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Royal Lodge Stakes

Flat horse race in Britain

Field	Value
class	Group 2
horse race	Royal Lodge Stakes
location	Rowley Mile
Newmarket, England
inaugurated	1946
race type	Flat / Thoroughbred
sponsor	Tattersalls
website	Newmarket
distance	1 mile (1,609 metres)
surface	Turf
track	Straight
qualification	Two-year-old
colts and geldings
weight	9 st 2 lb
Penalties
3 lb for G1 / G2 winners
purse	£125,000 (2025)
1st: £70,888

Newmarket, England colts and geldings Penalties 3 lb for G1 / G2 winners 1st: £70,888 |}

The Royal Lodge Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old colts and geldings. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late September.

History

The event was established in 1946, and it was originally held at Ascot. It is named after Royal Lodge, a royal residence located in Windsor Great Park. It was initially contested over 5 furlongs and open to horses of either gender. It was extended to a mile in 1948, and restricted to colts and geldings in 1987.

The race was first staged at Newmarket in 2005, when Ascot was closed for redevelopment. It was transferred more permanently in 2011.

The Royal Lodge Stakes is sometimes included in the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, with the winner earning an automatic invitation to compete in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf. Its latest period of inclusion began in 2012.

The race is currently held on the final day of Newmarket's three-day Cambridgeshire Meeting, the same day as the Cambridgeshire Handicap.

Records

Leading jockey (8 wins):

Lester Piggott – Pinched (1957), St Paddy (1959), Casabianca (1963), Soft Angels (1965), Royal Palace (1966), Remand (1967), Sir Wimborne (1975), Dunbeath (1982)

Leading trainer (8 wins):

Noel Murless – Pinched (1957), St Paddy (1959), Casabianca (1963), Soft Angels (1965), Royal Palace (1966), Domineering (1969), Yaroslav (1971), Adios (1972)

Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1946	Royal Barge	Cliff Richards	Joseph Lawson	1:04.80
1947	Black Tarquin	Harry Carr	Cecil Boyd-Rochfort	1:03.40
1948	Swallow Tail	Doug Smith	Walter Earl	1:46.60
1949	Tabriz	Sir Gordon Richards	Frank Butters	1:47.00
1950	Fraise du Bois II	Charlie Smirke	Harry Wragg	1:51.60
1951	Khr-Mousa	Ken Gethin	Peter Thrale	1:51.40
1952	Neemah	Charlie Smirke	Marcus March	1:48.60
1953	Infatuation	Sir Gordon Richards	Victor Smyth	1:49.20
1954	Solarium	Willie Snaith	Frank Armstrong	1:54.80
1955	Royal Splendour	Scobie Breasley	Walter Nightingall	1:51.06
1956	Noble Venture	Manny Mercer	Harry Wragg	1:53.96
1957	Pinched	Lester Piggott	Noel Murless	1:48.62
1958	Cantelo	Eddie Hide	Charles Elsey	1:49.49
1959	St Paddy	Lester Piggott	Noel Murless	1:46.14
1960	Beta	Eddie Larkin	Jack Jarvis	1:45.80
1961	Escort	Joe Mercer	Jack Colling	1:46.90
1962	Star Moss	Eph Smith	John Waugh	1:51.10
1963	Casabianca	Lester Piggott	Noel Murless	1:46.20
1964	Prominer	Garnie Bougoure	Paddy Prendergast	1:44.75
1965	Soft Angels	Lester Piggott	Noel Murless	1:51.79
1966	Royal Palace	Lester Piggott	Noel Murless	1:43.97
1967	Remand	Lester Piggott	Dick Hern	1:48.05
1968	Dutch Bells	Tony Murray	Ryan Price	1:59.18
1969	Domineering	Sandy Barclay	Noel Murless	1:43.70
1970	Seafriend	Joe Mercer	Paddy Prendergast	1:44.34
1971	Yaroslav	Geoff Lewis	Noel Murless	1:44.74
1972	Adios	Geoff Lewis	Noel Murless	1:42.62
1973	Straight As A Die	Frankie Durr	Barry Hills	1:48.42
1974Abandoned due to waterlogging
1975	Sir Wimborne	Lester Piggott	Vincent O'Brien	1:47.29
1976	Gairloch	Brian Taylor	Ryan Price	1:46.02
1977	Shirley Heights	Greville Starkey	John Dunlop	1:43.36
1978	Ela-Mana-Mou	Greville Starkey	Guy Harwood	1:41.91
1979	Hello Gorgeous	Joe Mercer	Henry Cecil	1:43.54
1980	Robellino	John Matthias	Ian Balding	1:41.83
1981	Norwick	Joe Mercer	Guy Harwood	1:46.64
1982	Dunbeath	Lester Piggott	Henry Cecil	1:46.00
1983	Gold and Ivory	Steve Cauthen	Ian Balding	1:41.64
1984	Reach	Richard Quinn	Paul Cole	1:43.51
1985	Bonhomie	Steve Cauthen	Henry Cecil	1:40.98
1986	Bengal Fire	Michael Roberts	Clive Brittain	1:43.92
1987	Sanquirico	Steve Cauthen	Henry Cecil	1:41.66
1988	High Estate	Michael Roberts	Henry Cecil	1:44.31
1989	Digression	Pat Eddery	Guy Harwood	1:42.20
1990	Mujaazif	Walter Swinburn	Michael Stoute	1:41.53
1991	Made of Gold	Tony Cruz	Mohammed Moubarak	1:46.66
1992	Desert Secret	Pat Eddery	Michael Stoute	1:47.72
1993	Mister Baileys	Frankie Dettori	Mark Johnston	1:45.14
1994	Eltish	Pat Eddery	Henry Cecil	1:43.64
1995	Mons	Frankie Dettori	Luca Cumani	1:42.74
1996	Benny the Dip	Walter Swinburn	John Gosden	1:43.67
1997	Teapot Row	Seb Sanders	James Toller	1:41.74
1998	Mutaahab	Richard Hills	Ed Dunlop	1:45.04
1999	Royal Kingdom	Michael Kinane	Aidan O'Brien	1:50.06
2000	Atlantis Prince	Frankie Dettori	Sean Woods	1:46.32
2001	Mutinyonthebounty	Jamie Spencer	Aidan O'Brien	1:45.86
2002	Al Jadeed	Richard Hills	John Gosden	1:42.21
2003	Snow Ridge	Martin Dwyer	Marcus Tregoning	1:41.19
2004	Perfectperformance	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	1:41.89
2005	Leo	Jimmy Fortune	John Gosden	1:37.72
2006	Admiralofthefleet	Michael Kinane	Aidan O'Brien	1:41.06
2007	City Leader	Kevin Darley	Brian Meehan	1:43.64
2008	Jukebox Jury	Royston Ffrench	Mark Johnston	1:40.59
2009	Joshua Tree	Colm O'Donoghue	Aidan O'Brien	1:39.55
2010	Frankel	Tom Queally	Henry Cecil	1:41.73
2011	Daddy Long Legs	Colm O'Donoghue	Aidan O'Brien	1:37.77
2012	Steeler	Kieren Fallon	Mark Johnston	1:35.67
2013	Berkshire	Jim Crowley	Paul Cole	1:39.97
2014	Elm Park	Andrea Atzeni	Andrew Balding	1:37.10
2015	Foundation	Frankie Dettori	John Gosden	1:38.04
2016	Best Of Days	James Doyle	Hugo Palmer	1:38.98
2017	Roaring Lion	Oisin Murphy	John Gosden	1:39.56
2018	Mohawk	Donnacha O'Brien	Aidan O'Brien	1:36.12
2019	Royal Dornoch	Wayne Lordan	Aidan O'Brien	1:35.13
2020	New Mandate	Frankie Dettori	Ralph Beckett	1:37.86
2021	Royal Patronage	Jason Hart	Mark Johnston	1:38.06
2022	The Foxes	David Probert	Andrew Balding	1:43.66
2023	Ghostwriter	Richard Kingscote	Clive Cox	1:37.06
2024	Wimbledon Hawkeye	James Doyle	James Owen	1:38.38
2025	Bow Echo	Billy Loughnane	George Boughey	1:36.95

References

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pedigreequery.com – Royal Lodge Stakes.

References

"2012 Breeders' Cup Challenge Schedule". breederscup.com.
[https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/horseracing/2012/09/29/steeler-royal-lodge-newmarket-kentucky-derby/1602711/ Steeler wins Royal Lodge, first step on new Derby path]

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