Class | Group 2 |
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Location | Goodwood Racecourse W. Sussex, England |
Inaugurated | 1911 |
Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Sponsor | Qatar |
Website | Goodwood |
Race information | |
Distance | 5f (1,006 metres) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Straight |
Qualification | Three-years-old and up |
Weight | 9 st 1 lb (3yo); 9 st 4 lb (4yo+) Allowances 3 lb for fillies and mares Penalties 5 lb for Group 1 winners * 3 lb for Group 2 winners * * after 2024 |
Purse | £300,000 (2025) 1st: £179,771 |
2025 | ||
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Jm Jungle | She's Quality | Time For Sandals |
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2024 | ||
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Big Evs | Asfoora | Believing |
2023 | ||
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Highfield Princess | White Lavender | Raasel |
2022 | ||
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Khaadem | Raasel | Caturra |
2021 | ||
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Suesa | Dragon Symbol | Glass Slippers |
The King George Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Goodwood over a distance of 5 furlongs (1,006 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late July or early August.
The event was established in 1911, and it was founded to commemorate the coronation of King George V. Initially it was run over a distance of 6 furlongs. The race distance was reduced to 5 furlongs from 1948.
The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and for a period the King George Stakes was classed at Group 3 level.
The car manufacturer Audi sponsored the race from 2005 to 2011, and for several years it was known as the Audi Stakes. It was sponsored by Gordon's Gin in 2012 and by Betfred since 2013. It was promoted to Group 2 status in 2010. [1]
The King George Stakes is currently held on the fourth day of the five-day Glorious Goodwood meeting. The leading participants often go on to compete in the Nunthorpe Stakes, and the last to win both races in the same year was Battaash in 2019.
Most successful horse (4 wins):
Leading jockey (9 wins):
Leading trainer (5 wins):
Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
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1911 | Spanish Prince | 4 | Frank Wootton | Charles Morton | |
1912 | Golden Rod | 6 | Danny Maher | Pickering | |
1913 | Hornet's Beauty | 5 | Skeets Martin | Felix Leach | 1:11.60 |
1914 | Harmonicon | 4 | Skeets Martin | Jack Joyner | 1:12.80 |
no race 1915–18 | |||||
1919 | Chiffre d'Amour | 3 | Brownie Carslake | Atty Persse | 1:13.40 |
1920 | Tetratema | 3 | Brownie Carslake | Atty Persse | |
1921 | Tetratema | 4 | Brownie Carslake | Atty Persse | 1:11.40 |
1922 | Roman Bachelor | 5 | George Archibald Sr. | Peter Gilpin | 1:14.40 |
1923 | Sicyon | 4 | William McLachlan | De Mestre | 1:14.00 |
1924 | Mumtaz Mahal | 3 | George Archibald Sr. | Richard Dawson | 1:13.00 |
1925 | Diomedes | 3 | Jack Leach | Harvey Leader | |
1926 | Oojah | 4 | Brownie Carslake | Charles Peck | 1:13.00 |
