Cardinal Stakes (Great Britain)
- This article is about an English horse race. For the American horse race with the same name, see Cardinal Stakes (USA).
| Conditions race | |
| Location | Chelmsford City Racecourse Great Leighs, England |
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| Inaugurated | 2019 |
| Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
| Sponsor | Woodford Reserve |
| Website | Chelmsford City |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 mile (1,609 metres) |
| Surface | Polytrack |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-olds |
| Weight | 9 st 5 lb Allowances 5 lb for fillies |
| Purse | £100,000 (2024) 1st: £51,540 |
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| Bracken's Laugh | Orne | Capulet |
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| Bold Act | Brave Emperor | Killybegs Warrior |
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| Dark Moon Rising | Harrow | Find |
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| Fundamental | Qaader | Moraaheq |
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| Bye Bye Hong Kong | Antilles | Dark Vision |
The Cardinal Stakes is a flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old horses. It is run at Chelmsford City over a distance of 1 mile.[1]
The race was run for the first time in 2019 as the last of seven races in the European Road to the Kentucky Derby series, through which horses earn points and the chance to qualify for the Kentucky Derby. It replaced Newcastle's Burradon Stakes in the European series.[2] From 2025 the race will no longer be part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby series but the winner will receive an entry to the American Turf Stakes on the Kentucky Derby card.[3]
Winners
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
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| 2019 | Bye Bye Hong Kong | Silvestre de Sousa | Andrew Balding | 1:36.90 |
| 2020 | no race[a] | |||
| 2021 | Fundamental | Robert Havlin | John and Thady Gosden | 1:37.40 |
| 2022 | Dark Moon Rising | Kevin Stott | Kevin Ryan | 1:37.99 |
| 2023 | Bold Act | Harry Davies | Charlie Appleby | 1:37.23 |
| 2024 | Bracken's Laugh | Finley Marsh | Richard Hughes | 1:38.26 |
- ^ The 2020 running was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom[4]
See also
- Horse racing in Great Britain
- List of British flat horse races
- Road to the Kentucky Derby Conditions Stakes
References
- ^ "Thursday 11th April 2019 - European Road to the Kentucky Derby". Chelmsford City Racecourse. Archived from the original on 26 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ "No Changes to Main Road to the Kentucky Derby Series". BloodHorse. Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ "Churchill Modifies Road to the Kentucky Derby for 2025". Blood Horse. 6 September 2024. Archived from the original on 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ "Coronavirus: Horse racing in Great Britain suspended until end of April". BBC Sport. 17 March 2020. Archived from the original on 17 March 2020.