Group 1 race | |
Location |
Rowley Mile Newmarket, England |
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Inaugurated | 1899 |
Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Sponsor | Connolly's RED MILLS |
Website | Newmarket |
Race information | |
Distance | 6f (1,207 metres) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Straight |
Qualification | Two-year-old fillies |
Weight | 9 st 0 lb |
Purse | £180,000 (2016) 1st: £102,078 |
The Cheveley Park Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old fillies. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late September.
The event is named after Cheveley Park, an estate purchased by Harry McCalmont in 1892. It was established in 1899, and the inaugural running was won by Lutetia.
The race is currently held on the final day of Newmarket's three-day Cambridgeshire Meeting, the same day as the Cambridgeshire Handicap.
The leading horses from the Cheveley Park Stakes often go on to compete in the following season's 1,000 Guineas. The first to win both was Pretty Polly (1903–04), and the most recent was Special Duty (2009–10).
Leading jockey (9 wins):
Leading trainer (4 wins):
Leading owner (4 wins):
a Forest Flower finished first in 1986, but she was subsequently disqualified and placed last.