The Earl of Sefton Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older.
The event was established in 1971, and it was initially called the Rubbing House Stakes.
[1] The first running was won by Pembroke Castle.
The race was renamed the Earl of Sefton Stakes in 1973[2] in memory of Hugh Molyneux (1898–1972), the seventh Earl of Sefton.
The Earl of Sefton Stakes is currently held on the second day of Newmarket's three-day Craven Meeting, the day before the Craven Stakes.