Listed race | |
Location | Windsor Racecourse Windsor, England |
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Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Website | Windsor |
Race information | |
Distance | 1m 3f 99y (2,303 metres) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left and right-handed |
Qualification | Three-years-old and up exc. Group 1 and Group 2 winners after 2021. |
Weight | 8 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 |
2023 | ||
Candleford | Solid Stone | Lion's Pride |
Previous years | ||
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2022 | ||
Cresta | Maksud | Groundbreaker |
2021 | ||
Teona | Desert Encounter | Fox Tal |
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.
The race was first run as a Listed race in 2004 having previously been run as a lower class race.
Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
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2000 | Happy Change | Michael Hills | Mark Johnston | 2:30.30 | |
2001 | Delius | 4 | Kieren Fallon | Sir Michael Stoute | 2:27.00 |
2002 | Arctic Owl | 8 | Richard Hughes | James Fanshawe | 2:26.50 |
2003 | Gamut | 4 | Kieren Fallon | Sir Michael Stoute | 2:27.91 |
2004 | Naheef | 5 | Kerrin McEvoy | Saeed bin Suroor | 2:33.27 |
2005 | Orcadian | 4 | Richard Hughes | James Eustace | 2:27.28 |
2006 | Crocodile Dundee | 5 | Jamie Spencer | Luca Cumani | 2:27.20 |
2007 | Dragon Dancer | 4 | Darryll Holland | Geoff Wragg | 2:31.21 |
2008 | Spanish Moon | 4 | Ryan Moore | Sir Michael Stoute | 2:24.83 |
2009 | Traffic Guard | 5 | Martin Dwyer | Paul Cole | 2:23.54 |
2010 | Whispering Gallery | 4 | Ted Durcan | Saeed bin Suroor | 2:31.84 |
2011 | Opera Gal | 4 | Jimmy Fortune | Andrew Balding | 2:29.63 |
2012 | Cameron Highland | 3 | Neil Callan | Roger Varian | 2:27.53 |
2013 | Cameron Highland | 4 | Andrea Atzeni | Roger Varian | 2:30.02 |
2014 | Glorious Protector | 4 | George Baker | Ed Walker | 2:23.17 |
2015 | Beautiful Romance | 3 | Harry Bentley | Saeed bin Suroor | 2:28.85 |
2016 | Berkshire | 5 | Jim Crowley | Paul Cole | 2:23.60 |
2017 | Second Step | 6 | Jamie Spencer | Roger Charlton | 2:26.44 |
2018 | Desert Encounter | 6 | Harry Bentley | David Simcock | 2:28.50 |
2019 | Raakib Alhawa | 3 | Jamie Spencer | David Simcock | 2:25.23 |
2020 | Le Don De Vie | 4 | Hollie Doyle | Hughie Morrison | 2:35.77 |
2021 | Teona | 3 | Ray Dawson | Roger Varian | 2:23.92 |
2022 | Cresta | 3 | Richard Kingscote | Freddie & Martyn Meade | 2:23.38 |
2023 | Candleford | 5 | Pat Dobbs | William Haggas | 2:25.26 |
2024 | Sea Of Roses | 4 | Hayley Turner | Andrew Balding | 2:29.02 |
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