Galtres Stakes
| Listed race | |
| Location |
York Racecourse York, England |
|---|---|
| Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
| Website | York |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1m 3f 288y (2,385 metres) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-years-old and up fillies & mares exc. Group race winners and Group 1 placed since two years old. |
| Weight | 8 st 12 lb (3yo); 9 st 7 lb (4yo+) Penalties 4 lb for Listed winners* * after 2016 |
| Purse | £70,000 (2017) 1st: £39,697 |
The Galtres Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at York over a distance of 1 mile 3 furlongs and 188 yards (2,385 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in August. Since 2014 the race has carried the name of Sir Henry Cecil, a former British flat racing Champion Trainer who died in 2013. It is currently held on the second day of York's four-day Ebor Festival meeting.
a The 2008 running was abandoned because of a waterlogged course.
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