The Princess of Wales's Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to Thoroughbred horses aged three years or older. It is run on the July Course at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile and 4 furlongs (2,414 metres), and takes place each year in July.

History The event is named in honour of Alexandra of Denmark, who became the Princess of Wales in 1863. It was established in 1894, and the inaugural running was won by Isinglass. In its early history, the race was one of the British season's most valuable and prestigious all-aged races. It was initially contested over a mile, and it was extended to its current distance in 1902.

The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and for a period the Princess of Wales's Stakes was classed at Group 3 level. It was promoted to Group 2 status in 1978. It is now held on the opening day of Newmarket's three-day July Festival meeting.

Records Most successful horse (2 wins): Lance Chest – 1912, 1913 Primera – 1959, 1960 Lomond – 1965, 1966 Millenary – 2002, 2003 Big Orange – 2015, 2016

Leading jockey (8 wins): Lester Piggott – Zucchero (1952), Primera (1959, 1960), Apostle (1961), Lord Helpus (1977), Pollerton (1978), Light Cavalry (1981), Head for Heights (1984)

Leading trainer (9 wins): Sir Michael Stoute – Shardari (1986), Rock Hopper (1991), Saddlers' Hall (1992), Little Rock (2000), Gamut (2005), Papal Bull (2007), Doctor Fremantle (2009), Crystal Capella (2011), Fiorente (2012)

