Michael Stoute

Last updated

Sir
Michael Stoute
Occupation Trainer
Born (1945-10-22) 22 October 1945 (age 77)
Barbados
Major racing wins
British Classic Race wins:
2,000 Guineas (5)
1,000 Guineas (2)
Epsom Oaks (2)
Epsom Derby (6)
St. Leger Stakes (1)
Honours
Champion Trainer (1981, 1986, 1989, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009)
Significant horses
Shergar, Marwell, Royal Heroine, Shareef Dancer, Shahrastani, Shadeed, Green Desert, Kribensis, Zilzal, Ezzoud, Gay Gallanta, Opera House, Singspiel, Pilsudski, Petrushka, Kalanisi, Daliapour, Golan, Russian Rhythm, Kris Kin, North Light, Notnowcato, Islington, Conduit, Harbinger, Workforce, Estimate, Ulysses, Desert Crown

Sir Michael Ronald Stoute (born 22 October 1945) is a Barbadian British Thoroughbred horse trainer in flat racing.

Contents

Career

Stoute, whose father was the Chief of Police for Barbados, left the island in 1964 at the age of 19 to become an assistant to trainer Pat Rohan and began training horses on his own in 1972. His first win as a trainer came on 28 April 1972 when Sandal, a horse owned by Stoute's father, won at Newmarket Racecourse in England. [1] Since then, he has gone on to win races all over the globe, including victories in the Dubai World Cup, the Breeders Cup, the Japan Cup and the Hong Kong Vase. [2]

He was knighted in the 1998 Birthday Honours for promotion of sports tourism in Barbados. [3] [1] He was the only trainer in the 20th century to win an English Classic in five successive seasons [4] and has been Champion Trainer ten times (1981, 1986, 1989, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2009). [1] [5] He was the trainer for Kribensis, who won the Triple Crown of Hurdling, in the 1989/90 racing season. Stoute also trained Shergar, arguably his most famous horse, who won the 1981 Epsom Derby and was later stolen, presumably by the IRA. [6]

In 2009, three horses trained by Stoute— Conduit, Tartan Bearer and Ask —pulled off a rare feat when the trio made a clean sweep of the placings at the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. In all, the horses took home $1,787,000 of the $2,008,945 prizemoney in Britain's richest horserace. [7] Those wins helped him regain his Champion Trainer title in 2009, winning a total of £3,372,287 in prize money. [8]

In 2013, he trained the Queen's horse Estimate to Gold Cup victory at Royal Ascot. He was invited to ride in the King's procession at Royal Ascot 2023. [9]

Stoute currently trains horses at Freemason Lodge Stables on the Bury Road in Newmarket. [1]

Major wins

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain

Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada

Flag of France.svg France

Flag of Germany.svg Germany

Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong

Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland

Flag of Italy.svg Italy

Flag of Japan.svg Japan

Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates

Flag of the United States.svg United States

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kieren Fallon</span> 20th and 21st-century Irish jockey

Kieren Francis Fallon is a retired Irish professional flat racing jockey and was British Champion Jockey six times.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Johnny Murtagh</span> Irish horse racing trainer and former jockey

Johnny Murtagh is an Irish flat racing trainer and former jockey from Bohermeen, near Navan, Kells, County Meath. As a jockey he won many of the major flat races in Europe, including all the Irish Classics, all the Group 1 Races at Royal Ascot, The Derby, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes and Europe's biggest race the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. He was also Irish flat racing Champion Jockey five times. As a trainer, based at stables near Kildare, he has saddled a winner at Royal Ascot and an Irish Classic winner.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Kinane</span> Irish former flat racing jockey (born 1959)

Michael J. Kinane is an Irish former flat racing jockey. He had a 34-year career, retiring on 8 December 2009.

The King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 1 mile 3 furlongs and 211 yards, and it is scheduled to take place each year in July.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">International Stakes</span> Flat horse race in Britain

The International Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at York over a distance of 1 mile, 2 furlongs and 56 yards, and it is scheduled to take place each year in August.

The Celebration Mile 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 1 mile, and it is scheduled to take place each year in late August.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pilsudski (horse)</span> Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse

Pilsudski is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a four-season career from 1994 to 1997, he progressed from winning modest group races to be regarded as one of the best racehorses in the world. He won eleven races in five different countries, six of them at Group One level. He also finished second in successive runnings of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Singspiel (horse)</span> Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

Singspiel was an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for a series of wins in major international races in 1996 and 1997. In a racing career which lasted from September 1994 until August 1997 he won nine of his twenty races and finished second on eight occasions. After showing good, but unexceptional form in his first two seasons he emerged as a world class performer in 1996 when he won the Canadian International Stakes and Japan Cup and was named U.S. Champion Male Turf Horse. In the following season he added victories in the Dubai World Cup, Coronation Cup and International Stakes before his career was ended by injury. After his retirement from racing he had considerable success as a sire of winners before his death in 2010.