1927 | Endowment | 3 | Joseph Nolan | Fred Darling | 1:14.60 |
1928 | Queen's Bower | 4 | Freddie Fox | Richard Gooch | 1:14.00 |
1929 | Tiffin | 3 | Freddie Fox | Fred Darling | 1:12.80 |
1930 | Stingo | 3 | Cecil Ray | P Lowe | 1:13.80 |
1931 | Stingo | 4 | Cecil Ray | P Lowe | 1:17.20 |
1932 | Clustine | 3 | Harry Beasley Jr. | S Darling | 1:16.80 |
1933 | Myrobella | 3 | Gordon Richards | Fred Darling | 1:12.60 |
1934 | Old Riley | 5 | Joe Childs | Thomas Rintoul | 1:12.60 |
1935 | Strathcarron | 6 | Bobby Jones | Fred Winter Sr. | 1:12.20 |
1936 | Veuve Clicquot | 3 | Eph Smith | Jack Jarvis | 1:14.60 |
1937 | Veuve Clicquot | 4 | Eph Smith | Jack Jarvis | 1:11.80 |
1938 | Neuvy | 3 | Gordon Richards | Frank Butters | 1:13.80 |
1939 | Mickey The Greek | 5 | Harry Wragg | Henry Leach | 1:12.00 |
no race 1940 | |||||
1941 [a] | Antecedent | 6 | Eph Smith | Jack Jarvis | 1:13.80 |
no race 1942–45 | |||||
1946 | Honeyway | 5 | Eph Smith | Jack Jarvis | 1:18.00 |
1947 | Daily Mail | 4 | Gordon Richards | Walter Nightingall | 1:15.20 |
1948 | Royal Barge | 4 | Gordon Richards | Percy Allden | 0:58.80 |
1949 | Abernant | 3 | Gordon Richards | Noel Murless | 0:59.40 |
1950 | Abernant | 4 | Gordon Richards | Noel Murless | 1:00.60 |
1951 | Bakshishi | 3 | Gordon Richards | Harry Wragg | 1:00.80 |
1952 | Royal Serenade | 4 | Gordon Richards | Harry Wragg | 1:01.20 |
1953 | Fairy Flax | 4 | Scobie Breasley | Joseph Lawson | 1:00.40 |
1954 | Four Of Spades | 3 | Rae Johnstone | George Beeby | 1:03.80 |
1955 | Democratic | 3 | Scobie Breasley | Paddy Prendergast | 0:58.00 |
1956 | Palariva | 3 | Roger Poincelet | Alec Head | 1:02.00 |
1957 | Refined | 3 | Doug Smith | Paddy Prendergast | 0:59.00 |
1958 | Right Boy | 4 | Lester Piggott | Bill Dutton | 1:00.60 |
1959 | Right Boy | 5 | Lester Piggott | Pat Rohan | 0:58.80 |
1960 | Bleep-Bleep | 4 | Harry Carr | Humphrey Cottrill | 0:59.20 |
1961 | Floribunda | 3 | Ron Hutchinson | Paddy Prendergast | 1:00.40 |
1962 | La Tendresse | 3 | Garnie Bougoure | Paddy Prendergast | 0:58.80 |
1963 | Secret Step | 4 | Scobie Breasley | Peter Hastings-Bass | 0:57.80 |
1964 | Matatina | 4 | Lester Piggott | Frank Armstrong | 0:59.20 |
1965 | Pugnacity | 3 | Lester Piggott | Walter Wharton | 1:02.40 |
1966 | Polyfoto | 6 | Brian Taylor | Eddie Reavey | 0:59.00 |
1967 | Right Strath | 6 | Joe Mercer | Walter Nightingall | 0:59.20 |
1968 | So Blessed | 3 | Frankie Durr | Michael Jarvis | 1:00.20 |
1969 | Laser Light | 3 | Ron Hutchinson | John Dunlop | 0:59.40 |
1970 | Raffingora | 5 | Lester Piggott | Bill Marshall | 1:00.30 |
1971 | Constans | 6 | Lester Piggott | Jeremy Tree | 1:01.42 |
1972 | Stilvi | 3 | John Gorton | Bruce Hobbs | 0:57.73 |
1973 | Sandford Lad | 5 | Tony Murray | Ryan Price | 0:57.62 |
1974 | Singing Bede | 5 | Geoff Baxter | Doug Marks | 0:59.36 |
1975 | Auction Ring | 3 | Joe Mercer | Dick Hern | 0:58.99 |
1976 | Music Boy | 3 | Greville Starkey | Brian Lunness | 0:58.96 |
1977 | Scarcely Blessed | 3 | Ron Hutchinson | Fulke Johnson Houghton | 0:58.96 |
1978 | Music Maestro | 3 | Greville Starkey | Michael Stoute | 0:58.69 |