Winners Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time 1894 Isinglass 4 Tommy Loates James Jewitt 1895 Le Var 1896 St. Frusquin 3 Tommy Loates Alfred Hayhoe 1897 Velasquez 3 1898 Goletta 4 Tommy Loates Alfred Hayhoe 1:44.00 1899 Flying Fox 3 Mornington Cannon John Porter 1900 Merry Gal 3 Johnny Reiff Jack Robinson 1:42.00 1901 Epsom Lad 4 Santiago Gomez Leandro Alvarez 1:41.00 1902 Veles 4 Skeets Martin Robert Sherwood Jr. 1903 Ard Patrick 4 Sam Darling 1904 Rock Sand 4 Danny Maher George Blackwell 1905 St Denis 4 Danny Maher Charles Peck 1906 Dinneford 4 Otto Madden Alec Taylor Jr. 1907 Polymelus 5 Danny Maher Charles Peck 1908 Queen's Advocate 4 Otto Madden Alec Taylor Jr. 1909 Dark Ronald 4 Barry Lynham James Clement 1910 Ulster King 3 Steve Donoghue Lewis 1911 Swynford 4 Frank Wootton George Lambton 1912 Lance Chest 3 Walter Griggs Peter Gilpin 2:36.80 1913 Lance Chest 4 Walter Griggs Peter Gilpin 2:34.20 1914 The Curragh 4 Jim Clark Alec Taylor Jr. 2:36.80 1915 Rossendale 3 Herbert Jones Hazleton 2:36.20 1916 Nassovian 3 Nathan Spear Frank Butters 2:37.60 1917No Race 1918 Blink 3 Vic Smyth Alec Taylor Jr. 1919 Buchan 3 Joe Childs Alec Taylor Jr. 1920 Attilius 3 George Hulme Richard Dawson 1921 Orpheus 4 Hector Gray Felix Leach 2:30.40 1922 Blandford 3 George Hulme Richard Dawson 2:31.80 1923 Triumph 4 Joe Childs John Watson 2:32.60 1924 Salmon-Trout 3 Vic Smyth Richard Dawson 2:36.40 1925 Solario 3 Joe Childs Reg Day 2:35.00 1926 Tournesol 4 Joe Childs Alec Taylor Jr. 2:38.00 1927 Colorado 4 Tommy Weston Frank Butters 2:35.00 1928 Tourist 3 Johnny Dines Reg Day 2:30.40 1929 Fairway 4 Tommy Weston Frank Butters 2:34.00 1930 Press Gang 3 Freddie Fox Fred Darling 1931(dh) Shell TransportThe Recorder 34 Bobby DickFreddie Fox Joseph LawsonFred Darling 2:33.00 1932 Jacopo 4 Joe Childs Cecil Boyd-Rochfort 2:31.80 1933 Raymond 3 Sir Gordon Richards Joseph Lawson 2:33.40 1934 Bright Bird 3 Freddie Fox Joseph Lawson 2:34.60 1935 Fairbairn 3 Sir Gordon Richards Victor Gilpin 2:32.00 1936 Taj Akbar 3 Charlie Smirke Frank Butters 2:34.60 1937 Flares 4 Bobby Jones Cecil Boyd-Rochfort 2:34.00 1938 Pound Foolish 3 Sir Gordon Richards Joseph Lawson 2:31.60 1939 Heliopolis 3 Richard Perryman Walter Earl 2:30.60 1940-44No Race 1945 Stirling Castle 3 Eph Smith Joseph Lawson 2:29.00 1946 Airborne 3 Tommy Lowrey Richard Perryman 2:47.00 1947 Nirgal 4 Charlie Elliott Dick Warden 1948 Alycidon 3 Tommy Lowrey Walter Earl 2:34.60 1949 Dogger Bank 3 Doug Smith Walter Earl 2:34.20 1950 Double Eclipse 3 Harry Carr Cecil Boyd-Rochfort 2:36.80 1951 Pardal 4 Rae Johnstone In France 2:35.60 1952 Zucchero 4 Lester Piggott Bill Payne 2:36.00 1953 Rawson 4 Ken Gethin Stanley Wootton 2:34.20 1954 Woodcut 3 Eph Smith Cecil Boyd-Rochfort 2:35.33 1955 Cobetto 3 Jean Massard Charles Semblat 2:31.50 1956 Cash And Courage 3 Eph Smith Sam Hall 2:31.20 1957 Wake Up! 3 Doug Smith John F Watts 2:35.78 1958 Miner's Lamp 3 Harry Carr Cecil Boyd-Rochfort 2:39.91 1959 Primera 5 Lester Piggott Noel Murless 2:37.76 1960 Primera 6 Lester Piggott Noel Murless 2:42.50 1961 Apostle 4 Lester Piggott Staff Ingham 2:55.80 1962 Silver Cloud 3 Eph Smith Jack Jarvis 2:34.08 1963 Trafalgar 3 Scobie Breasley Sir Gordon Richards 2:44.88 1964 Carrack 3 Des Cullen John Oxley 2:31.57 1965 Lomond 5 Eric Eldin Ryan Jarvis 2:39.20 1966 Lomond 6 Eric Eldin Ryan Jarvis 2:34.33 1967 Hopeful Venture 3 George Moore Noel Murless 2:34.55 1968 Mount Athos 3 Ron Hutchinson