The Sir Henry Cecil Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old horses. It is run on the July Course at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in July.
History The race was first run in 2007 as the Xplor Conditions Stakes. It was renamed the Stubbs Stakes and upgraded to Listed status in 2013. In 2014 it was renamed in memory of Sir Henry Cecil, who died in 2013 and was British flat racing Champion Trainer 10 times. Amongst the prizes for the first running under the new name was a rose from Cecil's garden at his Warren Place stables. It is held on the opening day of Newmarket's three-day July Festival meeting.
Winners Year Winner Jockey Trainer Time 2007 Traffic Guard John Egan Stan Moore 1:38.47 2008 Generous Thought Robert Winston Paul Howling 1:39.44 2009 Spring Of Fame Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor 1:38.52 2010 Critical Moment Michael Hills Barry Hills 1:38.16 2011 Bridgefield Mickael Barzalona Mahmood Al Zarooni 1:44.54 2012 Sovereign Debt Jamie Spencer Michael Bell 1:41.60 2013 Montiridge Richard Hughes Richard Hannon Sr. 1:37.42 2014 Table Rock Ryan Moore Aidan O'Brien 1:38.79 2015 Tupi Richard Hughes Richard Hannon Jr. 1:37.80 2016 Lumiere Joe Fanning Mark Johnston 1:35.74 2017 Beat The Bank Jim Crowley Andrew Balding 1:37.86 2018 Naval Intelligence John Egan Jane Chapple-Hyam 1:38.64 2019 Duke Of Hazzard P. J. McDonald Paul Cole 1:36.98 2020 Al Suhail William Buick Charlie Appleby 1:38.12 2021 Baaeed Jim Crowley William Haggas 1:36.95 2022 Mighty Ulysses Frankie Dettori John & Thady Gosden 1:37.46 2023 Nostrum Ryan Moore Sir Michael Stoute 1:36.61 2024 Al Musmak Silvestre De Sousa Roger Varian 1:38.55 2025 Opera Ballo William Buick Charlie Appleby 1:36.43 2026 Shayem Clifford Lee Karl Burke 1:39.70
See also Horse racing in Great Britain List of British flat horse races
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