Stockholm Cup International
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The Stockholm Cup International is a Group 3
Conditions races
Conditions races are horse races where the weights carried by the runners are laid down by the conditions attached to the race. Weights are allocated according to; the sex of the runners, with female runners carrying less weight than males; the age of the runners, with younger horses receiving...

 flat
Flat racing
Flat racing is a form of Thoroughbred horse racing which is run over a level track at a predetermined distance. It differs from steeplechase racing which is run over hurdles...

 horse race
Horse racing
Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC...

 in Sweden
Sweden
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 which is open to thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...

s aged three years or older. It is run at Täby over a distance of 2,400 metres (about 1½ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September.

The event was promoted to Group 3 level in 1994, and it became the first race with such a status outside of the main five flat racing countries in Europe. Another Swedish race, the Täby Open Sprint Championship
Täby Open Sprint Championship
The Täby Open Sprint Championship is a Listed flat horse race in Sweden which is open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Täby over a distance of 1,150 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in September....

, was given Group 3 status in 1998.

Winners since 1994

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Time
1994 Mr Eubanks 3 Susanne Berneklint Michael Kahn 2:28.7
1995 Glide Path 6 Jason Weaver
Jason Weaver (jockey)
Jason Weaver is a former British flat racing jockey who had much of his major success in the mid 1990s. In total, Weaver rode more than 1,000 winners in a career which spanned fourteen years.-Biography:...

John Hills 2:33.2
1996 Kill the Crab 4 Fredrik Johansson Wido Neuroth 2:27.0
1997 Harbour Dues 4 Ray Cochrane
Ray Cochrane
Ray Cochrane is a retired horse racing jockey and current sports agent.He was the winning jockey in three of the five British Classic Races: the Oaks Stakes, 1,000 Guineas Stakes and Epsom Derby Stakes...

Lady Herries 2:35.4
1998 Inchrory 5 John McLaughlin Are Hyldmo 2:39.9
1999 Albaran 6 Janos Tandari Cathrine Erichsen 2:30.1
2000 Valley Chapel 4 Eddie Ahern
Eddie Ahern
Eddie Ahern is an Irish professional jockey.In 1997 he became champion apprentice in Ireland., Ahern has won 1084 races. In 2007 Ahern won the Hayes Golden Button Challenge. In December 2007 Ahern was banned from racing for 3 months for a whip offence...

Wido Neuroth 2:27.7
2001 Valley Chapel 5 Fredrik Johansson Wido Neuroth 2:40.3
2002 Dano-Mast
Dano-Mast
Dano-Mast is a thoroughbred racehorse, bought at the October 1997 sale for year old horses at Newmarket, England, for 10000 pounds. Dano-Mast did not race as a 2 year old, but showed talent when winning a maiden race by more than 20 lengths in his second appearance in a full season, which was...

6 Frederick Sanchez Flemming Poulsen 2:27.7
2003 Labirinto 5 Frédéric Spanu Rod Collet 2:28.4
2004 Collier Hill
Collier Hill
Collier Hill is a British Thoroughbred racehorse. He was bred by the prominent American sportsman George W. Strawbridge, Jr. who was involved in both steeplechase and flat racing and who raced in Europe and the United States....

6 Dean McKeown
Dean McKeown
Dean Russell McKeown is a currently bannedBritish Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He embarked on his professional career as a teenager, earning his first win in 1977. While never a Champion jockey, McKeown has won a number of important Conditions races in the United Kingdom including three...

Alan Swinbank 2:27.8
2005 Farouge 4 Fredrik Johansson Wido Neuroth 2:29.8
2006 Collier Hill
Collier Hill
Collier Hill is a British Thoroughbred racehorse. He was bred by the prominent American sportsman George W. Strawbridge, Jr. who was involved in both steeplechase and flat racing and who raced in Europe and the United States....

8 Dean McKeown
Dean McKeown
Dean Russell McKeown is a currently bannedBritish Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He embarked on his professional career as a teenager, earning his first win in 1977. While never a Champion jockey, McKeown has won a number of important Conditions races in the United Kingdom including three...

Alan Swinbank 2:33.5
2007 Appel au Maitre 3 Fredrik Johansson Wido Neuroth 2:36.5
2008 Appel au Maitre 4 Fredrik Johansson Wido Neuroth 2:34.9
2009 Touch of Hawk 3 L. Hammer-Hansen Wido Neuroth 2:31.9
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