". Racing Post. Retrieved 25 November 2012.

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• Racing Post:
  • 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
• galopp-sieger.de – White Rose Stakes.
• pedigreequery.com – White Rose Stakes – Ascot.