Port Stakes
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|horse race = Port Stakes
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|location = Two Middle Miles of the Beacon Course
Newmarket, England
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|race type = Flat / Thoroughbred
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|distance = 1 mile 7 furlongs 127 yards (3134 metres)
|surface = Turf
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|qualification = Four-year-olds
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The Port Stakes was a flat horse race in Great Britain open to four-year-olds. It was run on the Two Middle Miles (T.M.M.) of the Beacon course at Newmarket over a distance of 2 miles, and was scheduled to take place each year in early or mid April at the Craven meeting. The Two Middle Miles course was relatively flat and was considered less testing then the "Ditch-In" course, over which the similar Claret Stakes was run.{{cite web |url=http://www.nhrm.co.uk/Some_Museum_Treasures/The_Beacon_Post.aspx |title=Museum Treasure |website=www.nhrm.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629070910/http://www.nhrm.co.uk/Some_Museum_Treasures/The_Beacon_Post.aspx |archive-date=2013-06-29}}
The race often attracted winners of the previous seasons British Classic Races: classic winners who went on to win the Port Stakes included Whisker, Prince Leopold, Mameluke, Green Mantle, Priam, Galata, Grey Momus, Ralph and Attila.
Winners 1815–1843
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! Year ! Winner ! Jockey ! Trainer ! Owner ! Odds |
1815
| Wire | | | George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton | 2/1 |
1816
| Whisker | | George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton | 2/5 |
1817
| | William Butler | Mr Lake | 6/4 |
1818
| Gazelle | | | Mr Lake | 3/1 |
1819
| Merlin | | | Mr G. L. Fox | Evens |
1820
| Snake | | | Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter | |
1821
| Abjer | | | John Udney | 1/2 |
1822
| Zeal | | George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton | walkover |
1823
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1824 |
1825
| Serab | William Arnull | | Stanlake Batson | 11/8 |
1826
| Camel | William Arnull | | 7/4 |
1827
| Lamplighter | | Col Wilson | 7/4 |
1828
| Mameluke | | | |
1829
| Privateer | William Arnull | | George Payne | 6/5 |
1830
| Patrick Conolly | Charles Marson | Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter | |
1831
| Priam | William Chifney | William Chifney | 1/3 |
1832
| | Mr Robinson | 2/1 |
1833
| Galata | Samuel Darling | Charles Marson | Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter | 7/2 |
1834
| Muley Moloch | Samuel Chifney | | William Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland | 5/2 |
1835
| | | Stanlake Batson | walkover |
1836
| Elizondo | Boyce | | Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond | 5/2 |
1837
| Scroggins | | George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield | 1/5 |
1838
| Rat-Trap | | John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland | 10/1 |
1839
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1840
| Domino | W. Cotton | | William Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle | 3/1 |
1841
| Gibraltar | | General Yates | 5/4 |
1842
| Ralph | | W. Edwards | William Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle | walkover |
1843
| Attila | | walkover |