| Group 1 race | |
| Location | Sandown Park Esher, England | 
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1886 | 
| Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred | 
| Sponsor | Coral | 
| Website | Sandown Park | 
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1m 1f 209y (2,002 m) | 
| Surface | Turf | 
| Track | Right-handed | 
| Qualification | Three-years-old and up | 
| Weight | 8 st 13 lb (3yo); 9 st 9 lb (4yo+) Allowances 3 lb for fillies and mares | 
| Purse | £750,000 (2023) 1st: £425,325 | 
| 2023 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Paddington | Emily Upjohn | West Wind Blows | 
| Previous years | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Vadeni | Mishriff | Native Trail | 
| 2021 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| St Mark's Basilica | Addeybb | Mishriff | 
| 2020-2011 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Ghaiyyath | Enable | Japan | 
| 2019 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Enable | Magical | Regal Reality | 
| 2018 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Roaring Lion | Saxon Warrior | Cliffs Of Moher | 
| 2017 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Ulysses | Barney Roy | Desert Encounter | 
| 2016 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Hawkbill | The Gurkha | Time Test | 
| 2015 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Golden Horn | The Grey Gatsby | Western Hymn | 
| 2014 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Mukhadram | Trading Leather | Somewhat | 
| 2013 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Al Kazeem | Declaration Of War | Mukhadram | 
| 2012 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Nathaniel | Farhh | Twice Over | 
| 2011 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| So You Think | Workforce | Sri Putra | 
| 2010-2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Twice Over | Sri Putra | Viscount Nelson | 
| 2009 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Sea The Stars | Rip Van Winkle | Conduit | 
| 2008 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Mount Nelson | Phoenix Tower | Pipedreamer | 
| 2007 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Notnowcato | Authorized | George Washington | 
| 2006 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| David Junior | Notnowcato | Blue Monday | 
| 2005 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Oratorio | Motivator | Altieri | 
| 2004 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Refuse To Bend | Warrsan | Kalaman | 
| 2003 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Falbrav | Nayef | Kaieteur | 
| 2002 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Hawk Wing | Sholokhov | Equerry | 
| 2001 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Medicean | Grandera | Bach | 
| 2000-1991 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Giant's Causeway | Kalanisi | Shiva | 
| 1999 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Compton Admiral | Xaar | Fantastic Light | 
| 1998 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Daylami | Faithful Son | Central Park | 
| 1997 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Pilsudski | Benny The Dip | Bosra Sham | 
| 1996 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Halling | Bijou d'Inde | Pentire | 
| 1995 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Halling | Singspiel | Red Bishop | 
| 1994 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Ezzoud | Bob's Return | Erhaab | 
| 1993 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Opera House | Misil | Tenby | 
| 1992 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Kooyonga | Opera House | Sapience | 
| 1991 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Environment Friend | Stagecraft | Sanglamore | 
| 1990-1981 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Elmaamul | Terimon | Ile De Chypre | 
| 1989 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Nashwan | Opening Verse | Indian Skimmer | 
| 1988 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Mtoto | Shady Heights | Triptych | 
| 1987 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Mtoto | Reference Point | Triptych | 
| 1986 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Dancing Brave | Triptych | Teleprompter | 
| 1985 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Pebbles | Rainbow Quest | Bob Back | 
| 1984 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Sadler's Wells | Time Charter | Morcon | 
| 1983 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Solford | Muscatite | Tolomeo | 
| 1982 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Kalaglow | Lobkowiez | Rocamadour | 
| 1981 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Master Willie | Vielle | Fingal's Cave | 
| 1980-1971 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Ela-Mana-Mou | Hello Gorgeous | Gregorian | 
| 1979 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Dickens Hill | Crimson Beau | Northern Baby | 
| 1978 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Gunner B | Balmerino | Radetzky | 
| 1977 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Artaius | Lucky Wednesday | Arctic Tern | 
| 1976 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Wollow | Radetzky | Anne's Pretender | 
| 1975 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Star Appeal | Taros | Royal Manacle | 
| 1974 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Coup de Feu | Ksar | Mount Hagen | 
| 1973 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Scottish Rifle | Moulton | Sun Prince | 
| 1972 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Brigadier Gerard | Gold Rod | Home Guard | 
| 1971 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Mill Reef | Caro | Welsh Pageant | 
| 1970-1963 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Connaught | Karabas | Nor | 
| 1969 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Wolver Hollow | Park Top | Hogarth | 
| 1968 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Royal Palace | Taj Dewan | Sir Ivor | 
| 1967 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Busted | Great Nephew | Appiani | 
| 1966 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Pieces of Eight | Ballyciptic | Pretendre | 
| 1965 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Canisbay | Roan Rocket | Red Vagabonde | 
| 1964 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Ragusa | Baldric | Tarqogan | 
| 1963 | ||
|  |  |  | 
| Khalkis | Miralgo | Tang | 
The Eclipse Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Sandown Park over a distance of 1 mile, 1 furlong and 209 yards (2,002 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in early July.
History
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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.[1] 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 Paddington, the Irish 2,000 Guineas winner, in 2023.
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 (7 wins):
- Aidan O'Brien - Giant's Causeway (2000), Hawk Wing (2002), Oratorio (2005), Mount Nelson (2008), So You Think (2011), St Mark's Basilica (2021), Paddington (2023)
Leading owner (7 wins): (includes part ownership)
- Sue Magnier – Giant's Causeway (2000), Hawk Wing (2002), Oratorio (2005), Mount Nelson (2008), So You Think (2011), St Mark's Basilica (2021), Paddington (2023)
Winners
The race was not run from 1915-1918 because of World War I and from 1940-1945 because of World War II.
- ↑ The 1973 running took place at Kempton Park
- ↑ Trepan finished first in 1976, but he was later disqualified after testing positive for a banned substance
- ↑ Three-year-olds were excluded from the 2020 running as part of race alterations due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
See also
References
- galopp-sieger.de – Eclipse Stakes.
- ifhaonline.org – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Eclipse Stakes (2019).
- pedigreequery.com – Eclipse Stakes – Sandown Park.
- tbheritage.com – Eclipse Stakes.
- Church, Michael (2000). Eclipse - The Horse - The Race - The Awards. Thoroughbred Advertising. p. 415. ISBN 0-9538939-0-1.
- Abelson, Edward; John Tyrrel (1993). The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. pp. 106–109. ISBN 1-873626-15-0.
- Race Recordings
Specific
- ↑ Wood, Greg (4 July 2003). "Nayef heads 14 rivals in Eclipse". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 October 2012.