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Norfolk Stakes: Past Winners, Stats & History

Royal Ascot
Course:
Ascot
Flat Course
Grade:
Group 2
Length:
5f
Last Winner:
The Ridler @ 50/1
Prize Money:
£110,000 (2022)

One of Royal Ascot’s many attractions is the opportunity to see some of the speediest performers in the game in full flight. In terms of the sprint events for the two year olds they don’t come much quicker than this thrilling contest held over the minimum trip.

The Norfolk Stakes began life as the New Stakes back in 1843, renamed after the 16th Duke of Norfolk in 1973. The race is now one of the key juvenile sprints of the turf flat season.

Norfolk Stakes Course Map (Flat Course)

Ascot Flat Course Map

The Norfolk Stakes is a straight 5f dash that begins to the right of the main circuit if viewed from the Ascot grandstands.

Norfolk Stakes Past Winners

Year Winner SP Trainer Jockey
2022 The Ridler 50/1 Richard Fahey Paul Hanagan
2021 Perfect Power 14/1 Richard Fahey Paul Hanagan
2020 The Lir Jet 9/2 Michael Bell Oisin Murphy
2019 A'Ali 5/1 Simon Crisford Frankie Dettori
2018 Shang Shang Shang 5/1 Wesley Ward Joel Rosario
2017 Sioux Nation 14/1 Aidan O’Brien Ryan Moore
2016 Prince Of Lir 8/1 Robert Cowell Luke Morris
2015 Waterloo Bridge 12/1 Aidan O’Brien Ryan Moore
2014 Baitha Alga 8/1 Richard Hannon Frankie Dettori
2013 No Nay Never 4/1 Wesley Ward Joel Rosario
2012 Reckless Abandon 4/1 Clive Cox Adam Kirby
2011 Bapak Chinta 6/1 Kevin Ryan Phillip Makin
2010 Approve 16/1 William Haggas Eddie Ahern
2009 Radiohead 10/1 Brian Meehan Jamie Spencer
2008 South Central 11/4 Howard Johnson Robert Winston
2007 Winker Watson 2/1 Peter Chapple-Hyam Jimmy Fortune
2006 Dutch Art 11/4 Peter Chapple-Hyam Alan Munro
2005 Masta Plasta 7/2 Howard Johnson Robert Winston
2004 Blue Dakota 5/4 Jeremy Noseda Eddie Ahern
2003 Russian Valour 4/1 Mark Johnston Kevin Darley

About the Norfolk Stakes

Arundel Castle
Arundel Castle, Ancestral Home of the Duke of Norfolk

Like many races during Royal Ascot, the Norfolk Stakes is one with a lengthy history. It first began way back in 1843 and was then known as the New Stakes.

Perhaps no longer seen as a fitting title for a 130 year old race, the event was renamed the Norfolk Stakes in 1973. It did so to honour the 16th Duke of Norfolk, who, between 1945 and 1972, served as HM’s Representative at Ascot.

Today the five furlong race is purely as a contest for two-year-old horses. Fillies, although not a large feature of the race, are free to take part.

The few that do go to post benefit from a 3lb allowance, something that Shang Shang Shang used to good effect in 2018 as she won by a nose. Female winners are a rarity in this Group 2 event though with the boys long the dominant force.

CURSE OF THE FAVOURITE

In a race that regularly features double digit fields, you don’t expect the favourites to win every time but you do expect them to at least win now and again. The Norfolk Stakes has been a particularly fruitless hunting ground for the shortest-priced horses though, with no favourite victorious since 2008. It’s hard to say very many since then have come too close either as the below chart shows.

Chart Showing the Finishing Position of the Norfolk Stakes Favourites Between 2000 and 2022

BREEDERS’ CUP INVOLVEMENT

The Breeders’ Cup grew a little larger in 2018 thanks to the creation of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint. In order to gain automatic entry to the five and a half furlong race, valued at $1m, a horse must win one of the four qualifying races. The first of the ‘win and you’re in’ races to take place is the Norfolk Stakes, something that has helped increase the stock of this sprint event.

BREEDERS’ CUP JUVENILE SPRINT QUALIFIERS (2022)

Race Course Month Run
Norfolk Stakes Ascot June
Prix Morny Deauville (FRA) August
Speakeasy Stakes Santa Anita Park (USA) October
Indian Summer Stakes Keeneland (USA) October

The move will also help sustain the American interest in the Group 2 event. Horses born across the Atlantic have won six renewals since 2000 alone and we could well see several more over the coming years.

Chart Showing the Birthplaces of Norfolk Stakes Winning Horses Between 2000 and 2022

PIGGOTT’S RECORD UNDER NO THREAT

No active jockey is remotely close to matching the number of victories Lester Piggott managed in this race. One of the all-time greats of racing won so many different races throughout his illustrious career but few as often as the Norfolk Stakes.

Between 1961 and 1992, the Berkshire-born jockey rode his horse to glory on nine occasions, often against the odds. His final hurrah in this race came on 1,000 Guineas runner-up Niche and footage of the close fought contest can be seen below.

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