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This article is about the horse race in Great Britain. For other uses, see Eclipse Stakes (disambiguation).
Group 1 race
Eclipse Stakes
(Coral-Eclipse)Location Sandown Park
Esher, EnglandInaugurated 1886 Race type Flat / Thoroughbred Sponsor Coral Website Sandown Park Race information Distance 1m 2f 7y (2,018 m) Track Turf, right-handed Qualification Three-years-old and up Weight 8 st 10 lb (3yo);
9 st 7 lb (4yo+)
Allowances
3 lb for fillies and maresPurse £400,000 (2011)
1st: £226,840The Eclipse Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Sandown Park over a distance of 1 mile, 2 furlongs and 7 yards (2,018 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in early July.
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History
The event is named after Eclipse, a celebrated 18th-century racehorse. It was established in 1886, and the inaugural running was won by Bendigo. At that time, it was Britain's richest ever race. The prize fund of £10,000 was donated by Leopold de Rothschild at the request of General Owen Williams, a co-founder of Sandown Park.
The Eclipse Stakes was contested by high-quality fields from its inception. It was won by Ayrshire, the previous year's Derby winner, in 1889. The first three finishers in 1903 — Ard Patrick, Sceptre and Rock Sand — had won seven Classics between them.
The race has been sponsored by Coral since 1976, and it is now familiarly known as the "Coral-Eclipse". The most recent Classic winner to achieve victory was Sea the Stars in 2009.
Records
Most successful horse (2 wins):
- Orme – 1892, 1893
- Buchan – 1919, 1920
- Polyphontes – 1924, 1925
- Mtoto – 1987, 1988
- Halling – 1995, 1996
Leading jockey (7 wins):
- Lester Piggott – Mystery IX (1951), Darius (1955), Arctic Explorer (1957), St Paddy (1961), Pieces of Eight (1966), Wolver Hollow (1969), Artaius (1977)
Leading trainer (6 wins):
- Alec Taylor, Jr. – Bayardo (1909), Lemberg (1910, dead-heat), Buchan (1919, 1920), Craig an Eran (1921), Saltash (1923)
Leading owner (5 wins): (includes part ownership)
- 17th Earl of Derby – Swynford (1911), Colorado (1927), Fairway (1928), Caerleon (1931), Gulf Stream (1946)
- Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor – Buchan (1919, 1920), Craig an Eran (1921), Saltash (1923), Rhodes Scholar (1936)
- Sue Magnier – Giant's Causeway (2000), Hawk Wing (2002), Oratorio (2005), Mount Nelson (2008), So You Think (2011)
Winners since 1960
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Time 1960 Javelot 4 Freddie Palmer Percy Carter Geoffroy de Waldner 2:14.80 1961 St Paddy 4 Lester Piggott Noel Murless Sir Victor Sassoon 2:06.50 1962 Henry the Seventh 4 Edward Hide Bill Elsey Jim Joel 2:07.40 1963 Khalkis 3 Garnie Bougoure Paddy Prendergast Viscount Elveden 2:10.60 1964 Ragusa 4 Garnie Bougoure Paddy Prendergast Jim Mullion 2:07.40 1965 Canisbay 4 Stan Clayton Cecil Boyd-Rochfort Queen Elizabeth II 2:07.30 1966 Pieces of Eight 3 Lester Piggott Vincent O'Brien Countess de la Valdène 2:08.90 1967 Busted 4 Bill Rickaby Noel Murless Stanhope Joel 2:07.70 1968 Royal Palace 4 Sandy Barclay Noel Murless Jim Joel 2:07.50 1969 Wolver Hollow 5 Lester Piggott Henry Cecil Hope Goddard Iselin 2:11.80 1970 Connaught 5 Sandy Barclay Noel Murless Jim Joel 2:06.00 1971 Mill Reef 3 Geoff Lewis Ian Balding Paul Mellon 2:05.40 1972 Brigadier Gerard 4 Joe Mercer Dick Hern Jean Hislop 2:20.20 1973 Scottish Rifle [a] 4 Ron Hutchinson John Dunlop Sandy Struthers 2:12.39 1974 Coup de Feu 5 Pat Eddery Duncan Sasse Tim Sasse 2:08.86 1975 Star Appeal 5 Greville Starkey Theo Grieper Waldemar Zeitelhack 2:06.10 1976 Wollow 3 Gianfranco Dettori Henry Cecil Carlo d'Alessio 2:05.42 1977 Artaius 3 Lester Piggott Vincent O'Brien Mrs George Getty II 2:05.30 1978 Gunner B 5 Joe Mercer Henry Cecil Pauline Barratt 2:05.05 1979 Dickens Hill 3 Tony Murray Mick O'Toole Mrs Jean-Pierre Binet 2:06.17 1980 Ela-Mana-Mou 4 Willie Carson Dick Hern Simon Weinstock 2:10.20 1981 Master Willie 4 Philip Waldron Henry Candy Robert Barnett 2:07.44 