The 1987 Epsom Derby was a horse race which took place at Epsom Downs on Wednesday 3 June 1987. It was the 208th running of the Derby, and it was won by the pre-race favourite Reference Point. The winner was ridden by Steve Cauthen and trained by Henry Cecil.

Kalanisi was a Thoroughbred racehorse who won European Champion and American Champion honours in 2000.

Kribensis was an Irish thoroughbred racehorse, born to sire, Henbit and dam, Aquaria. The horse was owned by Sheikh Mohammed and trained by Sir Michael Stoute. Kribensis gave Sheikh Mohammed his first Cheltenham Festival win when he won the Triumph Hurdle in 1988.

Notnowcato was a thoroughbred racehorse and sire, bred and trained in the United Kingdom. He won several important races in a career which lasted from 2004 to 2007, and is best known for his victory in the 2007 Eclipse Stakes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Medicean (horse)</span> British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

Medicean was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire, best known for his performances as a four-year-old in 2001, when he recorded three consecutive wins in important British races. Unraced as a two-year-old, Medicean ran eight times in 2000, winning the Celebration Mile and finishing third in both the St James's Palace Stakes and the Sussex Stakes. In the early part of the following year, the colt showed his best form, winning the Lockinge Stakes, Queen Anne Stakes and Eclipse Stakes. He was retired to stud at the end of the year and had considerable success as a sire of winners.

Marwell was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. A specialist sprinter, she won ten of her thirteen races, including several against colts and older horses. She was also the highest-rated filly of her generation in Europe at both two and three years of age. She won all five of her races as a two-year-old in 1980, including the Molecomb Stakes, Flying Childers Stakes and Cheveley Park Stakes. In the following year, she was beaten over a mile in the classic 1000 Guineas but returned to sprinting to win the King's Stand Stakes July Cup and Prix de l'Abbaye. She was retired from racing at the end of 1981 and became a successful broodmare. Marwell died in 2003.

Ajdal was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was one of the leading European two-year-old of 1986, when he was unbeaten in three races including the Dewhurst Stakes. In the early part of 1987 he was aimed at the classics but after winning the Craven Stakes on his debut, he was beaten in the 2000 Guineas, Irish 2,000 Guineas and Epsom Derby. He was then switched to shorter distances and emerged as the best European sprinter of the year, winning the July Cup, William Hill Sprint Championship and Vernons Sprint Cup.

The 1981 Epsom Derby was the 202nd annual running of the Derby horse race. It took place at Epsom Downs Racecourse on 3 June 1981.

The 2009 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes was a horse race held at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday 25 July 2009. It was the 59th King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1997 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes</span>

The 1997 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes was a horse race held at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday 26 July 1997. It was the 47th running of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

Colorspin was a French-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. She showed great promise as a two-year-old in 1985 when she won both of her races in convincing fashion. In the following year she finished third in the Musidora Stakes and fourth in The Oaks before recording her biggest success with an easy win in the Irish Oaks. She was beaten in her two remaining starts and was retired racing at the end of the year.

The 2018 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes was a horse race held at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday 28 July 2018. It was the 68th running of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Sir Michael Stoute: NTRA Profile Archived 11 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine , ntra.com, retrieved 20 February 2010.
  2. ↑ Sir Michael Stoute: Profile Archived 25 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine , epsom-derby.net, retrieved 20 February 2010.
  3. ↑ "1998 Birthday Honours List (Barbados)". The London Gazette . Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  4. ↑ BBC website article about Sir Michael Stoute
  5. ↑ Sporting Chronicle list of British Champion Trainers
  6. ↑ The truth about Shergar racehorse kidnapping, telegraph.co.uk, 27 January 2008, retrieved 20 February 2010.
  7. ↑ Michael Stoute makes clean sweep in King George Stakes, theaustralian.news.com.au, 27 July 2009, retrieved 6 August 2009.
  8. ↑ Sir Michael Stoute: Go Racing Profile Archived 8 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine , britishhorseracing.com, retrieved 20 February 2010.
  9. ↑ "Ascot Racecourse on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.