Brigadier Gerard Stakes
Group 3 race | |
Location | Sandown Park Esher, Surrey, England |
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Inaugurated | 1953 |
Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Sponsor | Chasemore Farm |
Website | Sandown Park |
Race information | |
Distance | 1m 1f 209y (2,002m) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Four-years-old and up |
Weight | 9 st 2 lb Allowances 3 lb for fillies and mares Penalties 7 lb for Group 1 winners * 5 lb for Group 2 winners * 3 lb for Group 3 winners * * since 31 August last year |
Purse | £80,000 (2024) 1st: £45,368 |
2024 | ||
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Royal Rhyme | Certain Lad | Miss Cantik |
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2023 | ||
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Hukum | Desert Crown | Solid Stone |
2022 | ||
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Bay Bridge | Mostahdaf | Addeybb |
2021 | ||
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Euchen Glen | Sangarius | Fox Tal |
1990-1988 | ||
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1990 | ||
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Husyan | Scenic | Alcando |
1989 | ||
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Hibernian Gold | Highland Chieftain | Reprimand |
1988 | ||
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Highland Chieftain | Media Starguest | Indian Skimmer |
The Brigadier Gerard Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Sandown Park over a distance of 1 mile 1 furlong and 209 yards (2,002 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late May or early June.
The event was established in 1953, and it was originally called the Coronation Stakes. Its title commemorated the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
The race was renamed the Brigadier Gerard Stakes in 1973. This was in honour of Brigadier Gerard, a recently retired champion racehorse whose victories included the Westbury Stakes (later re-named the Gordon Richards Stakes) and the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park. The 2021 race was run in memory of Joe Mercer, who died the week before the race and who rode Brigadier Gerard in all his races.[1]
Records
[edit]Most successful horse (2 wins):
- Chamier – 1954, 1955
- Tacitus – 1963, 1964
- Jellaby – 1977, 1979
Leading jockey (7 wins):
- Ryan Moore - Workforce (2011), Carlton House (2012), Time Test (2016), Autocratic (2017), Poet's Word (2018), Regal Reality (2019), Bay Bridge (2022)
Leading trainer (12 wins):
- Sir Michael Stoute – Stagecraft (1991), Opera House (1992), Pilsudski (1996), Insatiable (1998), Notnowcato (2006), Workforce (2011), Carlton House (2012), Autocratic (2017), Poet's Word (2018), Regal Reality (2019), Bay Bridge (2022)
Winners since 1977
[edit]- ^ The 1981 running was abandoned because of a waterlogged course
- ^ The 2020 race was run at Haydock Park in June, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
Earlier winners
[edit]- 1953: Guersant
- 1954: Chamier
- 1955: Chamier
- 1956: Tribord
- 1957: Gilles de Retz
- 1958: Arctic Explorer
- 1959: Aggressor
- 1960: Lucky Guy
- 1961: Petite Etoile
- 1962: Cipriani
- 1963: Tacitus
- 1964: Tacitus
- 1965: Philanderer
- 1966: Super Sam
- 1967: Busted
- 1968: Royal Palace
- 1969: Connaught
- 1970: Hotfoot
- 1971: Pembroke Castle
- 1972: Stubbs' Gazette
- 1973: Scottish Rifle
- 1974: Ksar
- 1975: Rymer
- 1976: Anne's Pretender
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "CORAL BRIGADIER GERARD STAKES TO BE RUN IN MEMORY OF JOE MERCER". Jockey Club. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- Paris-Turf:
- Racing Post:
- galopp-sieger.de – Brigadier Gerard Stakes (ex Coronation Stakes).
- ifhaonline.org – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Brigadier Gerard Stakes (2019).
- pedigreequery.com – Brigadier Gerard Stakes – Sandown Park.
- Abelson, Edward; John Tyrrel (1993). The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. pp. 48–49. ISBN 1-873626-15-0.