The Feilden Stakes is a Listed flat

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in Great Britain open to three-year-old horses. It is run over a distance of 1 mile and 1 furlong (1,811 metres) on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket in mid-April.

History

The event was established in 1978, and it was originally called the Heath Stakes. The first running was won by Hawaiian Sound. The race was renamed the Gerry Feilden Memorial Stakes in 1982. It was named in memory of Major General Sir Randle Feilden (1904–81), a former senior steward of the

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. Its title was shortened to the Feilden Stakes in 1987. The event can serve as a trial for various Classic races. The runner-up in 1994,

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, subsequently won The Derby, as did the 2015 winner,

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. The 2013 winner, Intello, went on to win the

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. The Feilden Stakes is currently held on the first day of Newmarket's three-day Craven Meeting. It is run the day before the

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Records

Leading

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(4 wins): *

Greville Starkey Greville Michael Wilson Starkey (21 December 1939 – 14 April 2010) was an English jockey who rode almost 2,000 winners during a 33-year career on the flat. Starkey scaled the heights of his profession during his 33-year career in which ...

– ''Ela-Mana-Mou (1979), Running Mill (1980), Kalaglow (1981), Zoffany (1983)'' *

Pat Eddery Patrick James John Eddery (18 March 1952 – 10 November 2015) was an Irish flat racing jockey and trainer. He rode three winners of the Derby and was Champion Jockey on eleven occasions. He rode the winners of 4,632 British flat races, a f ...

– ''Flying Trio (1986), Placerville (1993), Storm Trooper (1996), Olden Times (2001)'' *

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- ''Border Arrow (1998), Dordogne (2011), Golden Horn (2015), Khalidi (2017)'' Leading trainer (8 wins): * Sir Henry Cecil – ''Ivano (1982), Trojan Fen (1984), Legal Bid (1987), Twist and Turn (1992), Placerville (1993), Cicerao (1994), Storm Trooper (1996), Stipulate (2012)''

Winners

References

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History

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Winners

See also

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