Windsor August Stakes 2023

Towards the end of August Windsor stages its important Saturday night Winter Hill Stakes evening, the feature race being more than ably backed up by this Listed event, the August Stakes.

The August Stakes is a mile-and-a-half race worth £35,000 for those aged three and over, one won in the past by some pretty smart middle-distance types including Group 1 winner Arctic Owl along with Naheef, Spanish Moon, Berkshire and Desert Encounter.

Inaugurated in 2000, the August Stakes was upgraded to Listed status in 2004 and has remained at that level ever since.

While the race is a fine event in its own right, it is essentially the amuse-bouche to the Group 3 Winter Hill Stakes which follows immediately after, though a number of horses have contested both races over the years given that they are both middle-distance events and not too distant in status.