Group 3 race (discontinued) | |
Location | Salisbury Racecourse Salisbury, England |
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Inaugurated | 2000 |
Last run | 2023 |
Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Sponsor | Tattersalls |
Website | Salisbury |
Race information | |
Distance | 1 mile (1,609 metres) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Straight |
Qualification | Three-years-old and up colts and geldings |
Weight | 8 st 12 lb (3yo); 9 st 5 lb (4yo+) Penalties 7 lb for Group 1 winners * 5 lb for Group 2 winners * 3 lb for Group 3 winners * * after 2021 |
Purse | £70,000 (2022) 1st: £39,697 |
2023 | ||
Embesto | Mighty Ulysses | Regal Reality |
Previous years | ||
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2022 | ||
Tempus | Modern News | Sinjaari |
2021 | ||
Megallan | Sir Busker | Perotto |
The Sovereign Stakes was a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to colts and geldings aged three years or older. It was run at Salisbury over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres), and was scheduled to take place each year in August.
The event was established in 2000, replacing the Whitchurch Conditions Stakes, and it was initially classed at Listed level. It was promoted to Group 3 status in 2004. It was removed from the pattern race programme by the British Horseracing Authority in 2024. [1]
The Sovereign Stakes was one of Salisbury's two highest class races of the season, along with the Dick Poole Fillies' Stakes.
Most successful horse:
Leading jockey (2 wins):
Leading trainer (3 wins):
Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
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2000 | Hopeful Light | 3 | Dane O'Neill | John Gosden | 1:43.21 |
2001 | Umistim | 4 | Dane O'Neill | Richard Hannon Sr. | 1:40.97 |
2002 | Priors Lodge | 4 | Pat Dobbs | Richard Hannon Sr. | 1:41.02 |
2003 | Passing Glance | 4 | Martin Dwyer | Andrew Balding | 1:39.49 |
2004 | Norse Dancer | 4 | John Egan | David Elsworth | 1:41.63 |
2005 | Layman | 3 | Kerrin McEvoy | Saeed bin Suroor | 1:38.29 |
2006 | Belenus | 4 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | 1:41.39 |
2007 | Pride of Nation | 5 | Jamie Spencer | Luca Cumani | 1:43.90 |
2008 | Ordnance Row | 5 | Ryan Moore | Richard Hannon Sr. | 1:44.24 |
2009 | Mac Love | 8 | Micky Fenton | Stef Liddiard | 1:40.29 |
2010 | Sea Lord | 3 | Kieren Fallon | Mark Johnston | 1:41.82 |
2011 | Side Glance | 4 | Jimmy Fortune | Andrew Balding | 1:41.01 |
2012 | Tullius | 4 | Jimmy Fortune | Andrew Balding | 1:41.84 |
2013 | Afsare | 6 | Andrea Atzeni | Luca Cumani | 1:39.28 |
2014 | Captain Cat | 5 | James Doyle | Roger Charlton | 1:41.45 |
2015 | Kodi Bear | 3 | Gérald Mossé | Clive Cox | 1:40.58 |
2016 | Zonderland | 3 | Oisin Murphy | Clive Cox | 1:40.35 |
2017 | Ballet Concerto | 4 | Ryan Moore | Sir Michael Stoute | 1:42.49 |
2018 | Plumatic | 4 | Maxime Guyon | André Fabre | 1:45.02 |
2019 | Kick On | 3 | Oisin Murphy | John Gosden | 1:45.81 |
2020 | Regal Reality | 5 | Richard Kingscote | Sir Michael Stoute | 1:38.32 |
2021 | Magellan | 3 | Robert Havlin | John & Thady Gosden | 1:43.09 |
2022 | Tempus | 6 | Hollie Doyle | Archie Watson | 1:41.32 |
2023 (dh) | Mighty Ulysses Embesto | 4 3 | Oisin Murphy David Egan | John & Thady Gosden Roger Varian | 1:39.46 |
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