Fairway Stakes

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Fairway Stakes
Listed race
Location Rowley Mile
Newmarket, England
Inaugurated 1998
Race type Flat / Thoroughbred
Sponsor winner.co.uk
Website Newmarket
Race information
Distance 1m 2f (2,012 metres)
Surface Turf
Track Straight
Qualification Three-year-olds
excluding Group winners
Weight 9 st 3 lb
Allowances
5 lb for fillies
Penalties
4 lb for Listed winners * at 7 furlongs or over
(excluding handicap races)
Purse £37,000 (2014)
1st: £20,982.70
Fairway Stakes
2016
Light blue and black stripes, black sleeves and cap Royal blue Royal blue, white epaulets, striped cap
Steel of Madrid Linguistic Tathqeef

The Fairway Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old horses. It is run over a distance of 1 mile and 2 furlongs (2,012 metres) on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket in May.

History

The event is named after Fairway, a successful Newmarket-trained racehorse in the 1920s. It was established in 1998, and was initially held on the July Course. The first running was won by Royal Anthem.

The Fairway Stakes was switched to the Rowley Mile in 2000.

Records

Leading jockey (2 wins):

Leading trainer (3 wins):

  • John GosdenLucarno (2007), Thought Worthy (2012), Hoarding (2013)


Winners

Year Winner Jockey Trainer Time
1998 Royal Anthem Kieren Fallon Henry Cecil 2:02.20
1999 Manndar Gérald Mossé Luca Cumani 2:08.85
2000 Shamrock City Philip Robinson Paul Howling 2:02.61
2001 Potemkin Dane O'Neill Richard Hannon, Sr. 2:04.98
2002 Bustan Richard Hills Marcus Tregoning 2:05.94
2003 Sabre d'Argent Frankie Dettori David Loder 2:08.60
2004 Hazyview Eddie Ahern Neville Callaghan 2:04.42
2005 David Junior Richard Hills Brian Meehan 2:07.66
2006 Red Rocks Jimmy Fortune Brian Meehan 2:05.90
2007 Lucarno Jimmy Fortune John Gosden 2:04.79
2008 Unnefer Ted Durcan Henry Cecil 2:10.37
2009 Palavicini Eddie Ahern John Dunlop 2:05.30
2010 Green Moon Jamie Spencer Harry Dunlop 2:06.77
2011 Laajooj Mickael Barzalona Mahmood Al Zarooni 2:03.70
2012 Thought Worthy William Buick John Gosden 2:04.31
2013 Hoarding Robert Havlin John Gosden 2:02.83
2014 Pinzolo Silvestre de Sousa Charlie Appleby 2:05.64
2015 Peacock Richard Hughes Richard Hannon, Jr. 2:03.76
2016 Steel Of Madrid Tom Queally Richard Hannon, Jr. 2:09.77

See also

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