Summer Stakes

The Summer Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at York over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in July.

The event was established in 1996, and it was initially classed at Listed level. It was promoted to Group 3 status in 2003.

The Summer Stakes is held on the opening day of York's two-day John Smith's Cup meeting.

Records

Most successful horse (3 wins):

Leading jockey (2 wins):

Leading trainer (3 wins):

Winners

See also

References

Summer Stakes (Canada)

The Summer Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Contested on turf over a distance of 1 mile (8 furlongs), it is open to two-year-old horses. Raced in late September/early October, the Grade III event was a Grade II event but in 2006 was downgraded to a Grade III status. It has since returned to a Grade II.

Part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, the winner of the 2008 Summer Stakes automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.

Inaugurated in 1953 at Fort Erie Racetrack as a sprint race on dirt, the Summer Stakes was moved to the turf in 1962. Since inception it has been run at various distances:

The race was run in two divisions in 1958, 1967, and 1969.

Records

Speed record: (Through 1998, times were recorded in fifths of a second. Since 1999 they are in hundredths of a second)