Run at York racecourse, the Dante Stakes is a Group Two contest for 3 year-olds that is run over a trip of 1m2f.
Staged in the middle of May each season the middle-distance contest is seen as a key Epsom Derby Trial, with four of the last 22 Dante Stakes winners going onto land the fourth English Classic - Desert Crown (2022) and Golden Hornin 2015, being the most-recent horses to complete the Dante/Derby double - 11 in total have won both races (see them all below).
Trainer John Gosden has won three of the last 10 runnings and the Johnston has been responsible for two of the last 9 winning horses. While leading Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien, who has also won the race four times, should be noted.
Finally, it's a race jockey Oisin Murphy is making his own, with three wins since 2018.
We take a look back at past winners of the Dante Stakes, plus give you the key trends ahead of the 2026 renewal – this year run on Friday 14th May
Past Dante Stakes Winners
2025 - PRIDE OF ARRAS (18/1)
2024 - ECONOMICS (6/1)
2023 - THE FOXES (6/1)
2022 - DESERT CROWN (7/2 jfav)
2021 - HURRICANE LANE (5/1)
2020 – THUNDEROUS (13/2)
2019 – TELECASTER (7/1)
2018 – ROARING LION (3/1 fav)
2017 – PERMIAN (10/1)
2016 – WINGS OF DESIRE (9/1)
2015 – GOLDEN HORN (4/1)
2014 – THE GREY GATSBY (9/1)
2013 – LIBERTARIAN (33/1)
2012 – BONFIRE (3/1)
2011 – CARLTON HOUSE (11/4)
2010 – CAPE BLANCO (9/2)
2009 – BLACK BEAR ISLAND (12/1)
2008 – TARTAN BEARER (10/1)
2007 – AUTHORIZED (10/11 fav)
Dante Stakes Trends
- 19/22 – Winners that went onto run in the Epsom Derby (4 won)
- 19/23 – Finished third or better last time out
- 16/23 – Returned 8/1 or shorter in the betting
- 15/23 – Had a previous race that season
- 15/23 – Won their previous race
- 10/22 – Went onto be placed in the Epsom Derby
- 5/23 – Had won over 1m2f before
- 5/23 – Winning favourites (1 joint)
- 4/22 – Went onto win the Epsom Derby
- 3/23 – Won by trainer Aidan O’Brien (won it 4 times in all)
- 3/23 – Won by jockey Ryan Moore
- 3/23 – Trained by John Gosden (3 of last 11 runnings)
- 3/23 – Ridden by William Buick
- 3/23 – Ridden by Oisin Murphy (3 of the last 8)
- 2/23 – Winners from stall 2
- 2/23 – Trained the Johnston yard (Mark/Charlie) (2 of last 9)
- 1/23 – Had run at York before
- Just 3 winning favourites in the last 18 runnings (1 joint)
- Desert Crown (2022) and Golden Horn (2015) were the last Dante winners to go onto win the Epsom Derby
- 11 Dante Stakes winners in total have gone onto win the Epsom Derby
Dante/Derby Winners
- 1960 – St Paddy
- 1978 – Shirley Heights
- 1986 – Shahrastani
- 1987 – Reference Point
- 1994 – Erhaab
- 1997 – Benny The Dip
- 2004 – North Light
- 2005 – Motivator
- 2007 – Authorized
- 2015 – Golden Horn
- 2022 – Desert Crown
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