The Autumn Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old horses. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in October.
History The event was established in 1987, and it was originally held at Ascot. The inaugural running was abandoned because of a waterlogged course. For a period the race held Listed status, and it was promoted to Group 3 level in 2003.
The Autumn Stakes was transferred to Newmarket in 2011. It became part of a new fixture called Future Champions Day but from 2014 it moved to be run at the same fixture as the Cesarewitch Handicap. Since 2015 it has formed part of the revamped Future Champions Festival at Newmarket.
The leading horses from the race sometimes go on to compete in the Futurity Trophy. The last to win both was Kingston Hill in 2013.
Records
Leading jockey (6 wins): William Buick - Gifted Master (2015), Ghaiyyath (2017), One Ruler (2020), Coroebus (2021), Silver Knott (2022), Ancient Wisdom (2023)
Leading trainer (5 wins): Charlie Appleby - Ghaiyyath (2017), One Ruler (2020), Coroebus (2021), Silver Knott (2022), Ancient Wisdom (2023)
Winners Year Winner Jockey Trainer Time 1987Abandoned due to waterlogging 1988 Nashwan Willie Carson Dick Hern 1:47.29 1989 Noble Patriarch Willie Carson John Dunlop 1:43.91 1990 Sea Level Steve Cauthen Barry Hills 1:42.08 1991 Ninja Dancer Bruce Raymond Julie Cecil 1:45.28 1992 Taos Steve Cauthen John Gosden 1:43.34 1993Abandoned due to waterlogging 1994 Presenting Frankie Dettori John Gosden 1:41.86 1995 Beauchamp King John Reid John Dunlop 1:48.16 1996 High Roller Pat Eddery Henry Cecil 1:44.91 1997 Dr Fong Kieren Fallon Henry Cecil 1:49.31 1998 Daliapour Olivier Peslier Luca Cumani 1:48.32 1999 French Fellow Pat Eddery Tim Easterby 1:46.86 2000 Nayef Richard Hills Marcus Tregoning 1:49.79 2001 Fight Your Corner Kevin Darley Mark Johnston 1:44.59 2002 Big Bad Bob Pat Eddery John Dunlop 1:42.52 2003 Fantastic View Pat Dobbs Richard Hannon Sr. 1:45.55 2004 no race 2005 Blitzkrieg Seb Sanders Vince Smith 1:40.90 2006 Caldra Declan McDonogh Sylvester Kirk 1:43.56 2007 Ibn Khaldun Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor 1:44.24 2008 Kite Wood Philip Robinson Michael Jarvis 1:42.42 2009 Morana Alan Munro Peter Chapple-Hyam 1:43.51 2010 Abjer Richard Hills Clive Brittain 1:44.84 2011 Rockinante Richard Hughes Richard Hannon Sr. 1:37.71 2012 Trading Leather Kevin Manning Jim Bolger 1:37.83 2013 Kingston Hill Andrea Atzeni Roger Varian 1:39.07 2014 Commemorative James Doyle Charles Hills 1:37.91 2015 Gifted Master William Buick Hugo Palmer 1:39.24 2016 Best Solution William Carson Saeed bin Suroor 1:37.15 2017 Ghaiyyath William Buick Charlie Appleby 1:35.92 2018 Persian King Pierre-Charles Boudot André Fabre 1:37.35 2019 Military March Oisin Murphy Saeed bin Suroor 1:40.47 2020 One Ruler William Buick Charlie Appleby 1:39.71 2021 Coroebus William Buick Charlie Appleby 1:38.65 2022 Silver Knott William Buick Charlie Appleby 1:36.00 2023 Ancient Wisdom William Buick Charlie Appleby 1:37.92 2024 Delacroix Ryan Moore Aidan O'Brien 1:40.49 2025 Hankelow Clifford Lee Karl Burke 1:38.12
See also Horse racing in Great Britain List of British flat horse races
References Racing Post: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
galopp-sieger.de – Autumn Stakes. ifhaonline.org – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Autumn Stakes (2019). pedigreequery.com – Autumn Stakes.