Nassau Stakes
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History
The title of the event acknowledges the friendship between the 5th Duke of Richmond, a former owner of Goodwood Racecourse, and the House of Orange-Nassau. The race was established in 1840, and it was originally restricted to three-year-old fillies. During the early part of its history it was contested over a distance of 1 mile. It was extended to 1½ miles in 1900, and shortened to its present length in 1911.
The Nassau Stakes was opened to fillies and mares aged four or older in 1975. For a period it was classed at Group 2 level, and it was promoted to Group 1 status in 1999.
The race is currently held on the third day of the five-day Glorious Goodwood meeting.
Records
Most successful horse (3 wins):
- Midday – 2009, 2010, 2011
Leading jockey (6 wins):
- Nat Flatman – Dil-bar (1842), Mania (1843), Clementina (1847), Clarissa (1849), Hirsuta (1852), Cantine (1859)
- Sir Gordon Richards – Solfatara (1933), Coppelia (1935), Barrowby Gem (1936), Goblet (1948), Jet Plane (1949), Sea Parrot (1951)
Leading trainer (8 wins):
- Sir Henry Cecil – Roussalka (1975, 1976), Connaught Bridge (1979), Nom de Plume (1987), Lyphard's Delta (1993), Midday (2009, 2010, 2011)
Leading owner (8 wins):
- Sue Magnier – Peeping Fawn (2007), Halfway to Heaven (2008), Legatissimo (2015), Minding (2016), Winter (2017), Fancy Blue (2020), Opera Singer (2024), Whirl (2025)
Winners since 1900
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | Merry Gal | 3 | Lester Reiff | |||
| 1901 | Royal Summons | 3 | Mornington Cannon | |||
| 1902 | Sceptre | 3 | Frank Hardy | Bob Sievier | Bob Sievier | 2:40.00 |
| 1903 | Red Lily | 3 | ||||
| 1904 | Pretty Polly | 3 | William Lane | Peter Gilpin | Eustace Loder | |
| 1905 | Cherry Lass | 3 | Herbert Jones | Jack Robinson | William Hall Walker | |
| 1906 | Glasconbury | 3 | Danny Maher | George Lambton | ||
| 1907 | Altitude | 3 | Danny Maher | George Lambton | ||
| 1908 | Siberia | 3 | Bernard Dillon | Peter Gilpin | ||
| 1909 | Maid Of The Mist | 3 | Danny Maher | Alec Taylor Jr. | ||
| 1910 | Winkipop | 3 | Herbert Jones | Willie Waugh | Waldorf Astor | |
| 1911 | Hair Trigger II | 3 | Frank Wootton | George Lambton | ||
| 1912 | Belleisle | 3 | Danny Maher | Willie Waugh | ||
| 1913 | Arda | 3 | Danny Maher | Basil Jarvis | ||
| 1914 | First Spear | 3 | James Clark | Alec Taylor Jr. | ||
| no race 1915–18 | ||||||
| 1919 | Keysoe | 3 | Bernard Carslake | George Lambton | Lord Derby | |
| 1920 | Most Beautiful | 3 | Izaak Strydom | Pat Hartigan | ||
| 1921 | Pompadour | 3 | Jack Brennan | Alec Taylor Jr. | 2:14.40 | |
| 1922 | Selene | 3 | Ted Gardner | George Lambton | 2:10.60 | |
| 1923 | Concertina | 3 | Frank Bullock | Alec Taylor Jr. | 2:13.00 | |
| 1924 | Straitlace | 3 | Charlie Elliott | Dawson Waugh | Edward Hulton | 2:22.00 |
| 1925 | Saucy Sue | 3 | Frank Bullock | Alec Taylor Jr. | Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor | |
| 1926 | Foliation | 3 | Jack Brennan | Alec Taylor Jr. | 2:11.60 | |
| 1927 | Book Law | 3 | Henri Jelliss | Alec Taylor Jr. | Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor | 2:20.80 |
