The Lillie Langtry 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 Goodwood over a distance of 1 mile and 6 furlongs (2,816 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late July or early August.
History The event was established in 2003, and it was initially titled the Gladness Stakes. It was named after Gladness, a successful racehorse whose victories included the Goodwood Cup in 1958. The inaugural running was classed at Listed level.
The race was renamed and promoted to Group 3 status in 2004. It was named after Lillie Langtry, a British actress who was a mistress of King Edward VII. Langtry owned the Australian-bred Merman, the winner of the Goodwood Cup in 1899 and Ascot Gold Cup in 1900. As a woman she was not allowed to register the horse under her own name and used the pseudonym Mr Jersey, a reference to her place of birth. In 1907 Langtry became Lady de Bathe when her husband succeeded to the baronetcy following the death of his father. The race was upgraded again to Group 2 status from the 2018 running.
The Lillie Langtry Stakes was sponsored by Moët Hennessy from 2008 to 2010, and during this period it was known as the Moët Hennessy Fillies' Stakes. It was sponsored by BlackRock and run as the iShares Fillies' Stakes in 2011-12. In 2013 it was renamed the Blackrock Fillies' Stakes, and in 2014 it was sponsored by Sterling Insurance. From 2015 to 2017 the race was sponsored by Markel Insurance.
The race is currently held on the final day of the five-day Glorious Goodwood meeting.
Records
Most successful horse (2 wins): Tartouche – 2005, 2006 Wild Coco - 2012, 2013 Enbihaar - 2019, 2020
Leading jockey (3 wins): Seb Sanders – Moments of Joy (2003), Tartouche (2005, 2006) Tom Queally - Sevenna (2009), Wild Coco (2012, 2013) Jim Crowley - Missunited (2014), Enbihaar (2019, 2020)
Leading trainer (3 wins): John Gosden - California (2016), Enbihaar (2019,2020)
Winners Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time 2003 Moments of Joy 3 Seb Sanders Rae Guest 3:02.77 2004 Astrocharm 5 Neil Callan Mark Tompkins 3:00.27 2005 Tartouche 4 Seb Sanders Lady Herries 3:07.81 2006 Tartouche 5 Seb Sanders Lady Herries 3:00.70 2007 Hi Calypso 3 Ryan Moore Sir Michael Stoute 3:02.47 2008 Gravitation 3 Alan Munro William Jarvis 3:04.67 2009 Sevenna 4 Tom Queally Henry Cecil 3:06.55 2010 Eastern Aria 4 Richard Hills Mark Johnston 2:58.05 2011 Meeznah 4 Frankie Dettori David Lanigan 2:57.61 2012 Wild Coco 4 Tom Queally Sir Henry Cecil 3:03.39 2013 Wild Coco 5 Tom Queally Lady Cecil 2:59.00 2014 Missunited 7 Jim Crowley Michael Winters 2:59.27 2015 Simple Verse 3 Harry Bentley Ralph Beckett 3:00.79 2016 California 4 Robert Havlin John Gosden 3:03.71 2017 Endless Time 5 William Buick Charlie Appleby 3:14.11 2018 Pilaster 3 David Egan Roger Varian 2:59.16 2019 Enbihaar 4 Jim Crowley John Gosden 2:58.69 2020 Enbihaar 5 Jim Crowley John Gosden 3:03.42 2021 Wonderful Tonight 4 William Buick David Menuisier 3:13.05 2022 Sea La Rosa 4 Tom Marquand William Haggas 3:00.58 2023 Sumo Sam 3 Tom Marquand Paul & Oliver Cole 3:17.66 2024 Term Of Endearment 5 Billy Lee Henry de Bromhead 3:02.91 2025 Waardah 3 Callum Rodriguez Owen Burrows 3:04.08 2026 Goodie Two Shoes 7 Dylan Browne McMonagle Joseph O'Brien 3:00.31
See also Horse racing in Great Britain List of British flat horse races
References
Racing Post: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , galopp-sieger.de – Lillie Langtry Stakes. ifhaonline.org – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Lillie Langtry Stakes (2019). pedigreequery.com – Lillie Langtry Stakes – Goodwood.