Royal Lodge Stakes

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The Royal Lodge Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for two-year-old thoroughbred colts and geldings. It is run over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres) at Ascot Racecourse in late September.

It was first run in 1946 and is named after Royal Lodge, a royal residence in Windsor Great Park. The first two runnings of the race were run over a distance of 5 furlongs (1,006 metres). It was run at Newbury Racecourse in 1960 and 1963, and was open to all two-year-olds before 1987. Past winners include St. Paddy in 1959 who went on the next year to win two Classics, the Epsom Derby and St. Leger Stakes.

[edit] Winners since 1986

Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Time
1986 Bengal Fire Michael Roberts Clive Brittain 1:43.92
1987 Sanquirico Steve Cauthen Henry Cecil 1:41.66
1988 High Estate Michael Roberts Henry Cecil 1:44.31
1989 Digression Pat Eddery Guy Harwood 1:42.20
1990 Mujaazif Walter Swinburn Michael Stoute 1:41.53
1991 Made of Gold Tony Cruz Mohammed Moubarak 1:46.66
1992 Desert Secret Pat Eddery Michael Stoute 1:47.72
1993 Mister Baileys Frankie Dettori Mark Johnston 1:45.14
1994 Eltish Pat Eddery Henry Cecil 1:43.64
1995 Mons Frankie Dettori Luca Cumani 1:42.74
1996 Benny the Dip Walter Swinburn John Gosden 1:43.67
1997 Teapot Row Seb Sanders James Toller 1:41.74
1998 Mutaahab Richard Hills Ed Dunlop 1:45.04
1999 Royal Kingdom Michael Kinane Aidan O'Brien 1:50.06
2000 Atlantis Prince Frankie Dettori Sean Woods 1:46.32
2001 Mutinyonthebounty Jamie Spencer Aidan O'Brien 1:45.86
2002 Al Jadeed Richard Hills John Gosden 1:42.21
2003 Snow Ridge Martin Dwyer Marcus Tregoning 1:41.19
2004 Perfectperformance Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor 1:41.89
2005 Leo * Jimmy Fortune John Gosden 1:37.72
2006 Admiralofthefleet Michael Kinane Aidan O'Brien 1:41.06
2007 City Leader Kevin Darley Brian Meehan 1:43.64

* The 2005 race took place at Newmarket Racecourse.

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