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Dante Stakes

Dante Stakes
Group 2 race
Location York Racecourse
York, England
Inaugurated 1958
Race type Flat / Thoroughbred
Sponsor Betfred
Website York
Race information
Distance 1m 2f 56y (2,063m)
Surface Turf
Track Left-handed
Qualification Three-year-olds
Weight 9 st 0 lb
Allowances
3 lb for fillies
Penalties
3 lb for G1 win this year
Purse £185,700 (2017)
1st: £105,310

The Dante Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old horses. It is run over a distance of 1 mile, 2 furlongs and 56 yards (2,063 metres) at York in May.

The event is named after Dante, the Yorkshire-trained winner of the Derby substitute at Newmarket in 1945. Established in 1958, it serves as a major trial for the Derby. The first running was won by Bald Eagle.

The present race grading system was introduced in 1971, and the Dante Stakes initially held Group 3 status. It was promoted to Group 2 level in 1980.

In total, ten winners of the race have achieved victory in the Derby. The first was St Paddy in 1960, and the most recent was Golden Horn in 2015. The 2014 Dante Stakes winner, The Grey Gatsby, subsequently won France's equivalent of the Derby, the Prix du Jockey-Club while the 2015 runner-up, Jack Hobbs, won the Irish Derby.

The Dante Stakes is currently staged on the second day of York's three-day Dante Festival meeting.

Leading jockey (6 wins):

Leading trainer (7 wins):


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