# Coronation Stakes

The Coronation Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old fillies. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 7 furlong and 213 yards (1,603 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June.

## History

The event was established in 1840, and its title commemorates the coronation of a new British monarch, Queen Victoria, two years earlier.
The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and for a period the Coronation Stakes held Group 2 status. It was promoted to Group 1 level in 1988.
The Coronation Stakes is now contested on the fourth day of the five-day Royal Ascot meeting. It usually features fillies which ran previously in the 1,000 Guineas, the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches or the Irish 1,000 Guineas. The most recent filly to follow up a win in one of those races with victory in the Coronation Stakes was Tahiyra, the 2023 Irish 1,000 Guineas winner.

## Records

Leading jockey (5 wins):
* Nat Flatman – The Princess (1844), Stitch (1845), Distaffina (1848), Lady Evelyn (1849), Barcelona (1851)
* Morny Cannon – Lady Hermit (1892), Silene (1893), Throstle (1894), Helm (1896), Lowood (1898)
Leading trainer (6 wins):
* John Porter – Lovely (1883), Sandiway (1884), Cereza (1891), Throstle (1894), Helm (1896), Lowood (1898)
Leading owner (7 wins):
* Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor – Winkipop (1910), Pogrom (1922), Saucy Sue (1925), Book Law (1927), Sunny Devon (1931), Betty (1933), Traffic Light (1936)

## Winners since 1951

* ↑ The 2005 running took place at York

## Earlier winners

* 1840: Spangle
* 1841: Ghuznee
* 1842: Celia
* 1843: La Stimata
* 1844: The Princess
* 1845: Stitch
* 1846: Guaracha
* 1847: Cosachia
* 1848: Distaffina
* 1849: Lady Evelyn
* 1850: filly by Slane
* 1851: Barcelona
* 1852: Iona
* 1853: Catherine Hayes
* 1854: Mishap
* 1855: Alcyone
* 1856: Victoria
* 1857: Beechnut
* 1858: Sunbeam
* 1859: Cantine
* 1860: Allington
* 1861: Queen of the Vale
* 1862: Polynesia
* 1863: Lady Augusta
* 1864: Breeze
* 1865: Siberia
* 1866: Mother of Pearl
* 1867: Achievement
* 1868: Athena
* 1869: Martinique
* 1870: Sunshine
* 1871: Corisande
* 1872: Highland Lassie
* 1873: Marie Stuart
* 1874: Apology
* 1875: Maud Victoria
* 1876: Footstep
* 1877: Belphoebe
* 1878: Redwing
* 1879: Lelia
* 1880: L'Eclair
* 1881: Mazurka
* 1882: Rozelle
* 1883: Lovely
* 1884: Sandiway
* 1885: St Helena
* 1886: Argo Navis
* 1887: Heloise
* 1888: Seabreeze
* 1889: Seclusion
* 1890: Heresy
* 1891: Cereza
* 1892: Lady Hermit
* 1893: Silene
* 1894: Throstle
* 1895: Butterfly
* 1896: Helm
* 1897: Goletta
* 1898: Lowood
* 1899: Fascination
* 1900: Sainte Nitouche / Winifreda *
* 1901: Bella Gallina
* 1902: Doctrine
* 1903: Oriole
* 1904: Pretty Polly
* 1905: Commune
* 1906: Keystone
* 1907: Frugality
* 1908: Lesbia
* 1909: Princesse de Galles
* 1910: Winkipop
* 1911: Knockfeerna
* 1912: Polkerris
* 1913: Prue
* 1914: Wassilissa
* 1915–18: no race
* 1919: Flying Spear
* 1920: Cinna
* 1921: Donna Branca
* 1922: Pogrom
* 1923: Paola
* 1924: Straitlace
* 1925: Saucy Sue
* 1926: Moti Mahal
* 1927: Book Law
* 1928: Toboggan
* 1929: Daumont
* 1930: Qurrat-al-Ain
* 1931: Sunny Devon
* 1932: Udaipur
* 1933: Betty
* 1934: Foxcroft
* 1935: Ankaret
* 1936: Traffic Light
* 1937: Gainsborough Lass
* 1938: Solar Flower
* 1939: Olein
* 1940–45: no race
* 1946: Neolight
* 1947: Saucy Sal
* 1948: Fortuity
* 1949: Avila
* 1950: Tambara
* The 1900 race was a dead-heat and has joint winners.