Horses work on Middleham High Moor, July 2005
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Middleham High Moor, July 2005
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| Year | Event |
| 1980 | Sea Pigeon, trained nr.Malton by Peter Easterby is voted National Hunt Horse of the Year having won the Champion Hurdle and Welsh Champion Hurdle. |
| 1980 | Malton trainer Peter Easterby is Champion National Hunt trainer for the second year in a row.
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| 1981 | Sea Pigeon, trained nr.Malton by Peter Easterby is voted National Hunt Horse of the Year for the second year having won the Champion Hurdle |
| 1981 | Little Owl, trained nr.Malton by Peter Easterby, wins the Cheltenham Gold Cup |
| 1981 | Aldaniti, bred by Tommy Barron at his Harrowgate Farm, Darlington, wins a memorable Grand National. |
| 1981 | Malton trainer Peter Easterby is Champion National Hunt trainer for the third year in a row. |
| 1982 | Fearless Lad, trained at Middleham by Dick Peacock wins the King's Stand S G1 |
| 1982 | Goodbye Shelley, trained at High Hoyland near Barnsley by Steve Norton wins the Prix Marcel Boussac G1 |
| 1982 | Silver Buck, trained at Dunkeswick by Michael Dickinson is voted National Hunt Horse of the Year, having won four races including the Cheltenham Gold Cup. |
| 1982 | Michael Dickinson, who trained at Dunkeswick saddles a world record 12 winners in one day on the 27th December, he had 21 runners in 20 races at 6 different courses within a period of 3 hours. Only one horse failed to contribute financially to the day's haul as he also had 5 seconds, 2 thirds and 1 fourth place. The shortest price Dickinson runner of the day was The Welder, at Wetherby, lost by a short head! Michael Dickinson was only in his second year as a trainer, having taken over from his father, Tony. |
| 1982 | Michael Dickinson, the Dunkeswick trainer, is Champion National Hunt trainer for the first time in only his second season. |
| 1983 | Michael Dickinson who trained at Dunkeswick saddles the first five home in the Cheltenham Gold Cup. The 'Famous Five' were, in order: Bregawn, Captain John, Wayward Lad, Silver Buck and Ashley House. |
| 1983 | Michael Dickinson who trained at Dunkeswick saddles a then record 120 winners in the 1982/83 jumps season. Besides the Gold Cup he also won in this season the Hennessy Gold Cup, SGB Handicap Chase, King George VI Chase, Grand National Trial, Queen Mother Champion Chase and the Sun Alliance Hurdle. He is named Champion National Hunt trainer for the second year in a row. |
| 1983 | Flying filly Soba trained at Stillington near York by David Chapman and bred at Westwood Farm (and ridden by current trainer David 'Dandy' Nicholls) comes second in three G1 sprints - King's Stand Stakes, July Cup and the Prix de l'Abbaye. She also won the King George Stakes G2 in this year. |
| 1983 | Mountain Lodge, bred by the Garrowby Stud, nr.York wins the Irish St.Leger G1 |
| 1984 | Middleham trainer and breeder Dick Peacock dies. |
| 1984 | Teleprompter, trained by Bill Watts at Richmond, wins the Queen Elizabeth II S G2. |
| 1984 | Michael Dickinson who trained at Dunkeswick is named Champion National Hunt trainer for the third year in a row, and moves south to Manton to train on the flat for Robert Sangster. |
| 1985 | Teleprompter, trained by Bill Watts at Richmond, becomes the highest earning English or Irish trained horse of all time, following his victory in the Arlington Million of that year. Although this was short lived (after Pebbles won the same years Breeders' Cup), he is still the highest earning English gelding of all time with winnings of £758,536. |
| 1985 | Kris, standing at Thornton Stud, Thirsk, becomes the most recent Yorkshire champion sire, mainly due to the Fillies Triple Crown winner Oh So Sharp. |
| 1985 | Forgive 'N Forget trained at Malton by Jimmy Fitzgerald wins the Cheltenham Gold Cup from Monica Dickinson's Righthand Man in second. |
| 1985 | Badsworth Boy, trained at Dunkeswick by Monica Dickinson wins his third successive Queen Mother Champion Chase. |
| 1985 | Androma, trained at Malton by Jimmy Fitzgerald, wins his second succesive Scottish Grand National. |
| 1985 | By the Way, trained at Dunkeswick by Monica Dickinson wins the Whitbread Gold Cup. |
| 1986 | Hardy Lad, trained at Middleham by Jumbo Wilkinson (and ridden by soon-to-be Middleham trainer Micky Hammond) wins the Scottish Grand National. |
| 1986 | Bold Arrangement bred at Manor House Stud, Middleham is second in the Kentucky Derby G1 |
| 1986 | The disbanded Ribblesdale Stud, nr.Kirbymoorside, is named Leading British Based National Hunt Breeder of 1986, thanks to the exploits of See You Then, triple winner of the Champion Hurdle. |
