Coventry Stakes

Coventry Stakes
Group 2 race
Chief Singer, painted by Bob Demuyser oil on canvas
Location	Ascot Racecourse Ascot, England
Inaugurated	1890
Race type	Flat / Thoroughbred
Website	Ascot
Race information
Distance	6f (1,207 metres)
Surface	Turf
Track	Straight
Qualification	Two-year-olds
Weight	9 st 1 lb Allowances 3 lb for fillies
Purse	£120,000 (2014) 1st: £68,052

Coventry Stakes

2014
The Wow Signal	Cappella Sansevero	Jungle Cat

Previous years
2013
War Command	Parbold	Sir John Hawkins
2012
Dawn Approach	Olympic Glory	Cristoforo Colombo
2011
Power	Roman Soldier	St Barths
2010
Strong Suit	Elzaam	Roayh
2009
Canford Cliffs	Xtension	Rakaan
2008
Art Connoisseur	Intense Focus	Lord Shanakill
2007
Henrythenavigator	Swiss Franc	Luck Money
2006
Hellvelyn	Major Cadeaux	Tariq
2005
Red Clubs	Pacific Pride	Amadeus Wolf
2004
Iceman	Council Member	Capable Guest
2003
Three Valleys	Botanical	Privy Seal

The Coventry Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old thoroughbreds. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June.

The event was established in 1890, and it was named after the 9th Earl of Coventry, who served as the Master of the Buckhounds at that time.

The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and for a period the Coventry Stakes was classed at Group 3 level. It was promoted to Group 2 status in 2004. It is usually contested on the opening day of the Royal Ascot meeting.

Records

Leading jockey (9 wins):

• Sir Gordon Richards – Manitoba (1932), Medieval Knight (1933), Hairan (1934), Nasrullah (1942), Khaled (1945), Tudor Minstrel (1946), The Cobbler (1947), Palestine (1949), King's Bench (1951)

Leading trainer (7 wins):

• Frank Butters – Fairway (1927), Hairan (1934), Mirza II (1937), Turkhan (1939), Nasrullah (1942), Khaled (1945), Palestine (1949)
• Fred Darling – Lemnarchus (1930), Cockpen (1931), Manitoba (1932), Medieval Knight (1933), Big Game (1941), Tudor Minstrel (1946), The Cobbler (1947)
• Aidan O'Brien - Harbour Master (1997), Fasliyev (1999), Landseer (2001), Statue of Liberty (2002), Henrythenavigator (2007), Power (2011), War Command (2013)

Winners since 1980

^a The 2005 running took place at York.

Earlier winners

* The race was run at Newmarket during the wartime periods of 1915–18 and 1941–44.

See also

• Horseracing in Great Britain
• List of British flat horse races

References

• Racing Post:
  • 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
  • 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
  • 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

• galopp-sieger.de – Coventry Stakes.
• horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Coventry Stakes (2011).
• pedigreequery.com – Coventry Stakes – Royal Ascot.
• Abelson, Edward; John Tyrrel (1993). The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. pp. 71–73. ISBN 1-873626-15-0.