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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.
Brigadier Gerard Stakes: Sandown: 1m 1f 209y: 4yo+ Royal Rhyme May: Brontë Cup: York: 1m 5f 188y: 4yo+ f Term Of Endearment May / June: Princess Elizabeth Stakes: Epsom: 1m 113y: 3yo+ f Breege May / June: Diomed Stakes: Epsom: 1m 113y: 3yo+ Royal Scotsman May / June: Lester Piggott Stakes [b] Haydock: 1m 3f 175y: 4yo+ f Queen Of The Pride May ...
Brigadier Gerard Stakes: Turf 2,010 I 14: 124 Drosselmeyer (USA) 4 C USA 1st Breeders' Cup Classic: Dirt 2,000 I 14: 124 Goldikova (IRE) 6 M FR 2nd Queen Anne Stakes: Turf 1,600 M 14: 124 St Nicholas Abbey (IRE) 4 C IRE 1st Breeders' Cup Turf: Turf 2,400 L 17: 123 Acclamation (USA) 5 H USA 1st Eddie Read Stakes: Turf 1,800 M 17: 123 Americain ...
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Pebbles returned for a highly anticipated renewal of the Champion Stakes. The field included the previous year's winner, Palace Music, Epsom Derby winner Slip Anchor and Commanche Run, who had won both the International Stakes and the Irish Champion Stakes, making him eligible for a $1M bonus if he added the Newmarket race. Ridden by Pat Eddery ...
The Gordon Richards Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run over a distance of 1 mile, 1 furlong and 209 yards (2,002 metres) at Sandown Park in late April.
At four Commanche Run was always ridden by Piggott and he went on to win two Group One races, capturing the Benson & Hedges Gold Cup and the Irish Champion Stakes, making three in total with the Classic, the St. Leger Stakes. He had also been a runaway winner of the Group 3 Brigadier Gerard Stakes at Sandown Park on his first run of the year.