Group 1 race | |
Location | Sandown Park Esher, England |
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Inaugurated | 1886 |
Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Sponsor | Coral |
Website | Sandown Park |
Race information | |
Distance | 1m 1f 209y (2,002 m) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Three-years-old and up |
Weight | 8 st 13 lb (3yo); 9 st 9 lb (4yo+) Allowances 3 lb for fillies and mares |
Purse | £750,000 (2023) 1st: £425,325 |
2023 | ||
Paddington | Emily Upjohn | West Wind Blows |
Previous years | ||
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2022 | ||
Vadeni | Mishriff | Native Trail |
2021 | ||
St Mark's Basilica | Addeybb | Mishriff |
2020-2011 | ||
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2020 | ||
Ghaiyyath | Enable | Japan |
2019 | ||
Enable | Magical | Regal Reality |
2018 | ||
Roaring Lion | Saxon Warrior | Cliffs Of Moher |
2017 | ||
Ulysses | Barney Roy | Desert Encounter |
2016 | ||
Hawkbill | The Gurkha | Time Test |
2015 | ||
Golden Horn | The Grey Gatsby | Western Hymn |
2014 | ||
Mukhadram | Trading Leather | Somewhat |
2013 | ||
Al Kazeem | Declaration Of War | Mukhadram |
2012 | ||
Nathaniel | Farhh | Twice Over |
2011 | ||
So You Think | Workforce | Sri Putra |
2010-2001 | ||
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2010 | ||
Twice Over | Sri Putra | Viscount Nelson |
2009 | ||
Sea The Stars | Rip Van Winkle | Conduit |
2008 | ||
Mount Nelson | Phoenix Tower | Pipedreamer |
2007 | ||
Notnowcato | Authorized | George Washington |
2006 | ||
David Junior | Notnowcato | Blue Monday |
2005 | ||
Oratorio | Motivator | Altieri |
2004 | ||
Refuse To Bend | Warrsan | Kalaman |
2003 | ||
Falbrav | Nayef | Kaieteur |
2002 | ||
Hawk Wing | Sholokhov | Equerry |
2001 | ||
Medicean | Grandera | Bach |
2000-1991 | ||
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2000 | ||
Giant's Causeway | Kalanisi | Shiva |
1999 | ||
Compton Admiral | Xaar | Fantastic Light |
1998 | ||
Daylami | Faithful Son | Central Park |
1997 | ||
Pilsudski | Benny The Dip | Bosra Sham |
1996 | ||
Halling | Bijou d'Inde | Pentire |
1995 | ||
Halling | Singspiel | Red Bishop |
1994 | ||
Ezzoud | Bob's Return | Erhaab |
1993 | ||
Opera House | Misil | Tenby |
1992 | ||
Kooyonga | Opera House | Sapience |
1991 | ||
Environment Friend | Stagecraft | Sanglamore |
1990-1981 | ||
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1990 | ||
Elmaamul | Terimon | Ile De Chypre |
1989 | ||
Nashwan | Opening Verse | Indian Skimmer |
1988 | ||
Mtoto | Shady Heights | Triptych |
1987 | ||
Mtoto | Reference Point | Triptych |
1986 | ||
Dancing Brave | Triptych | Teleprompter |
1985 | ||
Pebbles | Rainbow Quest | Bob Back |
1984 | ||
Sadler's Wells | Time Charter | Morcon |
1983 | ||
Solford | Muscatite | Tolomeo |
1982 | ||
Kalaglow | Lobkowiez | Rocamadour |
1981 | ||
Master Willie | Vielle | Fingal's Cave |
1980-1971 | ||
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1980 | ||
Ela-Mana-Mou | Hello Gorgeous | Gregorian |
1979 | ||
Dickens Hill | Crimson Beau | Northern Baby |
1978 | ||
Gunner B | Balmerino | Radetzky |
1977 | ||
Artaius | Lucky Wednesday | Arctic Tern |
1976 | ||
Wollow | Radetzky | Anne's Pretender |
1975 | ||
Star Appeal | Taros | Royal Manacle |
1974 | ||
Coup de Feu | Ksar | Mount Hagen |
1973 | ||
Scottish Rifle | Moulton | Sun Prince |
1972 | ||
Brigadier Gerard | Gold Rod | Home Guard |
1971 | ||
Mill Reef | Caro | Welsh Pageant |
1970-1963 | ||
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1970 | ||
Connaught | Karabas | Nor |
1969 | ||
Wolver Hollow | Park Top | Hogarth |
1968 | ||
Royal Palace | Taj Dewan | Sir Ivor |
1967 | ||
Busted | Great Nephew | Appiani |
1966 | ||
Pieces of Eight | Ballyciptic | Pretendre |
1965 | ||
Canisbay | Roan Rocket | Red Vagabonde |
1964 | ||
Ragusa | Baldric | Tarqogan |
1963 | ||
Khalkis | Miralgo | Tang |
The Eclipse Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Sandown Park over a distance of 1 mile, 1 furlong and 209 yards (2,002 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in early July.
