Sovereign Stakes
Discontinued flat horse race in Britain
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The Sovereign Stakes was a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to colts and geldings aged three years or older. It was run at Salisbury over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres), and was scheduled to take place each year in August.
| Class | Group 3 |
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| Location | Salisbury Racecourse Salisbury, England |
| Inaugurated | 2000 |
| Final run | 2023 |
| Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
| Sponsor | Tattersalls |
| Website | Salisbury |
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| Distance | 1 mile (1,609 metres) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Straight |
| Qualification | Three-years-old and up colts and geldings |
| Weight | 8 st 12 lb (3yo); 9 st 5 lb (4yo+) Penalties 7 lb for Group 1 winners * 5 lb for Group 2 winners * 3 lb for Group 3 winners * * after 2021 |
| Purse | £70,000 (2022) 1st: £39,697 |
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| Embesto | Mighty Ulysses | Regal Reality |
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| Tempus | Modern News | Sinjaari |
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| Megallan | Sir Busker | Perotto |
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| Regal Reality | Beat Le Bon | Positive |
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| Kick On | Accidental Agent | Flashcard |
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| Plumatic | Oh This Is Us | Zonderland |
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| Ballet Concerto | Tabarrak | Carry On Deryck |
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| Zonderland | Master The World | Tupi |
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| Kodi Bear | Dark Emerald | Custom Cut |
| 2014 | ||
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| Captain Cat | Producer | Rerouted |
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| Afsare | Boom And Bust | Professor |
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| Tullius | Sovereign Debt | Highland Knight |
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| Side Glance | Dance And Dance | The Rectifier |
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| Sea Lord | Poet's Voice | Secrecy |
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| Mac Love | Confront | Laa Rayb |
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| Ordnance Row | Laa Rayb | Redolent |
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| Pride of Nation | Ordnance Row | Olympian Odyssey |
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| Belenus | Notability | Kings Point |
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| Layman | Jack Sullivan | New Seeker |
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| Norse Dancer | Lucky Story | Hurricane Alan |
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| Passing Glance | Priors Lodge | Lundy's Lane |
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| Priors Lodge | Bourgainville | Vicious Knight |
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| Umistim | Momentum | Surprise Encounter |
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| 2000 | ||
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| Hopeful Light | Late Night Out | Crimson Tide |
| 1999 | ||
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| Touch 'N' Fly | Al Waffi | Persiano |
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| Soviet Bureau | Zaya | Crimson Tide |
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| Showboat | Tarski | Mashhaer |
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| Wizard King | Russian Music | Loch Patrick |
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| Knight Commander | Muktabas | Hindaawee |
The event was established in 2000, replacing the Whitchurch Conditions Stakes, and it was initially classed at Listed level. It was promoted to Group 3 status in 2004. It was removed from the pattern race programme by the British Horseracing Authority in 2024.[1]
The Sovereign Stakes was one of Salisbury's two highest class races of the season, along with the Dick Poole Fillies' Stakes.
Records
Most successful horse:
- no horse won this race more than once
Leading jockey (2 wins):
- Dane O'Neill – Hopeful Light (2000), Umistim (2001)
- Jimmy Fortune – Side Glance (2011), Tullius (2012)
- Ryan Moore - Ordnance Row (2008), Ballet Concerto (2017)
- Oisin Murphy - Zonderland (2016), Kick On (2019)
Leading trainer (3 wins):
- Richard Hannon Sr. – Umistim (2001), Priors Lodge (2002), Ordnance Row (2008)
- Andrew Balding – Passing Glance (2003), Side Glance (2011), Tullius (2012)
- John Gosden - Hopeful Light (2000), Kick On (2019), Magellan (2021)
Winners
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
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| 2000 | Hopeful Light | 3 | Dane O'Neill | John Gosden | 1:43.21 |
| 2001 | Umistim | 4 | Dane O'Neill | Richard Hannon Sr. | 1:40.97 |
| 2002 | Priors Lodge | 4 | Pat Dobbs | Richard Hannon Sr. | 1:41.02 |
| 2003 | Passing Glance | 4 | Martin Dwyer | Andrew Balding | 1:39.49 |
| 2004 | Norse Dancer | 4 | John Egan | David Elsworth | 1:41.63 |
| 2005 | Layman | 3 | Kerrin McEvoy | Saeed bin Suroor | 1:38.29 |
| 2006 | Belenus | 4 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | 1:41.39 |
| 2007 | Pride of Nation | 5 | Jamie Spencer | Luca Cumani | 1:43.90 |
| 2008 | Ordnance Row | 5 | Ryan Moore | Richard Hannon Sr. | 1:44.24 |
| 2009 | Mac Love | 8 | Micky Fenton | Stef Liddiard | 1:40.29 |
| 2010 | Sea Lord | 3 | Kieren Fallon | Mark Johnston | 1:41.82 |
| 2011 | Side Glance | 4 | Jimmy Fortune | Andrew Balding | 1:41.01 |
| 2012 | Tullius | 4 | Jimmy Fortune | Andrew Balding | 1:41.84 |
| 2013 | Afsare | 6 | Andrea Atzeni | Luca Cumani | 1:39.28 |
| 2014 | Captain Cat | 5 | James Doyle | Roger Charlton | 1:41.45 |
| 2015 | Kodi Bear | 3 | Gérald Mossé | Clive Cox | 1:40.58 |
| 2016 | Zonderland | 3 | Oisin Murphy | Clive Cox | 1:40.35 |
| 2017 | Ballet Concerto | 4 | Ryan Moore | Sir Michael Stoute | 1:42.49 |
| 2018 | Plumatic | 4 | Maxime Guyon | André Fabre | 1:45.02 |
| 2019 | Kick On | 3 | Oisin Murphy | John Gosden | 1:45.81 |
| 2020 | Regal Reality | 5 | Richard Kingscote | Sir Michael Stoute | 1:38.32 |
| 2021 | Magellan | 3 | Robert Havlin | John & Thady Gosden | 1:43.09 |
| 2022 | Tempus | 6 | Hollie Doyle | Archie Watson | 1:41.32 |
| 2023 (dh) |
Mighty Ulysses Embesto |
4 3 |
Oisin Murphy David Egan |
John & Thady Gosden Roger Varian |
1:39.46 |