1982 Kalaglow 4 Greville Starkey Guy Harwood Tony Ward 2:08.83 1983 Solford 3 Pat Eddery Vincent O'Brien Robert Sangster 2:06.36 1984 Sadler's Wells 3 Pat Eddery Vincent O'Brien Robert Sangster 2:04.53 1985 Pebbles 4 Steve Cauthen Clive Brittain Sheikh Mohammed 2:07.33 1986 Dancing Brave 3 Greville Starkey Guy Harwood Khalid Abdullah 2:06.18 1987 Mtoto 4 Michael Roberts Alec Stewart Ahmed Al Maktoum 2:04.33 1988 Mtoto 5 Michael Roberts Alec Stewart Ahmed Al Maktoum 2:06.14 1989 Nashwan 3 Willie Carson Dick Hern Hamdan Al Maktoum 2:07.38 1990 Elmaamul 3 Willie Carson Dick Hern Hamdan Al Maktoum 2:04.63 1991 Environment Friend 3 George Duffield James Fanshawe Bill Gredley 2:07.61 1992 Kooyonga 4 Warren O'Connor Michael Kauntze Mitsuo Haga 2:10.83 1993 Opera House 5 Michael Kinane Michael Stoute Sheikh Mohammed 2:06.25 1994 Ezzoud 5 Walter Swinburn Michael Stoute Maktoum Al Maktoum 2:04.70 1995 Halling 4 Walter Swinburn Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin 2:05.32 1996 Halling 5 John Reid Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin 2:08.05 1997 Pilsudski 5 Michael Kinane Michael Stoute Lord Weinstock 2:12.51 1998 Daylami 4 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin 2:06.82 1999 Compton Admiral 3 Darryll Holland Gerard Butler Erik Penser 2:06.42 2000 Giant's Causeway 3 George Duffield Aidan O'Brien Magnier / Tabor 2:05.32 2001 Medicean 4 Kieren Fallon Sir Michael Stoute Cheveley Park Stud 2:04.65 2002 Hawk Wing 3 Michael Kinane Aidan O'Brien Sue Magnier 2:13.34 2003 Falbrav 5 Darryll Holland Luca Cumani Rencati / Yoshida 2:05.59 2004 Refuse to Bend 4 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin 2:08.31 2005 Oratorio 3 Kieren Fallon Aidan O'Brien Magnier / Tabor 2:07.00 2006 David Junior 4 Jamie Spencer Brian Meehan Roldvale Ltd 2:07.31 2007 Notnowcato 5 Ryan Moore Sir Michael Stoute A. & D. de Rothschild 2:05.85 2008 Mount Nelson 4 Johnny Murtagh Aidan O'Brien Smith / Magnier / Tabor 2:05.56 2009 Sea the Stars 3 Michael Kinane John Oxx Christopher Tsui 2:03.40 2010 Twice Over 5 Tom Queally Henry Cecil Khalid Abdullah 2:04.64 2011 So You Think 5 Seamus Heffernan Aidan O'Brien Smith / Magnier / Tabor / et al. 2:04.77 a The 1973 running took place at Kempton Park.
Earlier winners
- 1886: Bendigo
- 1887: no race
- 1888: Orbit
- 1889: Ayrshire
- 1890: no race
- 1891: Surefoot
- 1892: Orme
- 1893: Orme
- 1894: Isinglass
- 1895: Le Justicier
- 1896: St Frusquin
- 1897: Persimmon
- 1898: Velasquez
- 1899: Flying Fox
- 1900: Diamond Jubilee
- 1901: Epsom Lad
- 1902: Cheers
- 1903: Ard Patrick
- 1904: Darley Dale
- 1905: Val d'Or
- 1906: Llangibby
- 1907: Lally
- 1908: Your Majesty
- 1909: Bayardo
- 1910: Lemberg / Neil Gow *
- 1911: Swynford
- 1912: Prince Palatine
- 1913: Tracery
- 1914: Hapsburg
- 1915–18: no race
- 1919: Buchan
- 1920: Buchan
- 1921: Craig an Eran
- 1922: Golden Myth
- 1923: Saltash
- 1924: Polyphontes
- 1925: Polyphontes
- 1926: Coronach
- 1927: Colorado
- 1928: Fairway
- 1929: Royal Minstrel
- 1930: Rustom Pasha
- 1931: Caerleon
- 1932: Miracle
- 1933: Loaningdale
- 1934: King Salmon
- 1935: Windsor Lad
- 1936: Rhodes Scholar
- 1937: Boswell
- 1938: Pasch
- 1939: Blue Peter
- 1940–45: no race
- 1946: Gulf Stream
- 1947: Migoli
- 1948: Petition
- 1949: Djeddah
- 1950: Flocon
- 1951: Mystery IX
- 1952: Tulyar
- 1953: Argur
- 1954: King of the Tudors
- 1955: Darius
- 1956: Tropique
- 1957: Arctic Explorer
- 1958: Ballymoss
- 1959: Saint Crespin
* The 1910 race was a dead-heat and has joint winners.
See also
References
- galopp-sieger.de – Eclipse Stakes.
- horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Eclipse Stakes (2011).
- pedigreequery.com – Eclipse Stakes – Sandown Park.
- tbheritage.com – Eclipse Stakes.
- Abelson, Edward; John Tyrrel (1993). The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. pp. 106–109. ISBN 1-873626-15-0.
Categories:- Flat races in Great Britain
- Sandown Park Racecourse
- Open middle distance horse races
- Recurring sporting events established in 1886
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