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.
Duke of Edinburgh Stakes 2011 Handicap 1 mile 4 furlongs
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 FOX HUNT Silvestre De Sousa Mark Johnston Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed 12/1
2 BLISSFUL MOMENT Kieren Fallon Sir Michael Stoute Saeed Suhail 11/1
3 AVERROES Adam Kirby Clive Cox Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifa 11/1
4 ROCK A DOODLE DOO Olivier Peslier William Jarvis The Doodle Doo Partnership 8/1
5 HALICARNASSUS Hugh Bowman Mick Channon Mrs Begum Atman Karatas 40/1
6 ILE DE RE Jim Crowley Freddie Head Michael Watt 20/1
7 PROMPTER Richard Hughes Michael Bell Royal Ascot Racing Club 22/1
8 COIN OF THE REALM Tom Queally Gary Moore B Haynes & B Siddle 28/1
9 AWSAAL Eddie Ahern John Dunlop Hamdan Al Maktoum 20/1
10 SHARAAYEEN Richard Hills Barry Hills Hamdan Al Maktoum 8/1
11 VERY GOOD DAY Sam Hitchcott Mick Channon Jaber Abdullah 33/1
12 TAQLEED Jimmy Fortune John Gosden Hamdan Al Maktoum 7/1
13 MODUN Ryan Moore Sir Michael Stoute Ballymacoll Stud 100/30 fav
14 JUTLAND Joe Fanning Mark Johnston Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed 40/1
15 LIFE AND SOUL Johnny Murtagh Amanda Perrett A D Spence 11/1
16 HEDDWYN George Baker Marcus Tregoning J A Tabet 14/1
The Duke of Edinburgh Stakes took place on Saturday 18th June 2011 and the winner was a chestnut horse by Dubawi out of Kiltubber, won a first prize of £31,155 (equivalent to £39,000 in 2020).. Over round 123%
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