title: Pontefract Castle Stakes
text: # Pontefract Castle Stakes
  
  The Pontefract Castle Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to filies and mares aged four years or older. It is run at Pontefract over a distance of 1 mile 4 furlongs and 5 yards (2,419 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June.
  
  The race was first run in 2005. It was originally open to horses of either sex but was restricted to fillies and mares from the 2017 running.
  
  ## Records
  
  Most successful horse (2 wins):
  
  * Brown Panther – 2012, 2013
  
  Leading jockey (2 wins):
  
  * Harry Bentley – Isabel De Urbina (2018), Antonia De Vega (2020)
  * Ryan Moore - Abingdon (2017), Katara (2021)
  
  Leading trainer (2 wins):
  
  * Ralph Beckett – Isabel De Urbina (2018), Antonia De Vega (2020)
  * Luca Cumani – Connecticut (2015), Loving Things (2016)
  * Tom Dascombe – Brown Panther (2012,2013)
  * Sir Michael Stoute - Abingdon (2017), Katara (2021)
  