Chester Stakes
| Class | Listed |
|---|---|
| Location | Chester Racecourse Chester, Cheshire, England |
| Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
| Sponsor | Virgin Bet |
| Website | Chester |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1m 6f 87y (2,896 metres) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-years-old and up |
| Weight | 8 st 13 lb (3yo); 9 st 8 lb (4yo+) Allowances 5 lb for fillies and mares Penalties 3 lb for Listed winners* 5 lb for Group 3 winners* 7 lb for Group 1 / 2 winners" * after 2024 |
| Purse | £60,000 (2025) 1st: £34,026 |
| 2025 | ||
| Allonsy | Tabletalk | Alsakib |
| Previous years | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ||
| Absurde | Caius Chorister | Samui |
| 2023 | ||
| Shanroe | Divine Jewel | Lone Eagle |
| 2022 | ||
| River Of Stars | Loft | Typewriter |
| 2021 | ||
| Yesyes | Dancing King | Morando |
| 2020-2011 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||
| Spanish Mission | Selino | Hereby |
| 2019 | ||
| Vivid Diamond | Persian Moon | Outbox |
| 2018 | ||
| Duretto | Hochfeld | Top Tug |
| 2017 | ||
| My Reward | Cape Coast | Harlequeen |
| 2016 | ||
| Muntahaa | Duretto | Fabricate |
| 2015 | ||
| Gabrial's King | Gabrial's Star | Blue Wave |
| 2014 | ||
| Big Orange | Whiplash Willie | De Rigueur |
| 2013 | ||
| Sun Central | Bite Of The Cherry | Handsome Man |
| 2012 | ||
| Tominator | Communicator | Scrapper Smith |
| 2011 | ||
| Berling | Tominator | Theology |
| 2010-2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ||
| Lady Eclair | Red Cadeaux | Jedi |
| 2009 | ||
| Munsef | Mystery Star | Sabotage |
| 2008 | ||
| Red Gala | Strategic Mount | Cool Judgement |
| 2007 | ||
| Bauer | Lundy's Lane | Sagredo |
| 2006 | ||
| New Guinea | Sunday Symphony | Casual Glance |
| 2005 | ||
| Jagger | Masafi | Light of Morn |
| 2004 | ||
| Swift Tango | Midas Way | Hambleden |
| 2003 | ||
| Compton Bolter | Supremacy | Bourgeois |
| 2002 | ||
| Supremacy | Mesmeric | Scott's View |
| 2001 | ||
| Flossy | Jalousie | Garden Society |
| 2000-1991 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | ||
| Zaajer | Lightning Arrow | Taufan's Melody |
| 1999 | ||
| Salmon Ladder | Kadaka | The Glow-Worm |
| 1998 | ||
| Invermark | Delilah | Perfect Paradigm |
| 1997 | ||
| Further Flight | Kutta | Grey Shot |
| 1996 | ||
| Royal Scimitar | Leonato | Snow Princess |
| 1995 | ||
| Source Of Light | Labibeh | Soba Up |
| 1994 | ||
| Sadler's Image | Misbelief | Safety In Numbers |
| 1993 | ||
| Nassma | Azhar | Star Player |
| 1992 | ||
| Jahafil | Surrealist | Spinning |
| 1991 | ||
| Arcadian Heights | Secret Waters | Bondstone |
| 1990-1988 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | ||
| Tarikhana | Sesame | Braashee |
| 1989 | ||
| Nemesia | Lazaz | Upper Strata |
| 1988 | ||
| Sudden Victory | Grand Tour | Dastur |
The Chester Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Chester over a distance of 1 mile, 6 furlongs and 87 yards (2,896 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late August or early September. Prior to 2018 it was run as a handicap. The handicap element was removed in 2018 to comply with a recommendation that no handicap should carry Listed status, and it became a conventional Listed Race.