Fillies' Mile
| Group 1 race | |
| Location |
Rowley Mile Newmarket, England |
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| Inaugurated | 1973 |
| Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
| Sponsor | Dubai |
| Website | Newmarket |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 mile (1,609 metres) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Straight |
| Qualification | Two-year-old fillies |
| Weight | 9 st 0 lb |
| Purse |
£533,750 (2016) 1st: £302,690 |
| 2016 | ||
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| Rhododendron | Hydrangea | Urban Fox |
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| 2015 | ||
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| Minding | Nathra | Hawksmoor |
| 2014 | ||
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| Together Forever | Agnes Stewart | Winters Moon |
| 2013 | ||
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| Chriselliam | Rizeena | Ihtimal |
| 2012 | ||
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| Certify | Roz | Amazonas |
| 2011 | ||
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| Lyric Of Light | Samitar | Firdaws |
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| 2010 | ||
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| White Moonstone | Together | Theyskens' Theory |
| 2009 | ||
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| Hibaayeb | Lady Darshaan | You'll Be Mine |
| 2008 | ||
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| Rainbow View | Fantasia | Dreamtheimpossible |
| 2007 | ||
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| Listen | Proviso | Saoirse Abu |
| 2006 | ||
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| Simply Perfect | Treat | English Ballet |
| 2005 | ||
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| Nannina | Alexandrova | Nasheej |
| 2004 | ||
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| Playful Act | Maids Causeway | Dash To The Top |
| 2003 | ||
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| Red Bloom | Sundrop | Punctilious |
| 2002 | ||
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| Soviet Song | Casual Look | Reach For The Moon |
| 2001 | ||
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| Gossamer | Maryinsky | Esloob |
| 2000-1991 | ||
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| 2000 | ||
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| Crystal Music | Summer Symphony | Hotelgenie Dot Com |
| 1999 | ||
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| Teggiano | Britannia | My Hansel |
| 1998 | ||
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| Sunspangled | Calando | Edabiya |
| 1997 | ||
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| Glorosia | Jibe | Exclusive |
| 1996 | ||
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| Reams of Verse | Khassah | Sleepytime |
| 1995 | ||
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| Bosra Sham | Bint Shadayid | Matiya |
| 1994 | ||
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| Aqaarid | Jural | Snowtown |
| 1993 | ||
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| Fairy Heights | Dance To The Top | Kissing Cousin |
| 1992 | ||
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| Ivanka | Ajfan | Iviza |
| 1991 | ||
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| Culture Vulture | Mystery Play | Party Cited |
| 1990-1984 | ||
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| 1990 | ||
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| Shamshir | Safa | Atlantic Flyer |
| 1989 | ||
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| Silk Slippers | Moon Cactus | Fujaiyrah |
| 1988 | ||
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| Tessla | Pick Of The Pops | Rain Burst |
| 1987 | ||
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| Diminuendo | Haiati | Ashayer |
| 1986 | ||
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| Invited Guest | Mountain Memory | Shining Water |
| 1985 | ||
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| Untold | Moonlight Lady | Sue Grundy |
| 1984 | ||
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| Oh So Sharp | Helen Street | Morning Devotion |
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.
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 subsequent winners have 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
a The 1974 running was abandoned because of a waterlogged course.
b Midnight Air finished first in 1991, but she was relegated to last place following a stewards' inquiry.
See also
References
- ↑ "2012 Breeders' Cup Challenge Schedule" (PDF). breederscup.com. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ↑ "£4.5m Champions Weekend created in 2014". newmarketracecourses.co.uk. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ↑ "Newmarket Racecourses to stage £2million+ Dubai Future Champions Festival". newmarket.thejockeyclub.co.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- Paris-Turf:
- Racing Post:
- galopp-sieger.de – Fillies' Mile.
- horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Fillies' Mile (2016).
- 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.