| Class: | Group 1 |
| Horse Race: | Nunthorpe Stakes |
| Location: | York Racecourse York, England |
| Inaugurated: | 1922 |
| Race Type: | Flat |
| Sponsor: | Coolmore |
| Website: | York |
| Distance: | 5f (1,006 metres) |
| Surface: | Turf |
| Track: | Straight |
| Qualification: | Two-years-old and up |
| Weight: | 8 st 3 lb (2yo); 9 st 11 lb (3yo); 9 st 13 lb (4yo+) Allowances 3 lb for fillies and mares |
| Purse: | £533,750 (2023) 1st: £302,690 |
|}The Nunthorpe Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged two years or older. It is run at York over a distance of 5 furlongs (1,006 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in August.
The event is named after Nunthorpe, an area of York. The first version, a low-grade selling race, was established in 1903. The present version began in 1922, and the inaugural running was won by Two Step.
The race was sponsored by William Hill from 1976 to 1989, and during this period it was known as the William Hill Sprint Championship. It has had several different sponsors since then, and the latest is Coolmore Stud, which started supporting the event in 2007.
The Nunthorpe Stakes became part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series in 2011. The winner of the race now earns an automatic invitation to compete in the same year's Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint.[1]
The event is one of a limited number of races in which two-year-old horses can compete against their elders. The first juvenile to win was High Treason in 1953, and the most recent was Kingsgate Native in 2007. It is also the only Group 1 race in Great Britain open to two-year-old geldings.
The Nunthorpe Stakes is currently held on the third day of York's four-day Ebor Festival meeting and has been a Group 1 race since 1984.
Most successful horse (3 wins):
Other repeat winners (2 wins):
Leading jockey (7 wins):
Leading trainer (5 wins):
Leading owner (3 wins):
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| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 | Two Step | 3 | Herbert Jones | Alec Taylor Jr. | S Tattersall | ||
| 1923 | Golden Boss | 3 | Charlie Elliott | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | A K Macomber | ||
| 1924 | Mumtaz Mahal | 3 | George Archibald | Dick Dawson | Aga Khan III | ||
| 1925 | Diomedes | 3 | Jack Leach | Harvey Leader | Sidney Beer | ||
| 1926 | Highborn | 3 | Joe Childs | Ossie Bell | Hugo Cunliffe-Owen | ||
| 1927 | Highborn | 4 | Joe Childs | Ossie Bell | Hugo Cunliffe-Owen | ||
| 1928 | Tag End | 4 | Brownie Carslake | Charles Peck | Jack Barnato Joel | ||
| 1929 | Tag End | 5 | Freddie Fox | Charles Peck | Jack Barnato Joel | ||
| 1930 | Tag End | 6 | Brownie Carslake | Charles Peck | Jack Barnato Joel | ||
| 1931 | Portlaw | 3 | Harry Beasley | Atty Persse | Abe Bailey | ||
| 1932 | Greenore | 3 | Harry Wragg | Ossie Bell | Lady Ludlow | ||
| 1933 | Concerto | 5 | Brownie Carslake | Ossie Bell | Hugo Cunliffe-Owen | ||
| 1934 | Gold Bridge | 5 | Charlie Elliott | Vandeleur Beatty | Lord Beatty | ||
| 1935 | Shalfleet | 4 | Henri Jelliss | Harvey Leader | Harvey Leader | ||
| 1936 | Bellacose | 4 | Patrick Beasley | Jack Colling | P Dunne | ||
| 1937 | Ipsden | 4 | Sam Wragg | Ossie Bell | Lady Ludlow | ||
| 1938 | Mickey The Greek | 4 | Harry Wragg | Henry Leach | Henry Leach | ||
| 1939 | Portobello | 3 | Gordon Richards | Jack Colling | P Dunne | ||
| no race 1940 | |||||||
