King Charles III Stakes (Great Britain)

King Charles III Stakes
ClassGroup 1
LocationAscot Racecourse
Ascot, England
Inaugurated1860
Race typeFlat / Thoroughbred
WebsiteAscot
Race information
Distance5f (1,006 metres)
SurfaceTurf
TrackStraight
QualificationThree-years-old and up
Weight9 st 1 lb (3yo);
9 st 7 lb (4yo+)
Allowances
3 lb for fillies and mares
Purse£725,750 (2025)
1st: £411,573
Bonusessee Global Sprint Challenge
King's Stand Stakes
2023
Bradsell Highfield Princess Annaf
Previous years
2022
Nature Strip Twilight Calls Acklam Express
2021
Oxted Arecibo Extravagant Kid
2020-2011
2020
Battaash Equilateral Liberty Beach
2019
Blue Point Battaash Soldier's Call
2018
Blue Point Battaash Mabs Cross
2017
Lady Aurelia Profitable Marsha
2016
Profitable Cotai Glory Goken
2015
Goldream Medicean Man Muthmir
2014
Sole Power Stepper Point Hot Streak
2013
Sole Power Shea Shea Pearl Secret
2012
Little Bridge Bated Breath Sole Power
2011
Prohibit Star Witness Sweet Sanette
2010–2001
2010
Equiano Markab Borderlescott
2009
Scenic Blast Fleeting Spirit Anglezarke
2008
Equiano Takeover Target Fleeting Spirit
2007
Miss Andretti Dandy Man Magnus
2006
Takeover Target Benbaun Pivotal Point
2005
Chineur Boogie Street Moss Vale
2004
The Tatling Cape Of Good Hope Frizzante
2003
Choisir Acclamation Oasis Dream
2002
Dominica Continent Kyllachy
2001
Cassandra Go Misty Eyed Funny Valentine
2000–1991
2000
Nuclear Debate Agnes World Bertolini
1999
Mitcham Flanders Sainte Marine
1998
Bolshoi Lochangel Lord Kintyre
1997
Don't Worry Me Titus Livius Hever Golf Rose
1996
Pivotal Mind Games Almaty
1995
Piccolo Struggler Mind Games
1994
Lochsong Blyton Lad West Man
1993
Elbio Wolfhound Paris House
1992
Sheikh Albadou Mr Brooks Elbio
1991
Elbio Irish Shoal Archway
1990–1988
1990
Dayjur Ron's Victory Lugana Beach
1989
Indian Ridge Tigani Gallic League
1988
Chilibang Governor General Ever Sharp
 

The King Charles III Stakes (formerly the King's Stand Stakes) is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 5 furlongs (1,006 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June.

History

The event was created as a result of bad weather at Royal Ascot in 1860. Heavy rain made it impossible to run the Royal Stand Plate over its usual distance of 2 miles, so it was shortened to 5 furlongs on the only raceable part of the course. The amended version was called the Queen's Stand Plate, and it subsequently became the most important sprint at the Royal meeting. For a period it was open to horses aged two or older. It was renamed the King's Stand Stakes following the death of Queen Victoria and the accession of King Edward VII in 1901. [1]

The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and the King's Stand Stakes was given Group 1 status in 1973. It was downgraded to Group 2 level in 1988.

The King's Stand Stakes became part of a new international race series, the Global Sprint Challenge, in 2005. It consequently featured a number of high-quality contenders from overseas, and it regained Group 1 status in 2008. It is now the fourth leg of the series, preceded by the KrisFlyer International Sprint and followed by the Golden Jubilee Stakes.

It was renamed King Charles III Stakes in 2023 to mark the King‘s 75th birthday. [2] The race is currently held on the opening day of the Royal Ascot meeting.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

  • Woolsthorpe – 1895, 1897
  • Kilcock – 1898, 1899
  • Sundridge – 1903, 1904
  • Foresight – 1908, 1909
  • Hornet's Beauty – 1911, 1913
  • Diadem – 1919, 1920
  • Golden Boss – 1923, 1924
  • Gold Bridge – 1933, 1934
  • Elbio – 1991, 1993
  • Equiano – 2008, 2010
  • Sole Power – 2013, 2014
  • Blue Point – 2018, 2019

Leading jockey (7 wins):

  • Lester Piggott – Right Boy (1957), Majority Rule (1963), Swing Easy (1971), Abergwaun (1973), Godswalk (1977), Solinus (1978), Never So Bold (1985)

