Falmouth Stakes
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The Falmouth Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for three-year-old and above thoroughbred fillies and mares run over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres) on the July Course at Newmarket Racecourse in early July.
It was first run in 1911 and named in honour of 6th Viscount Falmouth, who had been a leading owner/breeder in the 19th century. The race was restricted to the three-year-old generation only until 1973, and from 1975 to 1991 it was known as the Child Stakes.
When the Pattern system was introduced in 1971 the race was given Group 3 status, and it has been upgraded twice since, to Group 2 in 1987 and to Group 1 in 2004.
[edit] Winners since 1986
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
| 1986 | Sonic Lady | 3 | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute | Sheikh Mohammed | 1:37.45 |
| 1987 | Sonic Lady | 4 | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute | Sheikh Mohammed | 1:38.09 |
| 1988 | Inchmurrin | 3 | Paul Eddery | Geoff Wragg | Sir Philip Oppenheimer | 1:42.92 |
| 1989 | Magic Gleam | 3 | Pat Eddery | Alex Scott | Maktoum Al Maktoum | 1:37.50 |
| 1990 | Chimes of Freedom | 3 | Steve Cauthen | Henry Cecil | Stavros Niarchos | 1:37.05 |
| 1991 | Only Yours | 3 | Michael Roberts | Richard Hannon | Mrs M. Butcher | 1:40.43 |
| 1992 | Gussy Marlowe | 4 | Michael Roberts | Clive Brittain | Mrs John van Geest | 1:40.24 |
| 1993 | Niche | 3 | Lester Piggott | Richard Hannon | 7th Earl of Carnarvon | 1:37.08 |
| 1994 | Lemon Soufflé | 3 | Lester Piggott | Richard Hannon | 7th Earl of Carnarvon | 1:41.30 |
| 1995 | Caramba | 3 | Michael Roberts | Richard Hannon | 7th Earl of Carnarvon | 1:40.17 |
| 1996 | Sensation | 3 | Michael Kinane | Criquette Head | Sheikh Mohammed | 1:37.53 |
| 1997 | Ryafan | 3 | Pat Eddery | John Gosden | Khalid Abdullah | 1:38.43 |
| 1998 | Lovers Knot | 3 | John Reid | Sir Michael Stoute | Cheveley Park Stud | 1:35.53 |
| 1999 | Ronda | 3 | Dominique Boeuf | Carlos Laffon-Parias | Dario Hinojosa | 1:37.49 |
| 2000 | Alshakr | 3 | Richard Hills | Ben Hanbury | Hamdan Al Maktoum | 1:39.70 |
| 2001 | Proudwings | 5 | Yutaka Take | Ralf Suerland | Hyperion Breeding | 1:38.73 |
| 2002 | Tashawak | 3 | Richard Hills | John Dunlop | Hamdan Al Maktoum | 1:38.05 |
| 2003 | Macadamia | 4 | Jamie Spencer | James Fanshawe | 3rd Baron Vestey | 1:38.11 |
| 2004 | Soviet Song | 4 | Johnny Murtagh | James Fanshawe | Elite Racing Club | 1:36.11 |
| 2005 | Soviet Song | 5 | Johnny Murtagh | James Fanshawe | Elite Racing Club | 1:38.99 |
| 2006 | Rajeem | 3 | Kerrin McEvoy | Clive Brittain | Saeed Manana | 1:40.89 |
