Brigadier Gerard Stakes


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The Brigadier Gerard Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Sandown Park over a distance of 1 mile 1 furlong and 209 yards (2189 yd), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late May or early June.

The event was established in 1953, and it was originally called the Coronation Stakes. Its title commemorated the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

The race was renamed the Brigadier Gerard Stakes in 1973. This was in honour of Brigadier Gerard, a recently retired champion racehorse whose victories included the Westbury Stakes (later re-named the Gordon Richards Stakes) and the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park. The 2021 race was run in memory of Joe Mercer, who died the week before the race and who rode Brigadier Gerard in all his races.

Records
Most successful horse (2 wins):
 * Chamier – 1954, 1955
 * Tacitus – 1963, 1964
 * Jellaby – 1977, 1979

Leading jockey (7 wins):
 * Ryan Moore - Workforce (2011), Carlton House (2012), Time Test (2016), Autocratic (2017), Poet's Word (2018), Regal Reality (2019), Bay Bridge (2022)

Leading trainer (12 wins):
 * Sir Michael Stoute – Stagecraft (1991), Opera House (1992), Pilsudski (1996), Insatiable (1998), Notnowcato (2006), Workforce (2011), Carlton House (2012), Autocratic (2017), Poet's Word (2018), Regal Reality (2019), Bay Bridge (2022)

Earlier winners

 * 1953: Guersant
 * 1954: Chamier
 * 1955: Chamier
 * 1956: Tribord
 * 1957: Gilles de Retz
 * 1958: Arctic Explorer
 * 1959: Aggressor
 * 1960: Lucky Guy
 * 1961: Petite Etoile
 * 1962: Cipriani
 * 1963: Tacitus
 * 1964: Tacitus
 * 1965: Philanderer
 * 1966: Super Sam
 * 1967: Busted
 * 1968: Royal Palace
 * 1969: Connaught
 * 1970: Hotfoot
 * 1971: Pembroke Castle
 * 1972: Stubbs' Gazette
 * 1973: Scottish Rifle
 * 1974: Ksar
 * 1975: Rymer
 * 1976: Anne's Pretender