The King Richard III Stakes was a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It was run over a distance of 7 furlongs () at Leicester in April.

History During the late 1970s and early 1980s, the event was known as the Philip Cornes Trophy Stakes. It was renamed the Leicestershire Stakes in 1983.

Holsten Brewery started to sponsor the race in 1984, and from this point it was called the Holsten Pils Trophy. It reverted to its previous title in 1988.

For a period the Leicestershire Stakes held Listed status. It was promoted to Group 3 level in 1999, and relegated back to Listed class in 2004.

The race was renamed in 2013 after King Richard III, whose skeleton was discovered in Leicester and identified earlier that year.

From 2023, the race did not take place, with the King Richard III Cup (a 1m handicap) replacing it.

Records Most successful horse (3 wins): Warningford – 1999, 2001, 2002

Leading jockey (3 wins): Ray Cochrane – Rami (1991), Warningford (1999), Sugarfoot (2000) Richard Hughes - Tillerman (2003), Producer (2013), Coulsty (2015)

Leading trainer (3 wins): Henry Cecil – Belmont Bay (1981), Valiyar (1983), Monsagem (1990) Richard Hannon Sr. – Shalford (1992), Swing Low (1993), Producer (2013) James Fanshawe – Warningford (1999, 2001, 2002)

Winners Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time 1978 Hillandale 6 Geoff Baxter Paul Cole 1:29.50 1979 Roland Gardens 4 Greville Starkey Duncan Sasse 1:32.20 1980 Foveros 4 Kipper Lynch Clive Brittain 1:25.60 1981 Belmont Bay 4 John Reid Henry Cecil 1:30.60 1982 Noalto 4 Paul Cook Frankie Durr 1:23.90 1983 Valiyar 4 Nigel Day Henry Cecil 1:31.00 1984 Harlow 4 George Duffield Sir Mark Prescott 1:25.20 1985 Neeyef 4 Joe Mercer Peter Walwyn 1:25.90 1986 Bollin Knight 4 Mark Birch Peter Easterby 1:31.10 1987 Flower Bowl 4 Billy Newnes John Dunlop 1:23.50 1988 Sharp Reminder 4 Tyrone Williams Ray Laing 1:24.80 1989 Beau Sher 6 Bruce Raymond Ben Hanbury 1:27.40 1990 Monsagem 4 Steve Cauthen Henry Cecil 1:24.40 1991 Rami 4 Ray Cochrane Peter Walwyn 1:25.90 1992 Shalford 4 Brian Rouse Richard Hannon Sr. 1:24.80 1993 Swing Low 4 Brian Rouse Richard Hannon Sr. 1:26.10 1994 Pollen Count 5 John Carroll John Gosden 1:32.80 1995 Young Ern 5 Richard Quinn Simon Dow 1:21.50 1996 Young Ern 6 Brent Thomson Simon Dow 1:24.50 1997 Wizard King 6 George Duffield Sir Mark Prescott 1:24.80 1998Abandoned due to waterlogging 1999 Warningford 5 Ray Cochrane James Fanshawe 1:30.30 2000 Sugarfoot 6 Ray Cochrane Nigel Tinkler 1:28.60 2001 Warningford 7 Kieren Fallon James Fanshawe 1:26.24 2002 Warningford 8 Oscar Urbina James Fanshawe 1:23.00 2003 Tillerman 7 Richard Hughes Amanda Perrett 1:22.72 2004 Tout Seul 4 Stephen Carson Fulke Johnson Houghton 1:26.31 2005 Le Vie dei Colori 5 Darryll Holland Luca Cumani 1:25.15 2006 Etlaala 4 Richard Hills Barry Hills 1:26.45 2007 New Seeker 7 Ted Durcan Paul Cole 1:24.22 2008 Captain Marvelous 4 Michael Hills Barry Hills 1:24.03 2009 Asset 6 Ted Durcan Saeed bin Suroor 1:22.01 2010 Spirit of Sharjah 5 Frankie Dettori Julia Feilden 1:22.99 2011 Flambeau 4 Dane O'Neill Henry Candy 1:21.92 2012Abandoned due to waterlogging 2013 Producer 4 Richard Hughes Richard Hannon Sr. 1:25.29 2014 Eton Forever 7 Andrea Atzeni Roger Varian 1:23.96 2015 Coulsty 4 Richard Hughes Richard Hannon Jr. 1:22.57 2016 Home Of The Brave 4 William Buick Hugo Palmer 1:24.60 2017 Home Of The Brave 5 James Doyle Hugo Palmer 1:22.24 2018 Emmaus 4 Andrea Atzeni Roger Varian 1:33.54 2019 Hey Gaman 4 Frankie Dettori James Tate 1:22.27 no race 2020 2021 Pogo 5 Kieran Shoemark Charles Hills 1:24.08 2022 Happy Power 6 David Probert Andrew Balding 1:25.03

See also Horse racing in Great Britain List of British flat horse races

References

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pedigreequery.com – Leicestershire Stakes – Leicester.