| 1987 | Peter Easterby's 25-1 shot Cybrandian is second in the Cheltenham Gold Cup. |
| 1988 | Lincolnshire trainer, and former vet, Mark Johnston moves into Kingsley House Stables Middleham, previously occupied by fellow trainer George Moore, who moves across the road to Warwick Lodge. |
| 1989 | Sapience, trained at Malton by Jimmy Fitzgerald, comes second in the St.Leger G1 |
| 1989 | Steinlen, reared for Daniel Wildenstein at the Cliff Stud, Helmsley wins the Arlington Million G1 and Breeders Cup Mile G1 |
| 1990 | Tirol bred by Manor House Stud, Middleham wins the 2000 Guineas G1 and Irish 2000 Guineas G1 |
| 1990 | Epervier Bleu, reared for Daniel Wildenstein at the Copgrove Stud, Nr.Harrogate wins the Prix Lupin G1 and is second in the Prix du Jockey Club G1 and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe G1 |
| 1990 | Pistolet Bleu, reared for Daniel Wildenstein at the Copgrove Stud, Nr.Harrogate wins the Criterium de Saint-Cloud G1 |
| 1990 | Steinlen, reared at the Cliff Stud, Helmsley wins the Hollywood Turf H G1 and is third in the Arlington Million G1 |
| 1990 | Rafha, reared at the Cliff Stud, Helmsley wins the Prix de Diane G1 |
| 1991 | Kazoo, trained at Richmond by Bill Watts, wins the German 1000 Guineas G1 |
| 1991 | Epervier Bleu, reared for Daniel Wildenstein at the Copgrove Stud, Nr.Harrogate wins the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud G1 |
| 1991 | Victoire Bleue, reared for Daniel Wildenstein at the Copgrove Stud, Nr.Harrogate wins the Prix du Cadran G1 |
| 1991 | Pistolet Bleu, reared for Daniel Wildenstein at the Copgrove Stud, Nr.Harrogate is third in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe G1 |
| 1992 | Rodeo Star, trained at Malton by Nigel Tinkler wins the Tote Gold Trophy Handicap Hurdle. |
| 1992 | Pistolet Bleu, reared for Daniel Wildenstein at the Copgrove Stud, Nr.Harrogate wins the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud G1, and is second in the Prix Ganey G1 |
| 1993 | Jodami trained at Stearsby by Peter Beaumont wins the Chelteham Gold Cup |
| 1993 | Bigstone, reared for Daniel Wildenstein at the Copgrove Stud, Nr.Harrogate wins the Sussex Stakes G1 and Queen Elizabeth II S G1 and is second in the Prix Jean Prat G1, Grand Prix de Paris G1 and third in the Prix du Moulin G1. |
| 1993 | Arcangues, reared for Daniel Wildenstein at the Copgrove Stud, Nr.Harrogate wins the Breeders Cup Classic G1 and the Prix d'Ispahan G1. |
| 1994 | Mister Baileys, trained in Middleham by Mark Johnston, wins the 2000 Guineas G1 |
| 1994 | Middleham trainer Mark Johnston breaks through the 100 winner and £1 million prize money barrier for the first time. Double Trigger is placed third in the St.Leger G1. |
| 1994 | Bigstone, reared for Daniel Wildenstein at the Copgrove Stud, Nr.Harrogate wins the Prix d'Ispahan G1 and the Prix de la Foret G1 and is third in the Queen Elizabeth II S G1. |
| 1994 | Antonin, trained nr Thirsk by Sue Bramall (later to move to Ireland) wins the Racing Post Chase. |
| 1995 | Double Trigger, trained in Middleham by Mark Johnston wins the Ascot Gold Cup G1.He completes the stayers Triple Crown by capturing the Goodwood Cup G3 and Doncaster Cup G2. |
| 1995 | Jodami, trained at Stearsby by Peter Beaumont wins his third consecutive Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup Chase. |
| 1995 | Pentire, bred by the Garrowby Stud, nr.York wins the Irish Champion S G1, King Edward VII S G1 and The Great Voltigeur S G2 and is second in the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth II Diamond S G1 |
| 1995 | Classic Cliche, bred by at Nidd Park Stud, Nr.Harrogate wins the St.Leger G1 (on the same day that Pentire wins the Irish Champion S G1!) and Mecca Dante S G2 |
| 1996 | Bijou d'Inde, trained in Middleham by Mark Johnston, is third in the 2000 Guineas G1 and later wins the St.James's Palace S G1 at Royal Ascot and is third in the Juddmonte International G1 |
| 1996 | Leading dual purpose trainer Peter (MH) Easterby retires and hands over Habton Grange Stables at Great Habton near Malton to his son Tim. |
| 1996 | Pentire, bred by the Garrowby Stud, nr.York is named Champion Older Horse having won the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II S G1 and finished 3rd in Eclipse S G1 |
| 1996 | Classic Cliche, bred by at Nidd Park Stud, Nr.Harrogate wins the Ascot Gold Cup G1 and is an excellent second in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II S G1 |
| 1996 | My Emma, bred by at Nidd Park Stud, Nr.Harrogate wins the Prix Vermeille G1 |
| 1997 | Classic Park, bred at the Garrowby Stud, Nr.York wins the Irish 1000 Guineas G1. |
| 1997 | Mark Johnston, of Middleham trains two individual juvenille group one winners - Lend A Hand in the Gran Criterium G1 and Princely Heir in the Heinz Phoenix S G1. For the third year running he completes his three principle targets: over 100 winners, over £1million in prize money and a group one winner! |
