Horse Racing - Nunthorpe Stakes

Held at York racecourse in North Yorkshire, England, this is part of the venue's Ebor meeting each August, is open to horses aged two years or older and run over the minimum distance of five furlongs  (1006 metres). It was inaugurated in 1903 but has only been a Group 1 contest since 1984. Since 2011, the winner of the race has been awarded an entry to the same year's Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint. The 2008 running was at Newmarket.
The winners since it was awarded Group 1 status have been:

YEAR
WINNER
JOCKEY
TRAINER
1984
COMMITTED
B Thomson
D Weld
1985
NEVER SO BOLD
S Cauthen
R A'strong
1986
LAST TYCOON
Y S-Martin
R Collet
1987
AJDAL
W Sw'burn
M Stoute
1988
HANDSOME SAILOR
M Hills
B Hills
1989
CADEAUX GENEREUX
P Eddery
A Scott
1990
DAYJUR
W Carson
D Hern
1991
SHEIKH ALBADOU
P Eddery
A Scott
1992
LYRIC FANTASY
M Roberts
R Hannon
1993
LOCHSONG
F Dettori
I Balding
^1994
PICCOLO
J Reid
M Channon
1995
SO FACTUAL
F Dettori
S bin Suroor
1996
PIVOTAL
G Duffield
M Prescott
1997
DEAD HEAT - see below
see below see below
1998
LOCHANGEL
F Dettori
I BAlding
1999
STRAVINSKY
M Kinane
A O'Brien
2000
NUCLEAR DEBATE
G Mosse
J Hammond
2001
MOZART
M Kinane
A O'Brien
2002
KYLLACHY
J Spencer
H Candy
2003
OASIS DREAM
R Hughes
J Gosden
2004
BAHAMIAN PIRATE
S Sanders
D Nicholls
2005
LA CUCARACHA
M Hills
B Hills
2006
REVERENCE
K Darley
E Alston
2007
KINGSGATE NATIVE
J Quinn
J Best
*2008
BORDERLESCOTT
P Cosgrove
R Bastiman
2009
BORDERLESCOTT
N Callan
R Bastiman
2010
SOLE POWER
W Lordan
E Lynam
2011
MARGOT DID
H Turner
M Bell
2012 ORTENSIA
W Buick P Messara
2013 JWALA
S Drowne
R Cowell
2014 SOLE POWER
R Hughes E Lynam
2015 MECCA'S ANGEL P M'rennan M Dods
2016 MECCA'S ANGEL P M'rennan M Dods
2017 MARSHA L Morris M Prescott
2018 ALPHA DELPHINI G Lee B Smart
2019 BATTAASH J Crowley C Hills
2020 BATTAASH J Crowley C Hills
2021 WINTER POWER S de Sousa T Easterby
2022 HIGHFIELD P'CESS J Hart J Quinn
2023 LIVE IN THE DREAM S Kinane A West
2024 BRADSELL H Doyle A Watson
*at Newmarket
^Blue Siren was first past the post but was disqualified and placed last after being found guilty of obstruction
The 1997 race finished as a dead heat for first between Coastal Bluff (Jockey - K Darley, Trainer - D Barron) and Ya Malak (A Greaves & D Nicholls)



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