The Group 1 Prince of Wales’s Stakes is one of the top ten furlong races of the season. It is the feature race on day 2 of Royal Ascot and attracts some of the best older horses in Europe.
The Prince of Wales’s Stakes takes place on the 19th June 2024.
Notable past winners include Dubai Millennium (2000), Ouija Board (2006), Highland Reel (2017) and Love (2021).
The Prince of Wales’s Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse event held in the United Kingdom for horses aged four and over.
It is held every year in June at Ascot Racecourse over a distance of 1 mile 1 furlong and 212 yards.
Recent winners Highland Reel, Poet’s Word, Crystal Ocean and Love.
It currently takes place on day 2 (Wednesday) of the Royal meeting.
The race is usually about quality rather than quantity so there are no hiding places up Ascot’s unforgiving home straight.
Prince of Wales’s Stakes 2023 Odds
Here are the latest odds for the Prince of Wales’s Stakes in June 2023:
These odds have not yet been released.
Prince of Wales’s Stakes Tips
Here are some tips for Prince of Wales’s Stakes in June 2023:
2 points to win for TBC
1 point each way for TBC
A couple of the horses competing in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes will also compete in many other races throughout the year. Keep a close eye on the horses to see how they perform before placing your ante-post bets.
The Prince of Wales’s Stakes was first run in 1862 with victory going to Carisbrook. It was originally a staying contest over a mile and five furlongs and was restricted to three-year-olds. The race was discontinued in 1940 and was not restored until 1968, this time an all-aged race over its current distance of a mile and a quarter.
Originally classed as Group 2 race in 1971, it was given Group 1 status in 2000 with three-year-olds no longer eligible. Owner Jim Joel, Trainer Nigel Murless and jockey Sandy Barclay won the first three renewals since the war with Royal Palace (1968) and Connaught (1969 and 1970).
Only two other horses have managed to win the race twice since; Mtoto (1987, 1988) and Muhtarram (1994, 1995).
Other notable winners of the Prince of Wales’s Stakes include Brigadier Gerard (1972), Gunner B (1978), Ela-Mana-Mou (1980) and Stanerra (1983).
Dubai Millennium’s victory in 2000 was a memorable occasion, his first race since fulfilling the dreams of Sheikh Mohammed by winning the Dubai World Cup. Jerry Bailey substituted for regular rider Frankie Dettori who was recovering from a plane crash in which he had been fortunate to escape with his life.
Dubai Millennium was made second favourite behind French raider Sendawar, the only time he did not start as favourite in his entire career. Bailey sent Dubai Millennium straight to the front and he was never headed, drawing well clear in the home straight to win by eight lengths.
The victory appeared to have set up a clash between Godolphin’s superstar and the Arc and King George winner Montjeu but fate intervened. Dubai Millennium suffered a fracture in training and, although surviving to start a new career as a stallion, his life was tragically claimed by grass sickness after just one season at stud.
Prince Of Wales’s Stakes Previous Winners
Take a look at the previous winners from the Prince of Wales’s Stakes:
Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
Race not held from 1940 to 1967
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–
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–
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1968
Royal Palace
4
Sandy Barclay
Noel Murless
Jim Joel
2:22.30
1969
Connaught
4
Sandy Barclay
Noel Murless
Jim Joel
2:08.00
1970
Connaught
5
Sandy Barclay
Noel Murless
Jim Joel
2:07.30
1971
Arthur
4
Ron Hutchinson
John Dunlop
Lady Rosebery
2:19.80
1972
Brigadier Gerard
4
Joe Mercer
Dick Hern
Jean Hislop
2:06.30
1973
Gift Card
4
Lester Piggott
Angel Penna Sr.
