Geoffrey Freer Stakes
Group 3 race | |
Location | Newbury Racecourse Newbury, England |
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Inaugurated | 1949 |
Race type | Flat |
Sponsor | BetVictor |
Website | Newbury |
Race information | |
Distance | 1m 5f 61y (2,671 m) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-years-old and up |
Weight | 8 st 10 lb (3yo); 9 st 5 lb (4yo+) Allowances 3 lb for fillies and mares Penalties 7 lb for Group 1 winners * 5 lb for Group 2 winners * 3 lb for Group 3 winners * *after 2017 |
Purse | £68,000 (2022) 1st: £40,000 |
2024 | ||
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Al Aasy | Al Qareem | Go Daddy |
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2023 | ||
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Arrest | Ching Shih | Shandoz |
2022 | ||
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Zechariah | Universal Order | Outbox |
2021 | ||
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Hukum | Rodrigo Diaz | Pablo Escobarr |
2020-2011 | ||
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2020 | ||
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Hukum | Max Vega | Alignak |
2019 | ||
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Technician | Morando | Durston |
2018 | ||
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Hamada | Raymond Tusk | Walton Street |
2017 | ||
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Defoe | Wall of Fire | Frontiersman |
2016 | ||
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Kings Fete | Ormito | Red Cardinal |
2015 | ||
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Agent Murphy | Windshear | Red Cadeaux |
2014 | ||
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Seismos | Willing Foe | Seal Of Approval |
2013 | ||
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Royal Empire | Red Cadeaux | Lost In The Moment |
2012 | ||
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Mount Athos | Brown Panther | Modun |
2011 | ||
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Census | Brown Panther | Times Up |
2010-2001 | ||
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2010 | ||
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Sans Frontieres | Laaheb | Saptapadi |
2009 | ||
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Kite Wood | Halicarnassus | Age Of Reason |
2008 | ||
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Sixties Icon | Tempelstern | Donegal |
2007 | ||
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Papal Bull | Shahin | Land 'n Stars |
2006 | ||
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Admiral's Cruise | Guadalajara | Munsef |
2005 | ||
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Lochbuie | Mubtaker | Self Defense |
2004 | ||
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Mubtaker | Dubai Success | Compton Bolter |
2003 | ||
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Mubtaker | Systematic | Mamool |
2002 | ||
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Mubtaker | High Pitched | Persian Punch |
2001 | ||
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Mr Combustible | Millenary | Kuwait Trooper |
2000-1991 | ||
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2000 | ||
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Murghem | Savoire Vivre | Yorkshire |
1999 | ||
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Silver Patriarch | Craigsteel | Sadian |
1998 | ||
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Multicoloured | Silver Patriarch | Memorise |
1997 | ||
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Dushyantor | Panama City | Shantou |
1996 | ||
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Phantom Gold | Posidonas | Song Of Tara |
1995 | ||
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Presenting | Midnight Legend | Don Corleone |
1994 | ||
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Red Route | Shareek | Shambo |
1993 | ||
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Azzilfi | Assessor | Sonus |
1992 | ||
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Shambo | Sapience | Rock Hopper |
1991 | ||
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Drum Taps | Spinning | Another Bob |
1990-1988 | ||
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1990 | ||
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Charmer | Sesame | Mountain Kingdom |
1989 | ||
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Ibn Bey | Apache | Alphabel |
1988 | ||
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Top Class | Melodist | Waterfield |
The Geoffrey Freer Stakes 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 1 mile, 5 furlongs and 61 yards (2,671 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in August.
History
The event was established in 1949, and it was originally called the Oxfordshire Stakes. It was founded by Geoffrey Freer, a Jockey Club handicapper who served as the manager of Newbury Racecourse. The venue had been used as an American military supply depot during World War II, and Freer restored the course in the post-war period. The race was renamed in his honour in 1969, the year after his death.
For a period the Geoffrey Freer Stakes was classed at Group 2 level. It was relegated to its current status, Group 3, in 2006.
The leading three-year-olds from the race sometimes go on to compete in the following month's St. Leger Stakes.
