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Middle Park Stakes

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History

VANDEEK (C, yellow/black cap) winning the Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket in England.
VANDEEK (C, yellow/black cap) winning the Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket in England. Picture: Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images

The Middle Park Stakes is a Group 1 race run under Set Weight conditions for two year old colts at Newmarket conducted by the Jockey Club.

The Middle Park Stakes is run over six furlongs. It was first run in 1866 and was won by The Rake.

It is the first of the juvenile Group 1s of the season along with the Cheveley Park Stakes for the fillies on the same day.

Run down the Rowley Mile straight course on the last day of the Cambridgeshire meeting, it is named after the stud at Eltham.

When the Future Champions Day began at Newmarket, this was part of that but was brought forward to pattern into the Dewhurst Stakes.

Last horse to do the Middle Park/2000 Guineas double is Rodrigo de Triano in 1991.

Aidan O'Brien has 7 wins as leading trainer while most wins as a jockey is with Danny Maher, Sir Gordon Richards and Lester Piggott with 6.

12 months on from his Middle Park and Dewhurst wins, US Navy Flag would win the July Cup and be slotted to head to Australia for The Everest. A year later Ten Sovereigns won this race and the July Cup and also headed to Australia.

Perfect Power had won the Prix Morny before the Middle Park and then after not running the mile of the 2000 Guineas, he brilliantly dropped back to the Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot.

The Middle Park Stakes was worth £275,000 in 2023.

Notable winners of the Middle Park Stakes include Vandeek (2023), Blackbeard (2022), Perfect Power (2021), Earthlight (2019), Ten Sovereigns (2018), U S Navy Flag (2017), Reckless Abandon (2012), Dream Ahead (2010), Ad Valorem (2004), Oasis Dream (2002), Johannesburg (2001), Royal Applause (1995), Rodrigo de Triano (1991), Diesis (1982), Brigadier Gerard (1970), Our Babu (1954), Nearula (1952), Abernant (1948), Dante (1944), Sun Chariot (1941), Djebel (1939), Scottish Union (1937), Felicitation (1932), Orwell (1931), Call Boy (1926), Tetratema (1919), Lemberg (1909), Bayardo (1908), Pretty Polly (1903), Galtee More (1896), St Frusquin (1895), Ladas (1893), Isinglass (1892), Orme (1891), Donovan (1888), Melton (1884), Busybody (1883) and Petrarch (1875).

The 2023 Middle Park Stakes was won by Vandeek from Task Force and River Tiber.


Racing and Sports

Previous Middle Park Stakes Winners

Date Horse Jockey WT Trainer BP
VANDEEK (GB) 2C
HAVANA GREY (GB) - MOSA MINE (GB) EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS)
JAMES DOYLE 58.0 S & E CRISFORD 3
BLACKBEARD (IRE) 2C
NO NAY NEVER (USA) - MUIRIN (IRE) BORN TO SEA (IRE)
RYAN MOORE 58.0 A P O'BRIEN 2
PERFECT POWER (IRE) 2C
ARDAD (IRE) - SAGELY (IRE) FROZEN POWER (IRE)
C SOUMILLON 57.0 R A FAHEY 1
SUPREMACY (IRE) 2C
MEHMAS (IRE) - TRIGGERS BROOM (IRE) ARCANO (IRE)
ADAM KIRBY 57.0 C G COX 3
EARTHLIGHT (IRE) 2C
SHAMARDAL (USA) - WINTERS MOON (IRE) NEW APPROACH (IRE)
M BARZALONA 57.0 A FABRE 4
TEN SOVEREIGNS (IRE) 2C
NO NAY NEVER (USA) - SEEKING SOLACE (GB) EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS)
DONNACHA O'BRIEN 57.0 A P O'BRIEN 4
U S NAVY FLAG (USA) 2C
WAR FRONT (USA) - MISTY FOR ME (IRE) GALILEO (IRE)
SEAMIE HEFFERNAN 57.0 A P O'BRIEN 11
THE LAST LION (IRE) 2C
CHOISIR (AUS) - MALA MALA (IRE) BRIEF TRUCE (USA)
JOSEPH FANNING 57.0 M JOHNSTON 2
SHALAA (IRE) 2C
INVINCIBLE SPIRIT (IRE) - GHURRA (USA) WAR CHANT (USA)
L DETTORI 57.0 JOHN GOSDEN 6
CHARMING THOUGHT (GB) 2C
OASIS DREAM (GB) - ANNABELLE'S CHARM (IRE) INDIAN RIDGE (GB)
WILLIAM BUICK 57.0 C APPLEBY 2
ASTAIRE (IRE) 2C
INTENSE FOCUS (USA) - RUNWAY DANCER (GB) DANSILI (GB)
NEIL CALLAN 57.0 K A RYAN 13
RECKLESS ABANDON (GB) 2C
EXCHANGE RATE (USA) - SANT ELENA (GB) EFISIO (GB)
G MOSSE 56.0 C G COX 2
CRUSADE (USA) 2C
MR GREELEY (USA) - LA TRAVIATA (USA) JOHANNESBURG (USA)
SEAMIE HEFFERNAN 56.0 A P O'BRIEN 8
DREAM AHEAD (USA) 2C
DIKTAT (GB) - LAND OF DREAMS (GB) CADEAUX GENEREUX (GB)
WILLIAM BUICK 56.0 DAVID SIMCOCK 4
AWZAAN (GB) 2C
ALHAARTH (IRE) - NUFOOS (GB) ZAFONIC (USA)
R HILLS 56.0 M JOHNSTON 5
BUSHRANGER (IRE) 2F
DANETIME (IRE) - DANZ DANZ (GB) EFISIO (GB)
J MURTAGH 56.0 D WACHMAN 1
DARK ANGEL (IRE) 2C
JUDICATE - EASY NONE DIAL VIBRATION
MICHAEL HILLS 56.0 B W HILLS 1
DUTCH ART (GB) 2C
MEDICEAN (GB) - HALLAND PARK LASS (IRE) SPECTRUM (IRE)
L DETTORI 56.0 P W CHAPPLE-HYAM 2
AMADEUS WOLF (GB) 2C
MOZART (IRE) - RACHELLE (IRE) MARK OF ESTEEM (IRE)
NEIL CALLAN 56.0 K A RYAN 4
AD VALOREM (USA) 2C
DANZIG (USA) - CLASSY WOMEN (USA) RELAUNCH (USA)
J P SPENCER 56.0 A P O'BRIEN 4
BALMONT (USA) 2C
STRAVINSKY (USA) - ALDEBARAN LIGHT (USA) SEATTLE SLEW (USA)
PAT EDDERY 56.0 J NOSEDA 9
THREE VALLEYS (USA) 2C
DIESIS (GB) - SKIABLE (IRE) NINISKI (USA)
R HUGHES 56.0 R CHARLTON 10
OASIS DREAM (GB) 2C
GREEN DESERT (USA) - HOPE (IRE) DANCING BRAVE (USA)
JIMMY FORTUNE 56.0 JOHN GOSDEN 9
JOHANNESBURG (USA) 2C
HENNESSY (USA) - MYTH (USA) OGYGIAN (USA)
M KINANE 56.0 A P O'BRIEN 4
MINARDI (USA) 2C
BOUNDARY (USA) - YARN (USA) MR PROSPECTOR (USA)
M KINANE 56.0 A P O'BRIEN 3

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