Nassau Stakes


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The Nassau Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at Goodwood over a distance of 1 mile, 1 furlong and 197 yards (1,991 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late July or early August.

History
The title of the event acknowledges the friendship between the 5th Duke of Richmond, a former owner of Goodwood Racecourse, and the House of Orange-Nassau. The race was established in 1840, and it was originally restricted to three-year-old fillies. During the early part of its history it was contested over a distance of 1 mile. It was extended to 1½ miles in 1900, and shortened to its present length in 1911.

The Nassau Stakes was opened to fillies and mares aged four or older in 1975. For a period it was classed at Group 2 level, and it was promoted to Group 1 status in 1999.

The race is currently held on the third day of the five-day Glorious Goodwood meeting.

Records
Most successful horse (3 wins):
 * Midday – 2009, 2010, 2011

Leading jockey (6 wins):
 * Nat Flatman – Dil-bar (1842), Mania (1843), Clementina (1847), Clarissa (1849), Hirsuta (1852), Cantine (1859)
 * Sir Gordon Richards – Solfatara (1933), Coppelia (1935), Barrowby Gem (1936), Goblet (1948), Jet Plane (1949), Sea Parrot (1951)

Leading trainer (8 wins):
 * Sir Henry Cecil – Roussalka (1975, 1976), Connaught Bridge (1979), Nom de Plume (1987), Lyphard's Delta (1993), Midday (2009, 2010, 2011)

Leading owner (7 wins):
 * Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor – Winkipop (1910), First Spear (1914), Pompadour (1921), Concertina (1923), Saucy Sue (1925), Book Law (1927), Jet Plane (1949)

Earlier winners

 * 1840: Rosa Bianca
 * 1841: Scarf
 * 1842: Dil-bar
 * 1843: Mania
 * 1844: All Round My Hat
 * 1845: Refraction
 * 1846: Princess Alice
 * 1847: Clementina
 * 1848: Canezou
 * 1849: Clarissa
 * 1850: Nutmeg
 * 1851: Anspach
 * 1852: Hirsuta
 * 1853: Mayfair
 * 1854: Virago
 * 1855: Instructress
 * 1856: Mincepie
 * 1857: Beechnut
 * 1858: Go-ahead
 * 1859: Cantine
 * 1860: Provision
 * 1861: Pardalote
 * 1862: Bertha
 * 1863: Fantail
 * 1864: Bradamante
 * 1865: Peeress
 * 1866: Hebe
 * 1867: The Duchess
 * 1868: Leonie
 * 1869: Morna
 * 1870: Agility
 * 1871: Lady Atholstone
 * 1872: Maid of Perth
 * 1873: Albani
 * 1874: Aventuriere
 * 1875: Spinaway
 * 1876: Zee
 * 1877: Lady Golightly
 * 1878: Eau de Vie
 * 1879: Reconciliation
 * 1880: Muriel
 * 1881: Thebais
 * 1882: St Marguerite
 * 1883: Spectre
 * 1884: Sandiway
 * 1885: Armida
 * 1886: Miss Jummy
 * 1887: Maize
 * 1888: Zanzibar
 * 1889: Wrinkle
 * 1890: Memoir
 * 1891: Haute Saône
 * 1892: La Fleche
 * 1893: Harfleur II
 * 1894: Throstle
 * 1895: Butterfly
 * 1896: Miss Fraser
 * 1897: Perce Neige
 * 1898: Chinook
 * 1899: Saint Lundi
 * 1900: Merry Gal
 * 1901: Royal Summons
 * 1902: Sceptre
 * 1903: Red Lily
 * 1904: Pretty Polly
 * 1905: Cherry Lass
 * 1906: Glasconbury
 * 1907: Altitude
 * 1908: Siberia
 * 1909: Maid of the Mist
 * 1910: Winkipop
 * 1911: Hair Trigger II
 * 1912: Belleisle
 * 1913: Arda
 * 1914: First Spear
 * 1915–18: no race
 * 1919: Keysoe
 * 1920: Most Beautiful
 * 1921: Pompadour
 * 1922: Selene
 * 1923: Concertina
 * 1924: Straitlace
 * 1925: Saucy Sue
 * 1926: Foliation
 * 1927: Book Law
 * 1928: La Sologne
 * 1929: Nuwara Eliya
 * 1930: Quinine
 * 1931: Suze
 * 1932: Ada Dear
 * 1933: Solfatara
 * 1934: Zelina
 * 1935: Coppelia
 * 1936: Barrowby Gem
 * 1937: First Flight
 * 1938: Valedah
 * 1939: Olein
 * 1940–45: no race
 * 1946: Wayward Belle
 * 1947: Wild Child
 * 1948: Goblet
 * 1949: Jet Plane
 * 1950: Flying Slipper
 * 1951: Sea Parrot
 * 1952: Hortentia
 * 1953: Happy Laughter
 * 1954: Key
 * 1955: Reel In
 * 1956: Dilettante
 * 1957: Swallowswift
 * 1958: Darlene
 * 1959: Crystal Palace
 * 1960: Desert Beauty
 * 1961: Rachel
 * 1962: Nortia
 * 1963: Spree
 * 1964: Cracker
 * 1965: Aunt Edith
 * 1966: Haymaking
 * 1967: Fair Winter
 * 1968: Hill Shade
 * 1969: Lucyrowe
 * 1970: Pulchra
 * 1971: Catherine Wheel
 * 1972: Crespinall
 * 1973: Cheveley Princess
 * 1974: Mil's Bomb