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 2017 Handicap 1 1/2 miles
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 ATTY PERSSE Kieran Shoemark Roger Charlton Godolphin 7/1
2 FIRST NATION William Buick Charlie Appleby Godolphin 8/1
3 BEAR VALLEY P J McDonald Mark Johnston Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed 20/1
4 DROCHAID Oisin Murphy Andrew Balding Mick & Janis Mariscotti 14/1
5 HOMESMAN Ryan Moore Aidan O'Brien Magnier, Smith, Tabor 8/1
6 UTAH Seamie Heffernan Aidan O'Brien Smith, Magnier, Tabor 10/1
7 NEVER SURRENDER Paul Hanagan Charlie Hills Jamres, Jenkins, Maurice-Mogg 25/1
8 BIN BATTUTA Pat Cosgrave Saeed Bin Suroor Godolphin 20/1
9 JANSZOON Mickael Brazalona Charlie Appleby Godolphin 16/1
10 SHYMKENT Harry Bentley David O'Meara Nirlan Bizakov 33/1
11 MASTER SINGER Andrea Atzeni John Gosden Teneri Farms Inc 4/1 fav
12 GOOD OMEN Jamie Spencer David Simcock Mrs Q J Guo 14/1
13 OASIS CHARM Colm O'Domoghue Charlie Appleby Godolphin 25/1
14 SOFIA'S ROCK Jim Crowley Mark Johnston Mezzone Family 7/1
15 TWIN STAR Ronan Whelan Mrs Sheila Lavery Abudiencia Co Ltd 25/1
16 TARTINI Graham Lee John Gosden George Strawbridge 14/1
17 ENJOYABLE SUCCESS Pat Smullen Hugo Palmer Al Asayl Bloodstock 50/1
18 REACHFORTHESTARS Shane Foley David O'Meara Geoff & Sandra Turnbull 33/1
The King George V Handicap Stakes took place on Thursday 22nd June 2017 and was won by a bay horse by Frankel out of Dorcas Lane winning a first prize was £56,025 (equivalent to £60,000 in 2020) Over round 132%
King George V Stakes Handicap 1 mile 3 furlongs 211 yds 1946
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