Pomfret Stakes

The Pomfret Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Pontefract over a distance of 1 mile and 6 yards (1,615 metres), and is scheduled to take place each year in July.

Pomfret Stakes
2020
Dark Vision Beringer Foxtrot Lady

The race was first run in 2004, as a handicap. It became a conditions race with Listed status in 2007.

Records

Most successful horse:

  • No horse has won this race more than once

Leading jockey (2 wins):

  • Royston Ffrench – Sound Breeze (2005, 2006)
  • Ted Durcan - Blue Ksar (2007), Emerald Commander (2011)
  • Silvestre de Sousa - Big Country (2018), Marie's Diamond (2019)

Leading trainer (3 wins):

  • Mark Johnston - Sound Breeze (2005), Marie's Diamond (2019), Dark Vision (2020)
  • Saeed bin SuroorBlue Ksar (2007), Rio De La Plata (2010), Emerald Commander (2011)

Winners

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time
2004 Wing Commander 5 Paul Hanagan Richard Fahey 1:45.20
2005 Sound Breeze 3 Royston Ffrench Mark Johnston 1:42.93
2006 Jubilee Street 7 Royston Ffrench Ann Duffield 1:43.18
2007 Blue Ksar 4 Ted Durcan Saeed bin Suroor 1:48.02
2008 Choose Your Moment[lower-alpha 1] 3 Eddie Ahern Patrick Haslam 1:43.01
2009 Khateeb 4 Tadhg O'Shea Michael Jarvis 1:43.43
2010
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Mabait
Rio De La Plata
4
5
Kieren Fallon
Daragh O'Donohoe
Luca Cumani
Saeed bin Suroor
1:43.25
2011 Emerald Commander 4 Ted Durcan Saeed bin Suroor 1:43.97
2012 Highland Knight 5 David Probert Andrew Balding 1:41.24
2013 Fire Ship 4 Neil Callan William Knight 1:44.73
2014 Custom Cut 5 David Nolan David O'Meara 1:42.06
2015 Mondialiste 5 Danny Tudhope David O'Meara 1:43.32
2016 Convey 4 Ryan Moore Michael Stoute 1:41.94
2017 Another Touch 4 Tony Hamilton Richard Fahey 1:45.42
2018 Big Country 5 Silvestre de Sousa Michael Appleby 1:45.41
2019 Marie's Diamond 3 Silvestre de Sousa Mark Johnston 1:45.97
2020 Dark Vision 4 James Doyle Mark Johnston 1:42.87
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