The Supreme Stakes is a flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Goodwood over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late August or early September.
History The event was established in 1981, and was originally a Listed race called the Harroways Stakes. It was named after the Harroways, an area of the Goodwood Estate where the racecourse was founded. It was upgraded to Group 3 and given its present title in 1987. The race lost its Group 3 status when it was removed from the Pattern and Listed race programme in 2023.
The Supreme Stakes was formerly held in late September or early October. It was brought forward to an earlier date in 2007.
Records Most successful horse (2 wins): Sarab – 1984, 1986 Decorated Hero – 1997, 1998
Leading jockey (3 wins): Richard Quinn – Sarab (1984, 1986), Inzar (1995) Frankie Dettori – Decorated Hero (1998), Firebreak (2002), With Reason (2003) Richard Hughes - Stronghold (2006), Libranno (2011), Producer (2012)
Leading trainer (5 wins): John Gosden – Anshan (1990), Decorated Hero (1997, 1998), Mount Abu (2000), Stronghold (2006)
Winners Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time 1981 Belmont Bay 4 Lester Piggott Henry Cecil 1:31.74 1982 Hays 3 Greville Starkey Guy Harwood 1:32.79 1983 Larionov 3 Brian Taylor John Winter 1:29.18 1984 Sarab 3 Richard Quinn Paul Cole 1:29.78 1985 Efisio 3 Willie Carson John Dunlop 1:27.63 1986 Sarab 5 Richard Quinn Paul Cole 1:27.72 1987 Asteroid Field 4 Michael Hills Barry Hills 1:27.72 1988 Fair Judgment 4 John Reid Vincent O'Brien 1:29.62 1989 Kerita 3 Pat Eddery Fulke Johnson Houghton 1:30.24 1990 Anshan 3 Pat Eddery John Gosden 1:30.70 1991 Osario 4 Michael Roberts Richard Hannon Sr. 1:28.25 1992 Hazaam 3 Walter Swinburn Michael Stoute 1:30.94 1993 no race 1993 1994 Soviet Line 4 Walter Swinburn Michael Stoute 1:25.72 1995 Inzar 3 Richard Quinn Paul Cole 1:28.77 1996 Tagula 3 Kevin Darley Ian Balding 1:27.17 1997 Decorated Hero 5 Olivier Peslier John Gosden 1:24.64 1998 Decorated Hero 6 Frankie Dettori John Gosden 1:24.51 1999 no race 1999 2000 Mount Abu 3 Jimmy Fortune John Gosden 1:32.53 2001 Late Night Out 6 Michael Tebbutt William Jarvis 1:29.33 2002 Firebreak 3 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor 1:24.36 2003 With Reason 5 Frankie Dettori David Loder 1:25.52 2004 Mac Love 3 Gary Carter Jon Akehurst 1:28.19 2005 Arakan 5 Kieren Fallon Sir Michael Stoute 1:28.30 2006 Stronghold 4 Richard Hughes John Gosden 1:27.22 2007 Lovelace 3 Jamie Spencer Mark Johnston 1:25.11 2008 Express Wish 4 Shane Kelly Jeremy Noseda 1:32.75 2009 Ordnance Row 6 Ryan Moore Richard Hannon Sr. 1:26.09 2010 Tropical Paradise 4 Ian Mongan Peter Winkworth 1:28.34 2011 Libranno 3 Richard Hughes Richard Hannon Sr. 1:28.01 2012 Producer 3 Richard Hughes Richard Hannon Sr. 1:27.75 2013 Lockwood 4 Silvestre de Sousa Saeed bin Suroor 1:24.19 2014 Ansgar 6 James Doyle Sabrina Harty 1:26.20 2015 So Beloved 5 Danny Tudhope David O'Meara 1:28.61 2016 Opal Tiara 3 Oisin Murphy Mick Channon 1:26.24 2017 Dutch Connection 5 Jim Crowley Charles Hills 1:24.21 2018 Anna Nerium 3 Tom Marquand Richard Hannon Jr. 1:33.60 2019 Suedois 8 Daniel Tudhope David O'Meara 1:24.99 2020 Happy Power 4 Silvestre De Sousa Andrew Balding 1:29.69 2021 Toro Strike 4 Ryan Moore Richard Fahey 1:23.62 2022 Double Or Bubble 5 Jack Mitchell Chris Wall 1:27.66
See also Horse racing in Great Britain List of British flat horse races Recurring sporting events established in 1981 – this race is included under its original title, Harroways Stakes.
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galopp-sieger.de – Supreme Stakes. ihfaonline.org – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Supreme Stakes (2019). pedigreequery.com – Supreme Stakes – Goodwood.