Buckingham Palace Stakes


Buckingham Palace Stakes
Handicap race
Location Ascot Racecourse
Ascot, England
Inaugurated 2002
Race type Flat / Thoroughbred
Website Ascot
Race information
Distance 7f (1,408 metres)
Surface Turf
Track Straight
Qualification Three-year-olds and up
Weight Handicap
Purse £100,000 (2014)
1st: £62,250
Buckingham Palace Stakes
2014
Louis The Pious Horsted Keynes Watchable

The Buckingham Palace Stakes was a flat handicap horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three and over. It was run at Ascot over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres), and was scheduled to take place each year in June on the fourth day of the Royal Ascot meeting.

The Buckingham Palace Stakes was established in 2002, when the Royal Ascot meeting was extended to a fifth day to mark the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II[1] and was named after Buckingham Palace, the London residence of the British monarch. It was last run in 2014 and replaced from the 2015 Royal Ascot meeting by a new Group One sprint race, the Commonwealth Cup.[2] The Sporting Life has called the loss of the only 7 furlong handicap at Royal Ascot a mistake.[3]

Records

Leading jockey (3 wins):

  • Neil Callan – Uhoomagoo (2006), Eton Forever (2012), Lightning Cloud (2013)

Leading trainer (2 wins):

  • Kevin Ryan – Uhoomagoo (2006), Lightning Cloud (2013)

Winners

Year Winner Age Weight Jockey Trainer Time
2002 Demonstrate 4 8-06 Richard Hughes John Gosden 1:27.43
2003 Attache 5 9-12 Philip Robinson Michael Jarvis 1:26.85
2004 Unscrupulous 5 8-05 Oscar Urbina James Fanshawe 1:27.41
2005 Jedburgh [a] 4 9-08 Mick Kinane John Dunlop 1:22.53
2006 Uhoomagoo 8 8-09 Neil Callan Kevin Ryan 1:27.45
2007 Binanti 7 8-07 Franny Norton Patrick Chamings 1:29.28
2008 Regal Parade 4 8-11 Ahmed Ajtebi David Nicholls 1:27.17
2009 Giganticus 6 8-12 Michael Hills Barry Hills 1:27.44
2010 Treadwell 3 8-10 Fergus Sweeney Jamie Osborne 1:25.90
2011 Manassas 6 9-00 Martin Dwyer Brian Meehan 1:29.71
2012 Eton Forever 5 9-08 Neil Callan Roger Varian 1:29.68
2013 Lightning Cloud 5 8-13 Neil Callan Kevin Ryan 1:26.31
2014 Louis The Pious 6 9-04 Silvestre de Sousa David O'Meara 1:26.85

a The 2005 running took place at York.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "History and conditions of the races at Royal Ascot". eclipsemagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "NEW GROUP ONE SPRINT AT ROYAL ASCOT NAMED". Sky Sports. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Linfoot, Ben. "Ben Linfoot: On the radar - handicappers to follow at Royal Ascot". Sporting Life. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
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