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 1866 Stakes 5 furlongs
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 ACHIEVEMENT Custance 2-8st 12lbs Colonel Pearson 2/5 fav
2 BEADSMAN filly T French 2-8st 7lbs Sir Joseph Hawley 4/1
3 DRAGON H Grimshaw 2-8st 10lbs Count F De Lagrange 8/1
4 STOLEN KISSES Lynch 2-8st 7lbs Mr R W Cameron 25/1
5 BLINKHOOLIE J Grimshaw 2-8st 10lbs Mr Chaplin 25/1
6 BANDMASTER Jem Goater 2-8st 10lbs Mr W G Craven 25/1
7 BARRINGTON Parry 2-8st 10lbs Mr Elliott 25/1
8 OK J Mann 2-8st 10lbs Mr W Howard 25/1
9 CHIGNON J Daley 2-8st 7lbs Baron Rothschild 25/1
10 ARUNDEL A Edwards 2-8st 10lbs Lord Stamford 25/1
11 TYNEDALE Morris 2-8st 10lbs Mr MacKenzie 25/1
The New Stakes, forerunner of the Norfolk Stakes, took place on Thursday 31st May 1866 and the winner, a brown filly by Stockwell out of Paradigm, won a first prize was 770 sovereigns from 67 subscribers (equivalent to £91,000 in 2020). Over round 133%
Norfolk Stakes Group 2 5 furlongs 1843
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