| no race 1941 | |||||||
| 1942 | Linklater | 6 | Eph Smith | William Smyth | A E Saunders | ||
| 1943 | Linklater | 7 | Eph Smith | William Smyth | A E Saunders | ||
| 1944 | Sugar Palm | 6 | Charlie Elliott | Frank Hartigan | A Bonsor | ||
| 1945 | Golden Cloud | 4 | Michael Beary | Teddy Lambton | Mrs G Lambton | ||
| 1946 | The Bug | 3 | Charlie Smirke | Marcus Marsh | Norman Wachman | ||
| 1947 | Como | 5 | Harry Carr | Gerald Armstrong | J Fielden | ||
| 1948 | Careless Nora | 3 | Charlie Elliott | Johnny Dines | George Frampton | ||
| 1949 | Abernant | 3 | Gordon Richards | Noel Murless | Reginald Macdonald-Buchanan | ||
| 1950 | Abernant | 4 | Gordon Richards | Noel Murless | Reginald Macdonald-Buchanan | ||
| 1951 | Royal Serenade | 3 | Charlie Elliott | Harry Wragg | Mrs G Kohn | ||
| 1952 | Royal Serenade | 4 | Gordon Richards | Harry Wragg | G Bell | ||
| 1953 | High Treason | 2 | Derrick Greening | Ted Leader | Jim Joel | ||
| 1954 | My Beau | 2 | Tommy Carter | Paddy Prendergast | A Wimbush | ||
| 1955 | Royal Palm | 3 | Willie Snaith | Sam Armstrong | Jack Gerber | ||
| 1956 | Ennis | 2 | Paul Tulk | Walter Nightingall | C Harper | ||
| 1957 | Gratitude | 4 | Willie Snaith | Humphrey Cottrill | Lionel Brook Holliday | ||
| 1958 | Right Boy | 4 | Lester Piggott | Bill Dutton | Geoffrey Gilbert | ||
| 1959 | Right Boy | 5 | Lester Piggott | Pat Rohan | David Wills | ||
| 1960 | Bleep-Bleep | 4 | Harry Carr | Harry Cottrill | Mrs M Turner | ||
| 1961 | Floribunda | 3 | Ron Hutchinson | Paddy Prendergast | Meg Mullion | ||
| 1962 | Gay Mairi | 3 | Scobie Breasley | H Whiteman | A Macdonald | ||
| 1963 | Matatina | 3 | Lester Piggott | Sam Armstrong | Mrs R Wilson | ||
| 1964 | Althrey Don | 3 | R Maddock | Pat Rohan | J Done | ||
| 1965 | Polyfoto | 3 | J Wilson | Eddie Reavey | Mrs C Reavey | ||
| 1966 | Caterina | 3 | Lester Piggott | Sam Armstrong | R F Scully | ||
| 1967 | Forlorn River | 5 | Bruce Raymond | Arthur Stephenson | Mrs W A Richardson | ||
| 1968 | So Blessed | 3 | Frankie Durr | Michael Jarvis | David Robinson | ||
| 1969 | Tower Walk | 3 | Lester Piggott | Geoffrey Barling | V W Hardy | ||
| 1970 | Huntercombe | 3 | Sandy Barclay | Arthur Budgett | H Renshaw | ||
| 1971 | Swing Easy | 3 | Lester Piggott | Jeremy Tree | John Hay Whitney | ||
| 1972 | Deep Diver | 3 | Bill Williamson | Paul Davey | David Robinson | ||
| 1973 | Sandford Lad | 3 | Tony Murray | Ryan Price | C Olley | ||
| 1974 | Blue Cashmere | 4 | Edward Hide | Michael Stoute | R Clifford-Turner | ||
| 1975 | Bay Express | 4 | Willie Carson | Peter Nelson | P Miller | ||
| 1976 | Lochnager | 4 | Edward Hide | Mick Easterby | Charles Spence | ||
| 1977 | Haveroid | 3 | Edward Hide | Neil Adam | T Newton | ||
| 1978 | Solinus | 3 | Lester Piggott | Vincent O'Brien | Danny Schwartz | ||
| 1979 | Ahonoora | 4 | Greville Starkey | Frankie Durr | Essa Alkhalifa | ||
| 1980 | Sharpo | 3 | Pat Eddery | Jeremy Tree | Monica Sheriffe | 1:01.20 | |
| 1981 | Sharpo | 4 | Pat Eddery | Jeremy Tree | Monica Sheriffe | 1:00.86 | |
| 1982 | Sharpo | 5 | Steve Cauthen | Jeremy Tree | Monica Sheriffe | 0:58.68 | |
| 1983 | Habibti | 3 | Willie Carson | John Dunlop | Mohamed Mutawa | 0:57.99 | |
| 1984 | Committed | 4 | Brent Thomson | Dermot Weld | Robert Sangster | 0:57.24 | |
| 1985 | Never So Bold | 5 | Steve Cauthen | Robert Armstrong | Edward Kessly | 0:59.81 | |
