Maggie Dickson Stakes

The Maggie Dickson Stakes, currently known for sponsorship purposes as the Stobo Castle Ladies' Day Gold Cup Fillies' Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to mares and fillies aged three years or older. It is run at Musselburgh over a distance of 7 furlongs and 33 yards (1,438 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June. The race was introduced as a new Listed race in 2017[1] and the inaugural running was sponsored by Edinburgh Gin. Since 2019 it has been sponsored by Stobo Castle.

Maggie Dickson Stakes
2020
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The race is named in honour of Maggie Dickson (aka Half-Hangit Maggie), who was born in Musselburgh around 1702 and who became a local celebrity for surviving her execution.[2]

Winners
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time
2017 Unforgetable Filly 3 Josephine Gordon Hugo Palmer 1:26.93
2018 Pepita 4 Phillip Makin Richard Hannon Jr. 1:29.83
2019 Indian Blessing 5 Gerald Mosse Ed Walker 1:30.61
2020 Mubtasimah[lower-alpha 1] 4 James Doyle William Haggas 1:22.55
  1. The 2020 race was run at Newbury due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
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See also

References
  1. "European Pattern Committee announces changes to the 2017 European Programme". British Horseracing Authority. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  2. "Maggie Dickson". Undiscovered Scotland. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
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