Records
Most successful horse (3 wins):
- Mubtaker – 2002, 2003, 2004
Leading jockey (5 wins):
- Frankie Dettori – Charmer (1990), Drum Taps (1991), Phantom Gold (1996), Kite Wood (2009), Arrest (2023)
Leading trainer (5 wins):
- Noel Murless – Ridge Wood (1949), Court Command (1956), Hopeful Venture (1967), Rangong (1969), Attica Meli (1973)
Winners since 1979
Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
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1979 | Niniski | 3 | Willie Carson | Dick Hern | 2:53.35 |
1980 | Nicholas Bill | 5 | Philip Waldron | Henry Candy | 3:01.60 |
1981 | Ardross | 5 | Lester Piggott | Sir Henry Cecil | 3:04.40 |
1982 | Ardross | 6 | Lester Piggott | Sir Henry Cecil | 2:54.20 |
1983 | Khairpour | 4 | John Reid | Fulke Johnson Houghton | 2:52.60 |
1984 | Baynoun | 3 | Steve Cauthen | Fulke Johnson Houghton | 2:55.60 |
1985 | Shernazar | 4 | Walter Swinburn | Sir Michael Stoute | |
1986 | Bakharoff | 3 | Willie Carson | Guy Harwood | 2:50.82 |
1987 | Moon Madness | 4 | Pat Eddery | John Dunlop | 2:47.16 |
1988 | Top Class | 3 | Michael Roberts | Clive Brittain | 2:54.57 |
1989 | Ibn Bey | 5 | Richard Quinn | Paul Cole | 2:50.62 |
1990 | Charmer | 5 | Frankie Dettori | Clive Brittain | 2:55.24 |
1991 | Drum Taps | 5 | Frankie Dettori | Lord Huntingdon | 2:45.16 |
1992 | Shambo | 5 | Michael Roberts | Clive Brittain | 3:01.98 |
1993 | Azzilfi | 3 | Willie Carson | John Dunlop | 2:56.75 |
1994 | Red Route | 3 | Willie Ryan | Sir Henry Cecil | 2:50.38 |
1995 | Presenting | 3 | John Reid | John Gosden | 2:47.43 |
1996 | Phantom Gold | 4 | Frankie Dettori | Lord Huntingdon | 2:46.18 |
1997 | Dushyantor | 4 | Kieren Fallon | Sir Henry Cecil | 2:55.33 |
1998 | Multicoloured | 5 | Willie Ryan | Sir Michael Stoute | 2:49.61 |
1999 | Silver Patriarch | 5 | Pat Eddery | John Dunlop | 2:50.62 |
2000 | Murghem | 5 | Darryll Holland | Mark Johnston | 2:50.24 |
2001 | Mr Combustible | 3 | Michael Hills | Barry Hills | 2:46.36 |
2002 | Mubtaker | 5 | Richard Hills | Marcus Tregoning | 2:45.46 |
2003 | Mubtaker | 6 | Richard Hills | Marcus Tregoning | 2:47.76 |
2004 | Mubtaker | 7 | Richard Hills | Marcus Tregoning | 2:50.69 |
2005 | Lochbuie | 4 | John Egan | Geoff Wragg | 2:51.97 |
2006 | Admiral's Cruise | 4 | Ryan Moore | Brian Meehan | 2:52.42 |
2007 | Papal Bull | 4 | Ryan Moore | Sir Michael Stoute | 2:53.89 |
2008 | Sixties Icon | 5 | Johnny Murtagh | Jeremy Noseda | 2:51.55 |
2009 | Kite Wood | 3 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | 2:48.87 |
2010 | Sans Frontieres | 4 | Johnny Murtagh | Jeremy Noseda | 2:52.22 |
2011 | Census | 3 | Richard Hughes | Richard Hannon Sr. | 2:48.46 |
2012 | Mount Athos | 5 | Ryan Moore | Luca Cumani | 2:49.20 |
2013 | Royal Empire | 4 | Kieren Fallon | Saeed bin Suroor | 2:50.43 |
2014 | Seismos | 6 | Martin Harley | Marco Botti | 2:54.77 |
2015 | Agent Murphy | 4 | Jimmy Fortune | Brian Meehan | 2:54.39 |
2016 | Kings Fete | 5 | Pat Smullen | Sir Michael Stoute | 2:52.97 |
2017 | Defoe | 3 | Andrea Atzeni | Roger Varian | 2:51.50 |
2018 | Hamada | 4 | James Doyle | Charlie Appleby | 2:51.63 |
2019 | Technician | 3 | Rob Hornby | Martyn Meade | 2:55.70 |
2020 | Hukum | 3 | Jim Crowley | Owen Burrows | 2:53.42 |
2021 | Hukum | 4 | Jim Crowley | Owen Burrows | 2:55.14 |
2022 | Zechariah | 3 | Tom Marquand | Freddie & Martyn Meade | 2:36.99 |
2023 | Arrest | 3 | Frankie Dettori | John & Thady Gosden | 2:53.79 |
2024 | Al Aasy | 7 | Jim Crowley | William Haggas | 2:46.34 |
Earlier winners
- 1949: Ridge Wood
- 1950: Tilloy
- 1951: Le Sage
- 1952: Westinform
- 1953: Harwin
- 1954: Umberto
- 1955: True Cavalier
- 1956: Court Command
- 1957: Court Harwell
- 1958: Owen Glendower
- 1959: Kalydon
- 1960: High Hat
- 1961: Sagacity
- 1962: Sovrango
- 1963: Sovrango
- 1964: Sunseeker
- 1965: Court Gift
- 1966: Charlottown
- 1967: Hopeful Venture
- 1968: Levmoss
- 1969: Rangong
- 1970: High Line
- 1971: High Line
- 1972: Sol'Argent
- 1973: Attica Meli
- 1974: Realistic
- 1975: Consol
- 1976: Swell Fellow
- 1977: Valinsky
- 1978: Ile de Bourbon
See also
- Horse racing in Great Britain
- List of British flat horse races
- Recurring sporting events established in 1949 – this race is included under its original title, Oxfordshire Stakes.
References
- Racing Post:
- 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
- 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
- 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
- 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
- galopp-sieger.de – Geoffrey Freer Stakes (ex Oxfordshire Stakes).
- horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Geoffrey Freer Stakes (2018).
- pedigreequery.com – Geoffrey Freer Stakes – Newbury.
- Abelson, Edward; John Tyrrel (1993). The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. pp. 147–148. ISBN 1-873626-15-0.