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 1960 Handicap Old Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 RIGHT OF WAY E Hide Elsey Sir J Musker 9/2 jt fav
2 BLUBLUE Gosling Nightingall Mrs O O'Neill 11/2
3 ADORE Klimscha R Smyth Mr R C-Turner 100/7
4 FADDY Breasley P Nelson Captain A Willis 10/1
5 GOOSE CREEK G Lewis Hastings-Bass Mr Paul Mellon 9/2 jt fav
6 MOZART W Snaith F Armstrong Mr R Guest 6/1
7 ARMOUR STAR S Smith Sutherland Mr F Sutherland 20/1
8 TROPICAL KING E Smith Beeby Lord Marchwood 20/1
9 EARLY BIRD G Starkey Oxley Lord Halifax 10/1
10 CALYPSO E Larkin J Jarvis Lord Rosebery 100/6
11 QUADRUPLE D Smith Watts Lord Derby 10/1
12 POWDER ROCK E Cracknell Budgett Mr H Renshaw 100/6
13 LIGHT STAR F Durr G Brooke Baron de Z de Nyevelt 20/1
The Britannia Stakes took place on Tuesday 14th June 1960 and the winner, a chestnut horse by Honeyway out of Magnificent, won a first prize of £1621 (equivalent to £38,000 in 2020). Over round 126%
Britannia Stakes Handicap 1 mile 1928
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