| 1997 | York stages one of the most memorable races of the season when Coastal Bluff (trained at Maunby by David Barron) deadheats with Ya Malak (trained by David Nicholls at Sessay and ridden by his wife, Barron's former stable jockey, Alex Greaves) for the Nunthorpe S G1. |
| 1997 | Bill Watts of Richmond, classic winning trainer, retires blaming the financial state of British racing. |
| 1997 | Peintire Celebre, reared for Daniel Wildenstein at the Copgrove Stud, Nr.Harrogate wins the Prix du Jockey Club G1, Grand Prix de Paris G1, and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe G1, becoming European Horse of the Year. |
| 1997 | My Emma, bred by at Nidd Park Stud, Nr.Harrogate wins the Yorkshire Oaks G1 |
| 1998 | Lend A Hand, trained in Middleham by Mark Johnston, is second in the 2000 Guineas G1 |
| 1998 | Leading (and sometimes controversial trainer) Lynda Ramsden retires to France. The yard Breckenbrough House at Sandhutton near Thirk is taken over by Grand National winning trainer Andy Turnell. Two years later the Ramsdens' were back at Breckenbrough again! |
| 1998 | Branston Abby, the winning most British mare of the 20th Century dies aged 8 of grass sickness, having only recently retired. Buried at her former home Kingsley House, Middleham where she was trained by Mark Johnston, she won 25 races from 96 starts and earned over £314,000. She won numerous listed races, but no group races, with perhaps her best performance being 2nd in the 1995 Haydock Park Sprint G1. |
| 1998 | Border Arrow, bred by the Garrowby Stud, nr.York is third in both the 2000 Gns G1 and the Derby G1 |
| 1999 | Dark Moondancer, bred at Manor House Stud, Middleham wins the Gran Premio di Milano G1, Prix Ganay G1 and the Prix d'Harcourt G2 |
| 1999 | Yavana's Pace, trained at Middleham by Mark Johnston is second in the Irish St.Leger G1. |
| 2000 | In For A Penny, trained near Malton by Richard Fahey is third in the Irish Oaks G1. |
| 2000 | Pipalong, trained near Malton by Tim Easterby wins the Stanley Leisure Sprint Cup G1. |
| 2000 | Mark Johnston, based at Middleham, trains his thousandth winner, and thus becomes the quickest person ever to reach this remarkable milestone. |
| 2000 | Yavana's Pace, trained at Middleham by Mark Johnston is second in the Irish St.Leger G1 for the second year. |
| 2001 | On the same day at the Aintree Festival there are two Yorkshire trained winners in the main supporting races on National Day - Barton, trained nr.Malton by Tim Easterby wins the Martell Aintree Hurdle (Gd1) and Ballinclay King, trained at Middleham by Ferdy Murphy wins the Martell Novices' Chase (Gd1). |
| 2001 | Mark Johnston, based at Middleham, trains Royal Rebel to win the Ascot Gold Cup G1 at Royal Ascot, his second winner of the race, following the victory of Double Trigger in 1995. |
| 2001 | Sir George Turner, trained by Mark Johnston, wins the £200,000 Houghton Sales Stakes, the second most valuable win ever by a Yorkshire trained horse, after that of Teleprompter in the 1985 Arlington Million. |
| 2002 | Simeon, trained by Mark Johnston, is third in the Prix du Jockey Club G1 (French Derby). The following week Johnston goes to Epsom with the strongest Yorkshire based team for the Derby in living memory. Unfortunately Fight Your Corner and Bandari are both disappointing with Fight Your Corner finishing the best in fifth. In the same race however the Malton trainer Andy Turnell sends out 100-1 outsider Jelani to finish fourth. |
| 2002 | Mark Johnston, based at Middleham, trains Royal Rebel to win the Ascot Gold Cup G1 at Royal Ascot for the second year in a row (the horse having had no wins in between). Johnston ends the Golden Jubilee Royal Ascot as the leading trainer with four wins. |
| 2002 | Dandy Nicholls "The Sprint King" achieves a remarkable result to train the first two horses home in the July Cup G1 - Continent and Bahamian Pirate, both of who are owned by Lucayan Stud, and both of whom are former Nicholls trained winners of the Ayr Gold Cup! |
| 2002 | Mark Johnston's stable stalwart Yavana's Pace wins the Credit Suisse Private Banking Pokal G1 at Cologne at the age of ten, to become the oldest ever winner of a group one race. |
| 2002 | When Bandari wins the Great Voltiguer Stakes G2 Mark Johnston equals Henry Cecil's record of having achieved a century of winners for nine seasons in a row. |
| 2002 | Tim Easterby's colt Bollin Eric wins
the St. Leger G1 to become the first
Yorkshire trained Leger winner since Peleid in '73. This
is also Easterby's first classic winner, at only his
second attempt. Mark Johnston's Bandari
is third in the same race. Furthermore Bollin Eric is a
Yorkshire bred horse.
