Royal Ascot: Buckingham Palace Stakes

The Buckingham Palace Stakes, a flat handicap over 7 furlongs open to horses aged three and over, was established in 2002, when the Royal Ascot meeting was extended to a fifth day to mark the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II and was named after the London residence of the British monarch. It was last run in 2014 and replaced from the 2015 Royal Ascot meeting by a new Group One sprint race, the Commonwealth Cup. In 2020, the race made a one-off return as part of an expanded Royal Ascot programme, following the 10-week suspension of horse racing in the United Kingdom due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Early history:- The inaugural running of the Buckingham Palace Stakes Handicap was on Friday 21st June 2002 when won by the Khalid Abdullah owned Demonstrate, beating Lunar Leo and Kareeb by a length and half a length, with 24 others further adrift.
Buckingham Palace Stakes 2014 Handicap 7 furlongs
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 LOUIS THE PIOUS Silvestre De Sousa David O'Meara Mr F Gillespie 33/1
2 HORSTED KEYNES Jamie Spencer Roger Varian Mrs Fitri Hay 8/1
3 WATCHABLE Danny Tudhope David O'Meara Mr P Bamford 14/1
4 BRONZE ANGEL Martin Dwyer Marcus Tregoning Lady Tennant 10/1
5 JACK'S REVENGE Pat Cosgrave George Baker PJL Racing 20/1
6 SANTEFISIO Jimmy Fortune Keith Dalgleish Weldspec Glasgow Ltd 20/1
7 INTRANSIGENT Oisin Murphy Andrew Balding Kingsclere Racing Club 33/1
8 GEORGIAN BOY Graham Lee Karl Burke Market Avenue RC/Mrs M Burke 20/1
9 PASTORAL PLAYER Hayley Turner Hughie Morrison The Pursuits Partnership 16/1
10 DEAUVILLE PRINCE Richard Kingscote Tom Dascombe Basran,Mather,Ledigo 100/1
11 SECRET ART Jim Crowley William Knight Circuit Racing 25/1
12 HILLBILLY BOY Andrea Atzeni Martin Smith P Moore 9/1
13 ZANETTO Thomas Brown Andrew Balding Mick & Janice Mariscotti 66/1
14 TAMAYUS STAR Liam Jones George Margarson Abdulla Al Mansoori 50/1
15 BLESSINGTON William Buick John Gosden Princess Haya of Jordan 8/1
16 SIR REGINALD Tony Hamilton Richard Fahey Jim McGrath 33/1
17 BLAINE James Doyle Kevin Ryan Matt & Lauren Morgan 20/1
18 MABAIT George Buckell David Simcock Khalifa Dasmal 50/1
19 ONE MORE WORD Frankie Dettori Charlie Hills Tony Weschler/Ann Plummer 33/1
20 BUBBLY BELLINI Sean Corby Adrian McGuinness G Devlin & Mrs H McGuinness50/1
21 BRAE HILL Sammy Jo Bell Richard Fahey Dr Marwan Koukash 50/1
22 HEAVEN'S GUEST George Chaloner Richard Fahey J Shannon & M Scaife 33/1
23 RENE MATHIS David Nolan Richard Fahey Dr Marwan Koukash 20/1
24 EXCELLENT GUEST William Twiston Davies George Margarson John Guest Racing 25/1
25 MEZZOTINT Joseph O'Brien Stuart Williams S Chappell 25/1
26 JAMMY GUEST Joe Fanning George Margarson John Guest Racing 66/1
27 FORT KNOX Richard Hughes Charlie Appleby Godolphin 12/1
DSQ RUSSIAN REALM Ryan Moore Sir Michael Stoute Cheveley Park Stud 5/1 fav
This race took place on Friday 20th June 2014, the winner, a bay gelding by Holy Roman Emperor out of Whole Grain, won a first prize of £62,250 (equivalent to £71,000 in 2020). Over round 141%
Buckingham Palace Stakes Handicap 7 furlongs 2002
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