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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.
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Race of the Century, Ian Balding, trainer of Mill Reef, declared that Mill Reef was suffering from the virus, and was withdrawn.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 ...
Ribchester (foaled 25 March 2013) is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. As a two-year-old in 2015 he finished second in the Gimcrack Stakes on his second racecourse appearance and then won the Group Two Mill Reef Stakes.
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.
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.
In the Mill Reef Stakes at Newbury he briefly took the lead a furlong from the finish but was overtaken in the closing stages and finished third behind Local Suitor and Presidium. [7] On his final race of the season Bassenthawaite started at odds of 7/2 for the Group One Middle Park Stakes over six furlongs at Newmarket Racecourse.
Mill Reef was introduced to racing older horses at Sandown Park in the Eclipse Stakes. With the same owner and jockey Mill Reef came in at a time of 2:05.40. 1971 was an excellent year for this three-year-old horse and its team, coming in first at the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes with a time of 2:32.56 on the 1 mile 4 furlongs ...