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1982 King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes
The 1982 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes was a horse racing, horse race held at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday 24 July 1982. It was the 32nd running of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. The winner was Tony Ward's Kalaglow, a four-year-old grey (horse), grey colt (horse), colt trained at Pulborough in West Sussex by Guy Harwood and ridden by the British jockey Greville Starkey. Kalaglow's victory was the first in the race for his owner, trainer and jockey. Kalaglow was the first of only two greys to win the race, the other being Daylami in 1999. The contenders The race attracted a field of nine runners, five of whom were trained in the United Kingdom, one in France, one in Ireland and one is Israel. The favourite was the Irish-trained Assert (horse), Assert, a three-year-old colt who had won both the Prix du Jockey Club by three lengths and the Irish Derby by a margin conservatively estimated as eight lengths. The French challenger was Assert's half-brother Bik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes
The King George VI and Queen Elizabeth 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 1 mile 3 furlongs and 211 yards (2,406 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in July. It is Britain's most prestigious open-age flat race, and its roll of honour features some of the most highly acclaimed horses of the sport's recent history. The 1975 running, which involved a hard-fought battle to the finish between Grundy and Bustino, is frequently described as the "race of the century". Many of its winners subsequently compete in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, and a number go on to have a successful career at stud. The race is often informally referred to as the "King George". History The event was formed as the result of an amalgamation of two separate races at Ascot which were established in 1946 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |