The Park Hill Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at Doncaster over a distance of 1 mile, 6 furlongs and 115 yards (2,922 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September.
History
The event is named after Park Hill, an estate formerly owned by Anthony St. Leger, the founder of Doncaster's most famous race, the St. Leger Stakes. The Park Hill Stakes was established in 1839, and it was originally restricted to three-year-old fillies.
The victory of Blink Bonny in 1857 provoked a riot among spectators who believed she had been dishonestly prevented from winning the previous day's St. Leger by her jockey John "Jack" Charlton. The incident came to be known as the "Blink Bonny riot".
The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and the Park Hill Stakes was initially given Group 2 status. It was opened to fillies and mares aged four years or older and relegated to Group 3 level in 1991. It was promoted back to Group 2 in 2004.
The Park Hill Stakes is currently held on the second day of Doncaster's four-day St. Leger Festival. It is sometimes referred to as the Fillies' St. Leger.
Records
<div style="font-size:90%"> Most successful horse:
- no horse has won this race more than once
Leading jockey (7 wins):
- Frankie Dettori - Anna of Saxony (1993), Noble Rose (1995), Echoes in Eternity (2004), Eastern Aria (2010), Meeznah (2011), Free Wind (2021), Mimikyu (2022)
Leading trainer (7 wins):
- John Scott â Mickleton Maid (1839), Sally (1842), Peggy (1843), Canezou (1848), Honeysuckle (1854), Hepatica (1858), Toison d'Or (1869)
- Noel Murless â Bara Bibi (1954), Collyria (1959), Bracey Bridge (1965), Pink Gem (1967, dead-heat), Parmelia (1970), Attica Meli (1972), Mil's Bomb (1974)
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Winners since 1900
The 1941 running took place at Newmarket over 1 mile, 6 furlongs and 150 yards. The 2006 running took place at York over 1 mile, 5 furlongs and 197 yards.
Earlier winners
- 1839: Mickleton Maid
- 1840: Calypso
- 1841: Disclosure
- 1842: Sally
- 1843: Peggy
- 1844: Sorella
- 1845: Miss Sarah
- 1846: Ennui
- 1847: Ellerdale
- 1848: Canezou
- 1849: Lady Evelyn
- 1850: Tiff
- 1851: Aphrodite
- 1852: Bird on the Wing
- 1853: Mayfair
- 1854: Honeysuckle
- 1855: Clotilde
- 1856: Melissa
- 1857: Blink Bonny
- 1858: Hepatica
- 1859: Qui Vive
- 1860: Lady Trespass
- 1861: Brown Duchess
- 1862: Imperatrice
- 1863: Fantail
- 1864: Battaglia
- 1865: White Duck
- 1866: Lass o'Gowrie
- 1867: filly by Wild Dayrell
- 1868: Athena
- 1869: Toison d'Or
- 1870: Agility
- 1871: Hopbine
- 1872: Maid of Perth
- 1873: Marie Stuart
- 1874: Aventuriere
- 1875: Skotzka
- 1876: Twine the Plaiden
- 1877: Lady Golightly
- 1878: Jannette
- 1879: Peace
- 1880: Experiment
- 1881: Bal Gal
- 1882: Shotover
- 1883: Britomartis
- 1884: Belinda
- 1885: Hurry
- 1886: Miss Jummy
- 1887: Porcelain
- 1888: Belle Mahone
- 1889: Minthe
- 1890: Ponza
- 1891: Cereza
- 1892: Gantlet
- 1893: Self Sacrifice
- 1894: Amiable
- 1895: Bass
- 1896: Canterbury Pilgrim
- 1897: Galatia
- 1898: Lowood
- 1899: Irish Ivy
See also
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