Group 2 race | |
Location | Ascot Racecourse Ascot, England |
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Inaugurated | 2004 |
Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Website | Ascot |
Race information | |
Distance | 1 mile (1,609 metres) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Straight |
Qualification | Four-years-old and up fillies & mares |
Weight | 9 st 2 lb Penalties 5 lb for Group 1 winners * 3 lb for Group 2 winners * * since 31 August last year |
Purse | £175,000 (2022) 1st: £103,600 |
2024 | ||
Running Lion | Laurel | Doom |
Previous years | ||
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2023 | ||
Rogue Millennium | Random Harvest | Prosperous Voyage |
2022 | ||
Saffron Beach | Thunder Beauty | Primo Bacio |
2021 | ||
Indie Angel | Lady Bowthorpe | Queen Power |
The Duke of Cambridge Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to fillies and mares aged four years or older. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June.
The race is one of several for older fillies which were introduced across Europe in 2004. These were designed as an incentive to keep more of their gender from being exported or prematurely retired to stud. It was originally titled the Windsor Forest Stakes, and was renamed the Duke of Cambridge Stakes in 2013 in honour of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge.[1]
The Duke of Cambridge Stakes is now contested on the second day of the five-day Royal Ascot meeting.