The Musidora Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old fillies. It is run over a distance of 1 mile, 2 furlongs and 56 yards (2,063 metres) at York in May.
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Standort | York Racecourse York, England |
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Inaugurated | 1961 |
Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Sponsor | Tattersalls |
Website | York |
Race information | |
Distance | 1m 2f 56y (2,063m) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-old fillies |
Weight | 9 st 0 lb Penalties 4 lb for G1 / G2 winners * * since 31 August 2021 |
Purse | £125,000 (2022) 1st: £70,888 |
2024 | ||
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Secret Satire | Francophone | Classical Song |
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2023 | ||
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Soul Sister | Novakai | Infinite Cosmos |
2022 | ||
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Emily Upjohn | Life Of Dreams | Ching Shih |
2021 | ||
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Snowfall | Noon Star | Teona |
1980-1978 | ||
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1980 | ||
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Bireme | Gift Wrapped | Our Home |
1979 | ||
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Rimosa's Pet | Lightning Record | Odeon |
1978 | ||
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Princess of Man | Sofala | Varishkina |
History
editThe event is named after Musidora, the Yorkshire-trained winner of the 1,000 Guineas and Epsom Oaks in 1949. Established in 1961, it serves as a leading trial for the Oaks.[1] The first running was won by Ambergris.[2]
The present race grading system was introduced in 1971, and the Musidora Stakes was given Group 3 status.
In total, eight winners of the race have achieved victory in the Oaks. The first was Noblesse in 1963, and the most recent was Soul Sister in 2023. The 2015 winner, Star of Seville, won the Prix de Diane, the French equivalent of the Oaks.
The Musidora Stakes is currently held on the opening day of York's three-day Dante Festival meeting. It is run the day before the Dante Stakes.
Records
editLeading jockey (7 wins):
- Frankie Dettori – Bahr (1998), Punctilious (2004), Star of Seville (2015), So Mi Dar (2016), Shutter Speed (2017), Emily Upjohn (2022), Soul Sister (2023)
Leading trainer (9 wins):
- Henry Cecil – Fatah Flare (1985), Indian Skimmer (1987), Diminuendo (1988), Snow Bride (1989), All at Sea (1992), Magnificient Style (1996), Reams of Verse (1997), Passage of Time (2007), Aviate (2010)
Winners
edit- ^ The 2020 race was run in July due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "First Running of the Musidora Stakes". Glasgow Herald. 17 May 1961. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ "Yesterday's Meetings". Glasgow Herald. 18 May 1961. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- Paris-Turf:
- Racing Post:
- galopp-sieger.de – Musidora Stakes.
- ifhaonline.org – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Musidora Stakes (2019).
- pedigreequery.com – Musidora Stakes – York.
- Abelson, Edward; Tyrrel, John (1993). The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. pp. 41–42. ISBN 1-873626-15-0.