Cardinal Stakes (Great Britain)

This article is about an English horse race. For the American horse race with the same name, see Cardinal Stakes (USA).

Flat horse race in England

Horse race

Cardinal StakesClass| Conditions

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Location| Chelmsford City Racecourse
Great Leighs, England
Inaugurated| 2019
Race type| Flat / Thoroughbred
Sponsor| bet365
Website| Chelmsford City
Race information
Distance| 1 mile (1,609 metres)
Surface| Polytrack
Track| Left-handed
Qualification| Three-year-olds
Weight| 9 st 5 lb
Allowances
5 lb for fillies
Purse| £100,000 (2025)
1st: £51,540
Cardinal Stakes  2025

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Detain  | Luther  | Port Light
Previous years

2024
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Bracken's Laugh  | Orne  | Capulet
2023
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Bold Act  | Brave Emperor  | Killybegs Warrior
2022
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Dark Moon Rising  | Harrow  | Find
2021
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Fundamental  | Qaader  | Moraaheq
2020-2019

2019
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Bye Bye Hong Kong  | Antilles  | Dark Vision

The Cardinal Stakes is a flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old horses. It is run at Chelmsford City over a distance of 1 mile.[1]

The race was run for the first time in 2019 as the last of seven races in the European Road to the Kentucky Derby series, through which horses earn points and the chance to qualify for the Kentucky Derby. It replaced Newcastle's Burradon Stakes in the European series.[2] From 2025 the race will no longer be part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby series but the winner will receive an entry to the American Turf Stakes on the Kentucky Derby card.[3]

## Winners

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Year
| Winner
| Jockey
| Trainer
| Time

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2019 | Bye Bye Hong Kong  | Silvestre de Sousa | Andrew Balding | 1:36.90
2020 | no race[a] |  |  |
2021 | Fundamental  | Robert Havlin | John & Thady Gosden  | 1:37.40
2022 | Dark Moon Rising  | Kevin Stott | Kevin Ryan  | 1:37.99
2023 | Bold Act  | Harry Davies  | Charlie Appleby | 1:37.23
2024 | Bracken's Laugh  | Finley Marsh  | Richard Hughes | 1:38.26
2025  | Detain  | Kieran Shoemark | John & Thady Gosden  | 1:34.73

1. ^ The 2020 running was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom[4]

## See also

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* Horse racing in Great Britain
* List of British flat horse races
* Road to the Kentucky Derby Conditions Stakes

## References

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1. ^ "Thursday 11th April 2019 - European Road to the Kentucky Derby". Chelmsford City Racecourse. Archived from the original on 26 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
2. ^ "No Changes to Main Road to the Kentucky Derby Series". BloodHorse. Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
3. ^ "Churchill Modifies Road to the Kentucky Derby for 2025". Blood Horse. 6 September 2024. Archived from the original on 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
4. ^ "Coronavirus: Horse racing in Great Britain suspended until end of April". BBC Sport. 17 March 2020. Archived from the original on 17 March 2020.

## External links

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* Racing Post:
* 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024

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Road to the Kentucky Derby

Season Standings|

* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

100-50-25-15-10 Point Races|

* Arkansas Derby
* Blue Grass
* Florida Derby
* Jeff Ruby Steaks
* Louisiana Derby
* Santa Anita Derby
* Wood Memorial

50-25-15-10-5 Point Races|

* Fountain of Youth
* Gotham Stakes
* Rebel Stakes
* Risen Star Stakes
* San Felipe Stakes
* Virginia Derby
* Tampa Bay Derby

30-15-9-6-3 Point Races|

* Breeders' Cup Juvenile

20-10-6-4-2 Point Races|

* Holy Bull
* John Battaglia
* Lecomte Stakes
* Lexington Stakes
* Robert B. Lewis
* Sam F. Davis
* Southwest Stakes
* Sunland Park Derby
* Withers Stakes

10-5-3-2-1 Point Races|

* American Pharoah
* Breeders' Futurity
* Champagne Stakes
* Gun Runner Stakes
* Iroquois Stakes
* Jerome Stakes
* Kentucky Jockey Club
* Los Alamitos Futurity
* Remsen Stakes
* Springboard Mile
* Smarty Jones
* Street Sense Stakes

Euro/Mideast Point Races|

* Beresford Stakes
* European Road to the Kentucky Derby Conditions Stakes
* Futurity Trophy
* Patton Stakes
* Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère
* Royal Lodge
* UAE Derby

Japan Point Races|

* Cattleya Stakes
* Fukuryu Stakes
* Hyacinth Stakes
* Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun

Former Point Races|

* Belmont Stakes
* Burradon Stakes
* Cardinal Stakes
* Delta Downs
* Grey Stakes
* Ellis Park Derby
* El Camino Real Derby
* Haskell Stakes
* Indiana Derby
* Japan Dirt Derby
* Los Alamitos Derby
* Matt Winn
* Ohio Derby
* Pat Day Mile
* Pegasus Stakes
* Peter Pan
* Sham Stakes
* Shared Belief
* Travers Stakes
* Unicorn Stakes

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