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 Sam 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 1:48.421974Abandoned 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 1:35.67Steeler wins Royal Lodge, first step on new Derby path 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 2026 Haffner Ryan Moore Aidan O'Brien 1:35.44

See also Horse racing in Great Britain List of British flat horse races Road to the Kentucky Derby

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