Nell Gwyn Stakes

Flat horse race in Britain

Horse race

The Nell Gwyn Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old fillies. It is run over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres) on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket in mid-April.

History

The event was established in 1961, and it was initially called the Spring Fillies' Stakes.^[1] The first running was won by Verbena.

The race was renamed the Nell Gwyn Stakes in 1962.^[2] It was named after Nell Gwyn (1650–87), a long-time mistress of King Charles II.

The Nell Gwyn Stakes can serve as a trial for various fillies' Classics in Europe. The last winner to achieve victory in the 1000 Guineas was Cachet in 2022. The last to win the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches was Valentine Waltz in 1999.

The race is currently held on the second day of Newmarket's three-day Craven Meeting. It is run the day before the Craven Stakes.

Records

Leading jockey (7 wins):

• Frankie Dettori - Crystal Gazing (1991), Valentine Waltz (1999), Fantasia (2009), Sandiva (2014), Osaila (2015), Nathra (2016), Daban (2017)

Leading trainer (8 wins):

• Sir Henry Cecil – Caspian (1973), One in a Million (1979), Evita (1980), Fairy Footsteps (1981), Chalon (1982), Oh So Sharp (1985), Martha Stevens (1987), Hot Snap (2013)

Winners

1. The 2020 running was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom^[3]

See also

• Horse racing in Great Britain
• List of British flat horse races

References

1. "1961 Spring Fillies' Stakes". Glasgow Herald. 13 April 1961. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
2. "1962 Nell Gwyn Stakes". Glasgow Herald. 12 April 1962. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
3. "Coronavirus: Horse racing in Great Britain suspended until end of April". BBC Sport. 17 March 2020.

• Paris-Turf:
  • "1982"., "1983"., "1984"., "1985"., "1986"., "1987".
• Racing Post:
  • 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
  • 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
  • 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
  • 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

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• pedigreequery.com – Nell Gwyn Stakes – Newmarket.
• Abelson, Edward; Tyrrel, John (1993). The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. pp. 16–17. ISBN 1-873626-15-0.