Royal Ascot: King George V Stakes

The King George V Stakes is a flat handicap open to three-year-old horses over 1 mile 3 furlongs and 211 yards, and is run on the third day of the Royal meeting. The first running of the race was in July 1946, but not at the Royal meeting, although that race was for 3-year-olds over 1 1/2 miles and was won by Auralia ridden by Doug Smith.
Early history:- The inaugural running of the King George V Stakes Handicap was on Friday 19th July 1946, so not at the Royal meeting, and was won by Auralia, a grey colt by The Satrap out of Aura, who beat Live Letters and Bridle Path by 3/4 length and 1 1/2 lengths.
King George V Stakes 1947 Handicap 1 1/2 miles
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1= GOLDEN CHANCE Gordon Richards W Pratt Miss V Pratt 100/8
1= BOY BLUE A Richardson Marsh Maharajah of Rajpipla 100/8
3 HIGH BEACON Ken Gethin W Nightingall Colonel F T Halse 100/7
4 TURKARIS H Blackshaw M Everitt Mr H Firth 5/1 jt fav
5 BOW & ARROW Tommy Weston Cannon Mr James V Rank 5/1 jt fav
6 WINDSOR SOAP Cliff Richards George Todd Sir W Cooke 15/2
7 WHITEWAY W Evans W Pratt Captain D Fitzgerald 8/1
8 FIREMASTER Eph Smith Jack Jarvis Lord Rosebery 10/1
9 CHIROPODIST S Wragg Ryan Jarivs Mr A A Wright 100/9
10 SEA LOVER W Carr Boyd-Rochfort Lady Zia Wernher 100/8
11 DANBY GRAIN Manny Mercer Houghton Mr J U Baillie 100/6
12 PIMPERNEL Charlie Elliott Winter Mr P Bertholomew 25/1
13 MISS STRIPES J Simpson H Jelliss Mr G C Gibson 25/1
14 RIAZAN J Sirett Frank Butters H H Aga Khan 25/1
15 RED WOOD P Evans R J Colling Mr P Beatty 25/1
16 CORNEVILLE T Bartlam Perryman Mrs J Rogerson 25/1
17 ZANZIBAR Joe Sime J A Waugh Mr G A Tachmindji 25/1
18 NEAR BLUE D Greening P Allden Mr A F Allnutt 25/1
The King George V Handicap Stakes took place on Saturday 12th July 1947 resulting in a dead-heat between Golden Chance and Boy Blue sharing a first prize was £1000 (equivalent to £40,000 in 2020) Over round 138%
King George V Stakes Handicap 1 mile 3 furlongs 211 yds 1946

The King George V Stakes is a flat handicap open to three-year-old horses over 1 mile 3 furlongs and 211 yards, and is run on the third day of the Royal meeting. The first running of the race was in July 1946, but not at the Royal meeting, although that race was for 3-year-olds over 1 1/2 miles and was won by Auralia ridden by Doug Smith.
Early history:- The inaugural running of the King George V Stakes Handicap was on Friday 19th July 1946, so not at the Royal meeting, and was won by Auralia, a grey colt by The Satrap out of Aura, who beat Live Letters and Bridle Path by 3/4 length and 1 1/2 lengths.
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