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The event is named after Mill Reef, a highly successful racehorse in the early 1970s. He was trained at Kingsclere, located several miles from Newbury. The Mill Reef Stakes replaced a similar race, the Crookham Stakes, in 1972. The winner of the inaugural running, Mon Fils, went on to win the following year's 2,000 Guineas.
Mill Reef was given a rating of 141 by Timeform and is listed at no. 4 in the greatest racehorses of the twentieth century. The Mill Reef Stakes at Newbury is named in his honour. The following is inscribed on the plinth beneath his statue at the National Stud: Swift as a bird I flew down many a course. Princes, Lords, Commoners all sang my praise.
Mill George is the foal of Mill Reef, a racehorse with multiple stakes wins, and Miss Charisma. [2] His first race was on February 5, 1978, where he came in 7th place at Santa Anita. [1] Mill George raced three more races, two of which were wins at Santa Anita and Hollywood Park, because suffering a fracture.
Mon Fils (1970–1979) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire, best known for winning the classic 2000 Guineas in 1973. As a two-year-old, Mon Fils won two of his seven races, including the Mill Reef Stakes.
Sadly, a week later and just ten days before the Eclipse Stakes, the race billed as the Race of the Century, Ian Balding, trainer of Mill Reef, declared that Mill Reef was suffering from the virus, and was withdrawn. On 30 August Mill Reef, one of the truly great racehorses of any generation, suffered a serious, life-threatening injury on the ...
Racing at the track, located three miles from Salisbury, has taken place since the mid-16th century. Many great horses have won at the racecourse including Gimcrack (1768), Eclipse (1769), Sun Chariot (1941), [1] Mill Reef (1970) and Brigadier Gerard (1970).
Shirley Heights was a bay horse bred by his owners, the father and son team of Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax, and Lord Irwin.He was one of many successful racehorses sired by Mill Reef, an American-bred horse who won the Epsom Derby, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 1971.
As a two-year-old in 1980 he won on his debut and went on to finish second in the Mill Reef Stakes before recording his most important victory in the Middle Park Stakes. He failed to win in 1981 but produced a career-best performance when narrowly beaten by To-Agori-Mou in the 2000 Guineas. A brief sojourn in the United States was unsuccessful ...