title: Hambleton Stakes
text: # Hambleton Stakes
  
  The Hambleton Stakes is a handicap flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at York over a distance of 7 furlongs and 192 yards (1,584 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in May. Prior to 2018 it was run as a Listed handicap, but was downgraded by the British Horseracing Authority to comply with a new rule that no handicap race could carry Listed or Group race status.
  
  ## Winners since 1988
  
  * ↑ The 2020 running was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
  