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The Sussex Stakes is a
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in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Goodwood over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late July or early August.


History

The first version of the event, a 6-furlong race for two-year-olds, was established in 1841. It continued intermittently for thirty-seven years, but it was uncontested on twenty-five occasions including fourteen
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s. The Sussex Stakes became a 1-mile race for three-year-olds in 1878. The previous version had been overshadowed by both the
Goodwood Cup The Goodwood Cup is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Goodwood over a distance of 2 miles (3,2 ...
and the Stewards' Cup, but in its modified form it became the most prestigious race at Goodwood. The event was opened to four-year-olds in 1960, and to horses aged five or older in 1975. The race is currently held on the second day of the five-day Glorious Goodwood meeting.


Records

Most successful horse (2 wins): *
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(8 wins): * Sir Gordon Richards – ''Marconigram (1928), Corpach (1936), Pascal (1937), Radiotherapy (1946), Combat (1947), Krakatao (1949), Le Sage (1951), Agitator (1952)'' Leading trainer (7 wins): *
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– ''Bolkonski (1975), Wollow (1976), Kris (1979), Distant View (1994), Ali-Royal (1997), Frankel (2011, 2012)'' Leading owner (7 wins): * Sue Magnier – ''Among Men (1998), Giant's Causeway (2000), Rock of Gibraltar (2002), Henrythenavigator (2008), Rip Van Winkle (2009), The Gurkha (2016)'' * Khalid Abdullah – ''Rousillion (1985), Warning (1988), Distant View (1994), Frankel (2011, 2012), Kingman (2014)''


Winners

There was no race in 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1944 and 1945. The 1941 race was run at Newmarket.


See also

* Horse racing in Great Britain * List of British flat horse races


References

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