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A new event titled the Duke of York
Handicap Stakes was introduced at York's May meeting in 1950. The original Kempton version was not regularly contested after World War II, but it was revived with a modified format in 1952. From this point it was restricted to three-year-olds and held in May.
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Kempton's Duke of York
Handicap continued to be run until 1960. It was replaced by a similar event, the H. S. Persse Memorial Handicap, in 1961. The York race, a six-furlong sprint, was replaced by the current
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The Duke of York Stakes was initially contested over one mile. It was extended by three furlongs in 1899, and shortened by a furlong in 1900.
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