York Dante Stakes Preview

We have a preview of the York Dante Stakes ahead of the big race coming on Thursday with the confirmed runners, previous winners and more!

The name “Dante” Stakes is called after a man called Dante who was the Yorkshire-trained winner of the Derby substitute at Newmarket in 1945. The inaugural event was held in 1958 as a trial for the Derby and was won by Bald Eagle.

The present grading system was introduced in 1971, having initially been a Group 3 event, it was promoted to a Group 2 event in 1980.

Eleven previous winners have gone on to achieve victory in the Derby, the first was St Paddy in 1960 and most recently Desert Crown in 2022. The 2014 Dante winner, The Grey Gatsby,  went on to win the French equivalent the Prix du Jockey-Club while the 2015 runner-up, Jack Hobbs, and 2021 winner Hurricane Lane, both won the Irish Derby.

The race is open to 3-year-olds exclusively and carry equal weight of 9-0 except any fillies who will get a 3lb allowance and any Group 1 winner who gets a 3lb penalty.

The overround for the 2022 event was 104% indicating a competitive betting market, the highest recent overround was 118% in 2016 while the average of the last 20 races has been around the 112%.

Who will be competing in the race?

There are currently 12 declared for the Dante  Stakes on Thursday.

Canberra Legend

Continuous

Dancing Magic

Dear My Friend

Epictetus

Flying Honours

Killybegs Warrior

King Of Steel

Liberty Lane

Passenger

The Foxes

White Birch

Dante Stakes Recent Winners

Here are the Dante Stakes past winners for the last 10 races.

2022    Desert Crown

2021    Hurricane Lane

2020    Thunderous

2019    Telecaster

2018    Roaring Lion

2017    Permian

2016    Wings of Desire

2015    Golden Horn

2014    The Grey Gatsby

2013    Libertarian

Dante Stakes Trainer Statistics

Here are the last Dante Stakes Trainer Winners for the last 10 races.

2022    Sir Michael Stoute

2021    Charlie Appleby

2020    Mark Johnston

2019    Hughie Morrison

2018    John Gosden

2017    Mark Johnston

2016    John Gosden

2015    John Gosden

2014    Kevin Ryan

2013    Elaine Burke

Dante Stakes Jockey Statistics

Here are the last Dante Stakes Trainer Winners for the last 10 races.

2022    Richard Kingscote

2021    William Buick

2020    Franky Norton

2019    Oisin Murphy

2018    Oisin Murphy

2017    Franny Norton

2016    Frankie Dettori

2015    William Buick

2014    Ryan Moore

2013    William Buick

Click Below For All Our Dante Stakes Odds 2023

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