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The Snowdrop Fillies' Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to fillies and mares aged four years or older. It is run over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres) at Kempton Park in April. [1] The race was first run in 2004.
The winner of the first, Southern Hero, remains the race's oldest ever winner. After the war the racecourse re-opened, and the event returned in 1947 on a new date – Boxing Day . The King George VI Chase is now the second most prestigious chase in England, surpassed only by the Cheltenham Gold Cup .
The Hyde Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Kempton Park over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late November or early December. The race was first run in 2007.
The horse Blue Warrior strayed and fell into Kempton Park's centre-course lake having jumped before the start of the 19.20 on 14 January 2009. The rescue operation to get the horse out of the lake caused the race to be delayed by 15 minutes, with the horse rescued and sustaining a minor cut to his leg. [8]
The Floodlit Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain, which is open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Kempton Park over a distance of 1 mile, 3 furlongs and 219 yards (2,414 metres). It is scheduled to take place each year in November.
The September Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Kempton Park over a distance of 1 mile 3 furlongs and 219 yards (2,413 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in early September.
The Sirenia Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old horses. It is run at Kempton Park over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 metres, and it is scheduled to take place each year in early September.
The race is for novice hurdlers, and it is scheduled to take place each year in late February. The race was first run in 1988 as a Listed event and was raised to Grade 2 in 1991. The leading contenders sometimes go on to compete in the Supreme Novices' Hurdle in March. The most recent horse to achieve victory in both events was Flown in 1992.