Royal Ascot: Duke of Edinburgh Stakes

The Duke of Edinburgh Stakes is a flat handicap over 1 mile 3 furlongs and 211 yards open to horses of three-year-old and up. The race was previously known as the Bessborough Stakes and was named after John George Brabazon Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough, who was Master of the Buckhounds on three occasions between 1848 and 1858 under Lord John Russell, Lord Aberdeen and Lord Palmerston. The first race under the original name of the Bessborough Stakes, was a five-furlong race for two-year-olds run on Tuesday 16th June 1914. The title was later bestowed on a mile and a half handicap race at the same meeting. In 1999 the race was renamed in honour of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, although the Duke of Edinburgh Stakes had previously been used for a two-year-old race at Ascot, with Sea Pigeon a former winner who later landed the Champion Hurdle.
Early history:- The inaugural running of the Bessborough Stakes, a forerunner of the Duke of Edinburgh Stakes, was over 5 furlongs on Tuesday 16th June 1914 when Mr W Astor's Good and Gay (100/8) defeated Rossendale (10/1), Scotch Rose (100/6) and 13 others by a head and 2 lengths.
Bessborough Stakes 1992 Handicap 1 mile 4 furlongs
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 SPINNING Ray Cochrane Ian Balding Mr Paul Mellon 25/1
2 REGENT'S FOLLY T Quinn William Jarvis Mrs Henry Lopes 16/1
3 MATADOR Pat Eddery Roger Charlton Khaled Abdulla 9/1
4 KANSK Steve Cauthen John Gosden Sheikh Mohammed 8/1 co fav
5 SHAMBO Michael Roberts Clive Brittain Mrs Clive Brittain 16/1
6 KIVETON KABOOZ Philip Robinson Luca Cumani K P H Equine 14/1
7 PHARLY STORY Lester Piggott Martin Pipe A J Lomas 12/1
8 LIBK Richard Hills H Thomson Jones Hamdan Al Maktoum 10/1
9 DREAMS END Michael Hills Geoff Wragg Sir Philip Oppenheimer 11/1
10 RINJA John Lowe David Arbuthnot Dr Omar Zawawi 9/1
11 HASHAR Cash Asmussen David Elsworth W J Brown 8/1 co fav
12 HATEEL Willie Carson Peter Walwyn Hamdan Al Maktoum 12/1
13 AMBASSADOR ROYALE Alan Munro Paul Cole Fahd Salman 14/1
14 KIMBERS John Reid C R Nelson Mrs W Tulloch 25/1
15 GAELIC MYTH Steve Craine Tommy Stack Robert Sangster 33/1
16 GULF SAILOR Darryll Holland Sir Michael Stoute Lord Weinstock 8/1 co fav
17 JAFFA LINE Walter Swinburn David Elsworth Mrs P J Sheen 33/1
18 DUC DE BERRY Tony Clark Guy Harwood Sheikh Mohammed 33/1
19 SEAL INDIGO Mick Kinane Richard Hannon Geoff Howard-Spink 25/1
20 ARABIAN BOLD Jimmy Quinn William Haggas Sheikh Amin Dahlawi 25/1
The Bessborough Stakes, forerunner of the Duke of Edinburgh Stakes, took place on Wednesday 17th June 1992 and the winner was a bay horse by Glint of Gold out of Strathspey, won a first prize of £18,656 (equivalent to £39,000 in 2020).. Over round 136%
Duke of Edinburgh Stakes Handicap 1 mile 4 furlongs 1914
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