the event was promoted to group 2 level, transferred to newmarket and renamed the pride stakes in 2008. it was named after pride, a recent winner of the champion stakes. from this point it was staged during the venue's champions' meeting in mid-october. the title "princess royal stakes" was assigned to a different race at ascot, an event previously called the harvest stakes. the pride stakes had a purse of £100,000 in 2010.