Royal Ascot: Prince of Wales's Stakes
The Prince of Wales's Stakes, currently staged on the second day of the Royal meeting, was established in 1862, and named after the Prince of Wales at that time, the future King Edward VII. The original version was restricted to three-year-olds, and it was contested over 1 mile and 5 furlongs. The race was discontinued after World War II, when there was no Prince of Wales. It returned in 1968, a year before the investiture of Prince Charles. The distance of the new version was 1 mile and 2 furlongs, and it was now open to horses aged three or older. The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and for a period the Prince of Wales's Stakes was classed at Group 2 level. It was promoted to Group 1 status in 2000, and at this point the minimum age of participating horses was raised to four. |
| Prince of Wales's Stakes 1863 | Group 1 | 1 mile 5 furlongs | ||
| Pos. | Horse | Jockey | Age'weight | Owner |
| 1 | AVENGER | A Edwards | 3-8st 3lbs | Lord Stamford 100/8 |
| 2 | BOREALIS | Doyle | 3-8st 5lbs | Mr L'Anson 100/8 |
| 3 | JUDEX | George Fordham | 3-8st 3lbs | Mr T Parr 5/1 |
| 4 | VIVID | Custance | 3-8st 5lbs | Count F de Larange 6/1 |
| 5 | WINDHOUND colt | Drew | 3-8st 3lbs | Lord Ailesbury 25/1 |
| 6 | DR SYNTAX | Hughes | 3-8st 3lbs | Mr Ashworth 100/8 |
| 7 | FANTAIL | W Boyce | 3-8st 5lbs | Mr R Boyce 25/1 |
| 8 | WEATHERBOW | John Wells | 3-8st 10lbs | Sir J Hawley 100/6 |
| 9 | KNAVE OF TRUMPS | Judd | 3-8st 3lbs | Mr H Hill 25/1 |
| 10 | BLUE MANTLE | Aldcroft | 3-8st 13lbs | Captain D Lane 7/4 fav |
| 11 | LORD OF THE ISLES gelding | Jem Goater | 3-8st 13lbs | Mr James Merry 20/1 |
| 12 | MERIDEN | E Sharp | 3-8st 3lbs | Lord Chesterfield 25/1 |
| 13 | GRATITUDE | H Grimshaw | 3-7st 12lbs | Mr W Robinson 100/6 |
| 14 | MOGADOR | S Rogers | 3-8st 13lbs | Baron Rothschild 10/1 |
| 15 | IGERNA | Daley | 3-7st 12lbs | Mr T Valentine 25/1 |
| This race took place on Tuesday 2nd June 1863 and was won by a bay colt by Vindex out of Habena, who won a first prize of 3820 sovereigns from 166 subscribers (equivalent to £484,000 in 2020). | Over round 136% | |||
| Prince of Wales's Stakes | Group 1 | 1 mile 2 furlongs | 1862 | ||||||
| 1862 | 1863 | ||||||||