# Nassau Stakes

The Nassau Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at Goodwood over a distance of 1 mile, 1 furlong and 197 yards (1,991 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late July or early August.

## History

The title of the event acknowledges the friendship between the 5th Duke of Richmond, a former owner of Goodwood Racecourse, and the House of Orange-Nassau. The race was established in 1840, and it was originally restricted to three-year-old fillies. During the early part of its history it was contested over a distance of 1 mile. It was extended to 1½ miles in 1900, and shortened to its present length in 1911.
The Nassau Stakes was opened to fillies and mares aged four or older in 1975. For a period it was classed at Group 2 level, and it was promoted to Group 1 status in 1999.
The race is currently held on the third day of the five-day Glorious Goodwood meeting.

## Records

Most successful horse (3 wins):
* Midday – 2009, 2010, 2011
Leading jockey (6 wins):
* Nat Flatman – Dil-bar (1842), Mania (1843), Clementina (1847), Clarissa (1849), Hirsuta (1852), Cantine (1859)
* Sir Gordon Richards – Solfatara (1933), Coppelia (1935), Barrowby Gem (1936), Goblet (1948), Jet Plane (1949), Sea Parrot (1951)
Leading trainer (8 wins):
* Sir Henry Cecil – Roussalka (1975, 1976), Connaught Bridge (1979), Nom de Plume (1987), Lyphard's Delta (1993), Midday (2009, 2010, 2011)
Leading owner (7 wins):
* Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor – Winkipop (1910), First Spear (1914), Pompadour (1921), Concertina (1923), Saucy Sue (1925), Book Law (1927), Jet Plane (1949)

## Earlier winners

* 1840: Rosa Bianca
* 1841: Scarf
* 1842: Dil-bar
* 1843: Mania
* 1844: All Round My Hat
* 1845: Refraction
* 1846: Princess Alice
* 1847: Clementina
* 1848: Canezou
* 1849: Clarissa
* 1850: Nutmeg
* 1851: Anspach
* 1852: Hirsuta
* 1853: Mayfair
* 1854: Virago
* 1855: Instructress
* 1856: Mincepie
* 1857: Beechnut
* 1858: Go-ahead
* 1859: Cantine
* 1860: Provision
* 1861: Pardalote
* 1862: Bertha
* 1863: Fantail
* 1864: Bradamante
* 1865: Peeress
* 1866: Hebe
* 1867: The Duchess
* 1868: Leonie
* 1869: Morna
* 1870: Agility
* 1871: Lady Atholstone
* 1872: Maid of Perth
* 1873: Albani
* 1874: Aventuriere
* 1875: Spinaway
* 1876: Zee
* 1877: Lady Golightly
* 1878: Eau de Vie
* 1879: Reconciliation
* 1880: Muriel
* 1881: Thebais
* 1882: St Marguerite
* 1883: Spectre
* 1884: Sandiway
* 1885: Armida
* 1886: Miss Jummy
* 1887: Maize
* 1888: Zanzibar
* 1889: Wrinkle
* 1890: Memoir
* 1891: Haute Saône
* 1892: La Fleche
* 1893: Harfleur II
* 1894: Throstle
* 1895: Butterfly
* 1896: Miss Fraser
* 1897: Perce Neige
* 1898: Chinook
* 1899: Saint Lundi
* 1900: Merry Gal
* 1901: Royal Summons
* 1902: Sceptre
* 1903: Red Lily
* 1904: Pretty Polly
* 1905: Cherry Lass
* 1906: Glasconbury
* 1907: Altitude
* 1908: Siberia
* 1909: Maid of the Mist
* 1910: Winkipop
* 1911: Hair Trigger II
* 1912: Belleisle
* 1913: Arda
* 1914: First Spear
* 1915–18: no race
* 1919: Keysoe
* 1920: Most Beautiful
* 1921: Pompadour
* 1922: Selene
* 1923: Concertina
* 1924: Straitlace
* 1925: Saucy Sue
* 1926: Foliation
* 1927: Book Law
* 1928: La Sologne
* 1929: Nuwara Eliya
* 1930: Quinine
* 1931: Suze
* 1932: Ada Dear
* 1933: Solfatara
* 1934: Zelina
* 1935: Coppelia
* 1936: Barrowby Gem
* 1937: First Flight
* 1938: Valedah
* 1939: Olein
* 1940–45: no race
* 1946: Wayward Belle
* 1947: Wild Child
* 1948: Goblet
* 1949: Jet Plane
* 1950: Flying Slipper
* 1951: Sea Parrot
* 1952: Hortentia
* 1953: Happy Laughter
* 1954: Key
* 1955: Reel In
* 1956: Dilettante
* 1957: Swallowswift
* 1958: Darlene
* 1959: Crystal Palace
* 1960: Desert Beauty
* 1961: Rachel
* 1962: Nortia
* 1963: Spree
* 1964: Cracker
* 1965: Aunt Edith
* 1966: Haymaking
* 1967: Fair Winter
* 1968: Hill Shade
* 1969: Lucyrowe
* 1970: Pulchra
* 1971: Catherine Wheel
* 1972: Crespinall