The Princess of Wales's Stakes is a Group 2 United Kingdom flat racing horse race for three year old and above horses run over a distance of 1 mile 4 furlongs (2414 m) at Newmarket Racecourse during July. (worth £100,000 in 2004). Conditions races are horse races for the very best of horses and are split into: Pattern Races Group 1 - (Classics and other races of major international importance) Group 2 - (less important international races) Group 3 - (primarily domestic races) and Listed Races - have less prestige than the group races but are... Flat racing is a term commonly used in the United Kingdom to denote a form of horse-racing which is run over a predetermined distance and in which the horses are not required to jump over obstacles such as hurdles or fences as in National Hunt racing. ... Horse racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ... Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 The Horse (Equus caballus) is a sizeable ungulate mammal, one of the seven modern species of the genus Equus. ... A mile is any of several units of distance, or, in physics terminology, of length. ... The 5 furlong (1006 m) post on Epsom Downs A furlong is a measure of distance within Imperial units and U.S. customary units. ... Newmarket Racecourse is located in Newmarket, England. ... July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...

The race was originally named after Alexandra of Denmark during her tenure as Princess of Wales. This page is about the wife of Edward VII of the United Kingdom. ... Princess of Wales is a courtesy title possessed automatically by the wife of the Prince of Wales since the first English Prince of Wales in 1282. ...