Royal Ascot: Britannia Stakes

The Britannia Stakes is a flat handicap for three-year-old colts and geldings over the straight mile, on the same course and distance as the Royal Hunt Cup, on the third day of the Royal meeting.
Early history:- The inaugural running of the Britannia Stakes over the Old Mile took place on Friday 22nd June 1928 and was won by Sea Crag (10/1), a bay horse by Craig An Eran out of Seabloom, who defeated Covent Garden (7/1), Oreval (20/1) and 21 others by 2 lengths and the same.
Britannia Stakes 1937 Handicap Old Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 AZAM PASHA H Wragg N Cannon Mr James V Rank 10/1 fav
2 REVIRESCO G Nicol Victor Gilpin Duke of Norfolk 20/1
3 PAVANNA F Sharpe Persse Mr R McCreery 33/1
4 SENIOR S Wragg O Bell Lady Ludlow 50/1
5 HORNPIPE S Donoghue Lawson Mr A Cox 100/9
6 LONE MOUNT W Christie Elsey Mr Galloway 100/6
7 ROYAL AVENUE A Richardson Cowie Mr Addlestone 20/1
8 CARLISLE H Blackshaw Lambton Brig-General C Lambton 50/1
9 LEAMINGTON W Wing P Beary Lord Portman 50/1
10 GALLOWGATE J Caldwell Elsey Miss Adamson 33/1
11 FLYING SCOTSMAN E Smith J Jarvis Sir L Philipps 100/9
12 ECB R A Jones Lawson Mrs C Beatty 20/1
13 BACARDI G Richards F S Butters Lord Monck 20/1
14 ALLEGIANCE B Carslake Leach Mr H Leach 50/1
15 TURKISH TUNIC T Hawcroft Gaskell Mr J Gaskell 100/1
16 NOSEGAY W Nevett F Hartigan Mr V T Thompson 100/1
17 ALISTAIR T Lowrey B Jarvis Mr Lysaght 100/1
18 MONK LAW J Crouch W Nightingall Colonel F Halse 100/8
19 FARTHINGHOE K Gethin Lawson Mr Whigham 100/1
20 MORNING FLIGHT J Dyson Davey Mr Davey 100/1
21 HONEY BIRD P Maher Wellesley Miss Cowley 100/7
22 HYBRID II J Sirett Boyd-Rochfort Mr J E Widener 100/7
23 TAP DANCER T Weston Hogg Lord Glaney 100/6
24 INTOLERANCE P Evans R J Colling Mrs P Dunne 20/1
25 LACROSSE S Middleton Whitaker Mr Blundell 100/1
26 MONOCLE K Robertson T E Leader Mr A De Rothschild 100/6
27 SWEET CONTENT W Sibbritt Digby Mr F Dennis 100/6
28 COALBLACK V Mitchell Earl Mr Stanhope Joel 50/1
29 SNAKE LIGHTNING A Burns Gilpin Mr H Gray 100/1
30 BINARY C Richards Blagrave Mr H Blagrave 20/1
31 BEER IS BEST D Smith Carr Mr Hamer 100/6
32 KASSAR J Power O Bell Lady Ludlow 50/1
33 GROMAN A Sharples R J Colling Mr F Burgess 100/1
The Britannia Stakes took place on Friday 18th June 1937 and the winner, a brown colt by Rustom out of Tarte Maison, won a first prize of £2080 (equivalent to £145,000 in 2020). Over round 135%
Britannia Stakes Handicap 1 mile 1928
                1928 1929
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937