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 1985 Handicap 1 1/2 miles
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 GRAND PAVOIS S Cauthen H Cecil Mr D Wildenstein 11/4 fav
2 EFFIGY G Starkey G Harwood K Abdulla 5/1
3 EAGLING Paul Eddery H Cecil Lord Howard De Walden 7/1
4 LEMHILL J Reid M Blanshard Mr S Hinton 9/1
5 SAILORS REWARD S Dawson R Hannon Introgroup Holdings Ltd 16/1
6 IROKO W R Swinburn M Stoute Mrs Arpad Plesch 10/1
7 YOUNGSTER J Mercer P Walwyn Mr L Sainer 5/1
8 MARTIAN BABY W Carson C Brittain Mrs J Davis 12/1
9 ROSTHORNE L Charnock K Stone Mrs N Nuttall 14/1
10 WESTRAY T Ives R Hollinshead Mr J Bigg 33/1
11 DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE P Cook C Austin Mr A Richards 50/1
12 AL-YABIR B Rouse C Benstead Hamdan Al-Maktoum 25/1
13 WITCHCRAFT P Robinson G Wragg Mr E Moller 25/1
The King George V Handicap Stakes took place on Thursday 20th June 1985 and was won by a chestnut horse by Irish River out of Gray Dove winning a first prize was £9342 (equivalent to £29,000 in 2020) Over round 123%
King George V Stakes Handicap 1 mile 3 furlongs 211 yds 1946
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