The Coronation Stakes is a
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flat horse race
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in Great Britain open to three-year-old
fillies
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*In most cases, a ''filly'' is a female horse under four years old.
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. It is run at
Ascot over a distance of 7 furlong and 213 yards (1,603 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June.
History
The event was established in 1840, and its title commemorates the
coronation
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of a new British monarch,
Queen Victoria
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, two years earlier.
The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and for a period the Coronation Stakes held Group 2 status. It was promoted to Group 1 level in 1988.
The Coronation Stakes is now contested on the fourth day of the five-day Royal Ascot meeting. It usually features fillies which ran previously in the
1,000 Guineas
The 1000 Guineas Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old fillies. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 ...
, the
Poule d'Essai des Pouliches
The Poule d'Essai des Pouliches is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run over a distance of 1,600 metres (about 1 mile) at ...
or the
Irish 1,000 Guineas
The Irish 1,000 Guineas is a Group 1 flat horse race in Ireland open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at the Curragh over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres), and it is schedule ...
. The most recent filly to follow up a win in one of those races with victory in the Coronation Stakes was Alpha Centauri, the 2018 Irish 1,000 Guineas winner.
Records
Leading
jockey
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(5 wins):
*
Nat Flatman
Elnathan "Nat" Flatman (1810 – 20 August 1860), born Holton St. Mary, Suffolk, was the first Champion flat racing jockey of Great Britain. He began his thirty-four-year racing career as an apprentice jockey at age fifteen and by 1840 he was t ...
– ''The Princess (1844), Stitch (1845), Distaffina (1848), Lady Evelyn (1849), Barcelona (1851)''
*
Morny Cannon
Herbert Mornington Cannon (1873–1962), commonly referred to as Morny Cannon, was a six-time Champion jockey in the United Kingdom in the 1890s. He holds the records for the most wins by a jockey in the Craven Stakes, Coronation Stakes and Pri ...
– ''Lady Hermit (1892), Silene (1893), Throstle (1894), Helm (1896), Lowood (1898)''
Leading
trainer (6 wins):
*
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– ''Lovely (1883), Sandiway (1884), Cereza (1891), Throstle (1894), Helm (1896), Lowood (1898)''
Leading owner (7 wins):
*
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor
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– ''Winkipop (1910), Pogrom (1922), Saucy Sue (1925), Book Law (1927), Sunny Devon (1931), Betty (1933), Traffic Light (1936)''
Winners since 1951
Earlier winners
* 1840: Spangle
* 1841: Ghuznee
* 1842: Celia
* 1843: La Stimata
* 1844: The Princess
* 1845: Stitch
* 1846: Guaracha
* 1847: Cosachia
* 1848: Distaffina
* 1849: Lady Evelyn
* 1850: ''filly by Slane''
* 1851: Barcelona
* 1852: Iona
* 1853: Catherine Hayes
* 1854: Mishap
* 1855: Alcyone
* 1856: Victoria
* 1857: Beechnut
* 1858: Sunbeam
* 1859: Cantine
* 1860: Allington
* 1861: Queen of the Vale
* 1862: Polynesia
* 1863: Lady Augusta
* 1864: Breeze
* 1865: Siberia
* 1866: Mother of Pearl
* 1867:
Achievement
* 1868: Athena
* 1869: Martinique
* 1870: Sunshine
* 1871: Corisande
* 1872: Highland Lassie
* 1873: Marie Stuart
* 1874:
Apology
* 1875: Maud Victoria
* 1876: Footstep
* 1877: Belphoebe
* 1878: Redwing
* 1879: Lelia
* 1880: L'Eclair
* 1881: Mazurka
* 1882: Rozelle
* 1883: Lovely
* 1884: Sandiway
* 1885: St Helena
* 1886: Argo Navis
* 1887: Heloise
* 1888:
Seabreeze
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* 1889: Seclusion
* 1890: Heresy
* 1891: Cereza
* 1892: Lady Hermit
* 1893: Silene
* 1894:
Throstle
* 1895: Butterfly
* 1896: Helm
* 1897: Goletta
* 1898: Lowood
* 1899: Fascination
* 1900: Sainte Nitouche /
Winifreda *
* 1901: Bella Gallina
* 1902: Doctrine
* 1903: Oriole
* 1904:
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* 1905: Commune
* 1906:
Keystone
* 1907: Frugality
* 1908: Lesbia
* 1909: Princesse de Galles
* 1910:
Winkipop
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* 1911: Knockfeerna
* 1912: Polkerris
* 1913: Prue
* 1914: Wassilissa
* 1915–18: ''no race''
* 1919: Flying Spear
* 1920:
Cinna
* 1921: Donna Branca
* 1922:
Pogrom
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* 1923: Paola
* 1924:
Straitlace
* 1925: