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in Great Britain open to three-year-old

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s. It is run at

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over a distance of 1 mile 3 furlongs and 211 yards (2,406 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June. The event was established in 1834, and it was originally known as the Ascot Derby. In the early part of its history it was also open to fillies. The race was renamed in memory of King

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in 1926. The King Edward VII Stakes is currently held about two weeks after The Derby, and it usually features horses which were entered for that race. It is contested on the fourth day of the five-day Royal Ascot meeting.

Records

Leading

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(7 wins): *

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– ''St Simon of the Rock (1891), Matchmaker (1895), Conroy (1896), Frontier (1899), Osboch (1901), Flying Lemur (1902), Darley Dale (1904)'' Leading trainer (9 wins): * John Porter – ''The Palmer (1867), Pero Gomez (1869), Shotover (1882), The Child of the Mist (1885), Matchmaker (1895), Conroy (1896), Frontier (1899), Flying Lemur (1902), Darley Dale (1904)''

Winners since 1965

Earlier winners

* 1834:

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* 1835: Griselda * 1836: Lieutenant * 1837:

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* 1838: ''no race'' * 1839:

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* 1840: Bokhara * 1841:

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* 1842: Envoy * 1843: Amorino * 1844: The Miser Scarve * 1845: Wood Pigeon * 1846: Bravissimo * 1847: Conyngham * 1848: Distaffina * 1849: Repletion * 1850: Musician * 1851: Phlegethon * 1852: Convulsion * 1853: Ninnyhammer * 1854: Phaeton * 1855: Pugnator * 1856: Fly-by-Night * 1857: Sydney * 1858: Toxophilite * 1859: Gamester * 1860: The Wizard * 1861: Janus * 1862: Carisbrook * 1863: Onesander * 1864: Peon * 1865: Celerimma * 1866: Staghound * 1867: The Palmer * 1868: The Earl * 1869: Pero Gomez * 1870: King Cole * 1871: Henry * 1872: Drumochter * 1873: Gang Forward * 1874:

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* 1875: Gilbert * 1876: Forerunner * 1877:

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* 1878: Insulaire * 1879: Chippendale * 1880: Mask * 1881: Maskelyne * 1882:

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* 1883: Ladislas * 1884: Brest * 1885: The Child of the Mist * 1886: St Mirin * 1887: Timothy * 1888: Sheen * 1889: Morglay * 1890: Battle-axe * 1891: St Simon of the Rock * 1892: Llanthony * 1893: Phocion * 1894: None the Wiser * 1895: Matchmaker * 1896: Conroy * 1897: Minstrel * 1898: Purser * 1899:

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* 1900: Ecton * 1901: Osboch * 1902: Flying Lemur * 1903: Kroonstad * 1904: Darley Dale * 1905: Pure Crystal * 1906: Poussin * 1907: All Black * 1908: Dibs * 1909: William the Fourth * 1910: Decision * 1911: King William * 1912: Jaeger * 1913: Pilliwinkle * 1914: Corcyra * 1915–18: ''no race'' * 1919: Old Bill * 1920:

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* 1921: Nippon * 1922: Backwood * 1923: Bold and Bad * 1924: Polyphontes * 1925: Solario * 1926: Finglas * 1927: Buckfast * 1928: Cyclonic * 1929: Horus * 1930: Pinxit * 1931:

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* 1932: Dastur * 1933: Sans Peine * 1934: Berestoi * 1935: Field Trial * 1936:

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* 1937: Solfo * 1938: Foroughi * 1939: Hypnotist * 1940–45: ''no race'' * 1946: Field Day * 1947:

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* 1948: Vic Day * 1949: Swallow Tail * 1950: Babu's Pet * 1951:

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* 1952: Castleton * 1953: Skyraider * 1954: Rashleigh * 1955: Nucleus * 1956: Court Command * 1957: Arctic Explorer * 1958: Restoration * 1959: Pindari * 1960: Atrax * 1961:

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* 1962: Gaul * 1963:

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* 1964: ''no race''

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Records

Winners since 1965

Earlier winners

See also

References