1979 | Ahonoora | 4 | Greville Starkey | Frankie Durr | 1:00.54 |
1980 | Valeriga | 4 | Lester Piggott | Luca Cumani | 0:59.00 |
1981 | King of Spain | 5 | Paul Cook | Peter Cundell | 0:58.56 |
1982 | Tina's Pet | 4 | Lester Piggott | Geoff Huffer | 0:56.92 |
1983 | Soba | 4 | David Nicholls | David Chapman | 0:57.23 |
1984 | Anita's Prince | 3 | Lester Piggott | Richard Lister | 0:58.72 |
1985 | Primo Dominie | 3 | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute | 0:59.45 |
1986 | Double Schwartz | 5 | Pat Eddery | Charlie Nelson | 0:58.93 |
1987 | Singing Steven | 3 | Brian Rouse | Richard Hannon Sr. | 0:58.60 |
1988 | Silver Fling | 3 | Pat Eddery | Ian Balding | 0:58.50 |
1989 | Statoblest | 3 | Ray Cochrane | Luca Cumani | 0:58.16 |
1990 | Argentum | 3 | John Reid | Jack Holt | 0:57.02 |
1991 | Title Roll | 3 | Willie Carson | Tommy Stack | 0:59.11 |
1992 | Freddie Lloyd | 3 | John Reid | Neville Callaghan | 0:57.88 |
1993 | Lochsong | 5 | Frankie Dettori | Ian Balding | 1:00.20 |
1994 | Lochsong | 6 | Frankie Dettori | Ian Balding | 0:57.36 |
1995 | Hever Golf Rose | 4 | Jason Weaver | Joe Naughton | 0:56.25 |
1996 | Rambling Bear | 3 | Ray Cochrane | Michael Blanshard | 0:57.98 |
1997 | Averti | 6 | Kieren Fallon | Willie Muir | 0:57.75 |
1998 | Land of Dreams | 3 | Darryll Holland | Mark Johnston | 0:58.13 |
1999 | Rudi's Pet | 5 | Seb Sanders | David Nicholls | 0:56.01 |
2000 | Cassandra Go | 4 | Michael Roberts | Geoff Wragg | 0:58.01 |
2001 | Dietrich | 3 | Michael Kinane | Aidan O'Brien | 0:57.78 |
2002 | Agnetha | 3 | Michael Kinane | Dermot Weld | 0:57.36 |
2003 | The Tatling | 6 | Darryll Holland | Milton Bradley | 0:58.19 |
2004 | Ringmoor Down | 5 | Richard Quinn | David Arbuthnot | 0:56.73 |
2005 | Fire up the Band | 6 | Adrian Nicholls | David Nicholls | 0:58.52 |
2006 | La Cucaracha | 5 | Michael Hills | Barry Hills | 0:56.83 |
2007 | Moorhouse Lad | 4 | Ryan Moore | Bryan Smart | 0:57.32 |
2008 | Enticing | 4 | Johnny Murtagh | William Haggas | 0:56.63 |
2009 | Kingsgate Native | 4 | Ryan Moore | Sir Michael Stoute | 0:57.96 |
2010 | Borderlescott | 8 | Kieren Fallon | Robin Bastiman | 0:57.22 |
2011 | Masamah | 5 | Jamie Spencer | Kevin Ryan | 0:56.67 |
2012 | Ortensia | 7 | William Buick | Paul Messara | 0:57.24 |
2013 | Moviesta | 3 | Paul Mulrennan | Bryan Smart | 0:56.72 |
2014 | Take Cover | 7 | Andrea Atzeni | David Griffiths | 0:56.47 |
2015 | Muthmir | 5 | Paul Hanagan | William Haggas | 0:56.08 |
2016 | Take Cover | 9 | David Allan | David Griffiths | 0:56.86 |
2017 | Battaash | 3 | Jim Crowley | Charles Hills | 0:58.51 |
2018 | Battaash | 4 | Jim Crowley | Charles Hills | 0:56.50 |
2019 | Battaash | 5 | Jim Crowley | Charles Hills | 0:56.20 |
2020 | Battaash | 6 | Jim Crowley | Charles Hills | 0:55.62 |
2021 | Suesa | 3 | William Buick | Francois Rohaut | 0:59.35 |
2022 | Khaadem | 6 | Ryan Moore | Charles Hills | 0:56.46 |
2023 | Highfield Princess | 6 | Jason Hart | John Quinn | 0:58.92 |
2024 | Big Evs | 3 | Tom Marquand | Michael Appleby | 0:56.62 |
2025 | Jm Jungle | 5 | Jason Hart | John & Sean Quinn | 0:57.57 |