Leading trainer (5 wins):

  • Vincent O'Brien – Cassarate (1962), Abergwaun (1973), Godswalk (1977), Solinus (1978), Bluebird (1987)

Leading owner (4 wins):

  • Jack Joel – Sundridge (1903, 1904), Nice Prospect (1927), Tag End (1929)

Winners since 1900

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
1900 Eager 6 Mornington Cannon
1901 Elizabeth M 3 Lester Reiff Huggins
1902 Zanoni 7 Herbert Jones Leigh 1:15.60
1903 Sundridge 5 Charles Morton Jack Joel
1904 Sundridge 6 Mornington Cannon Charles Morton Jack Joel
1905 Delaunay 4 Otto Madden Peter Gilpin
1906 Thrush 4 Herbert Randall E Robson Captain J Orr-Ewing
1907 Camp Fire II 7 Danny Maher Reg Day
1908 Foresight 5 Billy Higgs Withington 1:03.80
1909 Foresight 6 Billy Higgs Costello
1910 Spanish Prince 3 Herbert Randall Carter
1911 Hornet's Beauty 3 Skeets Martin Philip Peebles
1912 Great Surprise 4 Danny Maher Yapp
1913 Hornet's Beauty 5 Skeets Martin Felix Leach
1914 Adular 4 Nathan Spear Jim Butters
1915–18 no race
1919 Diadem 5 Steve Donoghue George Lambton Baron d'Abernon
1920 Diadem 6 Steve Donoghue George Lambton Baron d'Abernon
1921 Tetratema 4 Bernard Carslake Atty Persse Dermot McCalmont 1:01.80
1922 King Sol 8 Steve Donoghue O Bell 1:02.80
1923 Golden Boss 3 Charlie Elliott Sam Darling
1924 Golden Boss 4 Frank O'Neill Sam Darling 1:03.80
1925 Diomedes 3 Jack Leach Harvey Leader 1:02.00
1926 Highborn II 3 Garner O Bell 1:07.40
1927 Nice Prospect 4 Bernard Carslake Charles Peck Jack Joel 1:02.60
1928 Chichester Cross 4 Charlie Smirke Howard Howard 1:02.80
1929 Tag End 5 Harry Wragg Charles Peck Jack Joel 1:03.80
1930 Oak Ridge 8 Harry Beasley Len Cundell 1:03.80
1931 Stingo 4 Harry Wragg P Lowe 1:03.40
1932 Lemnarchus 4 Gordon Richards Fred Darling 1:01.00
1933 Gold Bridge 4 Harry Beasley Beatty A K Macomber 1:02.20
1934 Gold Bridge 5 Charlie Elliott Beatty Lord Beatty 1:04.00
1935 Shalfleet 4 Henri Jelliss Harvey Leader Harvey Leader 1:04.00
1936 Sweet Polly 4 Gordon Richards Len Cundell Mrs L W S Long 1:03.00
1937 Ticca Gari 3 A Dupuit Frank Butters Prince Aly Khan 1:01.60
1938 Foray 4 Rufus Beasley Cecil Boyd-Rochfort M Fie'd 1:01.60
1939 Mickey The Greek 5 Harry Wragg Henry Leach N Frieze 1:04.00
1940–45 no race
1946 Vilmorin 3 Cliff Richards Joseph Lawson J Read 1:02.80
1947 Greek Justice 3 Gordon Richards Fred Darling J A Dewar 1:02.20
1948 Squander Bug 5 Bill Rickaby M Collins Mrs E P Moss 1:04.60
1949 Abernant 3 Gordon Richards Noel Murless Reginald Macdonald-Buchanan 1:02.00
1950 Tangle 3 Eph Smith W Payne Lady Baron 1:02.00
1951 Stephen Paul 3 Neville Sellwood Atty Persse J Olding 1:03.20
1952 Easter Bride 3 Ted Fordyce T R Rimell W J Rimell 1:03.60
1953 Fairy Flax 4 Scobie Breasley Joseph Lawson R S Clark 1:04.80
1954 Golden Lion 3 Brian Swift Cyril Mitchell W T Barrett 1:04.40
1955 Pappa Fourway 3 Harry Carr Bill Dutton Mrs E Goldson 1:02.87
1956 Palariva 3 Roger Poincelet Alec Head Aga Khan III 1:01.80
1957 Right Boy 3 Lester Piggott Bill Dutton Geoffrey Gilbert 1:04.26
1958 Drum Beat 5 Scobie Breasley W O'Gorman J S Gerber 1:02.38
1959 Chris 3 Joe Sime Billy Nevett H F Hartley 1:00.82
1960 Sound Track 3 Scobie Breasley A S O'Brien Lady Hemphill 1:01.36
1961 Silver Tor 3 Geoff Lewis Brud Fetherstonhaugh Stanhope Joel 1:01.40
1962 Cassarate 3 Neville Sellwood Vincent O'Brien Countess Margit Batthyany 1:03.02
1963 Majority Rule 3 Lester Piggott Bill O'Gorman J Muldoon 1:04.26
1964Abandoned due to waterlogging
1965 Goldhill 4 Jimmy Etherington Peter Easterby R G Johnson 1:04.08
1966 Roughlyn 5 George Cadwaladr Doug Francis J D Pickering 1:04.20
1967 Be Friendly 3 Scobie Breasley Cyril Mitchell Peter O'Sullevan 1:04.38
1968 D'Urberville 3 Joe Mercer Jeremy Tree Jock Whitney 1:02.12
1969 Song 3 Joe Mercer Derrick Candy Bryan P Jenks 1:03.84
1970 Amber Rama 3 Yves Saint-Martin François Mathet Arpad Plesch 0:59.30
1971 Swing Easy 3 Lester Piggott Jeremy Tree Jock Whitney 1:09.20
