Royal Ascot: King's Stand Stakes
The King's Stand Stakes was created as a result of bad weather at Royal Ascot in 1860. Heavy rain made it impossible to run the Royal Stand Plate over its usual distance of 2 miles, so it was shortened to 5 furlongs on the only raceable part of the course. The amended version was called the Queen's Stand Plate, and it subsequently became the most important sprint at the Royal meeting. For a time it was open to horses aged two or older. It was renamed the King's Stand Stakes following the death of Queen Victoria and the accession of King Edward VII in 1901. The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and the King's Stand Stakes was given Group 1 status in 1973, although it was downgraded to Group 2 level in 1988, but regained its Group 1 status in 2008 and is contested on the opening day of the Royal meeting. |
Queen's Stand Plate 1892 | Group 1 | 5 furlongs | ||
Pos. | Horse | Jockey | Age/weight | Owner |
1 | LADY LENA | C Loates | Tom Leader 3-9st 2lbs | Mr John Charlton 11/10 fav |
2 | LE NORD | Morny Cannon | Alfred Hayhoe 5-10st 4lbs | Baron G De Rothschild 8/1 |
3 | QUEEN OF NAVARRE | Allsopp | John Dawson jnr 2-7st 1lbs | Mr E Foster 7/4 |
4 | ROBERT THE DEVIL colt | A Watts | William A Jarvis 2-7st 1lbs | Mr C D Rose 20/1 |
5 | ARDINGTON | Liddiard | Chandler 3-8st 13lbs | Sir W Throckmorton 20/1 |
The Queen's Stand Plate took place on Friday 17th June 1892 and the winner, a chesnut filly by Cylinder, won a first prize of a piece of plate valued at 500 sovereigns, and stakes of 120 sovereigns from 12 subscribers (equivalent to £55,000 in 2020). | Over round 105% |
King's Stand Stakes | Group 1 | 5 furlongs | 1860 | ||||||
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