Royal Ascot: Britannia Stakes

The Britannia Stakes is a flat handicap for three-year-old colts and geldings over the straight mile, on the same course and distance as the Royal Hunt Cup, on the third day of the Royal meeting.
Early history:- The inaugural running of the Britannia Stakes over the Old Mile took place on Friday 22nd June 1928 and was won by Sea Crag (10/1), a bay horse by Craig An Eran out of Seabloom, who defeated Covent Garden (7/1), Oreval (20/1) and 21 others by 2 lengths and the same.
Britannia Stakes 1930 Handicap Old Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 NICK OF TIME T Burns F Hartigan Captain L Montagu 100/9
2 WHOOPEE S Donoghue Marsh Sir A Butt 20/1
3 THE PEN G Richards M Hartigan Mrs Hartigan 100/7
4 GASHMU C Adley C Waugh Mr J Austen 33/1
5 ACCRA H Wragg Hamshaw M Linde 20/1
6 KNIGHT OF THE VALE J Dobie Whitaker Sir G Noble 33/1
7 CLEVELAND C Ray De Mestre Lady Butt 100/9
8 PHALARETTE H Packham Lawson Mr W Cazalet 50/1
9 ADLON M Beary J Beary Mr E Wallace 50/1
10 TRIPTYCH Dick Perryman D Waugh Lord Howard De Walden 100/6
11 LOVAT SCOUT F Fox F Darling Mr J Dewar 100/8
12 DARK BRILLIANCE J Dines Boyd-Rochfort Mrs Coats 7/1 fav
13 HIEROGLYPHIC C Elliott B Jarvis Major Courtauld 50/1
14 SKIFF J Sirett Molony Mr C Wadia 20/1
15 VERSAILLES T Weston Watts Mr Washington Singer 100/7
16 BLANDISHMENT R James Watson Mr A De Rothschild 33/1
17 PERUKE F Sharpe Holland Mrs V Sainsbury 50/1
18 BUNCH C Richards Wilmot Mr P Johnson 50/1
19 SMOKED SALMON T Lowrey Jack Jarvis Mr E Esmond 100/6
20 BOU-SAADA S Wragg Sadler jnr Mrs P Gutmann 50/1
21 MYLITTA F Lane Gooch Mr H C Sutton 50/1
22 CALVADOS K Robertson R Day Sir Abe Bailey 33/1
23 SARAFAN W Stephenson J Cannon Major H Barclay 20/1
24 CARTELLO A Richardson O Bell Captain J Fielden 50/1
25 CYLLARUS A Burns Gwilt Mr F Wilmot 100/9
26 CAT O' NINE TAILS G Baines R J Colling Mrs J Carruthers 100/7
The Britannia Stakes took place on Friday 20th June 1930 and the winner, a bay horse by Heverswood out of Acclamation, won a first prize with 1000 sovereigns added (equivalent to £63,300 in 2020). Over round 125%
Britannia Stakes Handicap 1 mile 1928
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