Royal Ascot: Queen Mary Stakes

The Queen Mary Stakes, named after Queen Mary, the consort of King George V, is a Group 2 flat race over 5 furlongs open to two-year-old fillies, and is staged on the second day of the Royal meeting. The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and for a period the Queen Mary Stakes was classed at Group 3 level, but it was promoted to Group 2 status in 2004.
Early history:- The inaugural running of the Queen Mary was on Tuesday 14th June 1921 when a huge entry of 109 subscribers led to a field of 21 runners. The winner was Wild Mint (8/1), owned by Mr W Whineray, trained by H Cottrill and ridden by Shatwell, defeating Selene (7/2) and Merrily (10/1) by 2 lengths and the same.
Queen Mary Stakes 1958 Group 2 5 furlongs
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 A.20 W Rickaby Sutherland Mr H Clifton 5/1 fav
2 ROSE OF MEDINA J Purtell Cannon Mr J Hindley 8/1
3 PALE SAPPHIRE K Gethin A Smyth Mrs L McVey 25/1
4 SHORT SENTENCE L Piggott Murless HM The Queen 100/7
5 SUN SPELL J Mercer R J Colling Lord Astor 25/1
6 CLIFTON LADY D Ryan W Stephenson Mr J Bigg 25/1
7 STREET SONG D Smith G Brooke Mrs M Erianger 100/7
8 GRECIAN URN II W Carr Boyd-Rochfort Mrs J Hanes 8/1
9 CONFIDENTIAL E Hide Elsey Mr William Hill 100/7
10 NOBLE LASSIE S Clayton W Hern Major L B Holliday 25/1
11 THYRA LEE C C Jones Les Hall Mr F Hunt 8/1
12 GINETTA J Massard Alec Head Prince Aly Khan 100/9
13 TANA DANTE F Barlow J Jarvis Mr J Lilley 25/1
14 PARURE J Lindley J A Waugh Mrs Macdonald-Buchanan 25/1
15 FILLE SAGESSE L Browne P Prendergast Mrs J Mullion 100/6
16 SATSUMA Breasley H Wragg Mrs Arpad Plesch 11/2
17 PRIDDY FAIR E Mercer G Colling Mr F Robinson 25/1
18 PARDIEU G Littlewood H Peacock Sir V Sassoon 100/6
19 SANS SOUCI Gosling D Whelan Mr A Smith 100/7
20 FAIRING G Lewis Hastings-Bass Miss P Vaughan 25/1
21 IDALIA W Snaith F Armstrong Mr J W Evans 100/7
22 OSERIAN J Egan J Jarvis M W-Boynton 100/7
23 OBVIOUS ANSWER B Swift P Walwyn Mr H Wills 25/1
This race took place on Wednesday 18th June 1958 and was won by a bay filly by Panorama out of Loved One to win a first prize of £3618 (equivalent to £101,000 in 2020). Over round 163%
Queen Mary Stakes Group 2 5 furlongs 1921
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