Royal Ascot: Triennial Stakes Third Leg
The Triennial Stakes, a three-year cycle of races, comprised a race for two-year-olds over 5 furlongs which was first contested in 1848 and which later evolved into the Chesham Stakes; a race for three-year-olds over 7 furlongs which was first run in 1849 and which later evolved into the Jersey Stakes, and the third leg, a race for four-year-olds over 2 miles. Horses would return each year to compete over the increasing distances, although the event was discontinued after the First World War. |
Third Leg of First Triennial Stakes 1870 | Listed race | Once round | ||
Pos. | Horse | Jockey | Age/weight | Owner |
1 | ROYAL HEAD | Maidment | Bryan 4-8st 3lbs | Mr G Bryan 5/1 |
2 | MIDSUMMER | George Fordham | Joseph Hayhoe 4-8st 10lbs | Baron Rothschild 1/3 fav |
3 | BERTHA | Jeffery | G Bloss 4-8st 5lbs | Mr Chaplin 6/1 |
This race, the Third Leg of the First Triennial Stakes, took place on Tuesday 14th June 1870 and was won by a bay horse by Tim Whiffler out of a Teddington mare, to win 400 sovereigns from 30 subscribers (equivalent to £48,000 in 2020). | Over round 105% |
Triennial Stakes Third Leg | Listed race | Once round | 1850 | ||||||
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1870 |