1972 Sweet Revenge 5 Geoff Lewis Atty Corbett Mrs B Attenborough 1:01.90
1973 Abergwaun 5 Lester Piggott Vincent O'Brien Charles St George 1:02.70
1974 Bay Express 3 Brian Taylor Peter Nelson P Miller 0:59.91
1975 Flirting Around 4 Yves Saint-Martin Robert Carver A Hausmann 1:00.39
1976 Lochnager 4 Edward Hide Mick Easterby Charles Spence 1:02.30
1977 Godswalk 3 Lester Piggott Vincent O'Brien Robert Sangster 1:02.20
1978 Solinus 3 Lester Piggott Vincent O'Brien Danny Schwartz 1:02.61
1979 Double Form 4 John Reid Fulke Johnson Houghton Baroness H. Thyssen 1:01.03
1980 African Song 3 Pat Eddery Paul Kelleway Geoffrey Kaye 1:02.30
1981 Marwell 3 Walter Swinburn Michael Stoute Sir Edmund Loder 1:00.40
1982 Fearless Lad 3 Edward Hide Dick Peacock G. Soulsby 1:01.40
1983 Sayf El Arab 3 Taffy Thomas Bill O'Gorman Moufid F. Dabaghi 1:00.10
1984 Habibti 4 Willie Carson John Dunlop Mohamed Mutawa 1:01.70
1985 Never So Bold 5 Lester Piggott Robert Armstrong Edward Kessly 1:01.70
1986 Last Tycoon 3 Cash Asmussen Robert Collet Richard C. Strauss 0:59.28
1987 Bluebird 3 Cash Asmussen Vincent O'Brien Robert Sangster 1:05.25
1988 Chilibang 4 Willie Carson John Dunlop Janice Heinz 1:00.61
1989 Indian Ridge 4 Steve Cauthen David Elsworth Anne Coughlan 1:01.36
1990 Dayjur 3 Willie Carson Dick Hern Hamdan Al Maktoum 1:01.96
1991 Elbio 4 Steve Cauthen Peter Makin Brian Brackpool 1:01.40
1992 Sheikh Albadou 4 Walter Swinburn Alex Scott Hilal Salem 1:00.50
1993 Elbio 6 Walter Swinburn Peter Makin Brian Brackpool 1:03.08
1994 Lochsong 6 Frankie Dettori Ian Balding Jeff Smith 1:00.73
1995 Piccolo 4 Richard Hughes Mick Channon John White & Partners 0:59.67
1996 Pivotal 3 George Duffield Sir Mark Prescott Cheveley Park Stud 0:59.49
1997 Don't Worry Me 5 Olivier Peslier Guy Henrot Jean-François Gribomont 1:01.95
1998 Bolshoi 6 Carl Lowther Jack Berry David & Trish Brown 1:01.16
1999 Mitcham 3 Richard Quinn Terry Mills Terry Mills 1:00.58
2000 Nuclear Debate 5 Gérald Mossé John Hammond Bob Chester 1:01.13
2001 Cassandra Go 5 Michael Roberts Geoff Wragg Trevor Stewart 1:00.49
2002 Dominica 3 Martin Dwyer Marcus Tregoning Bobby & Helen Kennard 1:00.89
2003 Choisir 4 Johnny Murtagh Paul Perry Terry Wallace & Partners 0:59.68
2004 The Tatling 7 Darryll Holland Milton Bradley Dab Hand Racing 1:00.16
2005 [a] Chineur 4 Christophe Lemaire Mikel Delzangles Marquesa de Moratalla 0:57.55
2006 Takeover Target 7 Jay Ford Joe Janiak Joe & Ben Janiak 0:59.79
2007 Miss Andretti 6 Craig Newitt Lee Freedman Buckley / Mueller / Guenzi 0:57.44
2008 Equiano 3 Olivier Peslier Mauricio Delcher Sánchez James Acheson 0:59.35
2009 Scenic Blast 5 Steven Arnold Daniel Morton Elio Galante & Partners 0:59.54
2010 Equiano 5 Michael Hills Barry Hills James Acheson 0:59.00
2011 Prohibit 6 Jim Crowley Robert Cowell Dasmal / Rix / Barr et al. 0:59.50
2012 Little Bridge 6 Zac Purton Danny Shum Ko Kam Piu 0:59.69
2013 Sole Power 6 Johnny Murtagh Edward Lynam Mrs S. Power 0:58.88
2014 Sole Power 7 Richard Hughes Edward Lynam Mrs S. Power 0:58.95
2015 Goldream 6 Martin Harley Robert Cowell J Sargeant & J Morley 0:59.11
2016 Profitable 4 Adam Kirby Clive Cox Alan Spence 1:02.69
2017 Lady Aurelia 3 John Velazquez Wesley Ward Stonestreet Stables, Bolton & Leidel 0:57.45
2018 Blue Point 4 William Buick Charlie Appleby Godolphin 0:58.14
2019 Blue Point 5 James Doyle Charlie Appleby Godolphin 0:58.53
2020 Battaash 6 Jim Crowley Charles Hills Hamdan Al Maktoum 0:58.64
2021 Oxted 5 Cieren Fallon Roger Teal Piper, Hirschfeld, Fish & Collins 0:59.03
2022 Nature Strip 7 James McDonald Chris Waller R A E Lyons, P D Harrison Et Al 0:58.25
2023 Bradsell 3 Hollie Doyle Archie Watson Victorious Racing 1:00.91
2024 Asfoora 5 Oisin Murphy Henry Dwyer Noor Elaine Farm Pty Ltd 0:58.60
2025 American Affair 5 Paul Mulrennan Jim Goldie Barraston Racing & J S Goldie 0:59.64
  1. ^ The 2005 running took place at York

