Nassau Stakes

Nassau Stakes

2016
Minding	Queen's Trust	Jemayel

Previous years
2015
Legatissimo	Wedding Vow	Arabian Queen
2014
Sultanina	Narniyn	Venus de Milo
2013
Winsili	Thistle Bird	Hot Snap
2012
The Fugue	Timepiece	Was
2011
Midday	Snow Fairy	Principal Role

2010-2001
2010
Midday	Stacelita	Antara
2009
Midday	Rainbow View	Moneycantbuymelove
2008
Halfway To Heaven	Lush Lashes	Passage of Time
2007
Peeping Fawn	Mandesha	Light Shift
2006
Ouija Board	Alexander Goldrun	Nannina
2005
Alexander Goldrun	Cassydora	Red Bloom
2004
Favourable Terms	Silence Is Golden	Chorist
2003
Russian Rhythm	Ana Marie	Zee Zee Top
2002
Islington	Sulk	Quarter Moon
2001
Lailani	Snowflake	Time Away

2000-1994
2000
Crimplene	Ela Athena	Princess Ellen
1999
Zahrat Dubai	Lady In Waiting	Diamond White
1998
Alborada	Digitalize	Midnight Line
1997
Ryafan	Entice	Papering
1996
Last Second	Papering	Annaba
1995
Caramba	Warning Shadows	Erin Bird
1994
Hawajiss	Del Deya	Relatively Special

The Nassau Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at Goodwood over a distance of 1 mile, 1 furlong and 192 yards (1,986 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late July or early August.

History

The title of the event acknowledges the friendship between the 5th Duke of Richmond, a former owner of Goodwood Racecourse, and the House of Orange-Nassau. The race was established in 1840, and it was originally restricted to three-year-old fillies. During the early part of its history it was contested over a distance of 1 mile. It was extended to 1½ miles in 1900, and shortened to its present length in 1911.

The Nassau Stakes was opened to fillies and mares aged four or older in 1975. For a period it was classed at Group 2 level, and it was promoted to Group 1 status in 1999.

The race is currently held on the final day of the five-day Glorious Goodwood meeting.

Records

Most successful horse (3 wins):

• Midday – 2009, 2010, 2011

Leading jockey (6 wins):

• Nat Flatman – Dil-bar (1842), Mania (1843), Clementina (1847), Clarissa (1849), Hirsuta (1852), Cantine (1859)
• Sir Gordon Richards – Solfatara (1933), Coppelia (1935), Barrowby Gem (1936), Goblet (1948), Jet Plane (1949), Sea Parrot (1951)

Leading trainer (8 wins):

• Sir Henry Cecil – Roussalka (1975, 1976), Connaught Bridge (1979), Nom de Plume (1987), Lyphard's Delta (1993), Midday (2009, 2010, 2011)

Leading owner (7 wins):

• Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor – Winkipop (1910), First Spear (1914), Pompadour (1921), Concertina (1923), Saucy Sue (1925), Book Law (1927), Jet Plane (1949)

Winners since 1975

Earlier winners

See also

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

References

• Racing Post:
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• galopp-sieger.de – Nassau Stakes.
• horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Nassau Stakes (2016).
• pedigreequery.com – Nassau Stakes – Goodwood.
• Abelson, Edward; John Tyrrel (1993). The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. pp. 144–146. ISBN 1-873626-15-0.