Hardwicke Stakes

Hardwicke Stakes

2014
Telescope	Hillstar	Pether's Moon

Previous years
2013
Thomas Chippendale	Dandino	Universal
2012
Sea Moon	Dunaden	Red Cadeaux
2011
Await The Dawn	Harris Tweed	Drunken Sailor
2010
Harbinger	Duncan	Barshiba
2009
Bronze Cannon	Campanologist	Dansant
2008
Macarthur	Multidimensional	Maraahel
2007
Maraahel	Scorpion	Mighty
2006
Maraahel	Mountain High	Enforcer
2005
Bandari	Maraahel	Gamut
2004
Doyen	High Accolade	Persian Majesty
2003
Indian Creek	Bollin Eric	Zindabad

The Hardwicke Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 1 mile and 4 furlongs (2,414 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June.

History

The event is named in honour of the 5th Earl of Hardwicke, who served as the Master of the Buckhounds in the 19th century. It was established in 1879, and it was originally open to horses aged three or older. The last three-year-old to win was Helioscope in 1949.

The Hardwicke Stakes is now held on the final day of the five-day Royal Ascot meeting. The leading horses often return to the venue to compete in the following month's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. The first to win both races in the same year was Aureole in 1954, and the most recent was Harbinger in 2010.

Records

Most successful horse (3 wins):

• Tristan – 1882, 1883, 1884

Leading jockey (7 wins):

• Lester Piggott – Elopement (1955), St Paddy (1961), Karabas (1970), Relay Race (1974), Meneval (1977), Critique (1982), Jupiter Island (1985)
• Pat Eddery – Charlie Bubbles (1975), Orange Bay (1976), Dihistan (1986), Assatis (1989), Rock Hopper (1991, 1992), Posidonas (1998)

Leading trainer (8 wins):

• Sir Michael Stoute – Dihistan (1986), Rock Hopper (1991, 1992), Maraahel (2006, 2007), Harbinger (2010), Sea Moon (2012), Telescope (2014)

Winners since 1980

^a Topanoora finished first in 1991, but he was relegated to second place following a stewards' inquiry.
^b The 2005 running took place at York.

Earlier winners

* The 1880 winner Exeter was later exported to Argentina and renamed El Plata.

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 – Hardwicke Stakes.
• horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Hardwicke Stakes (2011).
• pedigreequery.com – Hardwicke Stakes – Ascot.
• Abelson, Edward; John Tyrrel (1993). The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. pp. 97–99. ISBN 1-873626-15-0.