The Solario Stakes is a
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horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old horses. It is run at
Sandown Park
Sandown Park is a horse racing course and leisure venue in Esher, Surrey, England, located in the outer suburbs of London. It hosts 5 Grade One National Hunt races and one Group 1 flat race, the Eclipse Stakes. It regularly has horse rac ...
over a distance of 7
furlong
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s (1,408 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late August or early September.
History
The event is named after
Solario
Solario (1922–1945) was a successful British Thoroughbred racehorse and influential sire.
Background
Bred in Ireland by the 4th Earl of Dunraven, he was by the 1918 English Triple Crown champion, Gainsborough. His dam Sun Worship, was a ...
, a successful racehorse in the 1920s and subsequently a leading sire. It was established in 1947, and the inaugural running was won by Panair.
For a period the Solario Stakes was classed at Listed level. It was promoted to Group 3 status in 1986.
The race was formerly held during Sandown Park's Variety Club Day, an annual fundraising event for the
Variety Club
Variety, the Children's Charity is a charitable organization founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1927.
History
On October 10, 1927, a group of eleven men involved in show business set up a social club which they named the "Variety Club". On ...
. The 2011 running promoted the charity's Sunshine Coaches. In 2012 Variety Club day was moved to August and the race has since been sponsored by various companies and organisations.
Records
Leading
jockey (6 wins):
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Lester Piggott
Lester Keith Piggott (5 November 1935 – 29 May 2022) was an English professional jockey and trainer. With 4,493 career flat racing wins in Britain, including a record nine Epsom Derby victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest ...
– ''March Past (1952), Pindari (1958), Speed of Sound (1966), Remand (1967), The Fort (1982), Oh So Sharp (1984)''
Leading
trainer (6 wins):
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Henry Cecil
Sir Henry Richard Amherst Cecil (11 January 1943 – 11 June 2013) was a British flat racing horse trainer. Cecil was very successful, becoming Champion Trainer ten times and training 25 domestic Classic winners. These comprised four winners ...
– ''Lyphard's Wish (1978), The Fort (1982), Oh So Sharp (1984), Sanquirico (1987), High Estate (1988), Be My Chief (1989)''
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John Gosden
John Harry Martin Gosden (born 30 March 1951) is a British racehorse trainer. He has trained over 3,000 winners worldwide, including winners of the Breeders' Cup Classic, the Derby, the Arc, the King George, the Eclipse, and over 600 winne ...
- ''Foss Way (2002), Windsor Knot (2004), Raven's Pass (2007), Kingman (2013), Too Darn Hot (2018), Reach For The Moon (2021)''
Winners since 1960
Earlier winners
* 1947: Panair
* 1948: Suntime
* 1949:
Scratch
* 1950: Turco II
* 1951: Gay Time
* 1952: March Past
* 1953: Barton Street
* 1954: North Cone
* 1955: Castelmarino
* 1956: Nagaika
* 1957:
Aggressor
* 1958: Pindari
* 1959: Intervener
* 1960: Dual
* 1961: Hidden Meaning
* 1962: Happy Omen
* 1963: Penny Stall
* 1964: Rehearsed
* 1965:
Charlottown
* 1966: Speed of Sound
* 1967: Remand
* 1968: Murrayfield
* 1969: Miracle
* 1970:
Athens Wood
* 1971: Meadow Mint
* 1972: Duke of Ragusa
* 1973–74: ''no race''
* 1975: Over to You
* 1976: Avgerinos
* 1977: Bolak
See also
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Horse racing in Great Britain
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List of British flat horse races
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References
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pedigreequery.com– ''Solario Stakes – Sandown Park.''
* {{cite book, last=Abelson, first=Edward, author2=John Tyrrel , title=The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records, publisher=Breedon Books, year=1993, isbn=1-873626-15-0, pages=148–149
Flat races in Great Britain
Sandown Park Racecourse
Flat horse races for two-year-olds
Recurring sporting events established in 1947
1947 establishments in England