Buckingham Palace Stakes
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Handicap race | |
Location | Ascot Racecourse Ascot, England |
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Inaugurated | 2002 |
Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Website | Ascot |
Race information | |
Distance | 7f (1,408 metres) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Straight |
Qualification | Three-year-olds and up |
Weight | Handicap |
Purse | £100,000 (2014) 1st: £62,250 |
2024 | ||
English Oak | Billyjoh | Carrytheone |
Previous years | ||
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2023 | ||
Witch Hunter | Croupier | Northern Express |
2022 | ||
Inver Park | Ropey Guest | Rhoscolyn |
2021 | ||
Highfield Princess | Danyah | Riot |
The Buckingham Palace Stakes is a flat handicap horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three and over. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres), and is currently scheduled to take place each year in June on the third day of the Royal Ascot meeting.
The Buckingham Palace Stakes was established in 2002, when the Royal Ascot meeting was extended to a fifth day to mark the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II[1] and was named after Buckingham Palace, the London residence of the British monarch. It was last run in 2014 and replaced from the 2015 Royal Ascot meeting by a new Group One sprint race, the Commonwealth Cup.[2] The Sporting Life called the loss of the only 7-furlong handicap at Royal Ascot "a mistake".[3]
In 2020, the race returned as part of an expanded Royal Ascot programme, following the 10-week suspension of horse racing in the United Kingdom due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] The revival was intended to be a one-off event but the race was retained from 2021 when the Royal Ascot meeting was permanently expanded to included seven races each day.[5]
Records
[edit]Leading jockey (3 wins):
- Neil Callan – Uhoomagoo (2006), Eton Forever (2012), Lightning Cloud (2013)
Leading trainer (2 wins):
- Kevin Ryan – Uhoomagoo (2006), Lightning Cloud (2013)
Winners
[edit]Year | Winner | Age | Weight | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
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2002 | Demonstrate | 4 | 8-06 | Richard Hughes | John Gosden | 1:27.43 |
2003 | Attache | 5 | 9-12 | Philip Robinson | Michael Jarvis | 1:26.85 |
2004 | Unscrupulous | 5 | 8-05 | Oscar Urbina | James Fanshawe | 1:27.41 |
2005 | Jedburgh [a] | 4 | 9-08 | Mick Kinane | John Dunlop | 1:22.53 |
2006 | Uhoomagoo | 8 | 8-09 | Neil Callan | Kevin Ryan | 1:27.45 |
2007 | Binanti | 7 | 8-07 | Franny Norton | Patrick Chamings | 1:29.28 |
2008 | Regal Parade | 4 | 8-11 | Ahmed Ajtebi | David Nicholls | 1:27.17 |
2009 | Giganticus | 6 | 8-12 | Michael Hills | Barry Hills | 1:27.44 |
2010 | Treadwell | 3 | 8-10 | Fergus Sweeney | Jamie Osborne | 1:25.90 |
2011 | Manassas | 6 | 9-00 | Martin Dwyer | Brian Meehan | 1:29.71 |
2012 | Eton Forever | 5 | 9-08 | Neil Callan | Roger Varian | 1:29.68 |
2013 | Lightning Cloud | 5 | 8-13 | Neil Callan | Kevin Ryan | 1:26.31 |
2014 | Louis The Pious | 6 | 9-04 | Silvestre de Sousa | David O'Meara | 1:26.85 |
2015–2019 | Race not run | |||||
2020 | Motakhayyel | 4 | 9-03 | Jim Crowley | Richard Hannon | 1:26.19 |
2021 | Highfield Princess | 4 | 8-11 | Jason Hart | John Quinn | 1:25.96 |
2022 | Inver Park | 4 | 9-01 | Ben Curtis | George Boughey | 1:26.12 |
2023 | Witch Hunter | 4 | 9-10 | Jamie Spencer | Richard Hannon Jr. | 1:26.82 |
2024 | English Oak | 4 | 9-08 | James Doyle | Ed Walker | 1:25.16 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "History and conditions of the races at Royal Ascot". eclipsemagazine.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ^ "NEW GROUP ONE SPRINT AT ROYAL ASCOT NAMED". Sky Sports. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ^ Linfoot, Ben. "Ben Linfoot: On the radar - handicappers to follow at Royal Ascot". Sporting Life. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- ^ "New races unveiled as Royal Ascot broadens programme for prestigious fixture". Racing Post. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ^ Harding, Jonathan (18 January 2021). "Seven up! Royal Ascot to permanently expand meeting to seven races a day". Racing Post. Retrieved 18 January 2021.