The City of York Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at York over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in August. It is currently held on the final day of York's four-day Ebor Festival meeting. The race was upgraded to Group 3 level from the 2016 running, having previously been a run as a Listed race. It was upgraded to Group 2 level from the 2019 running. In 2025, the race was promoted to Group 1 status.
Records Most successful horse (2 wins): Kinross – 2022, 2023
Leading jockey (6 wins): Pat Eddery – Kampala (1979), Cragador (1981), Reported (1992), Tinners Way (1993), Didina (1995), Priors Lodge (2001) Frankie Dettori – Cragganmore (1994), Hidden Meadow (1997), Fa-Eq (1999), Expert Eye (2018), Kinross (2022, 2023)
Leading trainer (5 wins): Andrew Balding – Vanderlin (2003), Dream Eater (2009), Absolutely So (2014), Shine So Bright (2019), Never So Brave (2025)
Winners YearWinner AgeJockeyTrainer Time 1978 Spence Bay 3 Lester Piggott Seamus McGrath 1:24.26 1979 Kampala 3 Pat Eddery Peter Walwyn 1:27.49 1980 Sunfield 3 John Reid Fulke Johnson Houghton 1:26.84 1981 Cragador 4 Pat Eddery Harry Wragg 1:28.76 1982 Mirabeau 3 Lester Piggott Harry Wragg 1:26.12 1983 Able Albert 3 Mark Birch Peter Easterby 1:27.29 1984 Native Charmer 3 Steve Perks Reg Hollinshead 1:23.76 1985 Braddells 3 Michael Hills Jeremy Hindley 1:26.67 1986 Presidium 4 Steve Cauthen Henry Cecil 1:22.62 1987 Ten No Trumps 4 Walter Swinburn Michael Stoute 1:25.45 1988 Thaidah 3 Michael Roberts Peter Walwyn 1:26.31 1989 Magical Strike 3 Walter Swinburn Michael Stoute 1:23.01 1990 Enharmonic 3 Steve Cauthen William Hastings-Bass 1:22.81 1991 Norton Challenger 4 Mark Birch Peter Easterby 1:25.46 1992 Reported 3 Pat Eddery Mikey Heaton-Ellis 1:23.05 1993 Tinners Way 3 Pat Eddery John Gosden 1:24.89 1994 Cragganmore 3 Frankie Dettori Charles Hills 1:22.52 1995 Didina 3 Pat Eddery Roger Charlton 1:22.20 1996 Ruznama 3 Willie Carson Barry Hills 1:21.77 1997 Hidden Meadow 3 Frankie Dettori Ian Balding 1:25.86 1998 Bold Fact 3 Kieren Fallon Henry Cecil 1:21.31 1999 Fa-Eq 4 Frankie Dettori Saeed Bin Suroor 1:25.02 2000 Late Night Out 5 Mark Tebbutt William Jarvis 1:22.24 2001 Priors Lodge 3 Pat Eddery Richard Hannon Sr. 1:24.16 2002 Suggestive 4 Michael Hills William Haggas 1:23.32 2003 Vanderlin 4 Martin Dwyer Andrew Balding 1:22.00 2004 Polar Bear 4 Tony Culhane William Haggas 1:26.17 2005 Arakan 5 Kieren Fallon Sir Michael Stoute 1:22.37 2006 Quito 9 Robert Winston David Chapman 1:26.30 2007 Duff 4 Declan McDonogh Edward Lynam 1:23.50 2008Abandoned due to waterlogging 2009(dh) Dream EaterConfront 44 William BuickRyan Moore Andrew BaldingSir Michael Stoute 1:23.18 2010 Yaa Wayl 3 Philip Robinson Michael Jarvis 1:21.93 2011 Doncaster Rover 5 Silvestre de Sousa David Brown 1:23.56 2012 Gordon Lord Byron 4 William Buick Tom Hogan 1:24.25 2013 Sirius Prospect 5 Robert Winston Dean Ivory 1:26.84 2014 Absolutely So 4 Oisin Murphy Andrew Balding 1:22.43 2015 Fadhayyil 3 Paul Hanagan Barry Hills 1:23.12 2016 Nemoralia 3 Jamie Spencer Jeremy Noseda 1:22.16 2017 Talaayeb 3 Chris Hayes Owen Burrows 1:24.08 2018 Expert Eye 3 Frankie Dettori Sir Michael Stoute 1:23.10 2019 Shine So Bright 3 James Doyle Andrew Balding 1:21.00 2020 Safe Voyage 7 Jason Hart John Quinn 1:25.47 2021 Space Blues 5 William Buick Charlie Appleby 1:22.60 2022Kinross 5 Frankie Dettori Ralph Beckett 1:22.97 2023 Kinross 6 Frankie Dettori Ralph Beckett 1:22.57 2024 Breege 4 Colin Keane John & Sean Quinn 1:24.09 2025 Never So Brave 4 Oisin Murphy Andrew Balding 1:22.93 2026 Notable Speech 5 William Buick Charlie Appleby 1:24.91
See also Horse racing in Great Britain List of British flat horse races
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horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – City of York Stakes (2018).