Records
Time record: (at current 2,400 metres distance)
- 2:28.41 - Octagonal (1996)
Largest winning margin:
- 10 lengths - Trident (1886)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 6 - Thomas Hales (1875, 1880, 1882, 1884, 1886, 1887)
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