Royal Ascot: Queen Mary Stakes

The Queen Mary Stakes, named after Queen Mary, the consort of King George V, is a Group 2 flat race over 5 furlongs open to two-year-old fillies, and is staged on the second day of the Royal meeting. The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and for a period the Queen Mary Stakes was classed at Group 3 level, but it was promoted to Group 2 status in 2004.
Early history:- The inaugural running of the Queen Mary was on Tuesday 14th June 1921 when a huge entry of 109 subscribers led to a field of 21 runners. The winner was Wild Mint (8/1), owned by Mr W Whineray, trained by H Cottrill and ridden by Shatwell, defeating Selene (7/2) and Merrily (10/1) by 2 lengths and the same.
Queen Mary Stakes 2008 Group 2 5 furlongs
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 LANGS LASH Alan Munro Michael Quinton Mr John Hanly 25/1
2 SHYRL Frankie Dettori Simon Callaghan Al Homaizi & Al Sagar 12/1
3 CONNIE MAC Seb Sanders A Oliver Mrs M P Oliver 25/1
4 LUCKY LEIGH Darryll Holland Mick Channon Flintoff, Channon, Baker 14/1
5 SUGAR FREE Wayne Lordan Tommy Stack Richard Barnes 7/1
6 NUBAR LADY Jamie Spencer Tommy Stack IRS Syndicates Ltd 25/1
7 BAILEYS CACAO Richard Hughes Richard Hannon William Durkan 7/1
8 SWEET APPLAUSE Darren Williams Alan Jarvis Christopher Shankland 100/1
9 REBECCA DE WINTER Ryan Moore Richard Hannon Mrs J Wood 16/1
10 BAHAMIAN BABE Hayley Turner Michael Bell Mrs P Gray & H Farr 10/1
11 BEAT SEVEN Micky Fenton Gay Kelleway Hollistic Racing, Mullin et al 25/1
12 WHITE SHIFT Stevie Donohoe David Evans Premier Cru Racing 66/1
13 AMOSITE Jim Crowley John Jenkins Mr Rowley 100/1
14 HEART SHAPED Johnny Murtagh Aidan O'Brien Smith/Tabor/Magnier 9/2
15 GLAMOROUS SPIRIT Mick Kinane Jeremy Noseda The Searchers 16/1
16 EXCELLENT SHOW Ted Durcan Bryan Smart Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed 20/1
17 DANEHILL DESTINY Jimmy Fortune William Haggas Cheveley Park Stud 7/2 fav
This race took place on Wednesday 18th June 2008 and was won by a bay filly by Novere out of Temple Street to win a first prize of £45,416 (equivalent to £62,000 in 2020). Over round 125%
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