Royal Ascot: King George V Stakes

The King George V Stakes is a flat handicap open to three-year-old horses over 1 mile 3 furlongs and 211 yards, and is run on the third day of the Royal meeting. The first running of the race was in July 1946, but not at the Royal meeting, although that race was for 3-year-olds over 1 1/2 miles and was won by Auralia ridden by Doug Smith.
Early history:- The inaugural running of the King George V Stakes Handicap was on Friday 19th July 1946, so not at the Royal meeting, and was won by Auralia, a grey colt by The Satrap out of Aura, who beat Live Letters and Bridle Path by 3/4 length and 1 1/2 lengths.
King George V Stakes 1995 Handicap 1 1/2 miles
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 DIAGHILEF Darryll Holland Mark Johnston C C Buckley 40/1
2 BOB'S PLAY Frankie Dettori Reg Akehurst Kevin Reddington 100/30 fav
3 MONARCH T Quinn Paul Cole Prince Fahd Salman 9/2
4 AT LIBERTY John Reid Richard Hannon Bruce Adams 20/1
5 CHERRINGTON Franny Norton Geoff Wragg Sheikh Mohammed 9/1
6 BURNING Walter Swinburn Guy Harwood Khalifa Dasmal 20/1
7 KIMBRIDGE KNIGHT John Carroll Peter Walwyn Mrs Roger Waters 16/1
8 TIME FOR ACTION Philip Robinson Mark Tompkins Mrs G A Smith 25/1
9 TAIPAN Jason Weaver John Dunlop Cheveley Park Stud 16/1
10 DANGEROUS GUEST George Duffield Sir Mark Prescott Mr W E Sturt 12/1
11 CELERIC Michael Hills David Morley Christopher Spence 11/1
12 KUTTA Willie Carson Robert Armstrong Hamdan Al Maktoum 10/1
13 PRUSSIAN BLUE Willie Ryan Sir Henry Cecil Leonidas Marinopoulos 16/1
14 NINE BARROW DOWN Tony McGlone Sir Henry Cecil Hill Top 20/1
15 MAETERLINCK Mick Kinane Barry Hills Sheikh Mohammed 12/1
16 AL SAFEER Richard Hills John Hills Zaid A Galadari 33/1
17 PILSUDSKI Kevin Darley Sir Michael Stoute Lord Weinstock 10/1
18 MOMENTS OF FORTUNE Tony Ives Ben Hanbury Abdulla Buhaleeba 33/1
19 MANFUL N Kenneddy J Hetherton C Barber-Lomax 66/1
20 DR ZHIVAGO Michael Roberts Michael Jarvis Anthony Leftwich 16/1
The King George V Handicap Stakes took place on Thursday 22nd June 1995 and was won by a bay horse by Royal Academy out of Miss Audimar winning a first prize was £26,328 (equivalent to £52,000 in 2020) Over round 145%
King George V Stakes Handicap 1 mile 3 furlongs 211 yds 1946
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