Woodcote Stakes
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Epsom, England
| Class | Conditions |
|---|---|
| Location | Epsom Downs Racecourse Epsom, England |
| Inaugurated | 1794, suspended 1800 and reintroduced 1807 |
| Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
| Sponsor | Betfred |
| Website | Epsom Downs |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 6 furlongs 3 yards (1,210 m) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Two-year-olds |
| Weight | 9 st 2 lb Allowances 5 lb for fillies Penalties 5 lb for race winners |
| Purse | £75,000 (2025) 1st: £38,655 |
| 2025 | ||
| Maximized | Havana Hurricane | Raakeb |
| Previous years | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ||
| Teej A | Megalithic | Tanager |
| 2023 | ||
| Bobsleigh | Balon D'or | Haatem |
| 2022 | ||
| Legend Of Xanadu | Self Praise | Commander Straker |
| 2021 | ||
| Oscula | Flaming Rib | Maybury |
| 1990-1988 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | ||
| Sylva Honda | Level Xing | Capital Bond |
| 1989 | ||
| Champagne Gold | Across The Bay | State Of Affairs |
| 1988 | ||
| Sno Serenade | Sylvan Tempest | Denham Green |
The Woodcote Stakes is a conditions flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old Thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 6 furlongs and 3 yards (1,210 metres) at Epsom Downs in late May or early June.
The Woodcote Stakes, initially spelled Woodcot, was first run in 1794. It was run over the last half-mile of Epsom Downs Racecourse. Colts carried 8 st, with fillies carrying 7 st 1 lb.[1]
The race was not run between 1800 and 1806, but was re-established in 1807 and run over the last six furlongs of Epsom track. Colts carried 8 st 3 lb, with fillies carrying 8 st 0 lb.[2] The following year the race was reduced in distance to half a mile and the weights the horses carried increased by two pounds.[3] The weights rose by a further pound in 1812.[4] In 1839 the race was moved to the new two-year-old course and the distance was increased to six furlongs.[5] In 1842 the subscription fee was set at 15 sov. The weights were also changes, with horses carrying one pound less and the winner of the Two-year-old Stakes at Gorhambury carrying a five-pound penalty.[6] In 1844 the subscription was reduced to 10 sov.[7] In 1847 the weights were returned to what they were before 1842 and the penalty was removed.[8]
Winners of the race have included Leamington, Cremorne, Surefoot, Ladas, Sceptre, The Tetrarch, My Babu and My Swallow.
The Woodcote Stakes held Listed status prior to 2017[9] when it was downgraded, and is currently sponsored by Betfred.
Winners 1794-1799
| Year |
Winner |
Owner |
Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1794 | Dungannon filly | Mr. Rutter | [1] |
| 1795 | Certhia | 3rd Earl of Egremont | [10] |
| 1796 | Alexander filly | 1st Earl Grosvenor | [11] |
| 1797 | Sister to Colibri | 3rd Earl of Egremont | [12] |
| 1798 | Dungannon colt | Mr. Harris | [13] |
| 1799 | Jack-a-Lantern | Mr. Dawson | [14] |
Winners 1807-1852
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1807 | Marybella | Mr. Lake | [2] | |||
| 1808 | Miss Seedling | Mr. Emden | [3] | |||
| 1809 | Mr. Edward | Mr. Ladbroke | [15] | |||
| 1810 | Hamlet | Mr. Ladbroke | [16] | |||
| 1811 | Flash | Viscount Lowther | [17] | |||
| 1812 | Harriet | Mr. Ladbroke | [4] | |||
| 1813 | Cashunut | Mr. Northey | [18] | |||
| 1814 | Hippodamia | Mr. Morland | [18] | |||
| 1815 | Rivulet | Gen. L. Gower | [19] | |||
| 1816 | Dick Andrews colt | Viscount Lowther | [20] | |||
| 1817 | Jeremy Gradus | Mr. Lake | [21] | |||
| 1818 | Funny | Mr. Lake | [22] | |||
| 1819 | Lady-foot | T. Sadler | [23] | |||
| 1820 | Hedley colt | Mr. Rush | [24] | |||
| 1821 | Juniper colt | 3rd Earl of Warwick | [25] | |||
| 1822 | Triumph | T. Sadler | [26] | |||
| 1823 | Miss Jigg | Sam Day | Mr. Forth | [27] | ||
| 1824 | Scandal | Will Wheatley | J. Rogers | [28] | ||
| 1825 | Interpreter colt | George Dockeray | Mr. Walker | [29] | ||
| 1826 | Translation | Harry Edwards | Mr. Forth | [30] | ||
| 1827 | Brocard | Harry Edwards | Mr. Bartley | [31] | ||
| 1828 | Sheperdess | Tommy Lye | General Grosvenor | [32] | ||
| 1829 | Acis | George Dockeray | Mr. Young | [33] | ||
| 1830 | Partisan filly | Will Wheatley | Mr. Rogers | [34] | ||
| 1831 | Whimsey | Will Wheatley | Viscount Lowther | [35] | ||
| 1832 | Young Rapid | Arthur Pavis | Colonel Peel | [36] | ||
| 1833 | Ophelia | Arthur Pavis | Mr. Yates | [37] | ||
| 1834 | Bracelet | Sam Darling | Mr. Ricardo | [38] | ||
| 1835 | Swallow | Nat Flatman | Mr. Mills | [38] | ||
| 1836 | Arrow | Mann | Captain Williamson | [39] | ||
| 1837 | Hawker filly | Arthur Pavis | 5th Duke of Rutland | [40] | ||
| 1838 | Peon | Sam Rogers | J. Rogers | [41] | ||
| 1839 | Iris | Edward Edwards | 4th Earl of Albemarle | [5] | ||
| 1840 | Palæmon | Nat Flatman | Mr. Greville | [42] | ||
| no race 1841 | [43] | |||||
| 1842 | Gipsey Queen | Sly | G. Ongley | [6] | ||
| 1843 | Delapre | Whitehouse | 4th Earl of Albemarle | [44] | ||
| 1844 | Full Sail | Whitehouse | Mr. Edwards | [7] | ||
| 1845 | Cherokee | Nat Flatman | Lord George Bentinck | [45] | ||
| 1846 | Miles's Boy | Edward Edwards | E. R. Clarke | [46] | ||
| 1847 | Flatcatcher | Edward Edwards | B. Green | 1:17 | [8] | |
| 1848 | Glauca | Nat Flatman | Mr. Payne | 1:15 | [47] | |
| 1849 | Countess | Kitchener | Mr. Gratwicke | 1:22 | [48] | |
| 1850 | Marlborough Buck | Whitehouse | Mr. Clarke | 1:15 | [49] | |
| 1851 | Elcot | Whitehouse | J. Clarke | 1:18 | [50] | |
| 1852 | Orestes | Sim Templeman | Mr. Oldacre | 1:19 | [51] |