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Sovereign Stakes

Discontinued flat horse race in Britain

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The Sovereign Stakes was a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to colts and geldings aged three years or older. It was run at Salisbury over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres), and was scheduled to take place each year in August.

The event was established in 2000, replacing the Whitchurch Conditions Stakes, and it was initially classed at Listed level. It was promoted to Group 3 status in 2004. It was removed from the pattern race programme by the British Horseracing Authority in 2024.

The Sovereign Stakes was one of Salisbury's two highest class races of the season, along with the Dick Poole Fillies' Stakes.

01Records

Most successful horse:

  • no horse won this race more than once

Leading jockey (2 wins):

Leading trainer (3 wins):

  • Richard Hannon Sr., Umistim (2001), Priors Lodge (2002), Ordnance Row (2008)
  • Andrew Balding, Passing Glance (2003), Side Glance (2011), Tullius (2012)
  • John Gosden - Hopeful Light (2000), Kick On (2019), Magellan (2021)

02Winners

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time
2000 Hopeful Light 3 Dane O'Neill John Gosden 1:43.21
2001 Umistim 4 Dane O'Neill Richard Hannon Sr. 1:40.97
2002 Priors Lodge 4 Pat Dobbs Richard Hannon Sr. 1:41.02
2003 Passing Glance 4 Martin Dwyer Andrew Balding 1:39.49
2004 Norse Dancer 4 John Egan David Elsworth 1:41.63
2005 Layman 3 Kerrin McEvoy Saeed bin Suroor 1:38.29
2006 Belenus 4 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor 1:41.39
2007 Pride of Nation 5 Jamie Spencer Luca Cumani 1:43.90
2008 Ordnance Row 5 Ryan Moore Richard Hannon Sr. 1:44.24
2009 Mac Love 8 Micky Fenton Stef Liddiard 1:40.29
2010 Sea Lord 3 Kieren Fallon Mark Johnston 1:41.82
2011 Side Glance 4 Jimmy Fortune Andrew Balding 1:41.01
2012 Tullius 4 Jimmy Fortune Andrew Balding 1:41.84
2013 Afsare 6 Andrea Atzeni Luca Cumani 1:39.28
2014 Captain Cat 5 James Doyle Roger Charlton 1:41.45
2015 Kodi Bear 3 Gérald Mossé Clive Cox 1:40.58
2016 Zonderland 3 Oisin Murphy Clive Cox 1:40.35
2017 Ballet Concerto 4 Ryan Moore Sir Michael Stoute 1:42.49
2018 Plumatic 4 Maxime Guyon André Fabre 1:45.02
2019 Kick On 3 Oisin Murphy John Gosden 1:45.81
2020 Regal Reality 5 Richard Kingscote Sir Michael Stoute 1:38.32
2021 Magellan 3 Robert Havlin John & Thady Gosden 1:43.09
2022 Tempus 6 Hollie Doyle Archie Watson 1:41.32
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