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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.

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.

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.

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)

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

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
• 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.

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

• Flat races in Great Britain
• Ascot Racecourse
• Flat horse races for three-year-olds
• Discontinued horse races in Great Britain
• Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1993
• Recurring sporting events established in 1939
• 1939 establishments in England
• 1993 disestablishments in England