
![]() A Brief History Of Champion Stakes The Champion Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1 mile 2 furlongs (2,012 metres) at Newmarket Racecourse in October. It was first run in 1877. Year 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930 1929 1928 1927 1926 1925 1924 1923 1922 1921 1920 1919 1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 1913 1912 1911 1910 1909 1908 1907 1906 1905 1904 1903 1902 1901 1900 1899 1898 1897 1896 1895 1894 1893 1892 1891 1890 1889 1888 1887 1886 1885 1884 1883 1882 1881 1880 1879 1878 1877 Winner Literato Pride David Junior Haafhd Rakti Storming Home Nayef Kalanisi Alborada Alborada Pilsudski Bosra Sham Spectrum Dernier Empereur Hatoof Rodrigo de Triano Tel Quel In the Groove Legal Case Indian Skimmer Triptych Triptych Pebbles Palace Music Cormorant Wood Time Charter Vayrann Cairn Rouge Northern Baby Swiss Maid Flying Water Vitiges Rose Bowl Giacometti Hurry Harriet Brigadier Gerard Brigadier Gerard Lorenzaccio Flossy Sir Ivor Reform Pieces of Eight Silly Season Baldric II Hula Dancer Arctic Storm Bobar II Marguerite Vernaut Petite Etoile Bella Paola Rose Royale II Hugh Lupus Hafiz II Narrator Nearula Dynamiter Dynamiter Peter Flower Djeddah Solar Slipper Migoli Honeyway Court Martial Hycilla Nasrullah Big Game Hippius Hippius no race Rockfel Flares Wychwood Abbott Wychwood Abbott Umidwar Chatelaine / Dastur Cameronian Goyescas Rustom Pasha Fairway Fairway Astérus Warden Marches Picaroon Pharos Ellangowan Franklin Orpheus Orpheus Buchan My Dear Gay Crusader Clarissimus Let Fly Hapsburg Tracery Stedfast Lemberg Lemberg Bayardo Llangwm Galvani Polymelus Pretty Polly Bachelor's Button Sceptre Veles Osboch Solitaire Dieudonne Velasquez Velasquez Labrador Laveno La Flèche Le Nicham Orme Orion Amphion Gold Friar's Balsam Bendigo Ormonde Paradox Tristan Tristan Tristan Bend Or Robert the Devil Rayon d'Or Jannette Springfield Age 3 6 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 5 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 Jockey Christophe Lemaire Christophe Lemaire Jamie Spencer Richard Hills Philip Robinson Michael Hills Richard Hills Johnny Murtagh George Duffield George Duffield Michael Kinane Pat Eddery John Reid Sylvain Guillot Walter Swinburn Lester Piggott Thierry Jarnet Steve Cauthen Ray Cochrane Michael Roberts Trainer Jean-Claude Rouget Alain de Royer-Dupré Brian Meehan Barry Hills Michael Jarvis Barry Hills Marcus Tregoning Sir Michael Stoute Sir Mark Prescott Sir Mark Prescott Michael Stoute Henry Cecil Peter Chapple-Hyam André Fabre Criquette Head Peter Chapple-Hyam André Fabre David Elsworth Luca Cumani Henry Cecil Owner Hervé Morin NP Bloodstock Ltd Roldvale Limited Hamdan Al Maktoum Gary Tanaka Maktoum Al Maktoum Hamdan Al Maktoum HH Aga Khan IV Kirsten Rausing Kirsten Rausing Lord Weinstock Wafic Saïd Lord Weinstock Gary Tanaka Maktoum Al Maktoum Robert Sangster Sheikh Mohammed Brian Cooper Sir Gordon White Sheikh Mohammed Time 2:04.24 2:06.81 2:05.43 2:06.90 2:03.34 2:01.42 2:07.72 2:05.59 2:05.57 2:03.69 2:05.46 2:03.71 2:02.55 2:05.65 2:06.80 2:02.46 2:01.93 2:05.67 2:02.95 2:10.51 |