| 1928 | La Sologne | 3 | Jack Sirett | Joseph Lawson | 2:10.40 | |
| 1929 | Nuwara Eliya | 3 | Bobby Jones | Joseph Lawson | 2:10.60 | |
| 1930 | Quinine | 3 | Freddie Fox | Fred Darling | 2:12.40 | |
| 1931 | Suze | 3 | Bobby Jones | Molony | 2:18.40 | |
| 1932 | Ada Dear | 3 | Richard Perryman | Thomas Hogg | 2:23.20 | |
| 1933 | Solfatara | 3 | Gordon Richards | Basil Jarvis | Miss J B Courtauld | 2:11.20 |
| 1934 | Zelina | 3 | Steve Donoghue | Hugh Powney | Z G Michalinos | 2:11.00 |
| 1935 | Coppelia | 3 | Gordon Richards | Fred Templeman | Lord Hirst | 2:10.20 |
| 1936 | Barrowby Glen | 3 | Gordon Richards | Fred Templeman | Sir Frederick Eley | 2:19.20 |
| 1937 | First Flight | 3 | Harry Wragg | O Bell | Lord Londonderry | 2:11.60 |
| 1938 | Valedeh | 3 | Doug Smith | Frank Butters | Aga Khan III | 2:12.00 |
| 1939 | Olein | 3 | Tommy Lowrey | Basil Jarvis | Lord Glanely | 2:13.80 |
| no race 1940–45 | ||||||
| 1946 | Wayward Belle | 3 | Eph Smith | Jack Jarvis | Lord Milford | 2:13.80 |
| 1947 | Wild Child | 3 | Tommy Lowrey | Richard Perryman | Mrs S Joel | 2:12.20 |
| 1948 | Goblet | 3 | Gordon Richards | Noel Murless | Fred Darling | 2:10.60 |
| 1949 | Jet Plane | 3 | Gordon Richards | Jack Colling | Lord Astor | 2:12.80 |
| 1950 | Flying Slipper | 3 | Harry Carr | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | Mrs W P Wyatt | 2:12.00 |
| 1951 | Sea Parrot | 3 | Gordon Richards | Noel Murless | Lieutenant-Colonel Giles Loder | 2:11.80 |
| 1952 | Hortentia | 3 | Doug Smith | George Colling | Lord Derby | 2:12.20 |
| 1953 | Happy Laughter | 3 | Bill Rickaby | Jack Jarvis | David Wills | 2:19.20 |
| 1954 | Key | 3 | Willie Snaith | Noel Murless | Mrs D M Fitzpatrick | 2:16.80 |
| 1955 | Reel In | 3 | Scobie Breasley | Noel Cannon | Lieutenant-Colonel Gerard Fairlie | 2:10.00 |
| 1956 | Dilettante | 3 | Doug Smith | Jack Watts | Lord Derby | 2:13.20 |
| 1957 | Swallowswift | 3 | Manny Mercer | George Colling | F G Robinson | 2:12.00 |
| 1958 | Darlene | 3 | Scobie Breasley | Sir Gordon Richards | Dorothy Paget | 2:15.00 |
| 1959 | Crystal Palace | 3 | Eph Smith | Ted Leader | Jim Joel | 2:16.80 |
| 1960 | Desert Beauty | 3 | Scobie Breasley | Sir Gordon Richards | Captain R V J Evans | 2:17.60 |
| 1961 | Rachel | 3 | Jimmy Lindley | Towser Gosden | E H Covell | 2:18.40 |
| 1962 | Nortia | 3 | Joe Mercer | Dick Hern | Major L B Holliday | 2:09.80 |
| 1963 | Spree | 3 | Jimmy Lindley | Jeremy Tree | J G Morrison | 2:08.60 |
| 1964 | Cracker | 3 | Joe Mercer | Walter Wharton | Major L B Holliday | 2:15.60 |
| 1965 | Aunt Edith | 3 | Lester Piggott | Noel Murless | Lieutenant-Colonel John Hornung | 2:18.00 |
| 1966 | Haymaking | 3 | Lester Piggott | Fulke Johnson Houghton | Clifford Nicholson | 2:14.40 |
| 1967 | Fair Winter | 3 | Joe Mercer | Derrick Candy | W Barnett | 2:09.00 |
| 1968 | Hill Shade | 3 | Sandy Barclay | Noel Murless | George A Pope jnr | 2:09.60 |
| 1969 | Lucyrowe | 3 | Frankie Durr | Peter Walwyn | Louis Freedman | 2:07.20 |
| 1970 | Pulchra | 3 | Geoff Lewis | Jack Sirett | B Hager | 2:09.00 |
| 1971 | Catherine Wheel | 3 | Geoff Lewis | Bruce Hobbs | T F Blackwell | 2:09.49 |
