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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 (2,002 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late May or early June.
Brigadier Gerard began his career as a two-year-old on 24 June 1970, in the Berkshire Stakes at Newbury. The race was run on good ground over five furlongs and attracted a field of five runners including three previous winners. Brigadier Gerard was ridden by Joe Mercer and was relatively unfancied at odds of 100/7.
The Westbury Stakes continued to be staged in May or June until 1973. That year's edition took place at Kempton Park. [2] Its date was switched with that of the Brigadier Gerard Stakes in 1974, and from this point it was held in April. [3] The race was given its present title in 1987.
Brigadier Gerard finished officially 10 lengths ahead of the third horse, Gold Rod, which indicated that he had run up to his best form, however examination of the race film replay showed, and the Brigadier's owner, John Hislop, later acknowledged, that the distance between the second and third was in fact 17 lengths, indicating that Brigadier ...
On his first appearance as a four-year-old, Giacometti contested the Brigadier Gerard Stakes at Sandown in May and was beaten half a length by Rymer in a slowly-run race. In June at Royal Ascot he started favourite for the Prince of Wales's Stakes, but was beaten into third place behind Record Run and Swell Fellow. He did not race again and was ...
The 100th running of the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland will feature three high-level horses who could make some noise in the 2024 Kentucky Derby.
Brigadier Gerard Stakes (2000) Shiva (born 22 April 1995) was a Japanese-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare . In a racing career which was delayed and repeatedly interrupted by training problems she won four of her ten races between May 1998 and October 2000.
The 2024 Preakness Stakes, the second jewel of the Triple Crown, will be run Saturday, with Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan expected to run. Preakness 2024: Post positions, odds, analysis with ...