Margit Batthyány
2:09.40
1974
Admetus
4
Maurice Philliperon
John Cunnington
Michael Sobell
2:09.60
1975
Record Run
4
Pat Eddery
Gavin Pritchard-Gordon
Sidney Grey
2:03.30
1976
Annes Pretender[a]
4
Lester Piggott
Ryan Price
Charles Clore
2:03.30
1977
Lucky Wednesday
4
Joe Mercer
Henry Cecil
Charles St George
2:16.10
1978
Gunner B
5
Joe Mercer
Henry Cecil
Pauline Barratt
2:08.00
1979
Crimson Beau
4
Lester Piggott
Paul Cole
H. Spearing
2:06.80
1980
Ela-Mana-Mou
4
Willie Carson
Dick Hern
Simon Weinstock
2:10.57
1981
Hard Fought
4
Walter Swinburn
Michael Stoute
Brook Holliday
2:05.80
1982
Kind of Hush
4
Steve Cauthen
Barry Hills
Tony Shead
2:09.30
1983
Stanerra
5
Brian Rouse
Frank Dunne
Frank Dunne
2:06.50
1984
Morcon
4
Willie Carson
Dick Hern
2nd Baron Rotherwick
2:06.91
1985
Bob Back
4
Bruce Raymond
Michael Jarvis
Antonio Balzarini
2:05.90
1986
English Spring
4
Pat Eddery
Ian Balding
Paul Mellon
2:08.80
1987
Mtoto
4
Richard Hills
Alec Stewart
Ahmed Al Maktoum
2:07.27
1988
Mtoto
5
Michael Roberts
Alec Stewart
Ahmed Al Maktoum
2:12.84
1989
Two Timing
3
Pat Eddery
Jeremy Tree
Khalid Abdullah
2:04.90
1990
Batshoof
4
Pat Eddery
Ben Hanbury
Muttar Salem
2:06.72
1991
Stagecraft
4
Steve Cauthen
Michael Stoute
Sheikh Mohammed
2:07.58
1992
Perpendicular [b]
4
Willie Ryan
Henry Cecil
Lord Howard de Walden
2:04.13
1993
Placerville
3
Pat Eddery
Henry Cecil
Khalid Abdullah
2:08.65
1994
Muhtarram
5
Willie Carson
John Gosden
Hamdan Al Maktoum
2:05.11
1995
Muhtarram
6
Willie Carson
John Gosden
Hamdan Al Maktoum
2:04.94
1996
First Island
4
Michael Hills
Geoff Wragg
Mollers Racing
2:02.76
1997
Bosra Sham
4
Kieren Fallon
Henry Cecil
Wafic Saïd
2:04.16
1998
Faithful Son
4
John Reid
Saeed bin Suroor
Godolphin
2:08.30
1999
Lear Spear
4
Michael Kinane
David Elsworth
Raymond Tooth
2:04.37
2000
Dubai Millennium
4
Jerry Bailey
Saeed bin Suroor
Godolphin
2:07.48
2001
Fantastic Light
5
Frankie Dettori
Saeed bin Suroor
Godolphin
2:04.40
2002
Grandera
4
Frankie Dettori
Saeed bin Suroor
Godolphin
2:04.43
2003
Nayef
5
Richard Hills
Marcus Tregoning
Hamdan Al Maktoum
2:05.30
2004
Rakti
5
Philip Robinson
Michael Jarvis
Gary A. Tanaka
2:04.95
2005
Azamour [c]
4
Michael Kinane
John Oxx
HH Aga Khan IV
2:08.15
2006
Ouija Board
5
Olivier Peslier
Ed Dunlop
19th Earl of Derby
2:06.92
2007
Manduro
5
Stéphane Pasquier
André Fabre
Baron G. von Ullmann
2:05.91
2008
Duke of Marmalade
4
Johnny Murtagh
Aidan O'Brien
Magnier / Tabor
2:05.35
2009
Vision d'Etat
4
Olivier Peslier
Eric Libaud
Detré / Libaud
2:06.90
2010
Byword
4
Maxime Guyon
André Fabre
Khalid Abdullah
2:05.35
2011
Rewilding
4
Frankie Dettori
Mahmood Al Zarooni
Godolphin
2:04.24
2012
So You Think
6
Joseph O'Brien
Aidan O'Brien
Derrick Smith et al.
