Chesham Stakes

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The Chesham Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in the United Kingdom for two-year-old thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres) at Ascot Racecourse during the Royal meeting in June.

The race is named after 3rd Baron Chesham, who served as the last Master of the Buckhounds in 1900-01. It is currently restricted to horses whose sires won at distances of ten furlongs or more. Prior to 1996 the distance of the race was 6 furlongs (1,207 metres).

Notable recent participants include Cape Verdi, second in 1997, who subsequently won the 1,000 Guineas, and Wilko, third in 2004, who later won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile.

[edit] Winners since 1986

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1986	Minstrella	John Reid	Charlie Nelson	1:13.63
1987	Lapierre	Steve Cauthen	Clive Brittain	1:19.29
1988	Jacamar	Bruce Raymond	Ben Hanbury	1:14.21
1989	Be My Chief	Steve Cauthen	Henry Cecil	1:15.21
1990	Chicarica	Pat Eddery	John Gosden	1:16.72
1991	Fair Cop	Alan Munro	Paul Cole	1:14.80
1992	Humam	Richard Hills	Harry Thomson Jones	1:14.26
1993	State Performer	John Reid	Peter Chapple-Hyam	1:20.34
1994	Montjoy	Richard Quinn	Paul Cole	1:15.14
1995	World Premier	Brett Doyle	Clive Brittain	1:14.97
1996	Shamikh	Richard Hills	Saeed bin Suroor	1:30.57
1997	Central Park	Frankie Dettori	Paul Cole	1:29.84
1998	Rhapsodist	Frankie Dettori	John Gosden	1:32.84
1999	Bach	Michael Kinane	Aidan O'Brien	1:28.88
2000	Celtic Silence	Kieren Fallon	Mark Johnston	1:30.59
2001	Seba	Frankie Dettori	David Loder	1:29.64
2002	Helm Bank	Keith Dalgleish	Mark Johnston	1:29.00
2003	Pearl of Love	Darryll Holland	Mark Johnston	1:28.50
2004	Whazzat	Michael Hills	Barry Hills	1:29.55
2005	Championship Point *	Ted Durcan	Mick Channon	1:24.14
2006	Champlain	Philip Robinson	Michael Jarvis	1:27.90
2007	Maze	Royston Ffrench	Bryan Smart	1:29.28