King Richard III Stakes

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History

During the late 1970s and early 1980s, the event was known as the Philip Cornes Trophy Stakes. It was renamed the Leicestershire Stakes in 1983.

Holsten Brewery started to sponsor the race in 1984, and from this point it was called the Holsten Pils Trophy. It reverted to its previous title in 1988.

For a period the Leicestershire Stakes held Listed status. It was promoted to Group 3 level in 1999, and relegated back to Listed class in 2004.

The race was renamed in 2013 after King Richard III, whose skeleton was discovered in Leicester and identified earlier that year.

From 2023, the race did not take place, with the King Richard III Cup (a 1m handicap) replacing it.

Records

Most successful horse (3 wins):

• Warningford – 1999, 2001, 2002

Leading jockey (3 wins):

• Ray Cochrane – Rami (1991), Warningford (1999), Sugarfoot (2000)
• Richard Hughes - Tillerman (2003), Producer (2013), Coulsty (2015)

Leading trainer (3 wins):

• Henry Cecil – Belmont Bay (1981), Valiyar (1983), Monsagem (1990)
• Richard Hannon Sr. – Shalford (1992), Swing Low (1993), Producer (2013)
• James Fanshawe – Warningford (1999, 2001, 2002)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1978	Hillandale	6	Geoff Baxter	Paul Cole	1:29.50
1979	Roland Gardens	4	Greville Starkey	Duncan Sasse	1:32.20
1980	Foveros	4	Kipper Lynch	Clive Brittain	1:25.60
1981	Belmont Bay	4	John Reid	Henry Cecil	1:30.60
1982	Noalto	4	Paul Cook	Frankie Durr	1:23.90
1983	Valiyar	4	Nigel Day	Henry Cecil	1:31.00
1984	Harlow	4	George Duffield	Sir Mark Prescott	1:25.20
1985	Neeyef	4	Joe Mercer	Peter Walwyn	1:25.90
1986	Bollin Knight	4	Mark Birch	Peter Easterby	1:31.10
1987	Flower Bowl	4	Billy Newnes	John Dunlop	1:23.50
1988	Sharp Reminder	4	Tyrone Williams	Ray Laing	1:24.80
1989	Beau Sher	6	Bruce Raymond	Ben Hanbury	1:27.40
1990	Monsagem	4	Steve Cauthen	Henry Cecil	1:24.40
1991	Rami	4	Ray Cochrane	Peter Walwyn	1:25.90
1992	Shalford	4	Brian Rouse	Richard Hannon Sr.	1:24.80
1993	Swing Low	4	Brian Rouse	Richard Hannon Sr.	1:26.10
1994	Pollen Count	5	John Carroll	John Gosden	1:32.80
1995	Young Ern	5	Richard Quinn	Simon Dow	1:21.50
1996	Young Ern	6	Brent Thomson	Simon Dow	1:24.50
1997	Wizard King	6	George Duffield	Sir Mark Prescott	1:24.80
1998	no race
1999	Warningford	5	Ray Cochrane	James Fanshawe	1:30.30
2000	Sugarfoot Template:Efn	6	Ray Cochrane	Nigel Tinkler	1:28.60
2001	Warningford Template:Efn	7	Kieren Fallon	James Fanshawe	1:26.24
2002	Warningford	8	Oscar Urbina	James Fanshawe	1:23.00
2003	Tillerman	7	Richard Hughes	Amanda Perrett	1:22.72
2004	Tout Seul	4	Stephen Carson	Fulke Johnson Houghton	1:26.31
2005	Le Vie dei Colori	5	Darryll Holland	Luca Cumani	1:25.15
2006	Etlaala	4	Richard Hills	Barry Hills	1:26.45
2007	New Seeker	7	Ted Durcan	Paul Cole	1:24.22
2008	Captain Marvelous	4	Michael Hills	Barry Hills	1:24.03
2009	Asset	6	Ted Durcan	Saeed bin Suroor	1:22.01
2010	Spirit of Sharjah	5	Frankie Dettori	Julia Feilden	1:22.99
2011	Flambeau	4	Dane O'Neill	Henry Candy	1:21.92
2012	no race Template:Efn
2013	Producer	4	Richard Hughes	Richard Hannon Sr.	1:25.29
2014	Eton Forever	7	Andrea Atzeni	Roger Varian	1:23.96
2015	Coulsty	4	Richard Hughes	Richard Hannon Jr.	1:22.57
2016	Home Of The Brave	4	William Buick	Hugo Palmer	1:24.60
2017	Home Of The Brave	5	James Doyle	Hugo Palmer	1:22.24
2018	Emmaus	4	Andrea Atzeni	Roger Varian	1:33.54
2019	Hey Gaman	4	Frankie Dettori	James Tate	1:22.27
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2021	Pogo	5	Kieran Shoemark	Charles Hills	1:24.08
2022	Happy Power	6	David Probert	Andrew Balding	1:25.03

See also

• Horse racing in Great Britain
• List of British flat horse races

References

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• pedigreequery.com – Leicestershire Stakes – Leicester.