The City Walls Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at York over a distance of 5 furlongs (1,006 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in July.
The race was transferred to York in 2011 having previously been run at Chester. It was run as a handicap prior to becoming a Conditions race in 1993.
Records Most successful horse (3 wins): Tedburrow (1997, 1998, 1999)
Leading jockey (3 wins): David Allan – Hamish McGonagall (2012), Take Cover (2017), Copper Knight (2019)
Leading trainer (5 wins): Eric Alston – Stack Rock (1993), Ziggy's Dancer (1995), Tedburrow (1997, 1998, 1999)
Winners Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time 1993 Stack Rock 6 Kieren Fallon Eric Alston 1:03.41 1994 Ya Malak 3 Alan Munro James Payne 1:01.17 1995 Ziggy's Dancer 4 Steve Williams Eric Alston 1:01.86 1996 Lucky Parkes 6 John Carroll Jack Berry 0:59.93 1997 Tedburrow 5 David Griffiths Eric Alston 0:59.93 1998 Tedburrow 6 Willie Supple Eric Alston 0:59.56 1999 Tedburrow 7 John Egan Eric Alston 1:00.13 2000 Indian Spark 6 Tony Culhane Jim Goldie 1:00.72 2001 Danehurst 3 Seb Sanders Sir Mark Prescott 0:59.86 2002 Bishops Court 8 Joe Fanning Lynda Ramsden 0:59.42 2003 Bishops Court 9 Paul Fessey Lynda Ramsden 0:59.84 2004 Fire Up The Band 5 Adrian Nicholls David Nicholls 0:59.74 2005 Tournedos 3 Simon Whitworth John Akehurst 0:59.24 2006 Tournedos 4 Tony Culhane Roger Charlton 1:00.61 2007 Our Little Secret 5 Liam Keniry Alan Berry 1:02.53 2008 Green Manalishi 7 Eddie Ahern Kevin Ryan 1:00.87 2009 Borderlescott 7 Pat Cosgrave Robin Bastiman 1:00.30 2010 Blue Jack 5 Richard Kingscote Tom Dascombe 1:00.21 2011 Masamah 5 Philip Makin Kevin Ryan 0:58.37 2012 Hamish McGonagall 7 David Allan Tim Easterby 0:59.41 2013 Jwala 4 Steve Drowne Robert Cowell 0:58.12 2014 Take Cover 7 Andrea Atzeni David Griffiths 0:56.35 2015 Out Do 6 Phillip Makin David O'Meara 0:58.00 2016 Marsha 3 Luke Morris Sir Mark Prescott 0:56.35 2017 Take Cover 10 David Allan David Griffiths 0:57.26 2018 Mr Lupton 5 Jack Garritty Richard Fahey 0:57.54 2019 Copper Knight 5 David Allan Tim Easterby 0:58.16 2020 Moss Gill 4 Daniel Tudhope James Bethell 0:58.12 2021 Winter Power 3 David Allan Tim Easterby 0:58.12 2022 Royal Aclaim 3 Andrea Atzeni James Tate 0:57.72 2023 Nymphadora 4 Jason Watson Andrew Balding 0:58.02 2024 Starlust 3 Hector Crouch Ralph Beckett 0:59.35 2025 Washington Heights 5 Shane Gray Kevin Ryan 0:57.21 2026 Redorange 4 P. J. McDonald Clive Cox 0:57.28
See also Horse racing in Great Britain List of British flat horse races
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