Race series · Ascot · Group 1
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
1m4f · July
Race essentials
CourseAscot, 1m4f
WhenJuly
StatusGroup 1
Field8.1 runners avg
Winner profilelast 10
Entry OR: 120-1297/10
Won at 4/1 or shorter7/10
Won from top 3 in market7/10
Distance winner10/10
Had 2+ runs in season7/10
Favourite Win Rate46.2%
Avg Winning SP4.7/1
Avg Field Size8.1
Renewals75
Roll of honourSP at the off
| Year | Winner | Trainer | Jockey | SP | Runners | Going |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Calandagan | F-H Graffard | Mickael Barzalona | 11/10F | 5 | Good |
| 2024 | Goliath | F-H Graffard | Christophe Soumillon | 25/1 | 9 | Good To Firm |
| 2023 | Hukum | Owen Burrows | Jim Crowley | 13/2 | 10 | Good To Soft |
| 2022 | Pyledriver | William Muir & Chris Grassick | P J McDonald | 18/1 | 6 | Good To Firm |
| 2021 | Adayar | Charlie Appleby | William Buick | 9/4 | 5 | Good To Firm |
| 2020 | Enable | John Gosden | Frankie Dettori | 4/9F | 3 | Good To Firm |
| 2019 | Enable | John Gosden | Frankie Dettori | 8/15F | 11 | Good To Soft |
| 2018 | Poet's Word | Sir Michael Stoute | James Doyle | 7/4 | 7 | Good To Firm |
| 2017 | Enable | John Gosden | Frankie Dettori | 5/4F | 10 | Good To Soft |
| 2016 | Highland Reel | A P O'Brien | Ryan Moore | 13/8F | 7 | Good To Firm |
| 2015 | Postponed | Luca Cumani | Andrea Atzeni | 6/1 | 7 | Soft |
| 2014 | Taghrooda | John Gosden | Paul Hanagan | 7/2 | 8 | Good |
Historical Roll of Honour
pre-database records — not included in trends
| Year | Winner | Trainer | Jockey |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Reference Point | Henry Cecil | Steve Cauthen |
| 1986 | Dancing Brave | Guy Harwood | Pat Eddery |
| 1984 | Teenoso | Geoff Wragg | Lester Piggott |
| 1983 | Time Charter | Henry Candy | Joe Mercer |
| 1982 | Kalaglow | Guy Harwood | Greville Starkey |
| 1981 | Shergar | Michael Stoute | Walter Swinburn |
| 1980 | Ela-Mana-Mou | Dick Hern | Willie Carson |
| 1979 | Troy | Dick Hern | Willie Carson |
| 1978 | Ile de Bourbon | Fulke Johnson Houghton | John Reid |
| 1977 | The Minstrel | Vincent O'Brien | Lester Piggott |
| 1976 | Pawneese | Angel Penna Sr. | Yves Saint-Martin |
| 1975 | Grundy | Peter Walwyn | Pat Eddery |
| 1974 | Dahlia | Maurice Zilber | Lester Piggott |
| 1973 | Dahlia | Maurice Zilber | Bill Pyers |
| 1972 | Brigadier Gerard | Dick Hern | Joe Mercer |
| 1971 | Mill Reef | Ian Balding | Geoff Lewis |
| 1970 | Nijinsky | Vincent O'Brien | Lester Piggott |
| 1969 | Park Top | Bernard van Cutsem | Lester Piggott |
| 1968 | Royal Palace | Noel Murless | Sandy Barclay |
| 1967 | Busted | Noel Murless | George Moore |
| 1966 | Aunt Edith | Noel Murless | Lester Piggott |
| 1965 | Meadow Court | Paddy Prendergast | Lester Piggott |
| 1964 | Nasram | Ernie Fellows | Bill Pyers |
| 1963 | Ragusa | Paddy Prendergast | Garnie Bougoure |
| 1962 | Match | François Mathet | Yves Saint-Martin |
| 1961 | Right Royal | Etienne Pollet | Roger Poincelet |
| 1960 | Aggressor | Towser Gosden | Jimmy Lindley |
| 1959 | Alcide | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | Harry Carr |
| 1958 | Ballymoss | Vincent O'Brien | Scobie Breasley |
| 1957 | Montaval | Georges Bridgland | Freddie Palmer |
| 1956 | Ribot | Ugo Penco | Enrico Camici |
| 1955 | Vimy | Alec Head | Roger Poincelet |
| 1954 | Aureole | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | Eph Smith |
| 1953 | Pinza | Norman Bertie | Sir Gordon Richards |
| 1952 | Tulyar | Marcus Marsh | Charlie Smirke |
| 1951 | Supreme Court | Evan Williams | Charlie Elliott |