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| 2002 | David 'Dandy' Nicholls lives upto his 'Sprint King' title to produce Continent to win the sprint championship of Europe, the Prix de l'Abbaye G1, the first Yorkshire trainer to lift this historic prize. |
| 2003 | The Ferdy Murphy trained Truckers Tavern is second in the Cheltenham Gold Cup. |
| 2003 | Mark Johnston becomes the first trainer ever to have 100 winners in 10 consecutive seasons on the flat. |
| 2003 | Tim Easterby wins the Stanley Leisure Sprint Cup G1 with Somnus, homebred by Lady Legard at her Scampston Hall home near Malton, and raised at the historic Sledmere Stud. |
| 2003 | Oaks Farm Stables' daughter of Sadler's Wells fetches a bid of 750,00gns at the Tattersalls Houghton Sale, the highest price ever achieved by a Yorkshire Stud at the sales at that point in time. |
| 2003 | Mark Johnston wins the Gran Criterium G1 for the second time, this time with Pearl Of Love, his twelfth group winner of the season. |
| 2003 | Attraction, trained by Mark Johnston, wins the Cartier Award as Champion Two-Year-Old Filly, the first such award for a Yorkshire trained horse. |
| 2003 | When the the International Ratings are announced there is a unique double for Mark Johnston as his Attraction was rated the Top Two-Year-Old filly in Europe (119) and Lucky Story was rated the joint best Two-Year-Old Colt trained in Britain (118), the first time a Yorkshire trainer has held the top two British rankings, and the first time a Yorkshire trainer has had a European Champion Two-Year-Old. |
| 2004 | The Ferdy Murphy trained Granit d'Estruval wins the £79,450 Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse. |
| 2004 | History is made when Mark Johnston's Attraction becomes the first horse ever to win both the English 1,000 Guineas G1 and the Irish 1,000 Guineas G1. She then follows up with a mind blowing victory in the Coronation Stakes G1 at Royal Ascot to become Johnston's first ever triple Group One winner, and still undefeated in eight races. The unbeaten tag is lost in her next race the Falmouth Stakes G1 in which she finishes second to Soviet Song. She then runs disappointingly in soft ground in the Prix Jacques le Marois G1, but later returns to something like her best form when again second to Soviet Song in the Matron Stakes G1. Attraction then bounces back to top form to take the Sun Chariot Stakes G1 which propels her past Teleprompter to become the leading Yorkshire trained money earner of all time. The losses to Soviet Song (who has also won the Sussex Stakes G1 and the Fillies Mile G1) are all the more galling as that filly is Yorkshire bred at the Star Cottage Stud in Malton for the Elite Racing Club! |
| 2004 | The day after Attraction's Coronation Stakes win, the Tim Easterby trained Fayr Jag wins the Golden Jubilee Stakes G1 at Royal Ascot to give Yorkshire a fantastic double, and complete a Tim Easterby treble of Group One winning sprinters - Pipalong, Somnus and Fayr Jag. |
| 2004 | Somnus adds to Tim Easterby's Group One sprint collection when taking the Prix Maurice de Gheest G1 at the Deauville festival, in his next race, the Stanleybet Sprint Cup G1 at Haydock, he is narrowly beaten into second place, and he rounds out the European season by taking the Prix de la Foret G1 at Longchamp. |
| 2004 | Bahamian Pirate's victory in the Nunthorpe Stakes G1,
gives David Nicholls' his first outright
win in the race, and, at the age of nine, he becomes the
oldest winner of a British Group One race. This also
represents Yorkshire's sixth Group One race of the season
- their best tally ever.
