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Dewhurst Stakes: Past Winners, Stats & History

Future Champions Festival
Course:
Newmarket
Rowley Mile
Grade:
Group 1
Length:
7f
Last Winner:
Chaldean @ 5/2
Prize Money:
£528,750 (2022)

The pick of the seven races on offer on Future Champions Day – from a class perspective at least – is this often influential heat for the juveniles, the Dewhurst Stakes.

Run over a distance of seven furlongs, this was first run back in 1875. In that time, the race has produced many classic winners, the most recent being 2021 winner Native Trail who went on to win the Irish 2,000 Guineas for Charlie Appleby.

Dewhurst Stakes Course Map (Rowley Mile)

Newmarket Rowley Mile Flat Course Map

Dewhurst Stakes Past Winners

Year Winner SP Trainer Jockey
2022 Chaldean 5/2 Andrew Balding Frankie Dettori
2021 Native Trail 5/6 Charlie Appleby William Buick
2020 St Mark's Basilica 10/1 Aidan O'Brien Frankie Dettori
2019 Pinatubo 1/3 Charlie Appleby William Buick
2018 Too Darn Hot Evens John Gosden Frankie Dettori
2017 U S Navy Flag 5/1 Aidan O’Brien Ryan Moore
2016 Churchill 8/11 Aidan O’Brien Ryan Moore
2015 Air Force Blue 4/6 Aidan O’Brien Ryan Moore
2014 Belardo 10/1 Roger Varian Andrea Atzeni
2013 War Command 10/11 Aidan O'Brien Joseph O'Brien
2012 Dawn Approach 3/10 Jim Bolger Kevin Manning
2011 Parish Hall 20/1 Jim Bolger Kevin Manning
2010 Frankel 4/6 Henry Cecil Tom Quealy
2009 Beethoven 33/1 Aidan O'Brien Ryan Moore
2008 Intense Focus 20/1 Jim Bolger Kevin Manning
2007 New Approach 6/4 Jim Bolger Kevin Manning
2006 Teofilo 11/8 Jim Bolger Kevin Manning
2005 Sir Percy 9/2 Marcus Tregoning Martin Dwyer
2004 Shamardal 9/2 Mark Johnston Kevin Darley
2003 Milk it Mick 33/1 Jamie Osborne Darryll Holland

About the Dewhurst Stakes: Britain’s Top Juvenile Contest

Newmarket's Millennium Grandstand Viewed from Parade Ring
Photo © Richard Humphrey (cc-by-sa/2.0)

Budding two-year-olds have the chance to end their first season racing on a huge high note thanks to the £528,750 (2022) Dewhurst Stakes. Run every October, the seven-furlong test is the most prestigious contest in Britain for juvenile horses. Both colts and fillies can compete, with the latter handed a 3lb allowance but there is no space for geldings. Often attracting the best young horses around, many Dewhurst winners are names you’ll end up seeing again and again in following seasons so this is definitely a race to watch.

Originally founded all the way back in 1875, this race has a long history of producing some really fine winners. The Hungarian-bred Kisber claimed glory in the inaugural contest before winning the Derby at Epsom a year later. The following three Dewhurst champions also went on to win at least one Classic as three-year-olds. It seems only appropriate then that today the Group 1 race is the feature event of Newmarket’s Future Champions’ Day meeting.

NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE SUCCESS

You’d think that winning such an elite two-year-old contest would act as a definite platform for more glory the following season but this is not always the case. For each Frankel or Dawn Approach, there are another two horses whose Dewhurst win ends up being the peak of their careers.

Chart Showing the Percentage of Dewhurst Stakes Winners that Went on to Future Group 1 Success Up to and Including the 2021 Winner

It really is very much a guessing game when trying to predict which horses will make the cut as a three-year-old as there appears to be very little in the way of middle ground. Looking at data since 2003, only one Dewhurst-winning horse that managed a three-year-old win at all, did so at lower than Group 1 standard.

This contest is seen as a sort of birthplace for future British Classic champions and there is certainly a degree of truth in this. Churchill (2016), Dawn Approach (2012), Frankel (2010), New Approach (2007) and Sir Percy (2005) won either the 2,000 Guineas or the Epsom Derby the following season. So, while future success is far from a guarantee, Dewhurst winners are definitely worth keeping your eye on when returning from the winter break.

FAVOURITES NOT PAYING WELL

Any punter who put their faith in Beethoven during the 2009 Dewhurst edition certainly wouldn’t have forgotten about that win. Returning a £33 net win on a £1 bet, the colt’s victory is one of the biggest shocks in recent times. It’s not the only surprise result this race has seen lately though, Milk It Mick (2003) was also a 33/1 shot, Tout Seul (2002) came in at 25/1, Intense Focus (2009) and Parish Hall (2011) both won at 20/1 while Belardo (2014) also won at a double-digit price.

Chart Showing the Start Prices of the Dewhurst Stakes Winners Between 2000 and 2022

Favourites have won their fair share in the meantime but they only just trade at a level stakes net win of £0.13 between 2000 and 2022 with the average price of the winning favourites in that time around 5/6.

FROM DESTRUCTION TO DEAD HEAT

The Second World War only forced one cancellation of the Dewhurst Stakes but nearly 50 years later, the British weather was enough to see the race abandoned. In all fairness to the organisers, they had no other choice as powerful winds tore through the nation. So strong were the gales that all temporary structures at Newmarket were completely flattened. Even some of the fences separating horses with spectators had taken a battering so there was no possibility of a quick fix.

Back as usual the following the year, the Dewhurst renewal was one to remember. There was no winner in 1987 due to the cancellation but in 1988 we had two courtesy of a dead heat. It was only the first time since 1910 that two horses couldn’t be separated as they crossed the finish line. Any other result would’ve been a little unfair given how tirelessly Prince of Dance and Scenic battled down the final two furlongs. The two horses gave it their absolute everything during what was a fair and completely unobstructed slog.

You can watch the pair battle their way to shared glory here:

Other Races of Note at Newmarket

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