Class: | Group 3 |
Horse Race: | Golden Daffodil Stakes |
Location: | Chepstow Racecourse Chepstow, Wales |
Inaugurated: | 1994 |
Last Run: | 8 July 2005 |
Race Type: | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Website: | Chepstow |
Distance: | 1m 2f 36y (2,045 metres) |
Surface: | Turf |
Track: | Left-handed |
Qualification: | Three-years-old and up fillies and mares excluding Group 1 winners * |
Weight: | 8 st 5 lb (3yo); 9 st 2 lb (4yo+) Penalties 7 lb for Group 2 winners * 4 lb for Group 3 winners * * since September 1 last year (2yo wins not penalised) |
Purse: | £50,000 (2005) 1st: £29,000 |
The Golden Daffodil Stakes was a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three years or older. It was run at Chepstow over a distance of 1 mile, 2 furlongs and 36 yards (2,045 metres), and it was scheduled to take place each year in July.
The event was named after the daffodil, a national emblem of Wales. It was established in 1994 and initially held listed status.
The Golden Daffodil Stakes was promoted to Group 3 level in 2003. It was briefly the only Group race staged in Wales. It was last run in 2005.
Most successful horse:
----Leading jockey (2 wins):
----Leading trainer (2 wins):
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Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time | |||
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1994 | width=150px | Polka Dancer | 4 | width=160px | Walter Swinburn | width=170px | James Fanshawe | 2:08.00 |
1995 | Frustration | 4 | David Harrison | Lady Herries | 2:06.70 | |||
1996 | Papering | 3 | Oscar Urbina | Luca Cumani | 2:04.90 | |||
1997 | Fiji | 3 | Kieren Fallon | Henry Cecil | 2:08.50 | |||
1998 | One So Wonderful | 4 | John Reid | Luca Cumani | 2:08.00 | |||
1999 | Ela Athena | 3 | Philip Robinson | Michael Jarvis | 2:04.10 | |||
2000 | Film Script | 3 | Seb Sanders | Roger Charlton | 2:07.60 | |||
2001 | Sauterne | 3 | Richard Quinn | Henry Cecil | 2:08.70 | |||
2002 | Albanova | 3 | George Duffield | Sir Mark Prescott | 2:08.00 | |||
2003 | Chorist | 4 | Darryll Holland | William Haggas | 2:12.12 | |||
2004 | Felicity | 4 | Jimmy Fortune | John Gosden | 2:09.40 | |||
2005 | Mango Mischief | 4 | Seb Sanders | John Dunlop | 2:06.17 |