The Sun Chariot Stakes is a Group 1 United Kingdom flat racing horse race for three year old and above fillies and mares run over a distance of 1 mile at Newmarket Racecourse during late September or early October. 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. ... Filly is also a town in Belgium. ... A mile is any of several units of distance, or, in physics terminology, of length. ... Newmarket Racecourse is located in Newmarket, England. ... September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with 30 days. ... October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...

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Note: First run as a Group 1 in 2004 (previously a Group 2) 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... 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...