2:03.86
2013
Al Kazeem
5
James Doyle
Roger Charlton
John Deer
2:03.06
2014
The Fugue
5
William Buick
John Gosden
Andrew Lloyd Webber
2:01.90
2015
Free Eagle
4
Pat Smullen
Dermot Weld
Moyglare Stud
2:05.07
2016
My Dream Boat
4
Adam Kirby
Clive Cox
Paul & Clare Rooney
2:11.38
2017
Highland Reel
5
Ryan Moore
Aidan O'Brien
Magnier / Tabor/ Smith
2:05.04
2018
Poet's Word
5
James Doyle
Michael Stoute
Saeed Suhail
2:03.51
2019
Crystal Ocean
5
Frankie Dettori
Michael Stoute
Evelyn de Rothschild
2:10.25
2020
Lord North
4
James Doyle
John Gosden
Zayed bin Mohammed
2:05.63
2021
Love
4
Ryan Moore
Aidan O'Brien
Magnier / Tabor/ Smith
2:06.86
2022
State Of Rest
4
Shane Crosse
Joseph O'Brien
State Of Rest Partnership
2:07.79
2023
Mostahdaf
5
Jim Crowley
John & Thady Gosden
Shadwell Estate
2:05.95
Prince of Wales’s Stakes Previous Result
Mostahdaf takes the Prince of Wales’s Stakes (G1)!
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Key Prince of Wales’s Stakes Trials
The Prince of Wales’s Stakes is often the target for winners of the Brigadier Gerard Stakes at Sandown Park. Poet’s Word (2018) and Lord North (2020) won both races in the same season.
Highland Reel (2017) had won the Coronation Cup over a mile and a half at Epsom on his previous start.
Recent Irish-trained winners Free Eagle (2015) and Love (2021) both overcame lengthy absences to win this race.
Prince of Wales’s Stakes Betting Trends
The Prince of Wales’s Stakes has been dominated by the first and second favourites in recent years. They account for nine of the last twelve winners with two third-favourites obliging and only one outsider.
My Dream Boat (2016) was the only horse to buck the trend when scoring in testing conditions at 16-1. So You Think (2012) started odds-on at 4-5 with Love (2021) a heavily-backed 11-10 favourite.
Prince of Wales’s Stakes Stats
Horses aged four and five have been dominant in this race with only Muhtarram (1995) and So You Think (2012) winning as six-year-olds.
The last twenty winners had all won over at least a mile and a quarter previously and fourteen of those had already won at Group 1 level.
Just over half of them had won last time out and all but three of them had been placed on their previous outing.
Top Trainers and Jockeys of the Prince of Wales Stakes
John Porter’s all-time record of eight wins in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes still stands.
Stoute’s first victory was with Hard Fought back in 1981 with Stagecraft winning ten years’ later. He did not win it again until Poet’s Word in 2018 and then followed up with Crystal Ocean in 2019.
O’Brien’s four victories came with Duke of Marmalade (2008), So You Think (2012), Highland Reel (2017) and Love (2021). All four were very well supported.
Saeed bin Suroor won the race four times in five years between 1998 and 2002, most notably with Dubai Millennium (2000). He has not trained the winner since, although Godolphin did win again it with Rewilding (2011), trained by Mahmood Al Zarooni.
Frankie Dettori has won the race four times; Fantastic Light (2001), Grandera (2002), Rewilding (2011) and Crystal Ocean (2019).
James Doyle has three victories to his name with Al Kazeem (2013), Poet’s Word (2018) and Lord North (2020).
Betting on the Prince of Wales’s Stakes
There are always some star names lined up for the Prince of Wales’s Stakes so it is a race that attracts plenty of ante-post interest. Some caution is advised as running plans are sometimes left until the last minute with other options including the Hardwicke Stakes.
History suggests that it pays to concentrate on the first two or three in the betting market for this race.
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What distance is the Prince of Wales Stakes at Royal Ascot?
The distance of the Prince of Wales Stakes is 1 mile, 1 furlong and 121 yards.
Summary of the Prince of Wales’s Stakes
The Prince of Wales’s Stakes is the only Group 1 race on the second day of Royal Ascot.
There is usually a big name on show and it is a race that leads into events like the Eclipse, the Irish Champion Stakes and the International Stakes at York.
We have looked at stats, previous winners, history, odds, tips and more, so you have all the information you need.
The Prince of Wales’s Stakes is held on the same day as the following races listed below:
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