The Temple Stakes is one of the most important early-season sprint races in British flat racing and the highlight of Haydock Park's William Hill Temple Stakes Day every May. A Group 2 contest run over five furlongs, it attracts the fastest sprinters in training and regularly serves as the first significant clash of the sprint season, with the winner almost always heading to the King Charles III Stakes at Royal Ascot as their next target.
First run in 1965 at Sandown Park, the race moved to Haydock Park in 2008 and has been staged there ever since. The five-furlong Haydock...
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