The Surrey Stakes is a Listed flat

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in Great Britain open to horses aged three years only. It is run at

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over a distance of 7

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s and 3 yards (1,411 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late May or early June. The race was first run in 1995, as the ''Vodacom Conditions Stakes''. It was given its current name and awarded Listed status in 1998.

Records

Leading

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(2 wins): *

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 ...

– ''Volontiers (1998), Jentzen (2001)'' *

Kieren Fallon Kieren Francis Fallon (born 22 February 1965 in Crusheen, County Clare, Ireland) is a retired Irish professional flat racing jockey and was British flat racing Champion Jockey, British Champion Jockey six times. Care ...

– ''Nicobar (2000), Rimrod (2003) *

Frankie Dettori Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori (; born 15 December 1970), is an Italian jockey who was based in England for a career spanning over 35 years. He was British flat racing Champion Jockey three times (1994, 1995 and 2004) and rode the winners of 287 ...

– ''Iguazu Falls (2008), Shakespearean (2010)'' * Richard Hughes – ''Cybinka (1999), Producer (2012)'' * Ryan Moore – ''Galeota (2005), Well Acquainted (2013)'' *

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– ''Racer Forever (2006), Smuggler's Moon (2016)'' *

Silvestre de Sousa Silvestre de Sousa (born 31 December 1980 in São Francisco do Maranhão, Brazil) is a Brazilian flat racing jockey who is based in Britain and was three times champion jockey (2015, 2017, 2018). Background and early career De Sousa was born ...

– ''Solomon's Bay (2017), Lake Volta (2018)'' *

Oisin Murphy Oisin Murphy (born 6 September 1995) is an Irish jockey based in the United Kingdom who competes in flat racing. He has won two British Classics and a number of Group 1 races. He has been British Champion Jockey in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2024 ...

- '' Evade (2024), Formal (2025) '' Leading trainer (4 wins): * Richard Hannon Sr. – ''Cybinka (1999), Jentzen (2001), Galeota (2005), Producer (2012)''

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References

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