Race series · Goodwood · Group 2
King George Stakes
5f · July
Race essentials
CourseGoodwood, 5f
WhenJuly
StatusGroup 2
Field12.9 runners avg
Winner profilelast 10
Distance winner10/10
Had 2+ runs in season8/10
Won in current season9/10
Had 5+ career runs10/10
Had 2+ career wins10/10
Course winner1/10
Drew in high stalls (top third)1/10
Carried 9st 4lb2/10
Favourite Win Rate41.0%
Avg Winning SP5.7/1
Avg Field Size12.9
Renewals106
Roll of honourSP at the off
| Year | Winner | Trainer | Jockey | SP | Runners | Going |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jm Jungle | John & Sean Quinn | Jason Hart | 14/1 | 12 | Good To Soft |
| 2024 | Big Evs | Michael Appleby | Tom Marquand | 13/8F | 10 | Good To Firm |
| 2023 | Highfield Princess | John Quinn | Jason Hart | 4/9F | 11 | Good To Soft |
| 2022 | Khaadem | Charles Hills | Ryan Moore | 8/1 | 11 | Good To Firm |
| 2021 | Suesa | F Rohaut | William Buick | 7/1 | 13 | Good To Soft |
| 2020 | Battaash | Charles Hills | Jim Crowley | 2/7F | 7 | Good To Firm |
| 2019 | Battaash | Charles Hills | Jim Crowley | 1/4F | 9 | Good To Firm |
| 2018 | Battaash | Charles Hills | Jim Crowley | 8/11F | 11 | Good To Firm |
| 2017 | Battaash | Charles Hills | Jim Crowley | 9/2 | 11 | Soft |
| 2016 | Take Cover | David C Griffiths | David Allan | 8/1 | 17 | Good To Firm |
| 2015 | Muthmir | William Haggas | Paul Hanagan | 3/1F | 15 | Good To Firm |
| 2014 | Take Cover | David C Griffiths | Andrea Atzeni | 6/1 | 15 | Good To Firm |
Historical Roll of Honour
pre-database records — not included in trends
| Year | Winner | Trainer | Jockey |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Double Schwartz | Charlie Nelson | Pat Eddery |
| 1985 | Primo Dominie | Michael Stoute | Walter Swinburn |
| 1984 | Anita's Prince | Richard Lister | Lester Piggott |
| 1983 | Soba | David Chapman | David Nicholls |
| 1982 | Tina's Pet | Geoff Huffer | Lester Piggott |
| 1981 | King of Spain | Peter Cundell | Paul Cook |
| 1980 | Valeriga | Luca Cumani | Lester Piggott |
| 1979 | Ahonoora | Frankie Durr | Greville Starkey |
| 1978 | Music Maestro | Michael Stoute | Greville Starkey |
| 1977 | Scarcely Blessed | Fulke Johnson Houghton | Ron Hutchinson |
| 1976 | Music Boy | Brian Lunness | Greville Starkey |
| 1975 | Auction Ring | Dick Hern | Joe Mercer |
| 1974 | Singing Bede | Doug Marks | Geoff Baxter |
| 1973 | Sandford Lad | Ryan Price | Tony Murray |
| 1972 | Stilvi | Bruce Hobbs | John Gorton |
| 1971 | Constans | Jeremy Tree | Lester Piggott |
| 1970 | Raffingora | Bill Marshall | Lester Piggott |
| 1969 | Laser Light | John Dunlop | Ron Hutchinson |
| 1968 | So Blessed | Michael Jarvis | Frankie Durr |
| 1967 | Right Strath | Walter Nightingall | Joe Mercer |
| 1966 | Polyfoto | Eddie Reavey | Brian Taylor |
| 1965 | Pugnacity | Walter Wharton | Lester Piggott |
| 1964 | Matatina | Frank Armstrong | Lester Piggott |
| 1963 | Secret Step | Peter Hastings-Bass | Scobie Breasley |
| 1962 | La Tendresse | Paddy Prendergast | Garnie Bougoure |
| 1961 | Floribunda | Paddy Prendergast | Ron Hutchinson |
| 1960 | Bleep-Bleep | Humphrey Cottrill | Harry Carr |
| 1959 | Right Boy | Pat Rohan | Lester Piggott |
| 1958 | Right Boy | Bill Dutton | Lester Piggott |
| 1957 | Refined | Paddy Prendergast | Doug Smith |
| 1956 | Palariva | Alec Head | Roger Poincelet |
| 1955 | Democratic | Paddy Prendergast | Scobie Breasley |
| 1954 | Four Of Spades | George Beeby | Rae Johnstone |
| 1953 | Fairy Flax | Joseph Lawson | Scobie Breasley |
| 1952 | Royal Serenade | Harry Wragg | Gordon Richards |
| 1951 | Bakshishi | Harry Wragg | Gordon Richards |
| 1950 | Abernant | Noel Murless | Gordon Richards |
| 1949 | Abernant | Noel Murless | Gordon Richards |
| 1948 | Royal Barge | Percy Allden | Gordon Richards |
| 1947 | Daily Mail | Walter Nightingall | Gordon Richards |
| 1946 | Honeyway | Jack Jarvis | Eph Smith |
| 1941 | Antecedent | Jack Jarvis | Eph Smith |
| 1939 | Mickey The Greek | Henry Leach | Harry Wragg |
| 1938 | Neuvy | Frank Butters | Gordon Richards |
| 1937 | Veuve Clicquot | Jack Jarvis | Eph Smith |
| 1936 | Veuve Clicquot | Jack Jarvis | Eph Smith |
| 1935 | Strathcarron | Fred Winter Sr. | Bobby Jones |
| 1934 | Old Riley | Thomas Rintoul | Joe Childs |
| 1933 | Myrobella | Fred Darling | Gordon Richards |
| 1932 | Clustine | S Darling | Harry Beasley Jr. |
| 1931 | Stingo | P Lowe | Cecil Ray |
| 1930 | Stingo | P Lowe | Cecil Ray |
| 1929 | Tiffin | Fred Darling | Freddie Fox |
| 1928 | Queen's Bower | Richard Gooch | Freddie Fox |
| 1927 | Endowment | Fred Darling | Joseph Nolan |
| 1926 | Oojah | Charles Peck | Brownie Carslake |
| 1925 | Diomedes | Harvey Leader | Jack Leach |
| 1924 | Mumtaz Mahal | Richard Dawson | George Archibald Sr. |
| 1923 | Sicyon | De Mestre | William McLachlan |
| 1922 | Roman Bachelor | Peter Gilpin | George Archibald Sr. |
| 1921 | Tetratema | Atty Persse | Brownie Carslake |
| 1920 | Tetratema | Atty Persse | Brownie Carslake |
| 1919 | Chiffre d'Amour | Atty Persse | Brownie Carslake |
| 1914 | Harmonicon | Jack Joyner | Skeets Martin |
| 1913 | Hornet's Beauty | Felix Leach | Skeets Martin |
| 1912 | Golden Rod | Pickering | Danny Maher |
| 1911 | Spanish Prince | Charles Morton | Frank Wootton |