Inaugurated 1919 Website Ascot Surface Turf | Race type Flat / Thoroughbred Distance 7f (1,408 metres) | |
Location Ascot Racecourse
Ascot, England | ||
The Jersey Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old horses. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June.
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The event was established when a three-year cycle of races called the Triennial Stakes was discontinued after World War I. The Triennial Stakes had comprised a race for two-year-olds over 5 furlongs, a race for three-year-olds over 7 furlongs, and a race for four-year-olds over 2 miles. Horses would return each year to compete over the increasing distances.
The Jersey Stakes replaced the second leg of the Triennial Stakes in 1919. It was named after the 4th Earl of Jersey, who served as the Master of the Buckhounds in the late eighteenth century.
The race is now run on the second day of the five-day Royal Ascot meeting.
Records
Leading jockey (6 wins):
Leading trainer (5 wins):
Winners since 1978
a The 2005 running took place at York.
Triennial Stakes
The second leg of the Triennial Stakes was contested by three-year-olds over 7 furlongs, and it was first run in 1849.
Jersey Stakes
* The 1949 winner Star King was later exported to Australia and renamed Star Kingdom.