Prince of Wales's Stakes

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The Prince of Wales's Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for four-year-old and above thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 1 mile 2 furlongs (2,012 metres) at Ascot Racecourse during the Royal Ascot meeting in June.

It was first run in 1862 and named in honour of the Prince of Wales, Prince Albert Edward (later King Edward VII). The original distance was 1 mile 5 furlongs (2,615 metres), and the race was open to three-year-olds and above. Early winners included Iroquois, Ard Patrick and Bayardo.

The race was absent from Royal Ascot in the period following World War II (when there was no Prince of Wales), and re-emerged with its present shortened distance in 1968, a year before Prince Charles' investiture in 1969. It attained Group 1 status in 2000, at which point three-year-olds were excluded from the race.

[edit] Winners since 1987

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1987	Mtoto	4	Richard Hills	Alec Stewart	Ahmed Al Maktoum	2:07.27
1988	Mtoto	5	Michael Roberts	Alec Stewart	Ahmed Al Maktoum	2:12.84
1989	Two Timing	3	Pat Eddery	Jeremy Tree	Khalid Abdullah	2:04.90
1990	Batshoof	4	Pat Eddery	Ben Hanbury	Muttar Salem	2:06.72
1991	Stagecraft	4	Steve Cauthen	Michael Stoute	Sheikh Mohammed	2:07.58
1992	Perpendicular *	4	Willie Ryan	Henry Cecil	9th Baron Howard de Walden	2:04.13
1993	Placerville	3	Pat Eddery	Henry Cecil	Khalid Abdullah	2:08.65
1994	Muhtarram	5	Willie Carson	John Gosden	Hamdan Al Maktoum	2:05.11
1995	Muhtarram	6	Willie Carson	John Gosden	Hamdan Al Maktoum	2:04.94
1996	First Island	4	Michael Hills	Geoff Wragg	Mollers Racing	2:02.76
1997	Bosra Sham	4	Kieren Fallon	Henry Cecil	Wafic Saïd	2:04.16
1998	Faithful Son	4	John Reid	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	2:08.30
1999	Lear Spear	4	Michael Kinane	David Elsworth	Raymond Tooth	2:04.37
2000	Dubai Millennium	4	Jerry Bailey	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	2:07.48
2001	Fantastic Light	5	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	2:04.40
2002	Grandera	4	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	2:04.43
2003	Nayef	5	Richard Hills	Marcus Tregoning	Hamdan Al Maktoum	2:05.30
2004	Rakti	5	Philip Robinson	Michael Jarvis	Gary Tanaka	2:04.95
2005	Azamour *	4	Michael Kinane	John Oxx	HH Aga Khan IV	2:08.15
2006	Ouija Board	5	Olivier Peslier	Ed Dunlop	19th Earl of Derby	2:06.92
2007	Manduro	5	Stéphane Pasquier	André Fabre	Baron Georg von Ullmann	2:05.91

* Kooyonga finished first in 1992 but was demoted to third place following a Stewards' Inquiry.
* The 2005 race took place at York Racecourse.

[edit] References

• PedigreeQuery.com
• Racing Post:
  • 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
  • 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

[edit] See also

• Horseracing in Great Britain
• List of British flat horse races