Sovereign Stakes
| Group 3 race (discontinued) | |
| Location | Salisbury Racecourse Salisbury, England |
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| Inaugurated | 2000 |
| Last run | 2023 |
| Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
| Sponsor | Tattersalls |
| Website | Salisbury |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 mile (1,609 metres) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Straight |
| Qualification | Three-years-old and up colts and geldings |
| Weight | 8 st 12 lb (3yo); 9 st 5 lb (4yo+) Penalties 7 lb for Group 1 winners * 5 lb for Group 2 winners * 3 lb for Group 3 winners * * after 2021 |
| Purse | £70,000 (2022) 1st: £39,697 |
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| Embesto | Mighty Ulysses | Regal Reality |
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| Tempus | Modern News | Sinjaari |
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| Megallan | Sir Busker | Perotto |
| 2020-2011 | ||
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| Regal Reality | Beat Le Bon | Positive |
| 2019 | ||
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| Kick On | Accidental Agent | Flashcard |
| 2018 | ||
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| Plumatic | Oh This Is Us | Zonderland |
| 2017 | ||
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| Ballet Concerto | Tabarrak | Carry On Deryck |
| 2016 | ||
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| Zonderland | Master The World | Tupi |
| 2015 | ||
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| Kodi Bear | Dark Emerald | Custom Cut |
| 2014 | ||
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| Captain Cat | Producer | Rerouted |
| 2013 | ||
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| Afsare | Boom And Bust | Professor |
| 2012 | ||
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| Tullius | Sovereign Debt | Highland Knight |
| 2011 | ||
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| Side Glance | Dance And Dance | The Rectifier |
| 2010-2001 | ||
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| 2010 | ||
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| Sea Lord | Poet's Voice | Secrecy |
| 2009 | ||
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| Mac Love | Confront | Laa Rayb |
| 2008 | ||
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| Ordnance Row | Laa Rayb | Redolent |
| 2007 | ||
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| Pride of Nation | Ordnance Row | Olympian Odyssey |
| 2006 | ||
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| Belenus | Notability | Kings Point |
| 2005 | ||
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| Layman | Jack Sullivan | New Seeker |
| 2004 | ||
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| Norse Dancer | Lucky Story | Hurricane Alan |
| 2003 | ||
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| Passing Glance | Priors Lodge | Lundy's Lane |
| 2002 | ||
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| Priors Lodge | Bourgainville | Vicious Knight |
| 2001 | ||
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| Umistim | Momentum | Surprise Encounter |
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| 2000 | ||
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| Hopeful Light | Late Night Out | Crimson Tide |
| 1999 | ||
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| Touch 'N' Fly | Al Waffi | Persiano |
| 1998 | ||
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| Soviet Bureau | Zaya | Crimson Tide |
| 1997 | ||
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| Showboat | Tarski | Mashhaer |
| 1996 | ||
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| Wizard King | Russian Music | Loch Patrick |
| 1995 | ||
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| Knight Commander | Muktabas | Hindaawee |
The Sovereign Stakes was a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to colts and geldings aged three years or older. It was run at Salisbury over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres), and was scheduled to take place each year in August.
The event was established in 2000, replacing the Whitchurch Conditions Stakes, and it was initially classed at Listed level. It was promoted to Group 3 status in 2004. It was removed from the pattern race programme by the British Horseracing Authority in 2024.[1]
The Sovereign Stakes was one of Salisbury's two highest class races of the season, along with the Dick Poole Fillies' Stakes.
Records
[edit]Most successful horse:
- no horse won this race more than once
Leading jockey (2 wins):
- Dane O'Neill – Hopeful Light (2000), Umistim (2001)
- Jimmy Fortune – Side Glance (2011), Tullius (2012)
- Ryan Moore - Ordnance Row (2008), Ballet Concerto (2017)
- Oisin Murphy - Zonderland (2016), Kick On (2019)
Leading trainer (3 wins):
- Richard Hannon Sr. – Umistim (2001), Priors Lodge (2002), Ordnance Row (2008)
- Andrew Balding – Passing Glance (2003), Side Glance (2011), Tullius (2012)
- John Gosden - Hopeful Light (2000), Kick On (2019), Magellan (2021)
Winners
[edit]| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
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| 2000 | Hopeful Light | 3 | Dane O'Neill | John Gosden | 1:43.21 |
| 2001 | Umistim | 4 | Dane O'Neill | Richard Hannon Sr. | 1:40.97 |
| 2002 | Priors Lodge | 4 | Pat Dobbs | Richard Hannon Sr. | 1:41.02 |
| 2003 | Passing Glance | 4 | Martin Dwyer | Andrew Balding | 1:39.49 |
| 2004 | Norse Dancer | 4 | John Egan | David Elsworth | 1:41.63 |
| 2005 | Layman | 3 | Kerrin McEvoy | Saeed bin Suroor | 1:38.29 |
| 2006 | Belenus | 4 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | 1:41.39 |
| 2007 | Pride of Nation | 5 | Jamie Spencer | Luca Cumani | 1:43.90 |
| 2008 | Ordnance Row | 5 | Ryan Moore | Richard Hannon Sr. | 1:44.24 |
| 2009 | Mac Love | 8 | Micky Fenton | Stef Liddiard | 1:40.29 |
| 2010 | Sea Lord | 3 | Kieren Fallon | Mark Johnston | 1:41.82 |
| 2011 | Side Glance | 4 | Jimmy Fortune | Andrew Balding | 1:41.01 |
| 2012 | Tullius | 4 | Jimmy Fortune | Andrew Balding | 1:41.84 |
| 2013 | Afsare | 6 | Andrea Atzeni | Luca Cumani | 1:39.28 |
| 2014 | Captain Cat | 5 | James Doyle | Roger Charlton | 1:41.45 |
| 2015 | Kodi Bear | 3 | Gérald Mossé | Clive Cox | 1:40.58 |
| 2016 | Zonderland | 3 | Oisin Murphy | Clive Cox | 1:40.35 |
| 2017 | Ballet Concerto | 4 | Ryan Moore | Sir Michael Stoute | 1:42.49 |
| 2018 | Plumatic | 4 | Maxime Guyon | André Fabre | 1:45.02 |
| 2019 | Kick On | 3 | Oisin Murphy | John Gosden | 1:45.81 |
| 2020 | Regal Reality | 5 | Richard Kingscote | Sir Michael Stoute | 1:38.32 |
| 2021 | Magellan | 3 | Robert Havlin | John & Thady Gosden | 1:43.09 |
| 2022 | Tempus | 6 | Hollie Doyle | Archie Watson | 1:41.32 |
| 2023 (dh) |
Mighty Ulysses Embesto |
4 3 |
Oisin Murphy David Egan |
John & Thady Gosden Roger Varian |
1:39.46 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Update from the BHA's Flat Pattern Committee". British Horseracing Authority. 13 February 2024. Archived from the original on 13 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- galopp-sieger.de – Sovereign Stakes.
- ifhaonline.org – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Sovereign Stakes (2019).
- pedigreequery.com – Sovereign Stakes – Salisbury.