Norfolk Stakes 1875

Royal Ascot: Norfolk Stakes

The Norfolk Stakes, a Group 2 flat race over 5 furlongs open to two-year-old horses, is currently staged on the third day of the Royal meeting. The event was established in 1843, and it was originally called the New Stakes. The inaugural running was won by Rattan. The race was renamed the Norfolk Stakes in 1973, in honour of the 16th Duke of Norfolk who served as the Royal Representative at Ascot from 1945 to 1972. For a time the event held Group 3 status, but it was promoted to Group 2 level in 2006.
Early history:- The inaugural running of the New Stakes, the forerunner of the Norfolk Stakes, over the 5 furlongs of the two-year-old course took place on Thursday 15th June 1843 and was won by Mr Crockford's Rattan (5/2) who beat Assay and Charming Kate by 3 lengths and 5 lengths.

New Stakes 1875			Stakes	5 furlongs
Pos.	Horse	Jockey	Trainer/Age/weight	Owner
1	COLTNESS	T Osborne	Jimmy Ryan 2-8st 10lbs	Mr J H Houldsworth 4/1
2	BLINKHOOLIE colt	Custance	Wadlow 2-8st 10lbs	Lord Wilton 100/8
3	TASSEL	Cannon	Charles Blanton 2-8st 10lbs	Prince Soltykoff 10/1
4	THE RASCAL	Parry	Charles Blanton 2-8st 10lbs	Mr J D Astley 20/1
5	SOURCE	Carratt	Aumont (France) 2-8st 7lbs	Mr M P Aumont 100/8
6	PRINCESS BELLE-BELLE	Morbey	Brayley (Private) 2-8st 7lbs	Captain E Brayley 20/1
7	THE REEVE	Tom Chaloner	Alec Taylor 2-8st 10lbs	Mr W S Crawfurd 100/8
8	COME KISS ME	Fred Archer	Mathew Dawson 2-8st 7lbs	Lord Falmouth 10/1
9	PLUTON	Tom Jennings jnr	Tom Jennings 2-8st 10lbs	Mt Tom Jennings 100/8
10	M De FILGNY	Carver	Arnull 2-8st 10lbs	Count F De Lagrange 20/1
11	NEWPORT	Constable	Kellow 2-9st 1lbs	Mr M Potter 100/12
12	MABLE	Jeffery	T Stevens 2-8st 7lbs	Lord St Vincent 20/1
13	PULCHERRIMA	George Fordham	Henry Woolcott 2-8st 7lbs	Mr M Woolcott 2/1 fav
The New Stakes, forerunner of the Norfolk Stakes, took place on Thursday 10th June 1875 and the winner, a bay colt by King Tom out of Creena, won a first prize was 820 sovereigns from 62 subscribers (equivalent to £95,000 in 2020).				Over round 135%

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