Lockinge Stakes

The Lockinge Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres) at Newbury in May.

History

The event is named after Lockinge, a civil parish located to the north of Newbury. It was established in 1958, and originally open to horses aged three or older. The first edition was won by that year's 2000 Guineas Stakes winner Pall Mall. The horse repeated his success as a four-year-old in 1959.

The present race grading system was introduced in 1971, and the Lockinge Stakes was given Group 2 status. It was abandoned due to torrential rain in 1975.

The event was relegated to Group 3 level in 1983, and promoted back to Group 2 in 1985. It was raised to Group 1 and closed to three-year-olds in 1995.

The Lockinge Stakes became part of the British Champions Series in 2011. It is currently the second race in the mile division, which concludes with the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes in October.

The leading horses from the Lockinge Stakes often go on to compete in the Queen Anne Stakes. The last to win both races in the same year was Frankel in 2012.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

Pall Mall – 1958, 1959
Welsh Pageant – 1970, 1971
Soviet Line – 1995, 1996

Leading jockey (6 wins):

Lester Piggott – Sovereign Path (1960), The Creditor (1964), Sparkler (1973), Belmont Bay (1981), Polar Falcon (1991), Swing Low (1993)

Leading trainer (8 wins):

Sir Michael Stoute – Scottish Reel (1986), Safawan (1990), Soviet Line (1995, 1996), Medicean (2001), Russian Rhythm (2004), Peeress (2006), Mustashry (2019)

Leading owner (10 wins):

Godolphin – Cape Cross (1998), Fly to the Stars (1999), Aljabr (2000), Creachadoir (2008), Farhh (2013), Night of Thunder (2015), Belardo (2016), Ribchester (2017), Modern Games (2023), Notable Speech (2026)

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Winners

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! Year

! Winner

! Age

! Jockey

! Trainer

! Owner

! Time

| 1958

| width=134px | Pall Mall

| 3

| width=137px | Harry Carr

| width=149px | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort

| width=160px | Queen Elizabeth II

| 1:46.40

| 1959

| Pall Mall

| 4

| Harry Carr

| Cecil Boyd-Rochfort

| Queen Elizabeth II

| 1:41.00

| 1960

| Sovereign Path

| 4

| Lester Piggott

| Ron Mason

| 1:41.20

| 1961

| Prince Midge

| 3

| Duncan Keith

| Jack Colling

| Jakie Astor

| 1:38.40

| 1962

| Superstition

| 3

| David Morris

| Cecil Boyd-Rochfort

| Hope Goddard Iselin

| 1:35.60

| 1963

| Queen's Hussar

| 3

| Scobie Breasley

| Atty Corbett

| 6th Earl of Carnarvon

| 1:41.20

| 1964

| The Creditor

| 4

| Lester Piggott

| Noel Murless

| Lady Sassoon

| 1:41.60

| 1965

| Young Christopher

| 4

| Bill Williamson

| Freddie Maxwell

| J. McShane

| 1:46.60

| 1966

| Silly Season

| 4

| Geoff Lewis

| Ian Balding

| Paul Mellon

| 1:40.80

| 1967

| Bluerullah

| 4

| Bill Williamson

| Seamus McGrath

| 1:42.80

| 1968

| Supreme Sovereign

| 4

| Ron Hutchinson

| Harry Wragg

| Mrs R. Hodges

| 1:49.00

| 1969

| Habitat

| 3

| Ron Hutchinson

| Fulke Johnson Houghton

| Charles Engelhard

| 1:47.20

| 1970

| Welsh Pageant

| 4

| Sandy Barclay

| Noel Murless

| Jim Joel

| 1:38.80

| 1971

| Welsh Pageant

| 5

| Geoff Lewis

| Noel Murless

| Jim Joel

| 1:37.70

| 1972

| Brigadier Gerard

| 4

| Joe Mercer

| Dick Hern

| Jean Hislop

| 1:41.40

| 1973

| Sparkler

| 5

| Lester Piggott

| Robert Armstrong

| Maria Mehl-Mülhens

| 1:39.30

| 1974

| Boldboy

| 4

| Joe Mercer

| Dick Hern

| Lady Beaverbrook

| 1:41.60

|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"

| 1975

| no race || || || || || |

| 1976

| El Rastro

| 6

| Bill Pyers

| Angel Penna

| Daniel Wildenstein

| 1:40.80

| 1977

| Relkino

| 4

| Willie Carson

| Dick Hern

| Lady Beaverbrook

| 1:45.80

| 1978

| Don

| 4

| Brian Rouse

| Bill Elsey

| Eugene Ryan

| 1:41.60

| 1979

| Young Generation

| 3

| Greville Starkey

| Guy Harwood

| Tony Ward

| 1980

| Kris

| 4

| Joe Mercer

| Henry Cecil

| Lord Howard de Walden

| 1:36.21

| 1981

| Belmont Bay

| 4

| Lester Piggott

| Henry Cecil

| Daniel Wildenstein

| 1:45.90

| 1982

| Motavato

| 4

| Steve Cauthen

| Barry Hills

| Robert Sangster

| 1:42.14

| 1983

| Noalcoholic

| 6

| George Duffield

| G. Pritchard-Gordon

| William du Pont III

| 1:50.17

| 1984 (dh)