Earlier winners

  • 1860: Queen of the Vale
  • 1861: Buckstone
  • 1862: Shillelagh
  • 1863: Umpire
  • 1864: Le Bearnais
  • 1865: Saccharometer
  • 1866: Hippia
  • 1867: Cecrops
  • 1868: Xi
  • 1869: Gertrude
  • 1870: King of the Forest
  • 1871: Chopette
  • 1872: Bertram
  • 1873: Prince Charlie
  • 1874: Blenheim
  • 1875: Tangible
  • 1876: Lowlander
  • 1877: Springfield
  • 1878: Lollypop
  • 1879: Hackthorpe
  • 1880: Charibert
  • 1881: Ishmael
  • 1882: Eastern Empress
  • 1883: Prince William
  • 1884: Geheimniss
  • 1885: Glen Albyn
  • 1886: Financier
  • 1887: Crowberry
  • 1888: Noble Chieftain
  • 1889: Formidable
  • 1890: Bumptious
  • 1891: Lady Caroline
  • 1892: Lady Lena
  • 1893: Prince Hampton
  • 1894: Best Man
  • 1895: Woolsthorpe
  • 1896: Wishard
  • 1897: Woolsthorpe
  • 1898: Kilcock
  • 1899: Kilcock

See also

References

  1. ^ "Royal Ascot race histories". Eclipse Magazine. 21 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Royal Ascot official X account". X. 14 November 2023.
  • Race Recordings (1981-2004) youtube.com
  • galopp-sieger.de – King's Stand Stakes.
  • ifhaonline.org – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – King's Stand Stakes (2019).
  • pedigreequery.com – King's Stand Stakes – Ascot.
  • Abelson, Edward; John Tyrrel (1993). The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. pp. 100–102. ISBN 1-873626-15-0.


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