| 1972 | Crespinall | 3 | Ron Hutchinson | Richard Hannon Sr. | Mrs B Davis | 2:10.74 |
| 1973 | Cheveley Princess | 3 | Lester Piggott | Harry Wragg | Ralph Moller | 2:07.91 |
| 1974 | Mil's Bomb | 3 | Geoff Lewis | Noel Murless | Louis Freedman | 2:07.44 |
| 1975 | Roussalka | 3 | Lester Piggott | Henry Cecil | Nicky Phillips | 2:09.13 |
| 1976 | Roussalka | 4 | Lester Piggott | Henry Cecil | Nicky Phillips | 2:12.07 |
| 1977 | Triple First | 3 | Greville Starkey | Michael Stoute | R Clifford-Turner | 2:07.88 |
| 1978 | Cistus | 3 | Willie Carson | Dick Hern | Michael Sobell | 2:08.67 |
| 1979 | Connaught Bridge | 3 | Joe Mercer | Henry Cecil | H Barker | 2:11.99 |
| 1980 | Vielle | 3 | Geoff Baxter | Bruce Hobbs | Tom Blackwell | 2:08.37 |
| 1981 | Go Leasing | 3 | Greville Starkey | Guy Harwood | W. Norton | 2:09.77 |
| 1982 | Dancing Rocks | 3 | Pat Eddery | Harry Wragg | Philip Oppenheimer | 2:07.07 |
| 1983 | Acclimatise | 3 | Geoff Baxter | Bruce Hobbs | Jocelyn Hambro | 2:08.76 |
| 1984 | Optimistic Lass | 3 | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute | Sheikh Mohammed | 2:11.94 |
| 1985 | Free Guest | 4 | Pat Eddery | Luca Cumani | Fittocks Stud | 2:14.11 |
| 1986 | Park Express | 3 | John Reid | Jim Bolger | Paddy Burns | 2:08.44 |
| 1987 | Nom de Plume | 3 | Steve Cauthen | Henry Cecil | Sheikh Mohammed | 2:07.08 |
| 1988 | Ela Romara | 3 | Pat Eddery | Geoff Wragg | Exors of Eric Moller | 2:10.36 |
| 1989 | Mamaluna | 3 | Greville Starkey | Guy Harwood | Athos Christodoulou | 2:06.88 |
| 1990 | Kartajana | 3 | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute | HH Aga Khan IV | 2:04.96 |
| 1991 | Ruby Tiger | 4 | Richard Quinn | Paul Cole | Mrs Philip Blacker | 2:08.71 |
| 1992 | Ruby Tiger | 5 | Richard Quinn | Paul Cole | Mrs Philip Blacker | 2:07.78 |
| 1993 | Lyphard's Delta | 3 | Willie Ryan | Henry Cecil | Saud bin Khaled | 2:11.93 |
| 1994 | Hawajiss | 3 | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute | Maktoum Al Maktoum | 2:06.17 |
| 1995 | Caramba | 3 | Michael Roberts | Richard Hannon Sr. | 7th Earl of Carnarvon | 2:08.65 |
| 1996 | Last Second | 3 | George Duffield | Mark Prescott | Faisal bin Salman | 2:07.45 |
| 1997 | Ryafan | 3 | Michael Hills | John Gosden | Khalid Abdullah | 2:05.56 |
| 1998 | Alborada | 3 | George Duffield | Sir Mark Prescott Bt | Kirsten Rausing | 2:08.01 |
| 1999 | Zahrat Dubai | 3 | Gary Stevens | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin | 2:05.56 |
| 2000 | Crimplene | 3 | Philip Robinson | Clive Brittain | Marwan Al Maktoum | 2:05.30 |
| 2001 | Lailani | 3 | Frankie Dettori | Ed Dunlop | Maktoum Al Maktoum | 2:07.12 |
| 2002 | Islington | 3 | Kieren Fallon | Sir Michael Stoute | Exors of Lord Weinstock | 2:04.69 |
| 2003 | Russian Rhythm | 3 | Kieren Fallon | Sir Michael Stoute | Cheveley Park Stud | 2:04.80 |
| 2004 | Favourable Terms | 4 | Kieren Fallon | Sir Michael Stoute | Maktoum Al Maktoum | 2:05.70 |
| 2005 | Alexander Goldrun | 4 | Kevin Manning | Jim Bolger | Miriam O'Callaghan | 2:08.02 |
| 2006 | Ouija Board | 5 | Frankie Dettori | Ed Dunlop | 19th Earl of Derby | 2:04.47 |
