Group 3 race | |
Location | Sandown Park Esher, Surrey, England |
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Inaugurated | 1953 |
Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Sponsor | Chasemore Farm |
Website | Sandown Park |
Race information | |
Distance | 1m 1f 209y (2,002m) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Four-years-old and up |
Weight | 9 st 2 lb Allowances 3 lb for fillies and mares Penalties 7 lb for Group 1 winners * 5 lb for Group 2 winners * 3 lb for Group 3 winners * * since 31 August last year |
Purse | £80,000 (2024) 1st: £45,368 |
2024 | ||
Royal Rhyme | Certain Lad | Miss Cantik |
Previous years | ||
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2023 | ||
Hukum | Desert Crown | Solid Stone |
2022 | ||
Bay Bridge | Mostahdaf | Addeybb |
2021 | ||
Euchen Glen | Sangarius | Fox Tal |
1990-1988 | ||
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1990 | ||
Husyan | Scenic | Alcando |
1989 | ||
Hibernian Gold | Highland Chieftain | Reprimand |
1988 | ||
Highland Chieftain | Media Starguest | Indian Skimmer |
The Brigadier Gerard Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four 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 late May or early June.
The event was established in 1953, and it was originally called the Coronation Stakes. Its title commemorated the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
The race was renamed the Brigadier Gerard Stakes in 1973. This was in honour of Brigadier Gerard, a recently retired champion racehorse whose victories included the Westbury Stakes (later re-named the Gordon Richards Stakes) and the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park. The 2021 race was run in memory of Joe Mercer, who died the week before the race and who rode Brigadier Gerard in all his races.[1]