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The July Cup was part of the Global Sprint Challenge from 2008 to 2017. It was the sixth leg of the series, preceded by the Diamond Jubilee Stakes and followed by the Sprinters Stakes. The race is currently held on the final day of Newmarket's three-day July Festival meeting.
Newmarket Racecourse is a British Thoroughbred horse racing venue in Newmarket, Suffolk, comprising two individual racecourses: the Rowley Mile and the July Course. Newmarket is often referred to as the headquarters of British horseracing and is home to the largest cluster of training yards in the country [1] and many key horse racing ...
The July Stakes is the oldest surviving event for two-year-olds in the British flat racing calendar. It was established in 1786, and it was originally open to horses of either gender. The conditions initially stipulated that those horses sired by Eclipse or Highflyer should carry an additional weight of three pounds.
Newmarket (July) 7f: 3yo+ Noble Dynasty July: Sprint Stakes: Sandown: 5f 10y: 3yo+ Makarova July: Bahrain Trophy: Newmarket (July) 1m 5f: 3yo Ancient Wisdom July: Summer Stakes: York: 6f: 3yo+ f Flora Of Bermuda July: John Smith's Silver Cup Stakes: York: 1m 5f 188y: 4yo+ Alsakib July: Hackwood Stakes: Newbury: 6f: 3yo+ Elite Status July ...
Frizzante reached her peak as a five-year-old in 2004. In May she defeated Avonbridge in the Palace House Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse to record her first win at Group race level. After finishing third to The Tatling in the King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot she returned to Newmarket for the Group One July Cup.
On 13 July at Newmarket Ten Sovereigns was matched against older horses in the July Cup and started at odds of 9/2 in a twelve-runner field. Advertise started favourite, while the other contenders included Pretty Pollyanna, Fairyland, Limato and Cape Byron (Wokingham Stakes).
The July Course is the home of the July Cup, the Falmouth Stakes and a number of other very important races. The two courses are separated by the Devil's Dyke . This large earthwork starts in neighbouring Woodditton (sometimes spelt as Wood Ditton) and ends in Reach , a distance of over seven miles (eleven kilometres).
It is run on the July Course at Newmarket over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in August. The event is named after Sweet Solera, the winner of the 1000 Guineas and Epsom Oaks in 1961. For a period it was classed at Listed level, and it was promoted to Group 3 status in 2004.