The White Rose Stakes was a flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old horses. It was run at Ascot over a distance of 1 mile and 2 furlongs (2,012 metres), and it was scheduled to take place each year in April or May.
History The event was originally held at Hurst Park. For a period it was open to horses aged three or older, and contested over 1 mile, 7 furlongs and 65 yards.
The White Rose Stakes was restricted to three-year-olds and cut to 1 mile and 2 furlongs in the early 1950s. It was transferred to Ascot in 1963. The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and the event was classed at Group 3 level.
The race continued with Group 3 status until the early 1980s. It was subsequently downgraded, and was last run in 1993. It was replaced by an open-age handicap, the White Rose Handicap, in 1994.
Records Leading jockey (5 wins): Lester Piggott – Samothraki (1962), Right Noble (1966), Light Fire (1969), Only a Wish (1970), Dukedom (1980) Willie Carson – Tierra Fuego (1976), Tully (1977), Milford (1979), Cut Above (1981), Alwuhush (1988) Steve Cauthen – Kirmann (1984), Vertige (1985), Mashkour (1986), Zalazl (1989), Perpendicular (1991)
Leading trainer (5 wins): Cecil Boyd-Rochfort – Black Tarquin (1949), Hilltop (1952), Hypera (1954), Parthia (1959), Great Society (1967)
Winners Year Winner Jockey Trainer 1938 Legend Of France Albert Richardson Herbert Blagrave 1939 Hunter's Moon IV Eph Smith In France 1940-45 no race 1946 Marsyas II Charlie Elliott Charles Semblat 1947 Chanteur R Brethes Henry Count 1948 Migoli Sir Gordon Richards Frank Butters 1949 Black Tarquin Edgar Britt Cecil Boyd-Rochfort 1950 Supertello Doug Smith J C Waugh 1951 Colonist II Tommy Gosling Walter Nightingall 1952 Hilltop Harry Carr Cecil Boyd-Rochfort 1953 Ambiguity Joe Mercer Jack Colling 1954 Hypera Stan Smith Cecil Boyd-Rochfort 1955 Marwari Eddie Cracknell Walter Nightingall 1956 Esperanza Scobie Breasley William Smyth 1957 Heswall Honey Brian Swift Richard Thrale 1958 Crystal Bay Harry Carr Derrick Candy 1959 Parthia Harry Carr Cecil Boyd-Rochfort 1960 Tudor Period Bill Rickaby William Smyth 1961 Scatter Joe Mercer Jack Colling 1962 Samothraki Lester Piggott Freddie Maxwell 1963 Fern Harry Carr J Rogers 1964 Beaufront Doug Smith Jack Watts 1965 I Say Duncan Keith Walter Nightingall 1966 Right Noble Lester Piggott Vincent O'Brien 1967 Great Society George Moore Cecil Boyd-Rochfort 1968 Torpid Greville Starkey John Oxley 1969 Light Fire Lester Piggott Peter Nelson 1970 Only a Wish Lester Piggott Jeremy Tree 1971 Juggernaut Brian Taylor Freddie Maxwell 1972 Moulton Brian Taylor Harry Wragg 1973 Tepukei Joe Mercer Dick Hern 1974 English Prince Pat Eddery Peter Walwyn 1975 Jolly Good Geoff Lewis Bruce Hobbs 1976 Tierra Fuego Willie Carson Clive Brittain 1977 Tully Willie Carson Dick Hern 1978 Leonardo da Vinci Pat Eddery Peter Walwyn 1979 Milford Willie Carson Dick Hern 1980 Dukedom Lester Piggott Ian Balding 1981 Cut Above Willie Carson Dick Hern 1982 Electric Walter Swinburn Michael Stoute 1983Abandoned due to waterlogging 1984 Kirmann Steve Cauthen Fulke Johnson Houghton 1985 Vertige Steve Cauthen Henry Cecil 1986 Mashkour Steve Cauthen Henry Cecil 1987 Zaizoom Richard Quinn Paul Cole 1988 Alwuhush Willie Carson John Dunlop 1989 Zalazl Steve Cauthen Henry Cecil 1990 Starstreak Richard Quinn Mark Johnston 1991 Perpendicular Steve Cauthen Henry Cecil 1992 Top Register Walter Swinburn Lord Huntingdon 1993 Tioman Island Richard Quinn Paul Cole
See also Horse racing in Great Britain List of British flat horse races
References
Racing Post: , , , , , galopp-sieger.de – White Rose Stakes. pedigreequery.com – White Rose Stakes – Ascot.