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 1939 Handicap Old Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 FOLETTA H Wragg O Bell Mr F Neilson 20/1
2 IMPRESS R Perryman H Leader Mr A Gillson 100/8
3 TITAN E Smith J Jarvis Lord Rosebery 100/7
4 LINKLATER C Smirke J Beary Mr A Saunders 20/1
5 SIMPLEX J Marshall Bisgood Mrs Burke 33/1
6 CALEDONIAN G Richards F Darling Mr J A Dewar 100/7
7 KINGS GAMBIT E C Elliott Stedall Colonel Grant-Thorold 33/1
8 FLYING CLOUD III P Beasley R J Colling Mrs C Glorney 100/6
9 JUNGLE BOOK D Smith Rintoul Mrs Walters 33/1
10 WINNING LOT T Burns Cottrill Captain Montagu 100/7
11 THE BEAK M Beary V Smyth Mr V Smyth 100/8
12 SCOTLAND FOREVER T Lowrey Jelliss Mr Sears 11/2 fav
13 AIRDS MOSS T Bartlam N Cannon Mr James V Rank 33/1
14 MINISTRONE W Griggs Earl Lord Derby 20/1
15 KILDARE J Simpson T E Leader Mr L Lysaght 100/6
16 FLYING QUAIL J Sirett Jack Jarvis Lord Milford 33/1
17 FLYOLLEY S Wragg O Bell Sir H Cunliffe-Owen 100/6
18 DOUBLET C Richards Blagrave Mr H Blagrave 100/6
19 GULLIVER W Nevett Boyd-Rochfort Mr Lehman 100/6
20 FRIVOLOUS FRIAR P Maher Dines Mrs A Williams 33/1
21 BURNS NIGHT A Richardson Lawson Sir V Sassoon 100/9
22 CONTREDANSE James Doyle G Bennett Vicomte De Fontarce 33/1
23 MIND YOUR STEP K Mullins Holland Mrs C Bennett 33/1
24 HOUR-GLASS W Sibbritt Swash Mrs Bradish-Ellarnes 100/7
25 WINHONEY J Gilbert Higgs Mr Quested 33/1
26 DEADLOCK G Wells F Hartigan Major Bonsor 33/1
27 MOONLAND K Robertson C Pratt Mrs A Berry 33/1
28 FAIR DANCER W Christie Digby Mr F Dennis 33/1
29 MANCHET G Littlewood P Allden Mr H Watts 25/1
The Britannia Stakes took place on Friday 16th June 1939 and the winner, a bay filly by King Salmon out of Manna's Folly, won a first prize of £2045 (equivalent to £137,000 in 2020). Over round 153%
Britannia Stakes Handicap 1 mile 1928
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