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Brigadier Gerard Stakes

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Inaugurated
  
1953

Sponsor
  
BetVictor

Distance
  
1m 2f 7y (2,018 m)

Race type
  
Flat / Thoroughbred

Website
  
Sandown Park

Location
  
Sandown Park Esher, England

The Brigadier Gerard Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run at Sandown Park over a distance of 1 mile, 2 furlongs and 7 yards (2,018 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late May or early June.

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The event was established in 1953, and it was originally called the Coronation Stakes. Its title commemorated the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

The race was renamed the Brigadier Gerard Stakes in 1973. This was in honour of Brigadier Gerard, a recently retired champion racehorse whose victories included the Westbury Stakes and the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

  • Chamier – 1954, 1955
  • Tacitus – 1963, 1964
  • Jellaby – 1977, 1979

    • Leading jockey (6 wins):

  • Lester Piggott – Arctic Explorer (1958), Petite Etoile (1961), Anne's Pretender (1976), Gregorian (1980), Adonijah (1984), Commanche Run (1985)

    • Leading trainer (8 wins):

  • Sir Michael Stoute – Stagecraft (1991), Opera House (1992), Pilsudski (1996), Insatiable (1998), Notnowcato (2006), Workforce (2011), Carlton House (2012)

    • Winners since 1977

    a The 1981 running was abandoned because of a waterlogged course.

    References

    Brigadier Gerard Stakes Wikipedia
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