August Stakes

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August Stakes
Listed race
Location Windsor Racecourse
Windsor, England
Race type Flat / Thoroughbred
Website Windsor
Race information
Distance1m 3f 99y (2,303 metres)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft and right-handed
QualificationThree-years-old and up
exc. Group 1 and Group 2 winners after 2021.
Weight8 st 13 lb (3yo);
9 st 7 lb (4yo+)
Allowances
5 lb for fillies

Penalties
5 lb for Group winners*
3 lb for Listed winners*
* after 2021
Purse£40,000 (2022)
1st: £22,684
August Stakes
2023
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The August Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Windsor over a distance of 1 mile 3 furlongs and 99 yards (2,303 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in August.

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The race was first run as a Listed race in 2004 having previously been run as a lower class race.

Winners

YearWinnerAgeJockeyTrainerTime
2000Happy Change Michael Hills Mark Johnston 2:30.30
2001Delius4 Kieren Fallon Michael Stoute 2:27.00
2002 Arctic Owl 8 Richard Hughes James Fanshawe 2:26.50
2003Gamut4 Kieren Fallon Michael Stoute 2:27.91
2004Naheef5 Kerrin McEvoy Saeed bin Suroor 2:33.27
2005Orcadian4 Richard Hughes James Eustace2:27.28
2006Crocodile Dundee5 Jamie Spencer Luca Cumani 2:27.20
2007Dragon Dancer4 Darryll Holland Geoff Wragg 2:31.21
2008Spanish Moon4 Ryan Moore Michael Stoute 2:24.83
2009Traffic Guard5 Martin Dwyer Paul Cole 2:23.54
2010Whispering Gallery4 Ted Durcan Saeed bin Suroor 2:31.84
2011Opera Gal4 Jimmy Fortune Andrew Balding 2:29.63
2012Cameron Highland3 Neil Callan Roger Varian 2:27.53
2013Cameron Highland4 Andrea Atzeni Roger Varian 2:30.02
2014Glorious Protector4 George Baker Ed Walker2:23.17
2015Beautiful Romance3 Harry Bentley Saeed bin Suroor 2:28.85
2016Berkshire5 Jim Crowley Paul Cole 2:23.60
2017Second Step6 Jamie Spencer Roger Charlton 2:26.44
2018Desert Encounter6 Harry Bentley David Simcock2:28.50
2019Raakib Alhawa3 Jamie Spencer David Simcock2:25.23
2020Le Don De Vie4 Hollie Doyle Hughie Morrison 2:35.77
2021 Teona 3Ray Dawson Roger Varian 2:23.92
2022Cresta3 Richard Kingscote Freddie & Martyn Meade2:23.38
2023Candleford5 Pat Dobbs William Haggas 2:25.26

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