History
The event is named after Eclipse, a celebrated 18th-century racehorse. It was established in 1886, and the inaugural running was won by Bendigo. At that time, it was Britain's richest ever race.[1] The prize fund of £10,000 was donated by Leopold de Rothschild at the request of General Owen Williams, a co-founder of Sandown Park.
The Eclipse Stakes was contested by high-quality fields from its inception. It was won by Ayrshire, the previous year's Derby winner, in 1889. The first three finishers in 1903 — Ard Patrick, Sceptre and Rock Sand — had won seven Classics between them.
The race has been sponsored by Coral since 1976, and it is now familiarly known as the "Coral-Eclipse". The most recent Classic winner to achieve victory was Paddington, the Irish 2,000 Guineas winner, in 2023.
Records
Most successful horse (2 wins):
- Orme – 1892, 1893
- Buchan – 1919, 1920
- Polyphontes – 1924, 1925
- Mtoto – 1987, 1988
- Halling – 1995, 1996
Leading jockey (7 wins):
- Lester Piggott – Mystery IX (1951), Darius (1955), Arctic Explorer (1957), St Paddy (1961), Pieces of Eight (1966), Wolver Hollow (1969), Artaius (1977)
Leading trainer (7 wins):
- Aidan O'Brien - Giant's Causeway (2000), Hawk Wing (2002), Oratorio (2005), Mount Nelson (2008), So You Think (2011), St Mark's Basilica (2021), Paddington (2023)
Leading owner (7 wins): (includes part ownership)
- Sue Magnier – Giant's Causeway (2000), Hawk Wing (2002), Oratorio (2005), Mount Nelson (2008), So You Think (2011), St Mark's Basilica (2021), Paddington (2023)
Winners
The race was not run from 1915-1918 because of World War I and from 1940-1945 because of World War II.
- ↑ The 1973 running took place at Kempton Park
- ↑ Trepan finished first in 1976, but he was later disqualified after testing positive for a banned substance
- ↑ Three-year-olds were excluded from the 2020 running as part of race alterations due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
See also
References
- galopp-sieger.de – Eclipse Stakes.
- ifhaonline.org – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Eclipse Stakes (2019).
- pedigreequery.com – Eclipse Stakes – Sandown Park.
- tbheritage.com – Eclipse Stakes.
- Church, Michael (2000). Eclipse - The Horse - The Race - The Awards. Thoroughbred Advertising. p. 415. ISBN 0-9538939-0-1.
- Abelson, Edward; John Tyrrel (1993). The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. pp. 106–109. ISBN 1-873626-15-0.
- Race Recordings
Specific
- ↑ Wood, Greg (4 July 2003). "Nayef heads 14 rivals in Eclipse". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 October 2012.