Middleton Stakes

Group 2 race
Middleton Stakes

Location	York Racecourse York, England
Race type	Flat / Thoroughbred
Sponsor	Totesport
Website	York
Race information
Distance	1m 2f 88y (2,092 m)
Track	Turf, left-handed
Qualification	Four-years-old and up fillies & mares
Weight	8 st 12 lb Penalties 5 lb for Group 1 winners * 3 lb for Group 2 winners * * since August 31 last year
Purse	£100,000 (2011) 1st: £56,770

The Middleton Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to thoroughbred fillies and mares aged four years or older. It is run at York over a distance of 1 mile, 2 furlongs and 88 yards (2,092 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in May.

For a period the Middleton Stakes was an ungraded event restricted to three-year-old fillies. The present version was established in 1997, and it initially held Listed status. It was promoted to Group 3 level in 2004, and to Group 2 in 2010.^[1]

The Middleton Stakes is part of York's three-day Dante Festival meeting, and it is usually run on the same day as the Dante Stakes.

Records

Most successful horse:

• no horse has won this race more than once

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Leading jockey since 1997 (2 wins):

• Frankie Dettori – Papering (1997), Crimson Palace (2004)
• Michael Hills – Arriving (1998), Topatoo (2007)
• Richard Quinn – Lady in Waiting (1999), Moselle (2001)
• Kieren Fallon – Zee Zee Top (2003), All Too Beautiful (2005)
• Jamie Spencer – Strawberry Dale (2006), Sariska (2010)
• Ryan Moore – Promising Lead (2008), Crystal Capella (2009)

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Leading trainer since 1997 (3 wins):

• Sir Michael Stoute – Zee Zee Top (2003), Promising Lead (2008), Crystal Capella (2009)

Winners since 1997

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1997	Papering	4	Frankie Dettori	Luca Cumani	2:11.77
1998	Arriving	4	Michael Hills	John Hills	2:12.17
1999	Lady in Waiting	4	Richard Quinn	Paul Cole	2:16.20
2000	Lafite	4	Richard Hills	John Hills	2:08.79
2001	Moselle	4	Richard Quinn	William Haggas	2:11.12
2002	Jalousie	4	George Duffield	Chris Wall	2:10.04
2003	Zee Zee Top	4	Kieren Fallon	Sir Michael Stoute	2:11.03
2004	Crimson Palace	5	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	2:15.68
2005	All Too Beautiful	4	Kieren Fallon	Aidan O'Brien	2:15.88
2006	Strawberry Dale	4	Jamie Spencer	James Bethell	2:19.41
2007	Topatoo	5	Michael Hills	Mark Tompkins	2:13.83
2008	Promising Lead	4	Ryan Moore	Sir Michael Stoute	2:08.20
2009	Crystal Capella	4	Ryan Moore	Sir Michael Stoute	2:15.03
2010	Sariska	4	Jamie Spencer	Michael Bell	2:06.20
2011	Midday	5	Tom Queally	Henry Cecil	2:10.05

See also

• Horseracing in Great Britain
• List of British flat horse races

References

1. ^ "Middleton Stakes given Group 2 status". bbc.co.uk. 20 January 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/8469035.stm. Retrieved 29 January 2010. 

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• Racing Post:
  • 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
  • 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
  • 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

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• galopp-sieger.de – Middleton Stakes.
• horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Middleton Stakes (2011).
• pedigreequery.com – Middleton Stakes – York.