Class | Group 1 |
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Location | York Racecourse York, England |
Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Sponsor | Sky Bet |
Website | York |
Race information | |
Distance | 7f (1,408 metres) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-years-old and up |
Weight | 8 st 12 lb (3yo); 9 st 3 lb (4yo+) Allowances 3 lb for fillies and mares |
Purse | £400,000 (2022) 1st: £226,840 |
2023 | ||
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Kinross | Audience | Sandrine |
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2022 | ||
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Kinross | Pogo | Sandrine |
2021 | ||
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Space Blues | Highfield Princess | Glorious Journey |
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1990 | ||
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Enharmonic | Sheer Precocity | Raj Waki |
1989 | ||
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Magical Strike | Tatsfield | Charbatte |
1988 | ||
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Thaidah | Marbella Silks | Wantage Park |
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.[1] It was upgraded to Group 2 level from the 2019 running.[2] In 2025, the race promoted to Group 1.