The leading race of the Future Champions Festival – the Dewhurst Stakes – has been running since 1875, long before it officially became part of the festival. As it is for two-year-olds only, no horse has ever won it on more than one occasion.
Many of the race winners have gone on to become real stars of the racing world, including Nijinsky (1969), Mill Reef (1970), Grundy (1974), The Minstrel (1976), Rock of Gibraltar (2001) and Frankel (2010).