The King Edward VII Stakes is a

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in Great Britain open to three-year-old colts and

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s. 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 June. The event was established in 1834, and it was originally known as the Ascot Derby. In the early part of its history it was also open to fillies. The race was renamed in memory of

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in 1926. The King Edward VII Stakes is currently held about two weeks after The Derby, and it usually features horses which were entered for that race. It is contested on the fourth day of the five-day Royal Ascot meeting.

Records

Leading

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(7 wins): *

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– ''St Simon of the Rock (1891), Matchmaker (1895), Conroy (1896), Frontier (1899), Osboch (1901), Flying Lemur (1902), Darley Dale (1904)'' Leading trainer (9 wins): * John Porter – ''The Palmer (1867), Pero Gomez (1869), Shotover (1882), The Child of the Mist (1885), Matchmaker (1895), Conroy (1896), Frontier (1899), Flying Lemur (1902), Darley Dale (1904)''

Winners since 1965

Earlier winners

* 1834:

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* 1835: Griselda * 1836: Lieutenant * 1837:

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* 1838: ''no race'' * 1839:

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* 1840: Bokhara * 1841:

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* 1842: Envoy * 1843: Amorino * 1844: The Miser Scarve * 1845: Wood Pigeon * 1846: Bravissimo * 1847: Conyngham * 1848: Distaffina * 1849: Repletion * 1850: Musician * 1851: Phlegethon * 1852: Convulsion * 1853: Ninnyhammer * 1854: Phaeton * 1855: Pugnator * 1856: Fly-by-Night * 1857: Sydney * 1858: Toxophilite * 1859: Gamester * 1860: The Wizard * 1861: Janus * 1862: Carisbrook * 1863: Onesander * 1864: Peon * 1865: Celerimma * 1866: Staghound * 1867: The Palmer * 1868: The Earl * 1869: Pero Gomez * 1870: King Cole * 1871: Henry * 1872: Drumochter * 1873:

Gang Forward Gang Forward (1870–1899) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a racing career which lasted from 1872 until 1874 he won ten races. He was one of the best colts of his generation in England, winning the 2000 Guineas in 1873. He la ...

* 1874:

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* 1875: Gilbert * 1876: Forerunner * 1877: Silvio * 1878: Insulaire * 1879: Chippendale * 1880: Mask * 1881: Maskelyne * 1882:

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* 1883: Ladislas * 1884: Brest * 1885: The Child of the Mist * 1886: St Mirin * 1887: Timothy * 1888: Sheen * 1889: Morglay * 1890: Battle-axe * 1891: St Simon of the Rock * 1892: Llanthony * 1893: Phocion * 1894: None the Wiser * 1895: Matchmaker * 1896: Conroy * 1897: Minstrel * 1898: Purser * 1899:

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* 1900: Ecton * 1901: Osboch * 1902: Flying Lemur * 1903: Kroonstad * 1904: Darley Dale * 1905: Pure Crystal * 1906: Poussin * 1907: All Black * 1908: Dibs * 1909: William the Fourth * 1910: Decision * 1911: King William * 1912: Jaeger * 1913: Pilliwinkle * 1914: Corcyra * 1915–18: ''no race'' * 1919: Old Bill * 1920:

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* 1921: Nippon * 1922: Backwood * 1923: Bold and Bad * 1924: Polyphontes * 1925:

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* 1926: Finglas * 1927: Buckfast * 1928: Cyclonic * 1929: Horus * 1930: Pinxit * 1931:

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* 1932: Dastur * 1933: Sans Peine * 1934: Berestoi * 1935: Field Trial * 1936:

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* 1937: Solfo * 1938: Foroughi * 1939: Hypnotist * 1940–45: ''no race'' * 1946: Field Day * 1947:

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* 1948: Vic Day * 1949: Swallow Tail * 1950: Babu's Pet * 1951:

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* 1952: Castleton * 1953: Skyraider * 1954: Rashleigh * 1955: Nucleus * 1956: Court Command * 1957: Arctic Explorer * 1958: Restoration * 1959: Pindari * 1960: Atrax * 1961:

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* 1962: Gaul * 1963: Only for Life * 1964: ''no race''

References

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Records

Winners since 1965

Earlier winners

See also

References