John of Gaunt Stakes

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The John of Gaunt Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for four-year-old and above thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 7 furlongs and 30 yards (1,436 m) at Haydock Park Racecourse in early June.

Named after John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, the race was promoted to Group 3 status in 2008 having earlier been contested at Listed level. Before 1998 three-year-olds were eligible to run in the race.

[edit] Winners since 1988

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1988	Wantage Park	4	Philip Robinson	Mick Ryan	1:30.54
1989	Weldnaas	3	Shaun Keightley	Ben Hanbury	1:29.43
1990	Palace Street	3	John Williams	Toby Balding	1:32.94
1991	Swordsmith	4	Michael Hills	Barry Hills	1:29.30
1992	Norton Challenger	5	Mark Birch	Peter Easterby	1:30.31
1993	Celestial Key	3	Gary Carter	Steve Norton	1:31.96
1994	Eurolink Thunder	4	Richard Quinn	John Dunlop	1:32.24
1995	Mutakddim	4	Gary Hind	John Gosden	1:28.39
1996	Inzar	4	Richard Hills	Paul Cole	1:33.79
1997	Decorated Hero	5	Gary Hind	John Gosden	1:29.74
1998	Nigrasine	4	Jason Weaver	Les Eyre	1:29.10
1999	Warningford	5	Oscar Urbina	James Fanshawe	1:30.30
2000	Pulau Tioman *	4	Michael Roberts	Michael Jarvis	1:33.50
2001	Mount Abu	4	Jimmy Fortune	John Gosden	1:31.27
2002	Warningford	8	Oscar Urbina	James Fanshawe	1:34.67
2003	With Reason	5	John Egan	David Loder	1:29.34
2004	Suggestive	6	Michael Hills	William Haggas	1:29.57
2005	Sleeping Indian	4	Jimmy Fortune	John Gosden	1:30.11
2006	Quito	9	Tony Culhane	David Chapman	1:29.65
2007	Mine	9	Richard Quinn	James Bethell	1:28.88
2008	Major Cadeaux	4	Ryan Moore	Richard Hannon	1:29.98