Port Stakes

Port Stakes
LocationTwo Middle Miles of the Beacon Course
Newmarket, England
Race typeFlat / Thoroughbred
Race information
Distance1 mile 7 furlongs 127 yards (3134 metres)
SurfaceTurf
QualificationFour-year-olds

The Port Stakes was a flat horse race in Great Britain open to four-year-olds. It was run on the Two Middle Miles (T.M.M.) of the Beacon course at Newmarket over a distance of 2 miles, and was scheduled to take place each year in early or mid April at the Craven meeting. The Two Middle Miles course was relatively flat and was considered less testing then the "Ditch-In" course, over which the similar Claret Stakes was run.[1]

The race often attracted winners of the previous seasons British Classic Races: classic winners who went on to win the Port Stakes included Whisker, Prince Leopold, Mameluke, Green Mantle, Priam, Galata, Grey Momus, Ralph and Attila.

Winners 1815–1843

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Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Odds
1815 Wire George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton 2/1
1816 Whisker Robert Robson George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton 2/5
1817 Prince Leopold William Butler Mr Lake 6/4
1818 Gazelle Mr Lake 3/1
1819 Merlin Mr G. L. Fox Evens
1820 Snake Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter
1821 Abjer John Udney 1/2
1822 Zeal Robert Robson George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton walkover
1823 No race
1824
1825 Serab William Arnull Stanlake Batson 11/8
1826 Camel William Arnull Charles Wyndham 7/4
1827 Lamplighter Frank Buckle Col Wilson 7/4
1828 Mameluke John Gully
1829 Privateer William Arnull George Payne 6/5
1830 Green Mantle Patrick Conolly Charles Marson Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter
1831 Priam Jem Robinson William Chifney William Chifney 1/3
1832 Liverpool William Scott Mr Robinson 2/1
1833 Galata Samuel Darling Charles Marson Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter 7/2
1834 Muley Moloch Samuel Chifney William Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland 5/2
1835 Plenipotentiary Stanlake Batson walkover
1836 Elizondo Boyce Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond 5/2
1837 Scroggins William Scott George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield 1/5
1838 Rat-Trap Jem Robinson John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland 10/1
1839 Grey Momus John Barham Day John Barham Day Lord George Bentinck
1840 Domino W. Cotton William Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle 3/1
1841 Gibraltar Nat Flatman General Yates 5/4
1842 Ralph W. Edwards William Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle walkover
1843 Attila John Scott George Anson walkover

References

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  1. ^ "Museum Treasure". www.nhrm.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013.