Port Stakes

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Port Stakes
Location Two Middle Miles of the Beacon Course
Newmarket, England
Race type Flat / Thoroughbred
Race information
Distance1 mile 7 furlongs 127 yards (3134 metres)
SurfaceTurf
QualificationFour-year-olds

The Port Stakes was a flat horse race in Great Britain open to four-year-olds. It was run on the Two Middle Miles (T.M.M.) of the Beacon course at Newmarket over a distance of 2 miles, and was scheduled to take place each year in early or mid April at the Craven meeting. The Two Middle Miles course was relatively flat and was considered less testing then the "Ditch-In" course, over which the similar Claret Stakes was run. [1]

The race often attracted winners of the previous seasons British Classic Races: classic winners who went on to win the Port Stakes included Whisker, Prince Leopold, Mameluke, Green Mantle, Priam, Galata, Grey Momus, Ralph and Attila.

Winners 1815–1843

YearWinnerJockeyTrainerOwnerOdds
1815Wire George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton 2/1
1816 Whisker Robert Robson George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton 2/5
1817 Prince Leopold William ButlerMr Lake6/4
1818GazelleMr Lake3/1
1819MerlinMr G. L. FoxEvens
1820Snake Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter
1821AbjerJohn Udney1/2
1822 Zeal Robert Robson George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton walkover
1823No race
1824
1825SerabWilliam ArnullStanlake Batson11/8
1826 Camel William Arnull Charles Wyndham 7/4
1827Lamplighter Frank Buckle Col Wilson7/4
1828 Mameluke John Gully
1829PrivateerWilliam ArnullGeorge Payne6/5
1830 Green Mantle Patrick ConollyCharles Marson Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter
1831 Priam Jem Robinson William ChifneyWilliam Chifney1/3
1832 Liverpool William Scott Mr Robinson2/1
1833 Galata Samuel DarlingCharles Marson Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter 7/2
1834Muley MolochSamuel Chifney William Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland 5/2
1835 Plenipotentiary Stanlake Batsonwalkover
1836ElizondoBoyce Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond 5/2
1837Scroggins William Scott George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield 1/5
1838Rat-Trap Jem Robinson John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland 10/1
1839 Grey Momus John Barham Day John Barham Day Lord George Bentinck
1840DominoW. Cotton William Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle 3/1
1841Gibraltar Nat Flatman General Yates5/4
1842 Ralph W. Edwards William Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle walkover
1843 Attila John Scott George Anson walkover

References

  1. "Museum Treasure". www.nhrm.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013.