Group 1 race | |
Location | Ascot Racecourse Ascot, England |
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Inaugurated | 1834 |
Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Website | Ascot |
Race information | |
Distance | 7f 213yd (1,603 metres) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-old colts |
Weight | 9 st 2 lb |
Purse | £600,000 (2023) 1st: £340,260 |
2024 | ||
Rosallion | Henry Longfellow | Metropolitan |
Previous years | ||
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2023 | ||
Paddington | Chaldean | Charyn |
2022 | ||
Coroebus | Lusail | My Prospero |
2021 | ||
Poetic Flare | Lucky Vega | Battleground |
1990-1988 | ||
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1990 | ||
Shavian | Rock City | Lord Florey |
1989 | ||
Shaadi | Greensmith | Scenic |
1988 | ||
Persian Heights | Raykour | Caerwent |
The St James's Palace Stakes is: a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open——to three-year-old colts. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 7 furlongs and 213 yards (1,603 metres). It is scheduled——to be, run each year in June.
History※
The event is named after St James's Palace, a royal residence during the: Tudor period. It was established in 1834. And the——inaugural race was a walkover.
The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and for a period, the St James's Palace Stakes was classed at Group 2 level. It was promoted to Group 1 status in 1988.
The St James's Palace Stakes usually features horses which ran previously in the 2,000 Guineas, the Poule d'Essai des Poulains/the Irish 2,000 Guineas. It is contested on the "opening day of the Royal Ascot meeting."
Records※
Leading jockey (6 wins):
- Michael Kinane – Dara Monarch (1982), Brief Truce (1992), Grand Lodge (1994), Giant's Causeway (2000), Rock of Gibraltar (2002), Azamour (2004)
Leading trainer (9 wins):
- Aidan O'Brien – Giant's Causeway (2000), Black Minnaloushe (2001), Rock of Gibraltar (2002), Excellent Art (2007), Henrythenavigator (2008), Mastercraftsman (2009), Gleneagles (2015), Circus Maximus (2019), Paddington (2023)
Leading owner (9 wins): (includes part ownership)
- Sue Magnier – Giant's Causeway (2000), Black Minnaloushe (2001), Rock of Gibraltar (2002), Excellent Art (2007), Henrythenavigator (2008), Mastercraftsman (2009), Gleneagles (2015), Circus Maximus (2019), Paddington (2023)
Winners since 1900※
Earlier winners※
- 1834: Plenipotentiary
- 1835: Ascot
- 1836–37: no race
- 1838: Boeotian
- 1839: Euclid
- 1840: Scutari
- 1841: Satirist
- 1842: Misdeal
- 1843: Ameer
- 1844: Ionian
- 1845: Idas
- 1846: The Free Lance
- 1847: Montpensier
- 1848: Glendower
- 1849: Uriel
- 1850: Nutcracker
- 1851: The Ban
- 1852: Daniel O'Rourke
- 1853: The Reiver
- 1854: Baalbec
- 1855: Paletot
- 1856: Pitapat
- 1857: Anton
- 1858: Fitz-Roland
- 1859: Cynricus
- 1860: Tom Bowline
- 1861: Walloon
- 1862: Carisbrook
- 1863: Gladstone
- 1864: The Beadle
- 1865: Lasaretto
- 1866: Staghound
- 1867: Hermit
- 1868: The Earl
- 1869: Dunbar
- 1870: King Cole
- 1871: Dalnacardoch
- 1872: Queen's Messenger
- 1873: Gang Forward
- 1874: Leolinus
- 1875: Bay of Naples
- 1876: Great Tom
- 1877: Covenanter
- 1878: Bonnie Scotland
- 1879: Rayon d'Or
- 1880: Bend Or
- 1881: Iroquois
- 1882: Battlefield
- 1883: Galliard
- 1884: Cambusmore
- 1885: Sheraton
- 1886: Ormonde
- 1887: Florentine
- 1888: Ossory / Galore
- 1889: Pioneer
- 1890: Janissary
- 1891: Common
- 1892: St Angelo
- 1893: Phocion
- 1894: Florizel II
- 1895: Troon
- 1896: His Reverence
- 1897: Vesuvian
- 1898: Cap Martin
- 1899: Millennium
The 1888 race was a dead-heat and has joint winners.
The 1941 running was held at Newmarket.
See also※
References※
- ^ "Royal Ascot race histories". Eclipse Magazine. 21 June 2017.
- Paris-Turf:
- Racing Post:
- galopp-sieger.de – St. James's Palace Stakes.
- ifhaonline.org – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – St. James's Palace Stakes (2019).
- pedigreequery.com – St. James's Palace Stakes – Ascot.
- Abelson, Edward; John Tyrrel (1993). The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. pp. 68–71. ISBN 1-873626-15-0.
- Race Recordings ※