Champion Stakes

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The Champion Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 1 mile 2 furlongs (2,012 metres) on the Rowley Mile course at Newmarket Racecourse in October. It was first run in 1877.

[edit] Winners since 1984

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1984	Palace Music	3	Yves Saint-Martin	Patrick Biancone	Nelson Bunker Hunt	2:01.04
1985	Pebbles	4	Pat Eddery	Clive Brittain	Sheikh Mohammed	2:04.79
1986	Triptych	4	Tony Cruz	Patrick Biancone	Alan Clore	2:09.49
1987	Triptych	5	Tony Cruz	Patrick Biancone	Alan Clore	2:10.98
1988	Indian Skimmer	4	Michael Roberts	Henry Cecil	Sheikh Mohammed	2:10.51
1989	Legal Case	3	Ray Cochrane	Luca Cumani	Sir Gordon White	2:02.95
1990	In the Groove	3	Steve Cauthen	David Elsworth	Brian Cooper	2:05.67
1991	Tel Quel	3	Thierry Jarnet	André Fabre	Sheikh Mohammed	2:01.93
1992	Rodrigo de Triano	3	Lester Piggott	Peter Chapple-Hyam	Robert Sangster	2:02.46
1993	Hatoof	4	Walter Swinburn	Criquette Head	Maktoum Al Maktoum	2:06.80
1994	Dernier Empereur	4	Sylvain Guillot	André Fabre	Gary Tanaka	2:05.65
1995	Spectrum	3	John Reid	Peter Chapple-Hyam	Lord Weinstock	2:02.55
1996	Bosra Sham	3	Pat Eddery	Henry Cecil	Wafic Saïd	2:03.71
1997	Pilsudski	5	Michael Kinane	Michael Stoute	Lord Weinstock	2:05.46
1998	Alborada	3	George Duffield	Sir Mark Prescott	Kirsten Rausing	2:03.69
1999	Alborada	4	George Duffield	Sir Mark Prescott	Kirsten Rausing	2:05.57
2000	Kalanisi	4	Johnny Murtagh	Sir Michael Stoute	HH Aga Khan IV	2:05.59
2001	Nayef	3	Richard Hills	Marcus Tregoning	Hamdan Al Maktoum	2:07.72
2002	Storming Home	4	Michael Hills	Barry Hills	Maktoum Al Maktoum	2:01.42
2003	Rakti	4	Philip Robinson	Michael Jarvis	Gary Tanaka	2:03.34
2004	Haafhd	3	Richard Hills	Barry Hills	Hamdan Al Maktoum	2:06.90
2005	David Junior	3	Jamie Spencer	Brian Meehan	Roldvale Limited	2:05.43
2006	Pride	6	Christophe Lemaire	Alain de Royer-Dupré	NP Bloodstock Ltd	2:06.81
2007	Literato	3	Christophe Lemaire	Jean-Claude Rouget	Hervé Morin	2:04.24

[edit] Earlier winners

* The 1933 race was a dead-heat and has joint winners.

[edit] References

• PedigreeQuery.com
• Racing Post:
  • 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
  • 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

[edit] See also

• Horseracing in Great Britain
• List of British flat horse races