Royal Ascot: Coronation Stakes

The Coronation Stakes, a Group 1 flat race over 7 furlongs and 213 yards, open to three-year-old fillies, is run on the fourth day of the Royal meeting. The Coronation Stakes was established in 1840, and its title commemorates the Coronation of a new British monarch, Queen Victoria, two years earlier. The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and for a period the Coronation Stakes held Group 2 status, but was promoted to Group 1 level in 1988.
Early history:- The inaugural running of the Coronation Stakes took place on Wednesday 17th June 1840 when won by Lord Albemarle's Spangle (5/2), trained by William Edwards and ridden by Cotton, who defeated Black Bess (5/2) and Emetic (2/1 fav) by a neck and half a length.
Coronation Stakes 1897 Group 1 New Mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer/Age/weight Owner
1 GOLETTA Kempton Cannon Alfred Hayhoe 3-8st 10lbs Leopold De Rothschild 100/12
2 PERCE-NEIGE C Wood Gibbons 3-8st 3lbs Prince Soltykoff 5/1
3 FORTALICE F Finlay John Dawson jnr 3-8st 10lbs Lord Ellesmere 7/1
4 CHELANDRY John Watts Walters jnr 3-9st 3lbs Lord Rosebery 7/2
5 MERLE Rumbold Sherwood snr 3-8st 10lbs Sir R Waldie-Griffith 10/1
6 SAUCE TARTARE Morny Cannon James Jewitt 3-8st 10lbs Mr H McCalmont 100/12
7 SMEAN Calder G Dawson 3-8st 10lbs Duke of Portland 100/8
8 BRISEIS Rickaby John Ryan 3-8st 4lbs Mr Douglas Baird 2/1 fav
9 ST PELAGIA Allsopp Pullen 3-8st 3lbs Mr C D Rose 100/8
The Coronation Stakes took place on Wednesday 16th June 1897 and was won by a chesnut filly by Galopin, winning a first prize of 6900 sovereigns from 66 subscribers (equivalent to £897,000 in 2020). Over round 132%
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