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 1975 Handicap Old Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 CHIL THE KITE G Lewis B Hobbs Eva, Lady Rosebery 13/1
2 MY HUSSAR R Fox J Sutcliffe jnr Mr L Goldschlager 10/1
3 ASTONISH T Carter I Balding HM The Queen 13/1
4 BERKELEY SQUARE P Eddery Oxley Mr G Townsend 14/1
5 LAYAWAKE L Piggott P Robinson Mr J Fisher 5/1 jt fav
6 BARONET M L Thomas W Hern Lady Beaverbrook 5/1 jt fav
7 PRINCE OF EGYPT E Johnson J Tree Mr J Whitney 7/1
8 ARTHUR LEES H Ballantine J Sutcliffe jnr Mrs K Wickens 10/1
9 SOLO VIOLIN A Bond H Cecil Mr H Zeisel 10/1
10 YAMADORI D Cullen R Houghton Mr J Kashiyama 10/1
11 KING ZEUS S Salmon Elsey Mr R Dennis 18/1
12 STARK RIBOT F Durr B Hanbury Mr R Tikkoo 20/1
13 GOOD NEWS T McKeown Hunter Mr A Ewing 25/1
14 SWEET RECLAIM A Murray T Waugh Mrs A Normand 25/1
15 JANES JOKER T Ives Reg Hollinshead Mrs J Waterhouse 25/1
16 AVIATOR J Mercer S Hall Mr G Reed 25/1
17 PREBIHAS B Taylor Pritchard-Gordon Mr F Jeffery 25/1
18 GLORIOUS DEVON B Rouse D Whelan Mr R Bulfield 25/1
19 SLIM JIM P Waldron I Balding Mr P Roberts 25/1
20 HIGHEST J Roe W Hern Lady Beaerbrook 25/1
21 BORN GAMBLER W Carson B Hills Mr Robert Sangster 25/1
22 KASHVILLE D McKay Stevens Mr G Greenwood 25/1
23 STIRLING CASTLE R Wernham Murless Sir R Macdonald-Buchanan 25/1
24 WEPHEN J Lowe P Cole Mr D Weatherley 25/1
25 CREPTINA R Still Hanley Mr A Richards 25/1
26 FRENCH HARMONY C Rodriquez Doug Smith Mr J Pearce 25/1
27 MOURNDYKE W Jesse Holt Mr J Redform 25/1
The Britannia Stakes took place on Friday 20th June 1975 and the winner, a bay horse by Kalydon out of Dipper, won a first prize of £3588 (equivalent to £31,000 in 2020). Over round 173%
Britannia Stakes Handicap 1 mile 1928
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1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975