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 1983 Handicap Old Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 TELEPROMPTER W Carson J W Watts Lord Derby 8/1
2 AMAZON PRINCE R Fox Hunter Mr P Nelson 20/1
3 RIVERSIDE ARTIST W Newnes N Vigors Mr S Mason 33/1
4 MERELY A SECRET N Howe P Walwyn Mr C Karpidas 25/1
5 JIMJAMS S Cauthen R Hannon Mr G Shoemark 25/1
6 RANGEFINDER R Hills B Hills Mr S Digby 20/1
7 NEVER SO BOLD E Johnson R Armstrong Mr E Kassly 7/2 fav
8 JUNGLE ROMEO T Ives M Stoute Sir G White 10/1
9 SOLDIER ANT L Piggott C Brittain Mr A Richards 10/1
10 RANA PRATEP P Waldron G Lewis Esal Commodities Ltd 11/1
11 OULA OWL E Hide L Cumani Mrs A Brucker 12/1
12 DON AVANTI J Lowe Alan Jarvis Mr M Swarzman 16/1
13 HUNGARIAN PRINCE P Eddery R Sheather Mr Jeff Smith 16/1
14 DABOUB T Quinn P Cole Mr S Hadeed 18/1
15 ASSWAN B Taylor J Hindley Sultan Adham 18/1
16 ALAWIR P Cook H Thomson-Jones Hamdan Al-Maktoum 20/1
17 DHOFAR M Hills G Pritchard-Gordon Lt-Col E Harries 20/1
18 NORTHERN TRAIL K Darley P Kelleway Mr C Shack 20/1
19 QUITE A NIGHT G Baxter B Hobbs Mr T Blackwell 20/1
20 WALJAT A Mackay W Musson Mr O Zawawi 20/1
21 RIVENSKY D McKay Westbrook Rivenaes Industries Ltd 20/1
22 JOYFUL DANCER S Dawson P Cole Mr D How 25/1
23 HAWKLEY B Crossley Brassey Mr D Rigby 33/1
24 ONE O'CLOCK JUMP G Starkey F Durr Mr R Lalemant 33/1
25 TIMBER CREEK A McGlone D Wheelan Mr A Perry 33/1
26 HOT POTATO R Street Booth Mr R S Cockerell 33/1
27 PEARLPIN W Ryan R Whitaker Mr G Pemberton 33/1
The Britannia Stakes took place on Friday 17th June 1983 and the winner, a bay gelding by Welsh Pageant out of Ouija, won a first prize of £9598 (equivalent to £33,000 in 2020). Over round 161%
Britannia Stakes Handicap 1 mile 1928
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