- King's Stand Stakes
__NOTOC__The King's Stand Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in the
United Kingdom open tothoroughbred s which are three-years-old or above. It is run over a distance of 5furlong s (1,006 metres) atAscot Racecourse , and it takes place annually during the Royal Ascot meeting in June.Initially named the Stand Plate in 1837, the race went on to be called the Royal Stand Plate and the Queen's Plate before taking its present name in 1901.
It is presently the second leg of the
Global Sprint Challenge , preceded by theLightning Stakes and followed by theGolden Jubilee Stakes . Horses trained inAustralia have frequently contested the race in recent years, withChoisir ,Takeover Target andMiss Andretti all winning.The race regained Group 1 status in 2008 having been previously classed at this level from 1973 to 1987. In the intervening years it was classed as a Group 2 race.
Winners since 1987
note label|2005|1|1 The 2005 race took place at
York Racecourse .elected earlier winners
* 1904 - Sundridge
* 1905 - Delaunay
* 1910 - Spanish Prince
* 1911 - Hornet's Beauty
* 1913 - Hornet's Beauty
* 1921 -Tetratema
* 1923 - Golden Boss
* 1924 - Golden Boss
* 1925 - Diomedes
* 1926 - Highborn
* 1932 - Lemnarchus
* 1933 - Gold Bridge
* 1934 - Gold Bridge
* 1935 - Shalfleet
* 1936 - Sweet Polly
* 1946 - Vilmorin
* 1948 - Squander Bug
* 1949 - Abernant
* 1950 - Tangle
* 1951 - Stephen Paul
* 1952 - Easter Bride
* 1953 - Fairy Flax
* 1954 - Golden Lion
* 1955 -Pappa Fourway
* 1956 - Palariva
* 1957 -Right Boy
* 1958 - Drum Beat
* 1959 - Chris
* 1960 - Sound Track
* 1961 - Silver Tor
* 1962 - Cassarate
* 1963 - Majority Rule
* 1965 - Goldhill
* 1966 - Roughlyn
* 1967 - Be Friendly
* 1968 - Durberville
* 1969 - Song
* 1970 - Amber Rama
* 1971 - Swing Easy
* 1972 - Sweet Revenge
* 1973 - Abergwaun
* 1974 - Bay Express
* 1975 - Flirting Around
* 1976 - Lochnager
* 1977 - Godswalk
* 1978 - Solinus
* 1979 - Double Form
* 1980 - African Song
* 1981 - Marwell
* 1982 - Fearless Lad
* 1983 - Sayf El Arab
* 1984 - Habibti
* 1985 - Never So Bold
* 1986 - Last TycoonReferences
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?search_bar=stakes&query_type=stakes&field=view&id=1298 PedigreeQuery.com]
* [http://www.galopp-sieger.de/galoppsieger/sieger?sort=jahr%20desc&rennkz=EAsKiStS&vkj=&bkj=&backlink=1&dist= Galopp-Sieger.de]
*Racing Post :
** [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=91393&r_date=1988-6-17 1988] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=95631&r_date=1989-6-23 1989] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=100112&r_date=1990-6-22 1990] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=104908&r_date=1991-6-21 1991] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=109668&r_date=1992-6-19 1992] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=114690&r_date=1993-6-18 1993] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=119808&r_date=1994-6-17 1994] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=125348&r_date=1995-6-23 1995] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=202112&r_date=1996-6-21 1996] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=237437&r_date=1997-6-20 1997]
** [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=250766&r_date=1998-6-19 1998] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=265959&r_date=1999-6-18 1999] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=280063&r_date=2000-6-20 2000] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=299858&r_date=2001-6-19 2001] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=315309&r_date=2002-6-18 2002] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=331413&r_date=2003-6-17 2003] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=349878&r_date=2004-6-15 2004] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=382645&r_date=2005-6-14 2005] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=406760&r_date=2006-6-20 2006] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=430464&r_date=2007-6-19 2007]
** [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=454534&r_date=2008-6-17 2008]ee also
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Horseracing in Great Britain
*List of British flat horse races
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