John Dunlop 2:32.10 1969 Harmony Hall 3 Willie Carson Gordon Smyth 2:47.00 1970 Prince Consort 4 Sandy Barclay Noel Murless 2:36.18 1971 Lupe 4 Geoff Lewis Noel Murless 2:42.84 1972 Falkland 4 Greville Starkey Henry Cecil 2:33.26 1973 Our Mirage 4 Frankie Durr Barry Hills 2:34.32 1974 Buoy 4 Joe Mercer Dick Hern 2:31.10 1975 Libra's Rib 3 Willie Carson Fulke Johnson Houghton 2:30.83 1976 Smuggler 4 Ernie Johnson Dick Hern 2:34.16 1977 Lord Helpus 4 Lester Piggott Barry Hills 2:33.01 1978 Pollerton 4 Lester Piggott Harry Thomson Jones 2:37.20 1979 Milford 3 Willie Carson Dick Hern 2:30.36 1980 Nicholas Bill 5 Philip Waldron Henry Candy 2:37.01 1981 Light Cavalry 4 Lester Piggott Henry Cecil 2:32.11 1982 Height of Fashion 3 Willie Carson Dick Hern 2:29.31 1983 Quilted 3 Billy Newnes Mick O'Toole 2:32.75 1984 Head for Heights 3 Lester Piggott Dick Hern 2:34.64 1985 Petoski 3 Willie Carson Dick Hern 2:31.02 1986 Shardari 4 Walter Swinburn Michael Stoute 2:31.25 1987 Celestial Storm 4 Ray Cochrane Luca Cumani 2:28.68 1988 Unfuwain 3 Willie Carson Dick Hern 2:31.83 1989 Carroll House 4 Walter Swinburn Michael Jarvis 2:33.23 1990 Sapience 4 Pat Eddery Jimmy FitzGerald 2:34.96 1991 Rock Hopper 4 Pat Eddery Michael Stoute 2:33.47 1992 Saddlers' Hall 4 Pat Eddery Michael Stoute 2:31.01 1993 Desert Team 3 Willie Carson Jim Bolger 2:26.70 1994 Wagon Master 4 Richard Hills Alec Stewart 2:27.53 1995 Beauchamp Hero 5 John Reid John Dunlop 2:28.83 1996 Posidonas 4 Richard Quinn Paul Cole 2:28.92 1997 Shantou 4 Frankie Dettori John Gosden 2:29.16 1998 Fruits of Love 3 Michael Hills Mark Johnston 2:28.76 1999 Craigsteel 4 Kieren Fallon Henry Cecil 2:25.29 2000 Little Rock 4 Pat Eddery Sir Michael Stoute 2:33.30 2001 Mutamam 6 Richard Hills Alec Stewart 2:28.82 2002 Millenary 5 Pat Eddery John Dunlop 2:32.22 2003 Millenary 6 Pat Eddery John Dunlop 2:27.60 2004 Bandari 5 Richard Hills Mark Johnston 2:32.90 2005 Gamut 6 Kieren Fallon Sir Michael Stoute 2:29.98 2006 Soapy Danger 3 Kevin Darley Mark Johnston 2:32.82 2007 Papal Bull 4 Ryan Moore Sir Michael Stoute 2:28.73 2008 Lucarno 4 Jimmy Fortune John Gosden 2:33.37 2009 Doctor Fremantle 4 Ryan Moore Sir Michael Stoute 2:30.70 2010 Sans Frontieres 4 Tom Queally Jeremy Noseda 2:30.34 2011 Crystal Capella 6 Ryan Moore Sir Michael Stoute 2:31.57 2012 Fiorente 4 Ryan Moore Sir Michael Stoute 2:33.76 2013 Universal 4 Joe Fanning Mark Johnston 2:28.45 2014 Cavalryman 8 Silvestre de Sousa Saeed bin Suroor 2:37.04 2015 Big Orange 4 Jamie Spencer Michael Bell 2:29.00 2016 Big Orange 5 James McDonald Michael Bell 2:29.93 2017 Hawkbill 4 James Doyle Charlie Appleby 2:31.00 2018 Best Solution 4 Pat Cosgrave Saeed bin Suroor 2:31.40 2019 Communique 4 Silvestre de Sousa Mark Johnston 2:28.63 2020 Dame Malliot 4 Hollie Doyle Ed Vaughan 2:34.40 2021 Sir Ron Priestley 5 Franny Norton Mark Johnston 2:29.15 2022 Yibir 4 William Buick Charlie Appleby 2:28.91 2023 Israr 4 Jim Crowley John and Thady Gosden 2:27.33 2024 Giavellotto 5 Oisin Murphy Marco Botti 2:31.20 2025 El Cordobes 4 William Buick Charlie Appleby 2:32.36 2026 Rebel's Romance 8 William Buick Charlie Appleby 2:27.83

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

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galopp-sieger.de – Princess of Wales's Stakes. ifhaonline.org – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Princess of Wales's Stakes (2019). pedigreequery.com – Princess of Wales's Stakes – Newmarket.