Flying Fillies' Stakes
| Class | Listed |
|---|---|
| Location | Pontefract Racecourse Pontefract, England |
| Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
| Sponsor | Highfield Farm |
| Website | Pontefract |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 6f (1,207 metres) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-years-old and up fillies & mares |
| Weight | 9 st 1 lb (3yo); 9 st 4 lb (4yo+) Penalties 3 lb for Group 3 winners* 5 lb for Group 2 winners* 7 lb for Group 1 winners* * after 2024 |
| Purse | £50,000 (2025) 1st: £28,010 |
| 2024 | ||
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| Marine Wave | Adaay In Devon | Tiger Bay |
| Previous years | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | ||
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| Believing | Funny Story | Samedi Rien |
| 2022 | ||
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| Princess Shabnam | Gale Force Maya | Chil Chil |
| 2021 | ||
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| Double Or Bubble | Shepherds Way | Glesga Gal |
| 2020-2011 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||
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| Stormy Girl | Jouska | Magical Journey |
| 2019 | ||
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| Perfection | Shades Of Blue | Miss Celestial |
| 2018 | ||
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| Castle Hill Cassie | Foxtrot Lady | Miss Bar Beach |
| 2017 | ||
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| Queen Kindly | Eartha Kitt | Raven's Lady |
| 2016 | ||
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| Mehronissa | Ridge Ranger | La Rioja |
| 2015 | ||
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| Divine | Online Alexander | Interception |
| 2014 | ||
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| Valonia | Spinatrix | Mu'ajiza |
| 2013 | ||
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| Artistic Jewel | Minalisa | Enrol |
| 2012 | ||
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| Mince | Ultrasonic | Artistic Jewel |
| 2011 | ||
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| Rose Blossom | Darajaat | Desert Poppy |
| 2010-2001 | ||
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| 2010 | ||
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| Bounty Box | Dever Dream | Flambeau |
| 2009 | ||
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| Mullein | Bouvardia | Pretty Bonnie |
| 2007 | ||
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| Ripples Maid | Diamond Diva | Bee Eater |
| 2006 | ||
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| Indian Maiden | Home Sweet Home | Ripples Maid |
| 2005 | ||
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| Fruit of Glory | Indian Maiden | Goldeva |
| 2004 | ||
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| Goldeva | Fruit of Glory | Simianna |
| 2003 | ||
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| Lochridge | Lady Lindsay | Vita Spericolata |
| 2002 | ||
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| Cotton House | Vita Spericolata | Marika |
| 2001 | ||
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| Monnavanna | Perfect Peach | Rich Gift |
| 2000-1998 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | ||
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| Arabesque | Jezebel | Jemima |
| 1999 | ||
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| Wannabe Grand | Pipalong | Hot Tin Roof |
| 1998 | ||
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| Zelanda | Bayleaf | Nanoushka |
The Flying Fillies' Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at Pontefract over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,027 metres).
The race was first run in 1998, and it is scheduled to take place each year in August.
Records
Most successful horse:
- no horse has won this race more than once
Leading jockey (2 wins):
- Tony Culhane - Cotton House (2002), Goldeva (2004)
- Graham Lee - Artistic Jewel (2013), Castle Hill Cassie (2018)
- Silvestre de Sousa - Divine (2015), Perfection (2019)
Leading trainer (3 wins):
- Richard Fahey – Rose Blossom (2011), Queen Kindly (2017), Marine Wave (2024)
Winners
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Zelanda | 3 | Tony Garth | John Gosden | 1:15.00 |
| 1999 | Wannabe Grand | 3 | Pat Eddery | Jeremy Noseda | 1:15.00 |
| 2000 | Arabesque | 3 | Richard Quinn | Henry Cecil | 1:13.90 |
| 2001 | Monnavanna | 3 | Darryll Holland | Geoff Wragg | 1:18.03 |
| 2002 | Cotton House | 5 | Tony Culhane | Mick Channon | 1:16.20 |
| 2003 | Lochridge | 4 | Martin Dwyer | Andrew Balding | 1:14.77 |
| 2004 | Goldeva | 5 | Tony Culhane | Reg Hollinshead | 1:17.20 |
| 2005 | Fruit of Glory | 6 | Micky Fenton | John Jenkins | 1:15.42 |
| 2006 | Indian Maiden | 6 | Ted Durcan | Malcolm Saunders | 1:17.13 |
| 2007 | Ripples Maid | 4 | Royston Ffrench | Tony Geake | 1:16.00 |
| no race 2008 [a] | |||||
| 2009 | Mullein | 4 | Seb Sanders | Ralph Beckett | 1:14.44 |
| 2010 | Bounty Box | 4 | George Baker | Chris Wall | 1:14.92 |
| 2011 | Rose Blossom | 4 | Paul Hanagan | Richard Fahey | 1:14.78 |
| 2012 | Mince | 3 | Frankie Dettori | Roger Charlton | 1:14.20 |
| 2013 | Artistic Jewel | 4 | Graham Lee | Ed McMahon | 1:15.66 |
| 2014 | Valonia | 3 | Harry Bentley | Henry Candy | 1:14.39 |
| 2015 | Divine | 4 | Silvestre de Sousa | Mick Channon | 1:16.89 |
| 2016 | Mehronissa | 4 | Frederik Tylicki | Ed Vaughan | 1:14.04 |
| 2017 | Queen Kindly | 3 | Tom Eaves | Richard Fahey | 1:15.31 |
| 2018 | Castle Hill Cassie | 4 | Graham Lee | Ben Haslam | 1:15.59 |
| 2019 | Perfection | 4 | Silvestre de Sousa | David O'Meara | 1:15.55 |
| 2020 | Stormy Girl | 3 | Cam Hardie | Rebecca Menzies | 1:13.87 |
| 2021 | Double or Bubble | 4 | Jack Mitchell | Chris Wall | 1:15.37 |
| 2022 | Princess Shabnam | 3 | Nicola Currie | Sean Woods | 1:15.62 |
| 2023 | Believing | 3 | Daniel Tudhope | George Boughey | 1:14.47 |
| 2024 | Marine Wave | 4 | Oisin Orr | Richard Fahey | 1:14.95 |
| 2025 | Rosy Affair | 4 | Billy Loughnane | George Boughey | 1:15.92 |
- ^ The 2008 running was abandoned because of a waterlogged course

































































