Fairway Stakes

Fairway Stakes

Listed race
Location	Rowley Mile Newmarket, England
Inaugurated	1998
Race type	Flat / Thoroughbred
Sponsor	winner.co.uk
Website	Newmarket
Race information
Distance	1m 2f (2,012 metres)
Surface	Turf
Track	Straight
Qualification	Three-year-olds excluding Group winners
Weight	9 st 3 lb Allowances 5 lb for fillies Penalties 4 lb for Listed winners * at 7 furlongs or over (excluding handicap races)
Purse	£37,000 (2014) 1st: £20,982.70

Fairway Stakes

2016
Steel of Madrid	Linguistic	Tathqeef

Previous years
2015
Peacock	Mustadeem	Tannaaf
2014
Pinzolo	Master Carpenter	Truth Or Dare
2013
Hoarding	Tha'ir	Jammy Guest
2012
Thought Worthy	Noble Mission	Rugged Cross
2011
Laajooj	Buthelezi	Cai Shen
2010
Green Moon	Red Badge	Miss Starlight
2009
Palavicini	Father Time	Big Bound
2008
Unnefer	Pampas Cat	Age Of Reason
2007
Lucarno	Supersonic Dave	Hearthstead Maison
2006
Red Rocks	Degas Art	Markovitch
2005
David Junior	Hallhoo	Glen Ida
2004
Hazyview	Duke of Venice	Castleton
2003
Sabre d'Argent	Rocket Force	Roskilde

The Fairway Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old horses. It is run over a distance of 1 mile and 2 furlongs (2,012 metres) on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket in May.

History

The event is named after Fairway, a successful Newmarket-trained racehorse in the 1920s. It was established in 1998, and was initially held on the July Course. The first running was won by Royal Anthem.

The Fairway Stakes was switched to the Rowley Mile in 2000.

Records

Leading jockey (2 wins):

• Richard Hills – Bustan (2002), David Junior (2005)
• Eddie Ahern – Hazyview (2004), Palavicini (2009)
• Jimmy Fortune – Red Rocks (2006), Lucarno (2007)

Leading trainer (3 wins):

• John Gosden – Lucarno (2007), Thought Worthy (2012), Hoarding (2013)

Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1998	Royal Anthem	Kieren Fallon	Henry Cecil	2:02.20
1999	Manndar	Gérald Mossé	Luca Cumani	2:08.85
2000	Shamrock City	Philip Robinson	Paul Howling	2:02.61
2001	Potemkin	Dane O'Neill	Richard Hannon, Sr.	2:04.98
2002	Bustan	Richard Hills	Marcus Tregoning	2:05.94
2003	Sabre d'Argent	Frankie Dettori	David Loder	2:08.60
2004	Hazyview	Eddie Ahern	Neville Callaghan	2:04.42
2005	David Junior	Richard Hills	Brian Meehan	2:07.66
2006	Red Rocks	Jimmy Fortune	Brian Meehan	2:05.90
2007	Lucarno	Jimmy Fortune	John Gosden	2:04.79
2008	Unnefer	Ted Durcan	Henry Cecil	2:10.37
2009	Palavicini	Eddie Ahern	John Dunlop	2:05.30
2010	Green Moon	Jamie Spencer	Harry Dunlop	2:06.77
2011	Laajooj	Mickael Barzalona	Mahmood Al Zarooni	2:03.70
2012	Thought Worthy	William Buick	John Gosden	2:04.31
2013	Hoarding	Robert Havlin	John Gosden	2:02.83
2014	Pinzolo	Silvestre de Sousa	Charlie Appleby	2:05.64
2015	Peacock	Richard Hughes	Richard Hannon, Jr.	2:03.76
2016	Steel Of Madrid	Tom Queally	Richard Hannon, Jr.	2:09.77

See also

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

References

• Racing Post:
  • "1998"., "1999"., "2000"., "2001"., "2002"., "2003"., "2004"., "2005"., "2006"., "2007".
  • "2008"., "2009"., "2010"., "2011"., "2012"., "2013"., "2014"., "2015"., "2016".

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• pedigreequery.com – Fairway Stakes – Newmarket.