The World Trophy is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Newbury over a distance of 5 furlongs and 34 yards (1,037 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September.
History The event was formerly called the Marlborough Stakes, and it used to be an ungraded conditions race for three-year-olds. It was renamed in memory of Tony Stratton Smith, a racehorse-owning music entrepreneur, in 1992. The Tony Stratton Smith Memorial Stakes was opened to older horses in 1993.
The race became known as the World Trophy when Dubai Airport started a new period of sponsorship in 1997. From this point the event held Listed status, and it was promoted to Group 3 level in 2002.
Records
Most successful horse (2 wins): Eveningperformance – 1994, 1997 The Tatling – 2004, 2005
Leading jockey (5 wins): Pat Eddery – Fine Edge (1983), Moorestyle Girl (1987), Young Hal (1988), Cathedral (1998), Imperial Beauty (1999)
Leading trainer (2 wins): Harry Thomson Jones - Saltation (1978), Ra'A (1990) Henry Candy – Eveningperformance (1994, 1997) Milton Bradley – The Tatling (2004, 2005) Roger Varian - Cotai Glory (2016), Mitbaahy (2022) William Haggas - Hurricane Ivor (2021), First Instinct (2025)
Winners Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time 1971 Fireside Chat 3 Peter Madden Doug Marks 1:01.70 1972 Malachy 3 Ron Hutchinson John Dunlop 1:05.93 1973 Major Bee 3 Buster Parnell Sir Henry Nugent 1:02.23 1974 Street Light 3 Tony Kimberley Jeremy Hindley 1:04.16 1975 Catch 3 Buster Parnell Eddie Harty 1:03.46 1976 Minstrel 3 Greville Starkey John Powney 1:04.81 1977 Blue Linnet 3 Geoff Lewis Tony Ingham 1:02.64 1978 Saltation 3 Brian Rouse Harry Thomson Jones 1:02.94 1979 Greenland Park 3 Willie Carson William Hastings-Bass 1:03.07 1980 Blue Persian 3 Bruce Raymond Ben Hanbury 1:01.28 1981 Long Legend 3 Lester Piggott Henry Cecil 1:06.11 1982 Special Pleasure 3 Lester Piggott Robert Armstrong 1:02.09 1983 Fine Edge 3 Pat Eddery Jeremy Tree 1:05.32 1984 Susa Steel 3 Bruce Raymond Jeremy Hindley 1:06.59 1985 Tuxford Hideaway 3 Geoff Baxter Richard Whitaker 1:02.41 1986 Filleor 3 George Duffield Gavin Pritchard-Gordon 1:02.16 1987 Moorestyle Girl 3 Pat Eddery Lester Piggott 1:02.66 1988 Young Hal 3 Pat Eddery Peter Walwyn 1:00.87 1989 Blyton Lad 3 Stuart Webster John Balding 1:02.53 1990 Ra'A 3 Willie Carson Harry Thomson Jones 1:02.94 1991 On Tiptoes 3 Michael Roberts Jim Leigh 1:01.74 1992 Wolfhound 3 Steve Cauthen John Gosden 1:02.27 1993 Surprise Offer 3 Bruce Raymond Richard Hannon Sr. 1:03.39 1994 Eveningperformance 3 Billy Newnes Henry Candy 1:04.54 1995 Easy Option 3 Walter Swinburn Saeed bin Suroor 1:02.56 1996 Struggler 4 Frankie Dettori David Loder 0:59.77 1997 Eveningperformance 6 Chris Rutter Henry Candy 1:00.66 1998 Cathedral 4 Pat Eddery Brian Meehan 1:00.92 1999 Imperial Beauty 3 Pat Eddery Peter Makin 1:01.23 2000 Ivory's Joy 5 Craig Carver Ken Ivory 1:00.33 2001 The Trader 3 Fergus Sweeney Michael Blanshard 0:59.72 2002 Lady Dominatrix 3 Paul Doe Nerys Dutfield 0:59.91 2003 Ratio 5 Philip Robinson John Hammond 0:59.82 2004 The Tatling 7 Ryan Moore Milton Bradley 1:00.68 2005 The Tatling 8 Ryan Moore Milton Bradley 0:59.72 2006 Dixie Belle 3 Tom Queally Mick Quinlan 1:00.16 2007 Rowe Park 4 Liam Keniry Linda Jewell 1:00.18 2008 Moorhouse Lad 5 Jim Crowley Bryan Smart 1:00.67 2009 Strike the Deal 4 Kieren Fallon Jeremy Noseda 1:00.04 2010 Astrophysical Jet 3 Graham Gibbons Ed McMahon 1:00.07 2011 Deacon Blues 4 Frankie Dettori James Fanshawe 1:00.49 2012 Swiss Spirit 3 William Buick David Elsworth 0:59.81 2013 Maarek 6 Declan McDonogh Barry Lalor 1:01.04 2014 Mecca's Angel 3 Paul Mulrennan Michael Dods 1:01.71 2015 Steps 7 Jamie Spencer Roger Varian 1:02.40 2016 Cotai Glory 4 George Baker Charles Hills 1:00.93 2017 Take Cover 10 David Allan David Griffiths 0:58.79 2018 Mr Lupton 5 Gerald Mosse Richard Fahey 1:01.64 2019 Maid In India 5 Jamie Spencer Eric Alston 0:59.31 2020 Lazuli 3 William Buick Charlie Appleby 0:58.40 2021 Hurricane Ivor 4 Tom Marquand William Haggas 1:00.02 2022 Mitbaahy 3 David Egan Roger Varian 1:00.42 2023 Thunderbear 3 Sean Levey Jack Davison 1:04.20 2024 No Half Measures 3 Ryan Moore Richard Hughes 1:02.03 2025 First Instinct 3 Tom Marquand William Haggas 1:01.81 2026 Miss Yechance 3 Jack Nicholls Karl Burke 0:59.01
See also Horse racing in Great Britain List of British flat horse races
References Paris-Turf: , , Racing Post: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , galopp-sieger.de – World Trophy. horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – World Trophy (2018). pedigreequery.com – World Trophy – Newbury.