Race series · Newmarket · Group 2
Challenge Stakes
7f · October
Race essentials
CourseNewmarket, 7f
WhenOctober
StatusGroup 2
Field10.0 runners avg
Winner profilelast 10
Entry OR: 110-1198/10
Won at 4/1 or shorter8/10
Won from top 3 in market9/10
Distance winner10/10
Had 2+ runs in season10/10
Drew in low stalls (bottom third)2/10
Placed last time out (2nd/3rd)2/10
Favourite Win Rate39.5%
Avg Winning SP5.9/1
Avg Field Size10.0
Renewals112
Roll of honourSP at the off
| Year | Winner | Trainer | Jockey | SP | Runners | Going |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Beauvatier | Y Barberot | Alexis Pouchin | 7/1 | 5 | Good |
| 2024 | Topgear | Christopher Head | Stephane Pasquier | 3/1F | 11 | Good To Soft |
| 2023 | Matilda Picotte | Kieran P Cotter | Oisin Murphy | 2/1 | 4 | Soft |
| 2022 | Pogo | Charles Hills | William Buick | 7/4 | 8 | Good |
| 2021 | Al Suhail | Charlie Appleby | William Buick | 3/1F | 9 | Good To Soft |
| 2020 | Happy Power | Andrew Balding | Silvestre De Sousa | 7/2 | 9 | Soft |
| 2019 | Mustashry | Sir Michael Stoute | Jim Crowley | 2/1 | 5 | Good To Soft |
| 2018 | Limato | Henry Candy | Harry Bentley | 7/4F | 8 | Good To Firm |
| 2017 | Limato | Henry Candy | Harry Bentley | 6/4F | 11 | Good |
| 2016 | Aclaim | Martyn Meade | Frankie Dettori | 6/1 | 12 | Good To Firm |
| 2015 | Cable Bay | Charles Hills | Frankie Dettori | 8/1 | 10 | Good To Soft |
| 2014 | Here Comes When | Andrew Balding | Jim Crowley | 8/1 | 13 | Soft |
Historical Roll of Honour
pre-database records — not included in trends
| Year | Winner | Trainer | Jockey |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Asteroid Field | Barry Hills | Michael Hills |
| 1986 | Lucky Ring | Dick Hern | Willie Carson |
| 1985 | Efisio | John Dunlop | Willie Carson |
| 1984 | Brocade | Guy Harwood | Greville Starkey |
| 1983 | Salieri | Henry Cecil | Lester Piggott |
| 1982 | Noalcoholic | Gavin Pritchard-Gordon | George Duffield |
| 1981 | Moorestyle | Robert Armstrong | Lester Piggott |
| 1980 | Moorestyle | Robert Armstrong | Lester Piggott |
| 1979 | Kris | Henry Cecil | Joe Mercer |
| 1978 | Spence Bay | Seamus McGrath | Joe Mercer |
| 1977 | Boldboy | Dick Hern | Willie Carson |
| 1976 | Star Bird | P Lallie | J P Lefevre |
| 1975 | Be Tuneful | Jeremy Hindley | Tony Kimberley |
| 1974 | New Model | Henry Cecil | Pat Eddery |
| 1973 | Boldboy | Dick Hern | Joe Mercer |
| 1972 | Abergwaun | Vincent O'Brien | Lester Piggott |
| 1971 | Joshua | A Kerr | Joe Mercer |
| 1970 | Realm | John Winter | Brian Taylor |
| 1969 | Burglar | John Dunlop | Ron Hutchinson |
| 1968 | Mountain Call | Bernard van Cutsem | Lester Piggott |
| 1967 | Forlorn River | Arthur Stephenson | Lester Piggott |
| 1958 | Logarithm | Arthur Budgett | Eddie Hide |
| 1957 | Welsh Abbot | Walter Nightingall | Eddie Hide |
| 1956 | Coronation Year | Arthur Thomas | Doug Smith |
| 1955 | Royal Palm | Sam Armstrong | Willie Snaith |
| 1954 | Princely Gift | Noel Murless | Lester Piggott |
| 1953 | Parakeet | R Poole | Manny Mercer |
| 1952 | Agitator | Noel Cannon | Sir Gordon Richards |
| 1951 | Hard Sauce | Norman Bertie | Sir Gordon Richards |
| 1950 | Bob Cherry | Atty Persse | Doug Smith |
| 1949 | Combined Operations | Joseph Lawson | Harry Carr |
| 1948 | The Cobbler | Noel Murless | Sir Gordon Richards |
| 1947 | Closeburn | Noel Murless | Sir Gordon Richards |
| 1946 | Daily Double | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | Doug Smith |
| 1945 | Royal Charger | Jack Jarvis | Eph Smith |
| 1938 | Old Reliance | Jack Jarvis | Eph Smith |
| 1937 | Ipsden | Ossie Bell | Sam Wragg |
| 1936 | Solerina | Harry Cottrill | Bobby Jones |
| 1935 | Bellacose | Jack Colling | Rufus Beasley |
| 1934 | Mate | Ivor Anthony | Freddie Fox |
| 1933 | Myrobella | Fred Darling | Sir Gordon Richards |
| 1932 | The Divot | Stedall | Bobby Dick |
| 1931 | Portlaw | Atty Persse | Harry Beasley Jr. |
| 1930 | Soloptic | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | Joe Childs |
| 1929 | Reedsmouth | Atty Persse | Harry Beasley Jr. |
| 1928 | Nice Prospect | Charles Peck | Charlie Elliott |
| 1927 | Highborn II | Ossie Bell | Joe Childs |
| 1926 | Diomedes | Harvey Leader | Jack Leach |
| 1925 | Twelve Pointer | Atty Persse | Harry Beasley Jr. |
| 1924 | Drake | Harry Cottrill | Michael Beary |
| 1923 | Black Gown | Vanda Beatty | Ted Gardner |
| 1922 | Two Step | Alec Taylor Jr. | Herbert Jones |
| 1921 | Sunblaze | Atty Persse | Bernard Carslake |
| 1920 | Poltava | Percy Linton | Steve Donoghue |
| 1919 | Diadem | George Lambton | Steve Donoghue |
| 1918 | Phalaris | George Lambton | Bernard Carslake |
| 1917 | Phalaris | George Lambton | Fred Rickaby Jr. |
| 1916 | King's Joker | Reg Day | Frank Bullock |
| 1915 | Golden Sun | Charles Peck | Frank Bullock |
| 1914 | Hornet's Beauty | Frank Barling | Freddie Fox |
| 1913 | Borrow | Jack Joyner | Danny Maher |
| 1912 | Hornet's Beauty | Felix Leach | William Huxley |
| 1911 | Iron Mask II | Jack Joyner | Skeets Martin |
| 1910 | Jack Snipe | Sam Darling | Wiliam Higgs |
| 1909 | Sir Martin | Joseph Cannon | Danny Maher |
| 1908 | Succour | Captain Dewhurst | Herbert Randall |
| 1907 | Succour | Captain Dewhurst | Herbert Jones |
| 1906 | Rocketter | Sam Darling | Wiliam Higgs |
| 1905 | Thrush | E Robson | Herbert Randall |
| 1904 | Delaunay | Peter Gilpin | Otto Madden |
| 1903 | Chacomac | Felix Leach | — |
| 1902 | Chacomac | Felix Leach | Skeets Martin |
| 1901 | Sonatura | Fred Day | William Halsey |
| 1900 | Sonatura | Fred Day | Clem Jenkins |