Flying Childers Stakes

Group 2 race
Flying Childers Stakes

Location	Doncaster Racecourse Doncaster, England
Inaugurated	1967
Race type	Flat / Thoroughbred
Sponsor	Polypipe
Website	Doncaster
Race information
Distance	5f (1,006 metres)
Track	Turf, straight
Qualification	Two-year-olds
Weight	9 st 0 lb Allowances 3 lb for fillies Penalties 3 lb for G1 / G2 winners
Purse	£80,000 (2009) 1st: £45,416

The Flying Childers Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain which is open to two-year-old thoroughbreds. It is run at Doncaster over a distance of 5 furlongs (1,006 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September.

The event was established in 1967, and it was originally called the Norfolk Stakes. Its title was changed when the current Norfolk Stakes (formerly the New Stakes) was renamed in 1973. Since then it has commemorated Flying Childers, a famous 18th-century racehorse bred at Carr House near Doncaster.

The Flying Childers Stakes was given Group 1 status in 1973, and it was downgraded to Group 2 level in 1979. The race is held during Doncaster's four-day St. Leger Festival, and it is presently run on day three, the day before the St. Leger Stakes.

Records

Leading jockey (5 wins):

• Lester Piggott – Tribal Chief (1969), Marble Arch (1972), Gentle Thoughts (1973), Hot Spark (1974), Green Desert (1985)

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Leading trainer (5 wins):

• Sir Michael Stoute – Music Maestro (1977), Marwell (1980), Green Desert (1985), Raah Algharb (1994), Saddad (2001)

Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1967	D'Urberville	Jimmy Lindley	Jeremy Tree
1968	Tower Walk	Taffy Thomas	Geoffrey Barling
1969	Tribal Chief	Lester Piggott	Brian Swift
1970	Mummy's Pet	Geoff Lewis	John Sutcliffe, Jr.	1:00.20
1971	Rose Dubarry	Tony Murray	Tom Waugh	0:58.10
1972	Marble Arch	Lester Piggott	Ted Curtin	1:02.80
1973	Gentle Thoughts	Lester Piggott	Ted Curtin	1:00.80
1974	Hot Spark	Lester Piggott	Dermot Weld	1:01.80
1975	Hittite Glory	Frankie Durr	Scobie Breasley	1:01.00
1976	Mandrake Major	Willie Carson	Denys Smith	1:02.80
1977	Music Maestro	Greville Starkey	Michael Stoute	1:02.50
1978	Devon Ditty	Greville Starkey	Harry Thomson Jones	1:01.80
1979	Abeer	Steve Cauthen	Jeremy Tree
1980	Marwell	Greville Starkey	Michael Stoute	1:01.40
1981	Peterhof	Edward Hide	Vincent O'Brien
1982	Kafu	Greville Starkey	Guy Harwood
1983	Superlative	Tony Ives	Bill O'Gorman
1984	Prince Sabo	John Reid	Brian Swift	1:00.60
1985	Green Desert	Lester Piggott	Michael Stoute	1:01.20
1986	Sizzling Melody	Richard Hills	Lord John Fitzgerald	0:58.91
1987	Gallic League	Steve Cauthen	Barry Hills	1:00.48
1988	Shuttlecock Corner	Ray Cochrane	Paul Felgate	1:00.59
1989	no race 1989 [1]
1990	Distinctly North	Pat Eddery	Jack Berry	1:00.23
1991	Paris House	John Carroll	Jack Berry	1:00.19
1992	Poker Chip	Michael Hills	Ian Balding	1:00.56
1993	Imperial Bailiwick	John Williams	Mark Usher	1:00.44
1994	Raah Algharb	Walter Swinburn	Michael Stoute	1:01.69
1995	Cayman Kai	Pat Eddery	Richard Hannon	1:01.01
1996	Easycall	Michael Tebbutt	Brian Meehan	1:00.08
1997	Land of Dreams	Darryll Holland	Mark Johnston	1:00.94
1998	Sheer Viking	Michael Hills	Barry Hills	0:59.94
1999	Mrs P	Pat Eddery	Linda Stubbs	1:00.25
2000	Superstar Leo	Michael Hills	William Haggas	0:59.32
2001	Saddad	Richard Hills	Sir Michael Stoute	0:59.94
2002	Wunders Dream	Michael Fenton	James Given	0:59.00
2003	Howick Falls	Frankie Dettori	David Loder	1:01.58
2004	Chateau Istana [2]	Seb Sanders	Nick Littmoden	1:00.36
2005	Godfrey Street	Ryan Moore	Richard Hannon	1:02.43
2006	Wi Dud [3]	Neil Callan	Kevin Ryan	0:58.39
2007	Fleeting Spirit	Frankie Dettori	Jeremy Noseda	0:58.46
2008	Madame Trop Vite	Ted Durcan	Kevin Ryan	1:00.22
2009	Sand Vixen	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	0:58.10
2010	Zebedee	Richard Hughes	Richard Hannon	0:59.42
2011	Requinto	Wayne Lordan	David Wachman	0:59.23

¹ The race was abandoned in 1989 because of subsidence.
² The 2004 winner Chateau Istana was later exported to Hong Kong and renamed Chateau King Prawn.
³ The 2006 running took place at York.

References

• Racing Post:
  • 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
  • 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
  • 2009, 2011

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• galopp-sieger.de – Flying Childers Stakes (ex Norfolk Stakes).
• horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Flying Childers Stakes (2009).
• pedigreequery.com – Flying Childers Stakes – Doncaster.
• The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. 1993. p. 181. ISBN 1-873626-15-0. 

See also

• Horseracing in Great Britain
• List of British flat horse races
• Recurring events established in 1967 – the Flying Childers Stakes is included under its original title, Norfolk Stakes.