Open to both two-year-old colts and fillies, the Dewhurst Stakes is scheduled to take place each year in October and offers a pursue of £500,000 in prize money, which attracts top connections from around the globe.
The ante-post market for this big race usually opens a few weeks before, with some of the top two-year-olds priced up in case they are entered.
2023 Dewhurst Stakes Odds
You'll find the latest odds for the Dewhurst at the head of this page.
2023 Dewhurst Stakes Tips
Our preview of the Dewhurst will be published when the final field has been announced.
2022 Dewhurst Stakes Result
Position
Name
SP
1st
Chaldean
5/2
2nd
Royal Scotsman
12/1
3rd
Nostrum
5/2
Dewhurst Stakes Day Card
Race
Title
1
The Dubai
Nursery Handicap Stakes
2
The Godolphin Flying Start Zetland Stakes
3
The Dubai Autumn Stakes
4
The Darley Dewhurst Stakes
5
The Emirates Cesarewitch (Heritage Handicap)
6
The Dubai British EBF Boadicea Fillies'
Stakes
7
The Darley Stakes
Dewhurst Stakes History
Founded by a gentleman called Thomas Gee in 1875, the Dewhurst Stakes was originally given the title of the Dewhurst Plate, in honour of Gee’s Dewhurst Stud at Wadhurst.
Ran in the latter stages of the year at Newmarket racecourse, this event pits the top two-year-old colts and fillies against each other with a prize pool of £533,750 on the line.
It’s a race that has been held in high regard since day dot as well, with the first four winners of the Dewhurst going on to win one or more of the next year’s Classics. A feat the is still associated with winners of the race in the modern era.
Formerly part of Newmarket’s Champions Day meeting, it was moved to Future Champions Day in 2011 and has remained there ever since.
At one stage, the winner was automatically given an invitation to compete in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf but this was removed from the series in 2012.
The Dewhurst has long been one of the most important juvenile races in England, offering huge clues towards the following season's 2000 Guineas.
John Porter's legendary colt, Ormonde was one of the first colts to achieve that feat, winning the Dewhurst in 1885 before following up in the first Classic of 1886.
Another legend of the sport, Nijinsky ended his two-year-old career with victory in the Dewhurst Stakes. Mill Reef scored the following year, with Grundy also winning in the 1970s.
Rock Of Gibraltar, Shamardal and Teofilo all won the Dewhurst Stakes and have gone on to decome top stallions.
Sir Percy won the 2005 Dewhurst and scored in the Epsom Derby the following season. Two years later, New Approach also achieved that fabled double.
Frankel, regarded as one of the greatest horses of all time, won the Dewhurst Stakes in 2010. The last horse to achieve the Dewhurst, 2000 Guineas double was Churchill, who won both races for Aidan O'Brien in 2016 and '17.
O'Brien saddled his sixth Dewhurst Stakes winner in 2017 when US Navy Flag claimed a surprise win.
Too Darn Hot handed John Gosden an overdue Dewhurst victory the following season. The 2019 Dewhurst Stakes went the way of Charlie Appleby and Godolphin, as star juvenile Pinatubo won in good style.
Aidan O'Brien celebrated a 1-2 in the 2020 Dewhurst, as St Mark's Basilica held off stablemate Wembley to win on the Rowley Mile.
Dewhurst Stakes Betting Guide
Those at the head of the market in the betting for the Dewhurst Stakes usually deliver for the punters. Eight of the last 12 winners of the race came from the top three in the betting while seven of those were the overall market leader.
Too Darn Hot was an EVS favourite in 2018, Churchill was sent off as the 8/11 favourite in 2016 and Air Force Blue was priced at 4/6 favourite when clinching victory in 2015.
Eight of the last 12 winners also won on their last run which is a good indicator to the class required to win this famous Group One. The National Stakes at the Curragh is a particularly good marker as four of the last 12 winners won that race on their last outing.
