Fillies' Mile

The Fillies' Mile is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old fillies. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in October.

Fillies' Mile
Group 1 race
LocationRowley Mile
Newmarket, England
Inaugurated1973
Race typeFlat / Thoroughbred
SponsorBet365
WebsiteNewmarket
Race information
Distance1 mile (1,609 metres)
SurfaceTurf
TrackStraight
QualificationTwo-year-old fillies
Weight9 st 0 lb
Purse£400,000 (2020)
1st: £226,840
Fillies' Mile
2020
Pretty Gorgeous Indigo Girl Snowfall

History

The event was established in 1973, and it was originally held at Ascot. It was initially sponsored by the Green Shield catalogue shops and titled the Green Shield Stakes. The shops were rebranded as Argos in the mid 1970s, and for a period the race was called the Argos Star Fillies' Mile. It was given Group 3 status in 1975.

The sponsorship was taken over by Hoover in 1978, and the event became known as the Hoover Fillies' Mile. It was promoted to Group 2 level in 1986, and its association with Hoover continued until 1989.

The race was upgraded to Group 1 in 1990, and backed by Brent Walker until 1991. A long-term deal with Meon Valley Stud began in 1998. It was temporarily switched to Newmarket in 2005, when Ascot was closed for redevelopment.

The Fillies' Mile was added to the Breeders' Cup Challenge series in 2008. The winners from 2008 to 2012 earned an automatic invitation to compete in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf.[1]

The event was transferred to Newmarket in 2011, and from this point it was sponsored by Shadwell. It was formerly held on the second day of the three-day Cambridgeshire Meeting, the day before the Cambridgeshire Handicap but was moved to Future Champions Day from 2014, switching places in the calendar with the Rockfel Stakes.[2] In 2015 the race moved again, to a slightly earlier date in October, and is now run on the Friday of the Future Champions Festival.[3]

Records

Leading jockey (6 wins):

  • Frankie Dettori – Shamshir (1990), Glorosia (1997), Teggiano (1999), Crystal Music (2000), White Moonstone (2010), Lyric of Light (2011)

Leading trainer (6 wins):

  • Henry Cecil – Formulate (1978), Oh So Sharp (1984), Diminuendo (1987), Tessla (1988), Bosra Sham (1995), Reams of Verse (1996)

Leading owner (6 wins): (includes part ownership)

  • Sue Magnier / Michael Tabor – Sunspangled (1998), Simply Perfect (2006), Listen (2007), Together Forever (2014), Minding (2015), Rhododendron (2016)


