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 1877 | Group 1 | 1 mile 5 furlongs | ||
| Pos. | Horse | Jockey | Age'weight | Owner |
| 1 | GLEN ARTHUR | Dodge | Peter Price 3-8st 3lbs | Mr W S Mitchell-Innes 7/4 fav |
| 2 | STRATHMORE colt | John Osborne | Charles Blanton 3-8st 4lbs | Mr Jardine 6/1 |
| 3 | SLEIPAIR | Fred Archer | Mathew Dawson 3-8st 3lbs | Lord Falmouth 7/1 |
| 4 | HADRIAN | Charles Wood | Joseph Dawson 3-8st 3lbs | Mr T Glee 6/1 |
| 5 | ALBERT EDWARD | Constable | Tom Leader 3-8st 3lbs | Mr W S Cartwright 20/1 |
| 6 | BELPHOEBE | Jem Goater | George Bloss 3-8st 10lbs | Lord Hartington 7/2 |
| 7 | SHELDRAKE | C Archer | Tom Jennings 3-8st 10lbs | Mr Tom Jennings 20/1 |
| 8 | GRAND TEMPLAR | Glover | William Goater 3-8st 10lbs | Mr Gomm 20/1 |
| This race took place on Tuesday 12th June 1877 and was won by a bay colt by Adventurer out of Maid of the Glen, who won a first prize of 5750 sovereigns from 101 subscribers (equivalent to £675,000 in 2020). | Over round 113% | |||
| Prince of Wales's Stakes | Group 1 | 1 mile 2 furlongs | 1862 | ||||||
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