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Location | Ascot Racecourse Ascot, England (since 2011) |
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Inaugurated | 1877 |
Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Sponsor | QIPCO |
Website | Ascot |
Race information | |
Distance | 1m 1f 212y (2,004 metres) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Three-years-old and up |
Weight | 9 st 1 lb (3yo); 9 st 5 lb (4yo+) Allowances 3 lb for fillies and mares |
Purse | £1,278,210 (2022) 1st: £737,230 |
2023 | ||
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King Of Steel | Via Sistina | Horizon Dore |
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2022 | ||
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Bay Bridge | Adayar | My Prospero |
2021 | ||
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Sealiway | Dubai Honour | Mac Swiney |
1970–1969 | ||
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1970 | ||
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Lorenzaccio | Nijinsky | Hotfoot |
1969 | ||
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Flossy | Park Top | Lorenzaccio |
The Champion Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 1 mile 1 furlong and 212 yards (2,004 metres), and it is scheduled to take place as part of British Champions Day each year in October.
History
The event was established in 1877, and it was originally held at Newmarket. The inaugural running was won by Springfield. By the end of the century it had been won by five Classic winners.
The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and the Champion Stakes was classed at the highest level, Group 1.
The race was included in the Breeders' Cup Challenge series in 2009 and 2010. The winner earned an automatic invitation to compete in the Breeders' Cup Turf.
The Champion Stakes was transferred to Ascot in 2011. It became part of a newly created fixture called British Champions Day. It now serves as the middle-distance final of the British Champions Series.
With an increased prize fund of £1,300,000, the Champion Stakes was Britain's richest horse race in 2011. The status was reclaimed by The Derby in 2012.[1]
Records
Most successful horse (3 wins):
- Tristan – 1882, 1883, 1884
Leading jockey (6 wins):
- Danny Maher – Osboch (1901), Pretty Polly (1905), Polymelus (1906), Llangwm (1908), Bayardo (1909), Lemberg (1910)
- Charlie Elliott – Ellangowan (1923), Asterus (1927), Goyescas (1931), Djeddah (1949), Dynamiter (1951, 1952)
Leading trainer (8 wins):
- Alec Taylor Jr. – Sceptre (1903), Bayardo (1909), Lemberg (1910, 1911), Gay Crusader (1917), My Dear (1918), Buchan (1919), Picaroon (1925)
Leading owner (6 wins):
- HH Aga Khan III – Rustom Pasha (1930), Dastur (1933, dead-heat), Umidwar (1934), Nasrullah (1943), Migoli (1947), Hafiz (1955)
Dam of two winners:
- Kind- Frankel (2012) Noble Mission (2014)
Winners
See also
References
- ^ "Epsom Derby officially richest horse race in the country". Your Local Guardian. 28 April 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
- Paris-Turf:
- Racing Post:
- galopp-sieger.de – Champion Stakes.
- horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Champion Stakes (2018).
- pedigreequery.com – Champion Stakes.
- Abelson, Edward; Tyrrel, John (1993). The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. pp. 212–214. ISBN 1-873626-15-0.
- Race Recordings [1]