| Cormorant Wood Wassl

| 4 4

| Steve Cauthen Willie Carson

| Barry Hills John Dunlop

| Bobby McAlpine Ahmed Al Maktoum

| 1:39.79

| 1985

| Prismatic

| 3

| Paul Eddery

| Henry Cecil

| Lord Howard de Walden

| 1:38.60

| 1986

| Scottish Reel

| 4

| Walter Swinburn

| Michael Stoute

| Cheveley Park Stud

| 1:40.10

| 1987

| Then Again

| 4

| Ray Cochrane

| Luca Cumani

| Richard Shannon

| 1:37.71

| 1988

| Broken Hearted

| 4

| Richard Quinn

| Paul Cole

| Fahd Salman

| 1:39.41

| 1989

| Most Welcome

| 5

| Paul Eddery

| Geoff Wragg

| Sir Philip Oppenheimer

| 1:36.52

| 1990

| Safawan

| 4

| Walter Swinburn

| Michael Stoute

| Patricia Thompson

| 1:36.42

| 1991

| Polar Falcon

| 4

| Lester Piggott

| John Hammond

| David Thompson

| 1:42.70

| 1992

| Selkirk

| 4

| Ray Cochrane

| Ian Balding

| George Strawbridge

| 1:36.99

| 1993

| Swing Low

| 4

| Lester Piggott

| Richard Hannon Sr.

| Roldvale Ltd

| 1:39.31

| 1994

| Emperor Jones

| 4

| Frankie Dettori

| John Gosden

| Sheikh Mohammed

| 1:35.76

| 1995

| Soviet Line

| 5

| Walter Swinburn

| Michael Stoute

| Maktoum Al Maktoum

| 1:36.96

| 1996

| Soviet Line

| 6

| Richard Quinn

| Michael Stoute

| Maktoum Al Maktoum

| 1:44.22

| 1997

| First Island

| 5

| Michael Hills

| Geoff Wragg

| Mollers Racing

| 1:40.04

| 1998

| Cape Cross

| 4

| Daragh O'Donohoe

| Saeed bin Suroor

| Godolphin

| 1:35.33

| 1999

| Fly to the Stars

| 5

| Willie Supple

| Saeed bin Suroor

| Godolphin

| 1:39.64

| 2000

| Aljabr

| 4

| Frankie Dettori

| Saeed bin Suroor

| Godolphin

| 1:37.64

| 2001

| Medicean

| 4

| Kieren Fallon

| Sir Michael Stoute

| Cheveley Park Stud

| 1:45.39

| 2002

| Keltos

| 4

| Olivier Peslier

| Carlos Laffon-Parias

| Tanaka / Marinopoulos

| 1:38.69

| 2003

| Hawk Wing

| 4

| Michael Kinane

| Aidan O'Brien

| Sue Magnier

| 1:36.78

| 2004

| Russian Rhythm

| 4

| Kieren Fallon

| Sir Michael Stoute

| Cheveley Park Stud

| 1:37.00

| 2005

| Rakti

| 6

| Philip Robinson

| Michael Jarvis

| Gary Tanaka

| 1:33.59

| 2006

| Peeress

| 5

| Kieren Fallon

| Sir Michael Stoute

| Cheveley Park Stud

| 1:44.57

| 2007

| Red Evie

| 4

| Jamie Spencer

| Michael Bell

| Terry Neill

| 1:40.43

| 2008

| Creachadoir

| 4

| Frankie Dettori

| Saeed bin Suroor

| Godolphin

| 1:38.70

| 2009

| Virtual

| 4

| Jimmy Fortune

| John Gosden

| Cheveley Park Stud

| 1:40.32

| 2010

| Paco Boy

| 5

| Richard Hughes

| Richard Hannon Sr.

| Calvera Partnership 2

| 1:37.31

| 2011

| Canford Cliffs

| 4

| Richard Hughes

| Richard Hannon Sr.

| Heffer  / Tabor / Smith

| 1:36.52

| 2012

| Frankel

| 4

| Tom Queally

| Sir Henry Cecil

| Khalid Abdullah

| 1:38.14

| 2013

| Farhh

| 5

| Silvestre de Sousa

| Saeed bin Suroor

| Godolphin

| 1:35.43

| 2014

| Olympic Glory

| 4

| Frankie Dettori

| Richard Hannon Jr.

| Al Shaqab Racing

| 1:36.98

| 2015

| Night of Thunder

| 4

| James Doyle

| Richard Hannon Jr.

| Godolphin

| 1:38.09

| 2016

| Belardo

| 4

| Andrea Atzeni

| Roger Varian

| Godolphin

| 1:38.18

| 2017

| Ribchester

| 4

| William Buick

| Richard Fahey

| Godolphin

| 1:43.00

| 2018

| Rhododendron

| 4

| Ryan Moore

| Aidan O'Brien

| Magnier / Tabor / Smith

| 1:35.07

| 2019

| Mustashry

| 6

| Jim Crowley

| Sir Michael Stoute

| Hamdan Al Maktoum

| 1:35.80

|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"

| data-sort-value="2020" | 2020

| no race || || || || || |

| 2021

| Palace Pier

| 4

| Frankie Dettori

| John & Thady Gosden

| Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum

| 1:40.96

| 2022

| Baaeed

| 4

| Jim Crowley

| William Haggas

| Shadwell Estate

| 1:35.71

| 2023

| Modern Games

| 4

| William Buick

| Charlie Appleby

| Godolphin

| 1:36.09

| 2024

| Audience

| 5

| Rab Havlin

| John & Thady Gosden

| Cheveley Park Stud

| 1:35.29

| 2025

| Lead Artist

| 4

| Oisin Murphy

| John & Thady Gosden

| Juddmonte

| 1:35.06

| 2026

| Notable Speech

| 5

| William Buick

| Charlie Appleby

| Godolphin

| 1:36:27

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External links

Race Recordings (1969-1971, 1980-2018) youtube.com
galopp-sieger.de – Lockinge Stakes.
ifhaonline.org – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Lockinge Stakes (2019).
pedigreequery.com – Lockinge Stakes – Newbury.

History

Records

Winners

See also

References

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