Royal Ascot: Duke of Cambridge Stakes
The Duke of Cambridge Stakes, a Group 2 flat race over a 1 mile, is open to fillies and mares aged four years or older, and it is now contested on the second day of the five-day Royal Ascot meeting. It was originally titled the Windsor Forest Stakes when first introduced in 1813, and was for 3-year-old fillies over the Old Mile, but was renamed the Duke of Cambridge Stakes in 2013 in honour of Prince William. |
Windsor Forest Stakes 1818 | Group 2 | 5 furlongs | ||
Pos. | Horse | Jockey | Trainer Age/Weight | Owner |
1 | STEELTRAP | Sam Chifney jnr | 3-8st 7lbs | Mr Thomas Thornhill |
2 | SORCERER colt | 3-8st 7lbs | Lord Darlington | |
3 | PHILARMONUS | 3-8st 7lbs | Lord Foley | |
The Windsor Forest Stakes, for 3 year old fillies over the Old Mile, was on Thursday 11th June 1818 when there were 8 subscribers at 50 guineas each, giving total prize money of 400 guineas (equivalent to £34,000 in 2020), and the winner was a Chestnut horse by Scud out of Prophetess. | Over round N/A |
Duke of Cambridge Stakes | Group 2 | 1 mile | 2004 (1813) | ||||||
The Duke of Cambridge Stakes, a Group 2 flat race over a 1 mile, is open to fillies and mares aged four years or older, and it is now contested on the second day of the five-day Royal Ascot meeting. It was originally titled the Windsor Forest Stakes when first introduced in 1813, and was for 3-year-old fillies over the Old Mile, but was renamed the Duke of Cambridge Stakes in 2013 in honour of Prince William. |
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