The City Of York Stakes is a Group 1 race run under Weight For Age conditions for the sprinters at York conducted by the York Racecourse.

The City Of York Stakes is run over seven furlongs.

It was upgraded to G1 in 2025 along with the British Champions Long Distance Cup and the Prix Vicomtesse Vigier in France.

The City Of York Stakes is the first all age, seven furlong race to gain Group 1 status in Great Britain and Ireland. It is run to align with the other race in Europe of the same status being the Prix de la Foret on Arc day.

The City Of York Stakes is run on the final day of the Ebor Festival at York.

Kinross won it twice in 2022 and 2023 and he subsequently ran very well twice in the Foret.

The old warhorse Gordon Lord Byron won it in 2012. He then took the Foret and 15 months later won a George Ryder Stakes at Rosehill in remarkable fashion.

In 2018 Expert Eye won the City Of York then placed in the Prix du Moulin de Longchamp before winning the Breeders' Cup Mile.

Space Blues placed in multiple G1s as a 3yo and a great 4yo season saw him end it winning the Prix Maurice de Gheest. Then in 2021 he won the City Of York, then won the Foret and Breeders' Cup Mile.

In the last 45 years, Pat Eddery and Frankie Dettori won it 6 times as riders while Sir Michael Stoute took it 5 times as trainer.

The City Of York Stakes was worth £600,000 in 2025.

Notable winners of the City Of York Stakes since 1979 include Breege (2024), Kinross (2022/2023), Space Blues (2021), Expert Eye (2018), Gordon Lord Byron (2012), Dream Eater/Confront (2009), Arakan (2005), Polar Bear (2004), Tinners Way (1993), Magical Strike (1989), Kampala (1979).

The 2025 City Of York Stakes was won by Never So Brave from Lake Forest and Maranoa Charlie.