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Wolferton Handicap

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Inaugurated
  
2002

Website
  
Ascot

Surface
  
Turf

Race type
  
Flat / Thoroughbred

Distance
  
1m 2f (2,012 metres)

Weight
  
Handicap

Location
  
Ascot Racecourse Ascot, England

Gatewood wins the wolferton handicap at royal ascot


The Wolferton Handicap is a flat Handicap horse race in Great Britain open to horses of four-year-old and up. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 1 mile and 2 furlongs (2,012 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June on the fifth day of the Royal Ascot meeting.

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The race was first run in 2002 when Royal Ascot was extended to five days to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II. It was named after the village of Wolferton near Sandringham House and initially called the Wolferton Rated Stakes.

Records

Most successful horse:

  • no horse has won this race more than once

    • Leading jockey (2 wins):

  • William Buick - Beachfire (2011), Gatewood (2012)

    • Leading trainer (3 wins):

  • John Gosden - Beachfire (2011), Gatewood (2012), Mahsoob (2015)

    • Winners

  • Weights given in stones and pounds.

    • a The 2005 running took place at York.

    References

    Wolferton Handicap Wikipedia
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