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| 2004 | Mark Johnston caps an excellent season when Shamardal wins the Dewhurst Stakes G1 in impressive fashion to shoot to the head of the market for the following years 2,000 Guineas. Predictably transferred to Godolphin for 2005 Shamardal fulfills his promise with wins in the French 2,000 Guineas and French Derby before his most impressive display when winning the St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot At York, bringing reflected glory to the Kingsley House operation. |
| 2005 | Whilst Ascot is refurbished the Royal meeting is temporarily transferred, with great success, to York. |
| 2005 | La Cucaracha owned by Guy Reed and homebred at his Copgrove Stud, wins the Nunthorpe Stakes G1 at York and, in her following race, is second in the William Hill Sprint Cup G1 at Haydock. |
| 2005 | After an uncertain start to the year the Mark Johnston trained Attraction makes a grand autumnal comeback to win the Matron Stakes G1 at Leopardstown, leading from start to finish. A couple of weeks later she is found to be lame and an extended autumn campaign is cancelled in favour of an honourable retirement to stud. |
| 2005 | A week after Attraction's return to winning ways Richmond trainer Alan Swinbank registers his first Group One win when his Collier Hill plunders the Irish St Leger G1, defeating the mighty Vinnie Roe. |
| 2005 | Kevin Ryan's Amadeus Wolf becomes Yorkshire's third Group One winner of the month of September when Amadeus Wolf easily lands the Middle Park Stakes G1, to enable his trainer to join the ever-expanding list of Yorkshire based trainers who have trained a Group One winner. |
| 2005 | Two days after Amadeus Wolf's victory yet another Yorkshire based Group One winning trainer is annointed when Patrick Haslam's Kinnaird runs the race of her life to land the Prix de l'Opera G1 at Longchamp on Arc day. |
| 2005 | Kevin Ryan makes it a year to remember when his Palace Episode wins the Racing Post Trophy G1 from Mark Johnston's Winged Cupid to give the young Hambleton trainer his second group one victory of the season, and of his career. |
| 2006 | Alan Swinbank's eight year old Collier Hill is placed second in the Dubai Sheema Classic G1 pushing his career earnings over the £1 million mark - a first for a Yorkshire trained horse. |
| 2006 | First season trainer Tim Pitt, based at Bawtry, produces failed hurdler Les Arcs to win the Golden Jubilee Stakes G1 at Royal Ascot, with the Kevin Ryan trained Balthazaar's Gift in second place. Les Arcs later consolidates his position as Britain's leading sprinter by landing the July Cup G1 at Newmarket. |
| 2006 | Kevin Ryan's Desert Lord springs a surprise to lands the Prix de l'Abbaye G1 at Longchamp on Arc day. |
| 2006 | Mark Johnston posts his third victory in the Gran Criterium G1 when Kirklees triumphs at San Siro. |
| 2006 | Alan Swinbank's Collier Hill adds yet another top class race to his record when winning the Canadian International G1 at Woodbine. The globe trotting continues and in December he adds the Hong Kong Vase G1 to his haul. |
| 2007 | Oaks Farm Stables obtain a price of 2,500,000gns for a daughter of Sadler's Wells at the October Sales, a world record for a yearling filly. |
| 2008 | The Mark Johnston trained Nahoodh lands the Falmouth Stakes G1 at Newmarket. |
| 2008 | The Robin Bastiman trained Borderlescott wins the Nunthorpe Stakes G1, held at Newmarket due to flooding on the Knavesmire. |
| 2009 | Ferdy Murphy's Kalahari King lands the Maghull Novices' Chase Gd1 at the Aintree Festival having finished runner-up in the Arkle Challenge Trophy Gd1 at Cheltenham. |
| 2009 | Dim Sum, bred by Leslie Caley at the Tibthorpe Stud near Driffield wins the Chairman's Sprint Prize G1 at Sha Tin in Hong Kong. |
| 2009 | Karl Burke lands his first Group One winner when Lord Shanakill takes the Prix Jean Prat G1. Shortly afterwards Burke is 'warned off' for a year and the string at Spigot Lodge is taken over by his father-in-law, veteran trainer Alan Jarvis. Later the string is taken over by his wife Elaine Burke. |
| 2009 | The Robin Bastiman trained Borderlescott wins the Nunthorpe Stakes G1 for the second consecutive year. |
| 2009 | After a gap of five years David Nicholls lands yet another Group One sprint when Regal Parade takes the Betfred Sprint Cup G1, providing the trainer's son Adrian with his first group one winner. |
| 2009 | Within the space of five minutes Mark Johnston trains Jukebox Jury to win the Preis von Europa G1 and Shakespearean the £956,310 Goffs Million Mile, the richest ever victory for a Yorkshire trained horse. Less than a week later Johnston's Awzaan lands the Middle Park Stakes G1 to make it a week to remember. |
