Lester Piggott Stakes Explained

Class:	Group 3
Horse Race:	Lester Piggott Stakes
Location:	Haydock Park Haydock, England
Inaugurated:	2003
Race Type:	Flat / Thoroughbred
Sponsor:	Betfred
Website:	Haydock Park
Distance:	1m 3f 175y (2,373 m)
Surface:	Turf
Track:	Left-handed
Qualification:	Four-years-old and up fillies and mares
Weight:	9 st 0 lb Penalties 7 lb for Group 1 winners * 5 lb for Group 2 winners * 3 lb for Group 3 winners * * since 31 August last year
Purse:	£80,000 (2022) 1st: £45,368

|}The Lester Piggott Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to fillies and mares aged four years or older. It is run at Haydock Park over a distance of 1 mile, 3 furlongs and 175 yards (2,373 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late May or early June.

History

The event was established in 2003, and it was initially classed at Listed level. The inaugural running was won by Albanova.

For several years the Pinnacle Stakes was run in memory of Lady Joan Westbrook, a successful owner and breeder of racehorses, who died in 2004.^[1]

The race was promoted to Group 3 status in 2012.^[2]

It was renamed from the Pinnacle Stakes to the Lester Piggott Stakes for the 2024 season.

Records

Most successful horse:

• no horse has won this race more than once

Leading jockey (2 wins):

• Neil Callan – Ferdoos (2011), Shimmering Surf (2012)
• Paul Hanagan - Les Fazzani (2010), Miss Marjurie (2015)
• Frankie Dettori - Folk Opera (2008), Journey (2016)
• Jamie Spencer - Arbella (2006), God Given (2018)
• Tom Marquand - Sea La Rosa (2022), Sea Silk Road (2023)

Leading trainer (3 wins):

• John Gosden - Sultanina (2014), Journey (2016), Queen Of The Pride (2024)

Winners

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Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2003	width=150px	Albanova	4	width=160px	George Duffield	width=170px	Sir Mark Prescott	2:43.01
2004	Pongee	4	Ted Durcan	Luca Cumani	2:32.16
2005	Autumn Wealth	4	Shane Kelly	Amanda Perrett	2:32.60
2006	Arbella	4	Jamie Spencer	Walter Swinburn	2:37.86
2007	Trick or Treat	4	Jamie Mackay	James Given	2:30.77
2008	Folk Opera	4	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	2:30.42
2009	Suzi's Decision	4	Pat Smullen	Paul D'Arcy	2:32.57
2010	Les Fazzani	6	Paul Hanagan	Kevin Ryan	2:36.99
2011	Ferdoos	4	Neil Callan	Roger Varian	2:32.20
2012	Shimmering Surf	5	Neil Callan	Roger Varian	2:31.91
2013	Moment in Time	4	Jim Crowley	David Simcock	2:30.87
2014	Sultanina	4	William Buick	John Gosden	2:34.39
2015	Miss Marjurie	5	Paul Hanagan	Denis Coakley	2:33.34
2016	Journey	4	Frankie Dettori	John Gosden	2:32.47
2017	Bateel	5	Richard Kingscote	Francis-Henri Graffard	2:36.91
2018	God Given	4	Jamie Spencer	Luca Cumani	2:31.75
2019	Klassique	4	Daniel Tudhope	William Haggas	2:26.02
2020	Manuela de Vega	4	Rob Hornby	Ralph Beckett	2:28.15
2021	La Lune	5	David Probert	Henry Candy	2:40.51
2022	Sea La Rosa	4	Tom Marquand	William Haggas	2:36.71
2023	Sea Silk Road	4	Tom Marquand	William Haggas	2:29.88
2024	Queen Of The Pride	4	Oisin Murphy	John & Thady Gosden	2:34.65

See also

• Horse racing in Great Britain
• List of British flat horse races

References

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• Racing Post:
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• galopp-sieger.de – Pinnacle Stakes.
• ifhaonline.org – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Pinnacle Stakes (2019).
• pedigreequery.com – Pinnacle Stakes – Haydock.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lady Westbrook, co-owner of Bollin Eric, dies . thoroughbredtimes.com . 9 March 2004 . 12 February 2012.
2. Web site: BHA announces upgrades . . 17 January 2012 . 12 February 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120204131144/http://www.britishhorseracing.presscentre.com/Press-Releases/BHA-announces-upgrade-of-three-Listed-races-to-Group-3-status-260.aspx . 4 February 2012 .