Royal Ascot: Ascot Stakes

The Ascot Stakes is a flat handicap open to horses aged four years or older and it is scheduled to take place each year in June on the first day of the meeting.
Early history:- The inaugural running of the Ascot Stakes over two and a half miles was on Tuesday 28th May 1839 when Mr Forth’s 3-year-old Merchant filly defeated The Skater and Hyllus.
Ascot Stakes 1934 Handicap 2 miles
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 HANDS OFF A Richardson Digby Mr F W Dennis 25/1
2 PENNY-A-LINER M Hunter C Peck Mr J B Joel 100/6
3 MELDRUM C Rowley Boyd-Rochfort Mr W Murray 33/1
4 CLARAN F Fox Gooch Mr H C Sutton 8/1
5 SETHOS T Ryan W Nightingall Mr E Robson 33/1
6 LAMENT F Sharpe F Pratt Mr J A De Rothschild 33/1
7 SOLATIUM S Donoghue Cottrill Mr J V Rank 7/2 fav
8 NO EARTHLY D Smith H Smyth Mr G F Waller 25/1
9 KNIGHT OF MONASTAR D Prendergast Blagrave Mr H G Blagrave 33/1
10 COMPOUND FRACTURE T Weston Russell Miss E Dykes 9/1
11 SON OF MINT W Johnstone Douglas-Pennant Mr Jesse Brown 100/9
12 WITHIN THE LAW W Wells J Cannon Lady Yule 13/2
13 MYOSOTIS M Beary Lawson Mrs Washington Singer 20/1
14 LADY CLODAGH T Barber T E Leader Mr O V Watney 33/1
15 BLANDEARNA W Rickaby R Day Sir Abe Bailey 33/1
16 WHITEPLAINS E Smith Jack Jarvis Sir W Burbidge 100/7
17 CONSTANT VIXEN J Crouch R Day Mr T Davidson 33/1
18 SAMKATE C Spares Persse Sir E Findlay 33/1
19 SOLFEGGIO B Lynch V Hobbs Mr H S Lester 100/7
20 ERAIN W Christie Basil Jarvis Mrs D Fitzgerald 100/6
This race took place on Tuesday 19th June 1934 and was won by a bay horse by Embargo out of My Pretty Maid, winning a first prize of £1910 (equivalent to £140,000 in 2020). Over round 130%
Ascot Stakes Handicap 2 miles 4 furlongs
                  1839
1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 A 1846 A 1847 1848 1849
1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859
1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869
1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879
1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889
1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934