Prince of Wales's Stakes
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The Prince of Wales's Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for four-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1 mile 2 furlongs (2,012 metres) at Ascot Racecourse during the Royal Ascot meeting in June.
It was first run in 1862 and named in honour of the Prince of Wales, Prince Albert Edward (later King Edward VII). The original distance was 1 mile 5 furlongs, and the race was open to three-year-olds and above.
The race was absent from Royal Ascot in the period following World War II (when there was no Prince of Wales), and re-emerged in 1968, a year before Prince Charles' investiture in 1969, with a shortened distance of 1 mile 2 furlongs. It became a Group 1 race restricted to older horses in 2000.
[edit] Winners since 1987
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
| 1987 | Mtoto | 4 | Richard Hills | Alec Stewart | Ahmed Al Maktoum | 2:07.27 |
| 1988 | Mtoto | 5 | Michael Roberts | Alec Stewart | Ahmed Al Maktoum | 2:12.84 |
| 1989 | Two Timing | 3 | Pat Eddery | Jeremy Tree | Khalid Abdullah | 2:04.90 |
| 1990 | Batshoof | 4 | Pat Eddery | Ben Hanbury | Muttar Salem | 2:06.72 |
| 1991 | Stagecraft | 4 | Steve Cauthen | Michael Stoute | Sheikh Mohammed | 2:07.58 |
| 1992 | Perpendicular * | 4 | Willie Ryan | Henry Cecil | 9th Baron Howard de Walden | 2:04.13 |
| 1993 | Placerville | 3 | Pat Eddery | Henry Cecil | Khalid Abdullah | 2:08.65 |
| 1994 | Muhtarram | 5 | Willie Carson | John Gosden | Hamdan Al Maktoum | 2:05.11 |
| 1995 | Muhtarram | 6 | Willie Carson | John Gosden | Hamdan Al Maktoum | 2:04.94 |
| 1996 | First Island | 4 | Michael Hills | Geoff Wragg | Mollers Racing | 2:02.76 |
| 1997 | Bosra Sham | 4 | Kieren Fallon | Henry Cecil | Wafic Saïd | 2:04.16 |
| 1998 | Faithful Son | 4 | John Reid | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin | 2:08.30 |
| 1999 | Lear Spear | 4 | Michael Kinane | David Elsworth | Raymond Tooth | 2:04.37 |
| 2000 | Dubai Millennium | 4 | Jerry Bailey | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin | 2:07.48 |
| 2001 | Fantastic Light | 5 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin | 2:04.40 |
| 2002 | Grandera | 4 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin | 2:04.43 |
| 2003 | Nayef | 5 | Richard Hills | Marcus Tregoning | Hamdan Al Maktoum | 2:05.30 |
| 2004 | Rakti | 5 | Philip Robinson | Michael Jarvis | Gary Tanaka | 2:04.95 |
| 2005 | Azamour ** | 4 | Michael Kinane | John Oxx | HH Aga Khan IV | 2:08.15 |
| 2006 | Ouija Board | 5 | Olivier Peslier | Ed Dunlop | 19th Earl of Derby | 2:06.92 |
* Kooyonga finished first in 1992 but was demoted to third place following a Stewards' Inquiry.
** The 2005 race took place at York Racecourse.
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