Maggie Dickson Stakes

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Maggie Dickson Stakes
2021
Owner Mr Gary White.svg Owner Mr A Davis.svg Owner Mrs R G Hillen.svg
Just BeautifulJouskaHuboor
Previous years
2020
Owner Sheikh Juma Dalmook Al Maktoum.svg Owner Mr J L C Pearce.svg Owner Mr D Ward.svg
MubtasimahMiss CelestialSunday Star
2019
Owner Mr P K Siu.svg Owner Sun Bloodstock.svg Owner Cheveley Park Stud.svg
Indian BlessingWisdom MindRed Starlight
2018
Owner Mr Simon Keswick.svg Owner P D Smith Holdings Ltd.svg Owner Biddestone Racing Partnership XVII.svg
PepitaMaggies AngelPaco's Angel
2017
Owner Dr Ali Ridha.svg Owner The End-r-ways Partnership and Partners.svg Owner Cheveley Park Stud.svg
Unforgetable FillyPirouetteGlitter Girl
 

The Maggie Dickson Stakes, currently known for sponsorship purposes as the Stobo Castle Ladies' Day Gold Cup Fillies' Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to mares and fillies aged three years or older. It is run at Musselburgh over a distance of 7 furlongs and 33 yards (1,438 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June. The race was introduced as a new Listed race in 2017 [1] and the inaugural running was sponsored by Edinburgh Gin. Since 2019 it has been sponsored by Stobo Castle.

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The race is named in honour of Maggie Dickson (aka Half-Hangit Maggie), who was born in Musselburgh around 1702 and who became a local celebrity for surviving her execution. [2]

Winners

YearWinnerAgeJockeyTrainerTime
2017Unforgetable Filly3 Josephine Gordon Hugo Palmer1:26.93
2018Pepita4Phillip Makin Richard Hannon Jr. 1:29.83
2019Indian Blessing5 Gerald Mosse Ed Walker1:30.61
2020Mubtasimah [lower-alpha 1] 4 James Doyle William Haggas 1:22.55
2021Just Beautiful3Joey HaynesIvan Furtado1:25.20
  1. The 2020 race was run at Newbury due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom

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References

  1. "European Pattern Committee announces changes to the 2017 European Programme". British Horseracing Authority. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  2. "Maggie Dickson". Undiscovered Scotland. Retrieved 15 November 2017.