The Windsor Forest Stakes
The Windsor Forest Stakes is the second race on day two of the Royal Ascot meeting. A Group 2 race for older horses, the 2008 Windsor Forest Stakes will be run at 3:05pm on Wednesday the 21st of June.
The Windsor Forest Stakes is one of the newest races in the Royal Ascot meeting and was first run in 2004. The event was created to offer horses that had performed well in the two- and three-year-olds events in previous years the opportunity to continue their careers and contest major races.
The Windsor Forest Stakes is open to four-year-old thoroughbred racehorses and is run over one mile on the Ascot flat racing course. The race is open only to fillies and carries a large purse of £140,000.
Windsor Forest Stakes Winners
Four horses have won the Windsor Forest Stakes. Of these the most notable is Soviet Song, who did credit to her favourite rating in 2006 by winning the Windsor Forest Stakes. Her victory came on the heels of her being voted the highest-rated older filly in the world in 2004 and 2005. At present the race record belongs to 2005 winner Peeress, with a time of 1 minute and 37 seconds - three seconds clear of the next fastest time.
A different jockey has claimed the Windsor Forest Stakes winners' title in each year of the race's running. Some of Britain's top jockeys have won the race during its brief history, including Michael Kinane, Jamie Spencer and Kieran Fallon.
In the short history of the Windsor Forest Stakes, one trainer has stamped his name on the event. Sir Michael Stoute won the first two Windsor Forest Stakes with Favourable Terms in 2004 and Peeress in 2005. The trainer of the most recent winner, Ninnina, is top English trainer John Gosden.
Windsor Forest Stakes Betting
A trend that has emerged in the four-year history of the Windsor Forest Stakes betting is race favourites performing well in the race. Race favourites have won two of the races and achieved placed finishes in the remaining two.
Because the Windsor Forest Betting stakes features horses that are aged over four, it becomes easier to predict racehorses' prospects based on past performances.
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