Brigadier Gerard Stakes
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 (2,002 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late May or early June.
| Group 3 race | |
| Location | Sandown Park Esher, Surrey, England |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1953 |
| Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
| Sponsor | Ladbrokes Coral |
| Website | Sandown Park |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1m 1f 209y (2,002m) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | Four-years-old and up |
| Weight | 9 st 0 lb Allowances 3 lb for fillies and mares Penalties 7 lb for Group 1 winners * 5 lb for Group 2 winners * 3 lb for Group 3 winners * * since 31 August last year |
| Purse | £60,000 (2021) 1st: £34,026 |
| 2023 | ||
| Hukum | Desert Crown | Solid Stone |
| Previous years | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | ||
| Bay Bridge | Mostahdaf | Addeybb |
| 2021 | ||
| Euchen Glen | Sangarius | Fox Tal |
| 2020-2011 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||
| Lord North | Elarqam | Telecaster |
| 2018 | ||
| Poet's Word | Laraaib | Desert Encounter |
| 2017 | ||
| Autocratic | Algometer | Steel of Madrid |
| 2016 | ||
| Time Test | Western Hymn | Scottish |
| 2015 | ||
| Western Hymn | Arab Spring | Niceofyoutotellme |
| 2014 | ||
| Sharestan | Sheikhzayedroad | Top Notch Tonto |
| 2013 | ||
| Mukhadram | Main Sequence | Miblish |
| 2012 | ||
| Carlton House | Sagramor | Hunter's Light |
| 2011 | ||
| Workforce | Poet | Jan Vermeer |
| 2010-2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ||
| Stotsfold | Tazeez | Glass Harmonium |
| 2009 | ||
| Cima De Triomphe | Conduit | Stotsfold |
| 2008 | ||
| Smokey Oakey | Maraahel | Pipedreamer |
| 2006 | ||
| Notnowcato | Boule d'Or | Hattan |
| 2005 | ||
| New Morning | North Light | Mubtaker |
| 2004 | ||
| Bandari | Ikhtyar | Sunstrach |
| 2003 | ||
| Sights On Gold | Parasol | Indian Creek |
| 2002 | ||
| Potemkin | The Mask | Imperial Dancer |
| 2001 | ||
| Border Arrow | Compton Bolter | Adilabad |
| 2000-1991 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | ||
| Shiva | Border Arrow | Sossus Vlei |
| 1999 | ||
| Chester House | Generous Rosi | Diamond White |
| 1998 | ||
| Insatiable | Garuda | Germano |
| 1997 | ||
| Bosra Sham | Predappio | Centre Stalls |
| 1996 | ||
| Pilsudski | Lucky Di | Song Of Tara |
| 1995 | ||
| Alriffa | Just Happy | Nicolotte |
| 1994 | ||
| Chatoyant | Maroof | Garden Of Heaven |
| 1993 | ||
| Red Bishop | Highland Dress | Half A Tick |
| 1992 | ||
| Opera House | Wiorno | Young Buster |
| 1991 | ||
| Stagecraft | Bold Russian | Croupier |
| 1990-1988 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | ||
| Husyan | Scenic | Alcando |
| 1989 | ||
| Hibernian Gold | Highland Chieftain | Reprimand |
| 1988 | ||
| Highland Chieftain | Media Starguest | Indian Skimmer |
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.