| 1986 | Last Tycoon | 3 | Yves Saint-Martin | Robert Collet | Richard C. Strauss | 0:57.47 | |
| 1987 | Ajdal | 3 | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute | Sheikh Mohammed | 0:58.48 | |
| 1988 | Handsome Sailor | 5 | Michael Hills | Barry Hills | Robert Sangster | 0:58.73 | |
| 1989 | Cadeaux Genereux | 4 | Pat Eddery | Alex Scott | Maktoum Al Maktoum | 0:57.67 | |
| 1990 | Dayjur | 3 | Willie Carson | Dick Hern | Hamdan Al Maktoum | 0:56.16 | |
| 1991 | Sheikh Albadou | 3 | Pat Eddery | Alex Scott | Hilal Salem | 0:58.21 | |
| 1992 | Lyric Fantasy | 2 | Michael Roberts | Richard Hannon Sr. | 7th Earl of Carnarvon | 0:57.39 | |
| 1993 | Lochsong | 5 | Frankie Dettori | Ian Balding | Jeff Smith | 0:58.12 | |
| 1994 | 3 | John Reid | Mick Channon | John Mitchell & Partners | 0:57.61 | ||
| 1995 | So Factual | 5 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin | 0:57.47 | |
| 1996 | Pivotal | 3 | George Duffield | Sir Mark Prescott | Cheveley Park Stud | 0:56.53 | |
| 1997 (dh) | Coastal Bluff Ya Malak | 5 6 | Kevin Darley Alex Greaves | David Barron David Nicholls | Mrs David Sharp Contrac / Consultco | 0:59.58 | |
| 1998 | Lochangel | 4 | Frankie Dettori | Ian Balding | Jeff Smith | 0:56.83 | |
| 1999 | Stravinsky | 3 | Michael Kinane | Aidan O'Brien | Magnier / Tabor | 0:59.33 | |
| 2000 | Nuclear Debate | 5 | Gérald Mossé | John Hammond | Bob Chester | 0:57.83 | |
| 2001 | Mozart | 3 | Michael Kinane | Aidan O'Brien | Tabor / Magnier | 0:57.27 | |
| 2002 | Kyllachy | 4 | Jamie Spencer | Henry Candy | 0:58.10 | ||
| 2003 | Oasis Dream | 3 | Richard Hughes | John Gosden | Khalid Abdullah | 0:56.20 | |
| 2004 | Bahamian Pirate | 9 | Seb Sanders | David Nicholls | Lucayan Stud | 0:59.89 | |
| 2005 | La Cucaracha | 4 | Michael Hills | Barry Hills | Guy Reed | 0:56.82 | |
| 2006 | Reverence | 5 | Kevin Darley | Eric Alston | G. & L. Middlebrook | 1:00.68 | |
| 2007 | Kingsgate Native | 2 | Jimmy Quinn | John Best | John Mayne | 0:58.14 | |
| 2008 | 6 | Pat Cosgrave | Robin Bastiman | Edgar / Donaldson | 0:56.09 | ||
| 2009 | Borderlescott | 7 | Neil Callan | Robin Bastiman | Edgar / Donaldson | 0:57.50 | |
| 2010 | Sole Power | 3 | Wayne Lordan | Edward Lynam | Sabena Power | 0:57.14 | |
| 2011 | Margot Did | 3 | Hayley Turner | Michael Bell | Redman / Philipps | 0:58.66 | |
| 2012 | Ortensia | 7 | William Buick | Paul Messara | Fraser / Fraser / Ridley | 0:57.62 | |
| 2013 | Jwala | 4 | Steve Drowne | Robert Cowell | Manor Stud / Hoare | 0:57.34 | |
| 2014 | Sole Power | 7 | Richard Hughes | Edward Lynam | Sabena Power | 0:57.92 | |
| 2015 | Mecca's Angel | 4 | Paul Mulrennan | Michael Dods | David T J Metcalfe | 0:57.24 | |
| 2016 | Mecca's Angel | 5 | Paul Mulrennan | Michael Dods | David T J Metcalfe | 0:56.24 | |
| 2017 | Marsha | 4 | Luke Morris | Sir Mark Prescott | Elite Racing Club | 0:57.97 | |
| 2018 | Alpha Delphini | 7 | Graham Lee | Bryan Smart | Alpha Delphini Partnership | 0:57.18 | |
| 2019 | Battaash | 5 | Jim Crowley | Charles Hills | Hamdan Al Maktoum | 0:55.90 | |
| 2020 | Battaash | 6 | Jim Crowley | Charles Hills | Hamdan Al Maktoum | 0:57.38 | |
| 2021 | Winter Power | 3 | Silvestre De Sousa | Tim Easterby | King Power Racing | 0:56.72 | |
| 2022 | Highfield Princess | 5 | Jason Hart | John Quinn | Trainers House Enterprises | 0:57.18 | |
| 2023 | Live In The Dream | 4 | Sean Kirrane | Adam West | Steve & Jolene De'Lemos | 0:56.87 |
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