| 2007 | Peeping Fawn | 3 | Johnny Murtagh | Aidan O'Brien | Tabor / Magnier | 2:04.53 |
| 2008 | Halfway to Heaven | 3 | Johnny Murtagh | Aidan O'Brien | Tabor / Smith / Magnier | 2:09.73 |
| 2009 | Midday | 3 | Tom Queally | Henry Cecil | Khalid Abdullah | 2:09.42 |
| 2010 | Midday | 4 | Tom Queally | Henry Cecil | Khalid Abdullah | 2:07.25 |
| 2011 | Midday | 5 | Tom Queally | Sir Henry Cecil | Khalid Abdullah | 2:07.72 |
| 2012 | The Fugue | 4 | Richard Hughes | John Gosden | Lord Lloyd-Webber | 2:09.61 |
| 2013 | Winsili | 3 | William Buick | John Gosden | Khalid Abdullah | 2:06.19 |
| 2014 | Sultanina | 4 | William Buick | John Gosden | Normandie Stud | 2:06.58 |
| 2015 | Legatissimo | 3 | Wayne Lordan | David Wachman | Magnier / Tabor / Smith | 2:06.04 |
| 2016 | Minding | 3 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | Smith / Magnier / Tabor | 2:05.05 |
| 2017 | Winter | 3 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | Magnier / Tabor / Smith | 2:11.79 |
| 2018 | Wild Illusion | 3 | William Buick | Charlie Appleby | Godolphin | 2:06.22 |
| 2019 | Deirdre | 5 | Oisin Murphy | Mitsuru Hashida | Toji Morita | 2:02.93 |
| 2020 | Fancy Blue | 3 | Ryan Moore | Donnacha O'Brien | Magnier / Tabor / Smith | 2:04.99 |
| 2021 | Lady Bowthorpe | 5 | Kieran Shoemark | William Jarvis | Emma Banks | 2:08.94 |
| 2022 | Nashwa | 3 | Hollie Doyle | John & Thady Gosden | Imad Alsagar | 2:05.77 |
| 2023 | Al Husn | 4 | Jim Crowley | Roger Varian | Shadwell Racing | 2:13.37 |
| 2024 | Opera Singer | 3 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | Tabor / Smith / Magnier / Westerberg | 2:04.96 |
| 2025 | WhirlTemplate:Efn | 3 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | Tabor / Smith / Magnier | 2:08.43 |
Earlier winners
- 1840: Rosa Bianca
- 1841: Scarf
- 1842: Dil-bar
- 1843: Mania
- 1844: All Round My Hat
- 1845: Refraction
- 1846: Princess Alice
- 1847: Clementina
- 1848: Canezou
- 1849: Clarissa
- 1850: Nutmeg
- 1851: Anspach
- 1852: Hirsuta
- 1853: Mayfair
- 1854: Virago
- 1855: Instructress
- 1856: Mincepie
- 1857: Beechnut
- 1858: Go-ahead
- 1859: Cantine
- 1860: Provision
- 1861: Pardalote
- 1862: Bertha
- 1863: Fantail
- 1864: Bradamante
- 1865: Peeress
- 1866: Hebe
- 1867: The Duchess
- 1868: Leonie
- 1869: Morna
- 1870: Agility
- 1871: Lady Atholstone
- 1872: Maid of Perth
- 1873: Albani
- 1874: Aventuriere
- 1875: Spinaway
- 1876: Zee
- 1877: Lady Golightly
- 1878: Eau de Vie
- 1879: Reconciliation
- 1880: Muriel
- 1881: Thebais
- 1882: St Marguerite
- 1883: Spectre
- 1884: Sandiway
- 1885: Armida
- 1886: Miss Jummy
- 1887: Maize
- 1888: Zanzibar
- 1889: Wrinkle
- 1890: Memoir
- 1891: Haute Saône
- 1892: La Fleche
- 1893: Harfleur II
- 1894: Throstle
- 1895: Butterfly
- 1896: Miss Fraser
- 1897: Perce Neige
- 1898: Chinook
- 1899: Saint Lundi
See also
References
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External links
- Race Recordings (1979, 1982, 1986-2017) youtube.com
- galopp-sieger.de – Nassau Stakes.
- ifhaonline.org – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Nassau Stakes (2019).
- pedigreequery.com – Nassau Stakes – Goodwood.
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