| 2009 | Middleham based Mark Johnston becomes the first trainer to break the 200 winner mark, eventually ending the year with 221 wins. |
| 2010 | The Mark Johnston trained Lady Jane Digby lands the Grosser Dallmayr-Preis Bayerisches Zuchtrennen G1 at Munich. |
| 2010 | The David Nicholls trained Regal Parade comes home by a neck to land the prestigious Prix Maurice de Gheest G1 at Deauville. |
| 2010 | The Mark Johnston trained Corsica puts up a gallant performance to be third in the St.Leger G1 at odds of 40-1 having led most of the way and only beaten out of second by a nose. |
| 2010 | Malton handler Richard Fahey records his first ever group one winner when Wootton Bassett lands the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere G1 on Arc day, having previously won two valuable sales races and remaining unbeaten after five starts. |
| 2011 | Malton trainer Brian Ellison trains Marsh Warbler to land the Coral Future Champions Finale Juvenile Hurdle Gd1 at Chepstown. |
| 2011 | The Mark Johnston trained Jukebox Jury lands the second group one race of his career when dead-heating for the Irish St Leger G1. |
| 2011 | Bryan Smart lands his first Group One race since relocating to Hambleton when Tangerine Trees lands the Prix de l'Abbaye G1. 'Tange' was homebred by Beverley based Marie Matthews. |
| 2011 | Oaks Farm Stables consign the sales topper at the October Sales with the Galileo filly fetching 1,700,000gns. |
| 2012 | Malton trainer John Quinn trains Countrywide Flame to land the JCB Triumph Hurdle Gd1 on the last day of the Cheltenham Festival. |
| 2012 | Hambleton trainer Bryan Smart saddles Foxtrot Romeo to be second in the Irish 2,000 Guineas G1. |
| 2012 | Richard Fahey gains his first domestic Group One winner when Mayson lands the July Cup G1 by five lengths. |
| 2013 | Sue Smith's Auroras Encore records a facile victory in the Grand National Gd3 at odds of 66-1. |
| 2013 | Glory Awaits, trained by Kevin Ryan at Hambleton, is second in the 2,000 Guineas G1. |
| 2013 | Libertarian, trained by Elaine Burke at Middleham, is a fast finishing second in the Epsom Derby G1. |
| 2014 | The Grey Gatsby, trained by Kevin Ryan at Hambleton, lands the Prix du Jockey Club G1, Yorkshire's first victory in France's second most important race, and followed up later in the year with a second in the Juddmonte International G1 before reversing placings with his York nemesis Australia to land the Irish Champion Stakes G1 at Leopardstown, Yorskhire's fifth Group One victory of the year. |
| 2014 | Yorkshire grabs another French Group One when Richard Fahey's Garswood takes the Prix Maurice de Gheest G1. |
| 2014 | Incredibly Yorkshire's third French Group One of the year when John Quinn's The Wow Signal lands the Prix Morny G1, the Malton trainers first victory at that level. |
| 2014 | David O'Meara lands his first Group One (and Yorkshire's fourth of the season) when G Force triumphs in the Betfred Sprint Cup G1 |
| 2014 | Less than a month after G Force's triumph David O'Meara grabs his second Group One when the Yapham Mill Stud bred Move In Time takes the Prix de l'Abbaye G1 (Yorkshire's fourth French Group One of the year!) with Bryan Smart's Moviesta back in third. |
| 2015 | David O'Meara pulls the trained and bred in Yorkshire trick again, this time with Amazing Maria in the Falmouth Stakes G1, bred by Sir Robert Ogden at Sicklinghall Stud, three weeks later she lands the Prix Rothschild G1 at Deauville. |
| 2015 | Further into August and Karl Burke's game Odeliz wins the Prix Jean Romanet G1 to give Yorkshire a nap hand in the fillies mile races, come the back end of October she joins Amazing Maria as a multiple Group One winning Yorkshire trained filly when taking the Premio Lydia Tesio G1. |
| 2015 | David O'Meara grabs another Group One when Mondialiste takes the Woodbine Mile G1. |
| 2015 | Mark Johnston wins his first domestic Group One for six years when Lumiere lights up Newmarket to land the Cheveley Park Stakes G1 with a start to finish victory. |
| 2015 | Yorkshire has it's best ever Breeders' Cup when David O'Meara's Mondialiste is second in the Mile G1 and Richard Fahey's Birchwood is third in the Juvenile Turf G1. |
| 2015 | On the 28th December Richard Fahey records his 235th winner of the year, drawing equal with the record of Richard Hannon. There are no Fahey winners in the rest of the year, so they jointly held the record until 2019 (see below) ..... |
| 2016 | Richard Fahey's Ribchester stays on well to finish third in the 2,000 Guineas G1 . |
