The Buckingham Palace Stakes is a flat handicap horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three and over. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres), and is currently scheduled to take place each year in June on the third day of the Royal Ascot meeting.
The Buckingham Palace Stakes was established in 2002, when the Royal Ascot meeting was extended to a fifth day to mark the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II and was named after Buckingham Palace, the London residence of the British monarch. It was last run in 2014 and replaced from the 2015 Royal Ascot meeting by a new Group One sprint race, the Commonwealth Cup. The Sporting Life called the loss of the only 7-furlong handicap at Royal Ascot "a mistake".
In 2020, the race returned as part of an expanded Royal Ascot programme, following the 10-week suspension of horse racing in the United Kingdom due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The revival was intended to be a one-off event but the race was retained from 2021 when the Royal Ascot meeting was permanently expanded to included seven races each day.
Records Leading jockey (3 wins): Neil Callan – Uhoomagoo (2006), Eton Forever (2012), Lightning Cloud (2013)
Leading trainer (2 wins): Kevin Ryan – Uhoomagoo (2006), Lightning Cloud (2013)
Winners Year Winner Age Weight Jockey Trainer Time 2002 Demonstrate 4 8-06 Richard Hughes John Gosden 1:27.43 2003 Attache 5 9-12 Philip Robinson Michael Jarvis 1:26.85 2004 Unscrupulous 5 8-05 Oscar Urbina James Fanshawe 1:27.41 2005 Jedburgh 4 9-08 Mick Kinane John Dunlop 1:22.53 2006 Uhoomagoo 8 8-09 Neil Callan Kevin Ryan 1:27.45 2007 Binanti 7 8-07 Franny Norton Patrick Chamings 1:29.28 2008 Regal Parade 4 8-11 Ahmed Ajtebi David Nicholls 1:27.17 2009 Giganticus 6 8-12 Michael Hills Barry Hills 1:27.44 2010 Treadwell 3 8-10 Fergus Sweeney Jamie Osborne 1:25.90 2011 Manassas 6 9-00 Martin Dwyer Brian Meehan 1:29.71 2012 Eton Forever 5 9-08 Neil Callan Roger Varian 1:29.68 2013 Lightning Cloud 5 8-13 Neil Callan Kevin Ryan 1:26.31 2014 Louis The Pious 6 9-04 Silvestre de Sousa David O'Meara 1:26.85 2015–2019Race not run 2020 Motakhayyel 4 9-03 Jim Crowley Richard Hannon 1:26.19 2021 Highfield Princess 4 8-11 Jason Hart John Quinn 1:25.96 2022 Inver Park 4 9-01 Ben Curtis George Boughey 1:26.12 2023 Witch Hunter 4 9-10 Jamie Spencer Richard Hannon Jr. 1:26.82 2024 English Oak 4 9-08 James Doyle Ed Walker 1:25.16 2025 Never So Brave 4 9-12 Oisin Murphy Andrew Balding 1:23.90 2026 Mezcala 4 9-01 Tom Marquand Jack Channon 1:25.44
See also Horse racing in Great Britain List of British flat horse races
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