Cocked Hat Stakes

The Cocked Hat Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old colts and geldings. It is run at Goodwood over a distance of 1 mile 3 furlongs and 44 yards (2,253 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in May.

Cocked Hat Stakes
Listed race
LocationGoodwood Racecourse
W. Sussex, England
Inaugurated1970
Race typeFlat / Thoroughbred
SponsorBritish Stallion Studs
WebsiteGoodwood
Race information
Distance1m 3f 44y (2,253 metres)
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
QualificationThree-year-old
colts and geldings
Weight9 st 0 lb
Penalties
5 lb for Group winners
3 lb for Listed winners
Purse£30,500 (2020)
1st: £17,297
Cocked Hat Stakes
2020
Khalifa Sat Emissary Celestran

History

The event was established in 1970, and it was originally called the Predominate Stakes, although developed from a similar race called the Levin Down Stakes run up to 1969. It was named after Predominate, a three-time winner of the Goodwood Stakes from 1958 to 1960, and the winner of the Goodwood Cup in 1961.

For a period the Predominate Stakes was contested over 1 mile and 4 furlongs. It was cut to 1 mile, 1 furlong and 192 yards in 1988. A new distance of 1 mile and 3 furlongs was introduced in 2001.

The event was renamed the Cocked Hat Stakes in 2007. Its title recalls a light-hearted race staged at Goodwood in the 19th century, in which each rider had to wear a military hat.[1]

The race sometimes serves as a trial for The Derby. The only horse to have won both events is Troy in 1979.

Records

Leading jockey (5 wins):

  • Willie Carson – English Harbour (1978), Troy (1979), Prince Bee (1980), Morcon (1983), Minster Son (1988)
  • Frankie Dettori - Dubai Millennium (1999), Roscius (2000), Rewilding (2010), Khalidi (2017), Private Secretary (2019)

Leading trainer (6 wins):

  • Dick Hern – Charlton (1970), Buoy (1973), Troy (1979), Prince Bee (1980), Morcon (1983), Minster Son (1988)
  • Sir Henry Cecil - General Ironside (1976), Royal Blend (1977), Lanfranco (1985), Razeen (1990), Opera Score (1994), Disclaimer (2013)

Winners
Year Winner Jockey Trainer Time
1970 Charlton Joe Mercer Dick Hern
1971 Levanter Lester Piggott Ryan Price
1972 Scottish Rifle Ron Hutchinson John Dunlop
1973 Buoy Joe Mercer Dick Hern
1974 English Prince Pat Eddery Peter Walwyn
1975 No Alimony Pat Eddery Peter Walwyn
1976 General Ironside Lester Piggott Henry Cecil
1977 Royal Blend Joe Mercer Henry Cecil
1978 English Harbour Willie Carson Ian Balding
1979 Troy Willie Carson Dick Hern
1980 Prince Bee [lower-alpha 1] Willie Carson Dick Hern
1981 no race [lower-alpha 2]
1982 Peacetime Joe Mercer Jeremy Tree
1983 Morcon Willie Carson Dick Hern
1984 Ilium Tony Murray Harry Thomson Jones
1985 Lanfranco Steve Cauthen Henry Cecil
1986 Allez Milord Greville Starkey Guy Harwood
1987 Ibn Bey Richard Quinn Paul Cole 2:34.76
1988 Minster Son Willie Carson Dick Hern 2:07.65
1989 Warrshan Walter Swinburn Michael Stoute 2:06.95
1990 Razeen Steve Cauthen Henry Cecil 2:09.88
1991 Man from Eldorado Ray Cochrane Guy Harwood 2:07.98
1992 Jeune Michael Hills Geoff Wragg 2:08.45
1993 Geisway Lester Piggott Richard Hannon Sr. 2:13.28
1994 Opera Score Pat Eddery Henry Cecil 2:20.02
1995 Pentire Michael Hills Geoff Wragg 2:05.83
1996 Don Micheletto Michael Kinane Saeed bin Suroor 2:10.81
1997 Grapeshot John Reid Luca Cumani 2:12.70
1998 Rabah Pat Eddery John Dunlop 2:08.31
1999 Dubai Millennium Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor 2:07.54
2000 Roscius Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor 2:10.27
2001 Asian Heights Kieren Fallon Geoff Wragg 2:23.00
2002 Coshocton Philip Robinson Michael Jarvis 2:25.51
2003 High Accolade Martin Dwyer Marcus Tregoning 2:25.61
2004 Manyana Martin Dwyer Marcus Tregoning 2:28.01
2005 Unfurled Richard Quinn John Dunlop 2:26.17
2006 Championship Point Ted Durcan Mick Channon 2:26.78
2007 Halicarnassus Darryll Holland Mick Channon 2:29.88
2008 City Leader Jamie Spencer Brian Meehan 2:26.48
2009 Alwaary Richard Hills John Gosden 2:27.98
2010 Rewilding Frankie Dettori Mahmood Al Zarooni 2:24.93
2011 Masked Marvel William Buick John Gosden 2:25.55
2012 Michelangelo William Buick John Gosden 2:24.61
2013 Disclaimer Tom Queally Sir Henry Cecil 2:30.47
2014 Observational James Doyle Roger Charlton 2:35.20
2015 Storm The Stars Pat Cosgrave William Haggas 2:24.36
2016 Algometer Jim Crowley David Simcock 2:33.74
2017 Khalidi Frankie Dettori John Gosden 2:22.77
2018 Aspetar Kieran Shoemark Roger Charlton 2:29.25
2019 Private Secretary Frankie Dettori John Gosden 2:24.11
2020 Khalifa Sat[lower-alpha 3] Tom Marquand Andrew Balding 2:26.52
  1. The 1980 running took place at Kempton Park
  2. The 1981 edition was abandoned because of a waterlogged course
  3. The 2020 race was run in June due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom

See also

References
  1. Baird, Rosemary (2007). Goodwood: Art and Architecture, Sport and Family. Frances Lincoln. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-7112-2769-9.
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