Winners
Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Time
1973 Escorial Lester Piggott Ian Balding HM Queen Elizabeth II
1974 no race [lower-alpha 1]
1975 Icing Christy Roche Paddy Prendergast Lady Iveagh
1976 Miss Pinkie Lester Piggott Noel Murless Jim Joel
1977 Cherry Hinton Lester Piggott Harry Wragg Budgie Moller
1978 Formulate Joe Mercer Henry Cecil Mrs D. Butler
1979 Quick As Lightning Willie Carson John Dunlop Ogden Phipps
1980 Leap Lively John Matthias Ian Balding Paul Mellon
1981 Height of Fashion Joe Mercer Dick Hern HM Queen Elizabeth II
1982 Acclimatise Tony Murray Bruce Hobbs Jocelyn Hambro
1983 Nepula Bryn Crossley Geoff Huffer S. Al Qemias
1984 Oh So Sharp Lester Piggott Henry Cecil Sheikh Mohammed 1:42.44
1985 Untold Walter Swinburn Michael Stoute Bob Cowell
1986 Invited Guest Steve Cauthen Robert Armstrong Kinderhill Corp. 1:43.40
1987 Diminuendo Steve Cauthen Henry Cecil Sheikh Mohammed 1:43.10
1988 Tessla Pat Eddery Henry Cecil Charles St George 1:43.96
1989 Silk Slippers Michael Hills Barry Hills Robert Sangster 1:42.49
1990 Shamshir Frankie Dettori Luca Cumani Sheikh Mohammed 1:43.27
1991 Culture Vulture [lower-alpha 2] Richard Quinn Paul Cole Chris Wright 1:46.11
1992 Ivanka Michael Roberts Clive Brittain Ali Saeed 1:46.65
1993 Fairy Heights Cash Asmussen Neville Callaghan Frank Golding 1:44.44
1994 Aqaarid Willie Carson John Dunlop Hamdan Al Maktoum 1:44.70
1995 Bosra Sham Pat Eddery Henry Cecil Wafic Saïd 1:43.13
1996 Reams of Verse Michael Kinane Henry Cecil Khalid Abdullah 1:44.32
1997 Glorosia Frankie Dettori Luca Cumani Robert Smith 1:42.31
1998 Sunspangled Michael Kinane Aidan O'Brien Magnier / Tabor 1:44.79
1999 Teggiano Frankie Dettori Clive Brittain Abdullah Saeed Belhab 1:49.69
2000 Crystal Music Frankie Dettori John Gosden Lord Lloyd-Webber 1:44.44
2001 Gossamer Jamie Spencer Luca Cumani Gerald Leigh 1:46.40
2002 Soviet Song Oscar Urbina James Fanshawe Elite Racing Club 1:42.32
2003 Red Bloom Kieren Fallon Sir Michael Stoute Cheveley Park Stud 1:40.81
2004 Playful Act Jimmy Fortune John Gosden Sangster Family 1:42.22
2005 Nannina Jimmy Fortune John Gosden Cheveley Park Stud 1:38.52
2006 Simply Perfect Darryll Holland Jeremy Noseda Smith / Tabor / Magnier 1:41.89
2007 Listen Johnny Murtagh Aidan O'Brien Smith / Magnier / Tabor 1:43.30
2008 Rainbow View Jimmy Fortune John Gosden George Strawbridge 1:40.82
2009 Hibaayeb Neil Callan Clive Brittain Mohammed Al Nabouda 1:39.78
2010 White Moonstone Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin 1:42.75
2011 Lyric of Light Frankie Dettori Mahmood Al Zarooni Godolphin 1:35.98
2012 Certify Mickael Barzalona Mahmood Al Zarooni Godolphin 1:38.19
2013 Chriselliam Richard Hughes Charles Hills Carson / E. Asprey / Wright 1:40.00
2014 Together Forever Joseph O'Brien Aidan O'Brien Smith / Magnier / Tabor 1:41.01
2015 Minding Ryan Moore Aidan O'Brien Smith / Magnier / Tabor 1:37.87
2016 Rhododendron Ryan Moore Aidan O'Brien Smith / Magnier / Tabor 1:37.73
2017 Laurens P. J. McDonald Karl Burke John Dance 1:36.15
2018 Iridessa Wayne Lordan Joseph O'Brien Chantal Regalado-Gonzalez 1:38.80
2019 Quadrilateral Jason Watson Roger Charlton Khalid Abdullah 1:37.75
2020 Pretty Gorgeous Shane Crosse Joseph O'Brien John C. Oxley 1:39.10
  1. The 1974 running was abandoned because of a waterlogged course
  2. Midnight Air finished first in 1991, but she was relegated to last place following a stewards' inquiry

See also

References
  1. "2012 Breeders' Cup Challenge Schedule" (PDF). breederscup.com. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  2. "£4.5m Champions Weekend created in 2014". newmarketracecourses.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  3. "Newmarket Racecourses to stage £2million+ Dubai Future Champions Festival". newmarket.thejockeyclub.co.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  • galopp-sieger.de – Fillies' Mile.
  • ifhaonline.org – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Fillies' Mile (2019).
  • pedigreequery.com – Fillies' Mile.
  • Abelson, Edward; Tyrrel, John (1993). The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. p. 188. ISBN 1-873626-15-0.
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