Group 3 race
Musidora Stakes
Location	York Racecourse York, England
Inaugurated	1961
Race type	Flat / Thoroughbred
Sponsor	Tattersalls
Website	York
Race information
Distance	1m 2f 88y (2,092 m)
Track	Turf, left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-old fillies
Weight	8 st 12 lb Penalties 4 lb for Group 1 winners * 4 lb for Group 2 winners * * at 7 furlongs or over
Purse	£65,000 (2009) 1st: £36,900

The Musidora Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain which is open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at York over a distance of 1 mile, 2 furlongs and 88 yards (2,092 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in May.

The event was established in 1961, and it was named in honour of Musidora, a Yorkshire-trained winner of both the 1,000 Guineas and the Epsom Oaks in 1949. The Musidora Stakes serves as a trial for the latter race, and six fillies have won both events. The most recent to achieve this was Sariska in 2009.

Contents 1 Records 2 Winners since 1979 3 Earlier winners 4 References 5 See also

[edit] Records

Leading jockey (5 wins):

• Steve Cauthen – Last Feather (1982), Fatah Flare (1985), Indian Skimmer (1987), Diminuendo (1988), Snow Bride (1989)

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Leading trainer (8 wins):

• Henry Cecil – Fatah Flare (1985), Indian Skimmer (1987), Diminuendo (1988), Snow Bride (1989), All at Sea (1992), Magnificient Style (1996), Reams of Verse (1997), Passage of Time (2007)

[edit] Winners since 1979

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1979	Rimosa's Pet	Greville Starkey	Michael Stoute
1980	Bireme	Willie Carson	Dick Hern
1981	Condessa	Declan Gillespie	Jim Bolger
1982	Last Feather	Steve Cauthen	Barry Hills
1983	Give Thanks	Declan Gillespie	Jim Bolger
1984	Optimistic Lass	Walter Swinburn	Michael Stoute
1985	Fatah Flare	Steve Cauthen	Henry Cecil
1986	Rejuvenate	Brent Thomson	Barry Hills	2:13.29
1987	Indian Skimmer	Steve Cauthen	Henry Cecil	2:12.57
1988	Diminuendo	Steve Cauthen	Henry Cecil	2:11.46
1989	Snow Bride	Steve Cauthen	Henry Cecil	2:08.25
1990	In the Groove	Ray Cochrane	David Elsworth	2:09.80
1991	Gussy Marlowe	Michael Roberts	Clive Brittain	2:12.23
1992	All at Sea	Pat Eddery	Henry Cecil	2:18.78
1993	Marillette	Pat Eddery	John Gosden	2:15.69
1994	Hawajiss	Walter Swinburn	Michael Stoute	2:10.79
1995	Pure Grain	John Reid	Michael Stoute	2:11.59
1996	Magnificient Style	Michael Kinane	Henry Cecil	2:11.45
1997	Reams of Verse	Kieren Fallon	Henry Cecil	2:11.81
1998	Bahr	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	2:16.22
1999	Zahrat Dubai	Michael Kinane	Saeed bin Suroor	2:15.34
2000	Kalypso Katie	Michael Kinane	Jeremy Noseda	2:12.32
2001	Time Away	Pat Eddery	John Dunlop	2:09.71
2002	Islington	Kieren Fallon	Sir Michael Stoute	2:09.11
2003	Cassis	Pat Eddery	Jeremy Noseda	2:09.08
2004	Punctilious	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	2:22.33
2005	Secret History	Joe Fanning	Mark Johnston	2:19.43
2006	Short Skirt	Michael Kinane	Sir Michael Stoute	2:15.63
2007	Passage of Time	Richard Hughes	Henry Cecil	2:11.78
2008	Lush Lashes	Kevin Manning	Jim Bolger	2:09.78
2009	Sariska	Jamie Spencer	Michael Bell	2:11.41

[edit] Earlier winners

[edit] References

• Racing Post:
  • 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
  • 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
  • 2008, 2009

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• galopp-sieger.de – Musidora Stakes.
• horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Musidora Stakes (2009).
• pedigreequery.com – Musidora Stakes – York.
• The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. 1993. p. 41. ISBN 1-873626-15-0. 

[edit] See also

• Horseracing in Great Britain
• List of British flat horse races