Pretty Polly Stakes (Great Britain)

The Pretty Polly Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old fillies. It is run over a distance of 1 mile and 2 furlongs (2,012 metres) on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket in late April or early May.

Pretty Polly Stakes
Listed race
LocationRowley Mile
Newmarket, England
Inaugurated1962
Race typeFlat / Thoroughbred
SponsorTweenhills Stud
WebsiteNewmarket
Race information
Distance1m 2f (2,012 metres)
SurfaceTurf
TrackStraight
QualificationThree-year-old fillies
excluding G1 / G2 winners
Weight9 st 0 lb
Penalties
5 lb for Group 3 winners *
3 lb for Listed winners *
* after 31 August 2018
Purse£50,000 (2019)
1st: £28,355
Pretty Polly Stakes
2020
Run Wild Queen Daenerys Trefoil

History

The event is named after Pretty Polly, the winner of the fillies' Triple Crown in 1904. It was established in 1962, and was originally staged at Newmarket's mid-May fixture.[1] It was moved to early May in 1973.[2]

The Pretty Polly Stakes sometimes serves as a trial for the Epsom Oaks. The last horse win both races was Taghrooda in 2014.

The race is currently held on the second day of Newmarket's two-day Guineas Festival meeting. It is run on the same day as the 1000 Guineas.

Records

Leading jockey (9 wins):

  • Frankie Dettori – Pricket (1996), Siyadah (1997), Melikah (2000), Mot Juste (2001), Hi Dubai (2003), Marie de Medici (2010), Jazzi Top (2015), Swiss Range (2016), Lah Ti Dar (2018)

Leading trainer (8 wins):

  • Henry Cecil – Flirtigig (1972), Cloonagh (1973), Sing Softly (1982), Sandy Island (1984), Indian Skimmer (1987), Sardegna (1990), All at Sea (1992), Midnight Line (1998)

Winners since 1977
Year Winner Jockey Trainer Time
1977 Dunfermline Willie Carson Dick Hern
1978 Upper Deck Willie Carson Dick Hern
1979 Reprocolor Greville Starkey Michael Stoute
1980 Jem Jen Tony Murray Paul Kelleway
1981 Humming Willie Carson Dick Hern
1982 Sing Softly Lester Piggott Henry Cecil
1983 Jolly Bay Pat Eddery Jeremy Tree
1984 Sandy Island Lester Piggott Henry Cecil
1985 Capo di Monte Tony Kimberley Michael Stoute
1986 Gesedeh Tony Ives Michael Jarvis 2:09.15
1987 Indian Skimmer Steve Cauthen Henry Cecil 2:04.25
1988 La Vie en Primrose Michael Roberts Clive Brittain 2:10.91
1989 Always on a Sunday [lower-alpha 1] Michael Hills Paul Kelleway 2:08.07
1990 Sardegna Steve Cauthen Henry Cecil 2:10.95
1991 Gussy Marlowe Michael Roberts Clive Brittain 2:05.74
1992 All at Sea Pat Eddery Henry Cecil 2:05.61
1993 Magical Retreat Darren Biggs Charles Cyzer 2:08.64
1994 Wind in Her Hair Richard Hills John Hills 2:02.14
1995 Musetta Brett Doyle Clive Brittain 2:03.67
1996 Pricket Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor 2:03.85
1997 Siyadah Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor 2:05.15
1998 Midnight Line Kieren Fallon Henry Cecil 2:07.05
1999 Alabaq Richard Hills John Dunlop 2:03.69
2000 Melikah Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor 2:04.00
2001 Mot Juste Frankie Dettori Ed Dunlop 2:06.34
2002 Esloob Richard Hills Marcus Tregoning 2:04.40
2003 Hi Dubai Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor 2:07.68
2004 Ouija Board Kieren Fallon Ed Dunlop 2:02.92
2005 Fashionable Richard Hughes Barry Hills 2:04.74
2006 Riyalma Michael Kinane Sir Michael Stoute 2:10.34
2007 Dalvina Jamie Spencer Ed Dunlop 2:03.27
2008 Saphira's Fire Martin Dwyer Willie Muir 2:07.27
2009 Take the Hint Jimmy Fortune John Gosden 2:01.93
2010 Marie de' Medici Frankie Dettori Mark Johnston 2:09.42
2011 Dorcas Lane Paul Hanagan Lucy Wadham 2:09.47
2012 Kailani Mickael Barzalona Mahmood Al Zarooni 2:09.75
2013 Talent Jim Crowley Ralph Beckett 2:04.14
2014 Taghrooda Paul Hanagan John Gosden 2:05.68
2015 Jazzi Top Frankie Dettori John Gosden 2:03.50
2016 Swiss Range Frankie Dettori John Gosden 2:05.40
2017 Horseplay David Probert Andrew Balding 2:04.60
2018 Lah Ti Dar Frankie Dettori John Gosden 2:04.26
2019 Maqsad Jim Crowley William Haggas 2:05.23
2020 Run Wild[lower-alpha 2] Oisin Murphy John Gosden 2:01.87
  1. Rambushka finished first in 1989, but she was relegated to second place following a stewards' inquiry
  2. The 2020 race was run in June, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom

Earlier winners
  • 1962: Military Pickle
  • 1963: Fair Astronomer
  • 1964: Young Man's Fancy
  • 1965: Miba
  • 1966: Orabella II
  • 1967: Cranberry Sauce
  • 1968: Celina
  • 1969: Borana
  • 1970: Royal Pancake
  • 1971: Fleet Wahine
  • 1972: Flirtigig
  • 1973: Cloonagh
  • 1974: Lauretta
  • 1975: Val's Girl
  • 1976: Spiranthes

See also

References
  1. "1964 Pretty Polly Stakes". Glasgow Herald. 16 May 1964. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  2. "1973 Pretty Polly Stakes". Glasgow Herald. 5 May 1973. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
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