Royal Ascot: Queen Anne Stakes
The Queen Anne Stakes, originally open to horses aged three and older, was established in 1840, and during the early part of its history it was called the Trial Stakes. In 1930, it was renamed in honour of Queen Anne, the founder of Ascot Racecourse. The Queen Anne Stakes was classed as a Group 3 race in 1971, and it was promoted to Group 2 level in 1984. It was given Group 1 status in 2003, and at this point the minimum age of participating horses was raised to four. It is now the first race on the opening day of the Royal Ascot meeting. |
Trial Plate 1879 | Group 1 | New Mile | ||
Pos. | Horse | Jockey | Age/weight | Owner |
1 | ALCHEMIST | Cannon | Arnull 3-8st 9lbs | Mr H B Beddington 100/15 |
2 | CHLOE | Gallon | John Porter 3-6st 11lbs | Mr F Gretton 7/4 fav |
3 | EPISCOPUS | Luke | John Dawson 3-7st 9lb | Prince Batthyany 100/15 |
4 | TYRCONNELL | F Wynne | Bryan (Ireland) 5-8st 8lbs | Mr G Bryan 10/1 |
5 | ABBAYE | R Morris | Tom Jennings 3-7st 6lb | Mr Tom Jennings 3/1 |
The Trail Plate, forerunner of the Queen Anne Stakes, over the New Mile, took place on Tuesday 10th June 1879 and the winner, a brown colt by Rosicrucian out of Gold Dust, won a first prize of 270 sovereigns from 14 subscribers (equivalent to £34,000 in 2020). | Over round 101% |
Queen Anne Stakes | Group 1 | 1 mile | 1840 | ||||||
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