The King's Stand Stakes is a

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in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 5

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s (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

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and the accession of

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in 1901. 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

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, 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

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and followed by the

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. 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'' *

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– ''1919, 1920'' * Golden Boss – ''1923, 1924'' * Gold Bridge – ''1933, 1934'' * Elbio – ''1991, 1993'' * Equiano – ''2008, 2010'' *

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– ''2013, 2014'' * Blue Point – ''2018, 2019''

Leading

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(7 wins): *

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– ''Right Boy (1957), Majority Rule (1963), Swing Easy (1971), Abergwaun (1973), Godswalk (1977), Solinus (1978), Never So Bold (1985)'' Leading trainer (5 wins): *

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– ''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 1970

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:

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* 1878: Lollypop * 1879: Hackthorpe * 1880:

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* 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 * 1900: Eager * 1901: Elizabeth M * 1902: Zanoni * 1903: Sundridge * 1904: Sundridge * 1905: Delaunay * 1906: Thrush * 1907: Camp Fire II * 1908: Foresight * 1909: Foresight * 1910: Spanish Prince * 1911: Hornet's Beauty * 1912: Great Surprise * 1913: Hornet's Beauty * 1914: Adular * 1915–18: ''no race'' * 1919:

* 1920:

* 1921:

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* 1922: King Sol * 1923: Golden Boss * 1924: Golden Boss * 1925: Diomedes * 1926: Highborn II * 1927: Nice Prospect * 1928: Chichester Cross * 1929: Tag End * 1930: Oak Ridge * 1931: Stingo * 1932: Lemnarchus * 1933: Gold Bridge * 1934: Gold Bridge * 1935: Shalfleet * 1936: Sweet Polly * 1937: Ticca Gari * 1938: Foray * 1939: Mickey the Greek * 1940–45: ''no race'' * 1946: Vilmorin * 1947: Greek Justice * 1948: Squander Bug * 1949: Abernant * 1950: Tangle * 1951: Stephen Paul * 1952: Easter Bride * 1953: Fairy Flax * 1954: Golden Lion * 1955:

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* 1956: Palariva * 1957:

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* 1958: Drum Beat * 1959: Chris * 1960: Sound Track * 1961: Silver Tor * 1962: Cassarate * 1963: Majority Rule * 1964: ''no race'' * 1965: Goldhill * 1966: Roughlyn * 1967: Be Friendly * 1968: D'Urberville * 1969: Song

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History

Records

Winners since 1970

Earlier winners

See also

References