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 2008 Handicap 1 1/2 miles
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 COLONY Ryan Moore Sir Michael Stoute Highclere Thoroughbreds 11/2 fav
2 SAVARAIN Frankie Dettori Luca Cumani Ronchalon Racing 16/1
3 MOONQUAKE Jimmy Fortune John Gosden Princess Haya of Jordan 12/1
4 DREAM DESERT Eddie Creighton Mich Channon Jaber Abdullah 9/1
5 DRILL SERGEANT Robert Winston Mark Johnston John Barson 20/1
6 TRENCHTOWN Steve Drowne Roger Charlton David & Paul Hearson 12/1
7 INDIAN DAYS J P Gulliambert James Given D J Fish 9/1
8 GHIMAAR Pat Smullen Dermot Weld Hamdan Al Maktoum 16/1
9 FIULIN Ted Durcan Marco Botti Scuderia Rencarta 14/1
10 RAMONA CHASE Declan McDonogh Sylvester Kirk Norman Ormiston 14/1
11 BETTER HAND Darryll Holland Mick Channon Wood Street Syndicate 40/1
12 THE BETCHWORTH KID Hayley Turner Michael Bell W H Ponsonby 33/1
13 DARAAHEM Richard Hills Barry Hills Hamdan Al Maktoum 15/2
14 MISSIONER Alan Munro Mark Johnston Sheikh Handan bin Mohammed 13/2
15 WOOLFALL TREASURE John Egan George Margarson Mrs M Findlay 20/1
16 STRATEGIC MISSION T Quinn Paul Cole Sultan Ahmad Shah 8/1
The King George V Handicap Stakes took place on Thursday 19th June 2008 and was won by a bay horse by Statue of Liberty out of Funoon winning a first prize was £37,386 (equivalent to £51,000 in 2020) Over round 127%
King George V Stakes Handicap 1 mile 3 furlongs 211 yds 1946
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