National Breeders' Produce Stakes
| Listed race | |
| Location |
Sandown Park Esher, England |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1889 |
| Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
| Sponsor | BetVictor |
| Website | Sandown Park |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 5f 6y (1,008 metres) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Straight |
| Qualification | Two-year-olds |
| Weight | 9 st 0 lb Allowances 5 lb for fillies Penalties 5 lb for Group race winners 3 lb for Listed winners |
| Purse |
£26,000 (2016) 1st: £14,745 |
The National Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged two years old. It is run at Sandown Park over a distance of 5 furlongs and 6 yards (1,008 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year at the end of May.
The race was first run in 1889 and was known as the National Breeders' Produce Stakes until 1959. In 1932 it was "the most valuable two-year-old race on the English calendar".
Previous winners include Pretty Polly (1903), Cicero (1904), Neil Gow (1909), The Tetrarch (1913), Tetratema (1919), Tiffin (1928), Myrobella (1932), Tudor Minstrel (1946) and Belle of All (1950).
* The 1900 race was a dead-heat and has joint winners.
** The 1946 race was run at Ascot.
*** The 1973 race was run at Kempton Park.
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