| 2016 | Karl Burke's Quiet Reflection makes it three Group races from three runs for the year when landing the Commonwealth Cup G1 at Royal Ascot. |
| 2016 | David O'Meara's Mondialiste puts up another excellent North American performance when landing the Arlington Million G1. |
| 2016 | The following day Richard Fahey's Ribchester lands the Prix Jacques le Marois G1. |
| 2016 | Karl Burke's Quiet Reflection grabs her second Group One when ploughing through the mud to land the 32Red Sprint Cup G1. At the end of the season she becomes the first ever three-year-old filly to win the Cartier Sprinter's Award. |
| 2016 | Mark Johnston's consistent The Last Lion is a front running victor in the Middle Park Stakes G1, giving birthday boy stable jockey Joe Fanning his first Group One winner. Remarkably the two year old is retired to stud a few weeks later. |
| 2017 | Richard Fahey's Ribchester starts the year well with a third in the Dubai Turf G1 and follows up with victories in the Lockinge Stakes G1 and Queen Anne Stakes G1 before an unluckly second in the Sussex Stakes G1. He then lands the Prix du Moulin G1 to move to second place in the All-Time Yorkshire Trained Winningmost List behind only The Grey Gatsby. |
| 2017 | Kevin Ryan's Brando follows up a third place in the July Cup G1 with a win in the Prix Maurice de Gheest G1 . |
| 2017 | Karl Burke lands a 1-2 in the Prix Morny G1 with Unfortunately landing the spoils from stablemate Havana Grey. |
| 2017 | David O'Meara's Suedois takes the Shadwell Turf Mile G1 at Keeneland. |
| 2017 | Fresh from her victory in the May Hill Stakes G2 a month earlier Karl Burke's Laurens provides him with yet another top level winner when taking the bet365 Fillies' Mile G1 at Newmarket. |
| 2017 | Jedd O'Keeffe caps an excellent season when Sam Spinner lands the Long Walk Hurdle Gd1 two days before Christmas. |
| 2018 | Karl Burke's Laurens is second in the 1,000 Guineas G1 on her seasonal debut and follows up a few weeks later by landing the Prix Saint-Alary G1 and thence on to classic glory in the Prix de Diane G1, adding the Matron Stakes G1 and Sun Chariot Stakes G1 later in the season. |
| 2018 | Mark Johnston's Dee Ex Bee, second in the Chester Vase G3 on his previous run, puts up an excellent performance to be second in the Epsom Derby G1 at 20-1. |
| 2018 | On the 23rd August Mark Johnston beats the UK record for domestic wins when Poet's Society takes the Clipper Logisitics Handicap at York to make it 4,194 wins for the Master of Middleham. |
| 2018 | The following day Beverley based owner-breeder Marie Matthews lands the Nunthorpe Stakes G1 with the Bryan Smart trained Alpha Delphini, the same connections, and dam, as 2011 Abbaye winner Tangerine Trees. |
| 2018 | The day after Laurens lands the Matron Stakes G1 on Irish Champions Weekend stablemate Havana Grey lands the Flying Five Stakes G1 for handler Karl Burke. |
| 2018 | Champions Day sees Richard Fahey's Sands Of Mali, already a winner of two Group races earlier in the season, land the British Champions Sprint Stakes G1. |
| 2019 | David O'Meara's Lord Glitters provides the first Yorkshire Group One win of the season in the first race at Royal Ascot when landing the Queen Anne Stakes G1. |
| 2019 | Karl Burke's Laurens lands the Prix Rothschild G1 to make it at least one Group One win in each of her three seasons of racing, and six in total. |
| 2019 | Kevin Ryan fields three in Haydock's Betfair Sprint Cup G1 and comes up trumps with the youngest, Hello Youmzain winning nicely. |
| 2019 | The Mark Johnston pair of Sir Ron Priestley and Nayef Road are second and third respectively in the St Leger G1. |
| 2019 | Kevin Ryan's Glass Slippers makes it three French wins in a row when landing the Prix de l'Abbaye G1 on Arc day. |
| 2019 | Mark Johnston's Bavardages lands a Kempton Nursery to give his trainer his 236th winner of the calendar year, a new record on the flat. |
| 2019 | Belvoir Bay, bred by the late Lennie Peacock at Manor House Stud lands the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint G1 at Santa Anita. |
| 2019 | Mark Johnston's Bavardages lands a Chelmsford Nursery to give his trainer his 245th winner of the calendar year, a new record under either code. |
| 2019 | Micky Hammond garners his first top-flight win when outsider Cornerstone Lad lands the Fighting Fifth Hurdle Gd1 |
| 2020 | Kevin Ryan lands the Diamond Jubilee Stakes G1 with Hello Youmzain, and then promptly lands the following Wokingham Handicap with Hey Jonesy. But no crowds at Royal Ascot due to Covid 19. |
| 2020 | Kevin Ryan's Glass Slippers leads home a Yorkshire 1-2 in the Flying Five Stakes G1 at The Curragh. |
| 2020 | Mark Johnston's Gear Up holds on by a short neck to land Saint-Cloud's Criterium de Saint-Cloud G1 in heavy ground ...... |
| 2020 | ...... the following day, just a short hop over the Pont de Suresnes, Mark Johnston's Subjectivist takes the Prix Royal-Oak G1 at Parislongchamp (as we must remember to call it). |
| 2020 | Kevin Ryan enters the history books as the trainer of Yorkshire's first Breeders' Cup winner when Glass Slippers lands the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint G1 at Keeneland. |
| 2021 | David O'Meara's Lord Glitters adds to his already bulging piggy bank when landing the Jebel Ali G1. |
| 2021 | Mark Johnston's Subjectivist lands the Ascot Gold Cup G1 , with Royal Ascot having limited crowds, in an almost post-Covid 19 world. |
| 2021 | Tim Easterby lands his first Group One since 2004 when Winter Power records her third win of the season over course and distance to land the Nunthorpe Stakes G1 at the Ebor meeting. |
| 2021 | A couple of days later Richard Fahey's Perfect Power lands the Prix Morny G1 at Deauville, having already taken the Norfolk Stakes G2 earlier in the season. |
| 2021 | Kevin Ryan lands Yorkshire's fifth Group One of the year with victory for Emaraaty Ana in the Betfred Sprint Cup G1. |
| 2021 | The sixth Group One winner of the year comes from Richard Fahey's aptly named Perfect Power, his second of the year, when he takes the Middle Park Stakes G1. |
| 2022 | Richard Fahey's Perfect Power continues his run into the following year when landing the Commonwealth Cup G1 at Royal Ascot. |
| 2022 | John Quinn's Highfield Princess takes the Prix Maurice de Gheest G1 and then follows up less than two weeks later by heading a Yorkshire 1-2-3 in the Nunthorpe Stakes G1, and then makes it three in a row when taking the Flying Five Stakes G1. |
| 2022 | Yorkshire fifth Group One win of the year comes in the Sun Chariot Stakes G1 at Newmarket when Kevin Ryan's largely unheralded Fonteyn comes home in front ..... |
| 2022 | ..... the next day Richard Fahey's The Platinum Queen becomes the first two-year-old in 44 years to land the Prix de l'Abbaye G1. |
| 2022 | Charlie & Mark Johnston's Dubai Mile makes it another Group One when landing the Criterium de Saint-Cloud G1 in heavy ground. |
| 2023 | Patrick 'Paddy' Neville's The Real Whacker lands the Brown Advisory Novices' Chase Gd1 at the Cheltenham Festival. |
| 2023 | Kevin Ryan's Triple Time, on his seasonal debut, makes it a good start to Royal Ascot when landing the Queen Anne Stakes G1 at 33-1. |
| 2023 | A few days later and Julie Camacho lands her first group one winner when Shaquille takes the Commonwealth Cup G1, adding the July Cup G1 three weeks later ..... |
| 2023 | ...... Shaquille's run is broken in the Betfair Sprint Cup G1, but the Ed Bethell trained Regional takes up the mantle to land the young Middleham trainer his first Group One victory. |
| 2023 | The following day the Branton Court homebred, Karl Burke trained, Fallen Angel landed the Moyglare Stud Stakes G1 at The Curragh. |
| 2023 | John Quinn's Highfield Princess, who had been running well all season without quite hitting the heights of 2022, scores her fourth Group One when landing the Prix de l'Abbaye G1 on Arc day at Longchamp. |
| 2023 | Champions Day at Ascot sees Tim Easterby's stable stalwart Art Power land his first ever Group One, at age six, when taking the British Champions Sprint Stakes G1 by a neck ...... |
| 2023 | .... just over half an hour later the Karl Burke trained, and Yorkshire bred, Poptronic also wins by a neck, this time in the British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes G1. |
| 2024 | The Branton Court homebred, Karl Burke trained, Fallen Angel lands the Irish 1,000 Guineas G1 comfortably, less than an hour after stablemate Darnation lands the German 1,000 Guineas G2 . |
| 2024 | At Royal Ascot Kevin Ryan's Inisherin puts up a storming performance to easily land the Commonwealth Cup G1. |
| 2024 | A fantastic 45 minutes at Leopardstown sees the Copgrove Stud Economics confirm his position as one of the best horses in training when landing the Irish Champion Stakes G1 by a neck from Auguste Rodin (six times Group One winner inc. the 2023 Derby). This result came the race after the Branton Court bred, Karl Burke trained, Fallen Angel had finished a strong second in the Matron Stakes G1. |
| 2024 | A brilliant year for Branton Court, on the course anyway, is crowned when Starlust lands the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint G1 by a neck, having been third in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint G1 in 2023. |
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