Sprint Stakes Explained

Class:	Group 3
Horse Race:	Sprint Stakes (Coral Charge)
Location:	Sandown Park Esher, England
Race Type:	Flat / Thoroughbred
Sponsor:	Coral
Website:	Sandown Park
Distance:	5f 10y (1,015 metres)
Surface:	Turf
Track:	Straight
Qualification:	Three-years-old and up
Weight:	8 st 12 lb (3yo); 9 st 3 lb (4yo+) 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 * * after 2017 (2yo wins not penalised)
Purse:	£78,696 (2022) 1st: £45,368

|}The Sprint Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Sandown Park over a distance of 5 furlongs and 10 yards (1,015 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in early July.

The event is held on the same afternoon as Sandown Park's most prestigious flat race, the Eclipse Stakes.

The race was run for the first time in 1986 as the Trafalgar House Sprint Stakes, at Listed level, and it was promoted to Group 3 status in 2004.

The long-term sponsors of the Eclipse Stakes, Coral, started to sponsor the Sprint Stakes in 2009. It is now known as the Coral Charge.

Records

Most successful horse since 1986:

• no horse has won this race more than once since 1986

Leading jockey since 1986 (3 wins):

• Frankie Dettori – Lochsong (1993), Ancien Regime (2008), A'Ali (2020)

Leading trainer since 1986 (2 wins):

• Ian Balding – Silver Fling (1988), Lochsong (1993)
• Luca Cumani – Night at Sea (1990), Ialysos (2009)
• Richard Hannon Sr. – Bunty Boo (1995), Watching (2000)
• David Nicholls – Ya Malak (1997), Fire Dome (1998)
• Charles Hills - Battaash (2017), Equality (2023)
• Ed Walker - Came From The Dark (2021), Makarova (2024)

Winners

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Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1986	width=150px	Polykratis	4	width=160px	Chris Rutter	width=170px	Merrick Francis
1987	Perion	5	Pat Eddery	Geoff Lewis	1:00.49
1988	Silver Fling	3	John Matthias	Ian Balding	1:01.50
1989	Desert Dawn	3	Richard Hills	Lord John FitzGerald	1:00.39
1990	Night at Sea	3	Basil Marcus	Luca Cumani	1:01.02
1991	Case Law	4	George Duffield	Sir Mark Prescott	1:01.95
1992	Medaille d'Or	4	Alan Munro	Pip Payne	1:02.55
1993	Lochsong	5	Frankie Dettori	Ian Balding	1:00.32
1994	Up and at 'Em	4	Gary Carter	Jack Berry	1:00.99
1995	Bunty Boo	6	Michael Kinane	Richard Hannon Sr.	1:00.00
1996	Eveningperformance	5	Chris Rutter	Henry Candy	0:59.74
1997	Ya Malak	6	Alex Greaves	David Nicholls	1:01.69
1998	Fire Dome	6	Alex Greaves	David Nicholls	1:02.89
1999	Cortachy Castle	4	Darryll Holland	Brian Meehan	1:00.35
2000	Watching	3	Dane O'Neill	Richard Hannon Sr.	1:00.21
2001	Misraah	4	Richard Hills	Sir Michael Stoute	0:59.63
2002	Palace Affair	4	Stephen Carson	Toby Balding	1:03.83
2003	The Tatling	6	Darryll Holland	Milton Bradley	1:00.34
2004	Orientor	6	Kieren Fallon	Jim Goldie	1:02.38
2005	Resplendent Glory	3	Shane Kelly	Terry Mills	1:01.27
2006	Pivotal Point	6	Seb Sanders	Peter Makin	1:00.83
2007	Hoh Mike	3	Jamie Spencer	Michael Bell	1:01.89
2008	Ancien Régime	3	Frankie Dettori	Michael Jarvis	1:00.40
2009	Ialysos	5	Christophe Lemaire	Luca Cumani	1:00.17
2010	Triple Aspect	4	Liam Jones	William Haggas	0:59.47
2011	Night Carnation	3	Jimmy Fortune	Andrew Balding	0:59.68
2012	Caledonia Lady	3	Hayley Turner	Jo Hughes	1:01.33
2013	Tickled Pink	4	Tom Queally	Lady Cecil	0:59.27
2014	Extortionist	3	Ryan Moore	Olly Stevens	0:59.86
2015	Waady	3	Paul Hanagan	John Gosden	1:00.40
2016	Brando	4	Tom Eaves	Kevin Ryan	1:03.28
2017	Battaash	3	Dane O'Neill	Charles Hills	0:58.57
2018	Judicial	6	Paul Mulrennan	Julie Camacho	0:59.72
2019	Kurious	3	Harry Bentley	Henry Candy	0:59.23
2020	A'Ali	3	Frankie Dettori	Simon & Ed Crisford	1:00.43
2021	Came From The Dark	5	Tom Marquand	Ed Walker	1:02.94
2022	Raasel	5	James Doyle	Michael Appleby	1:00.73
2023	Equality	5	William Buick	Charles Hills	1:00.16
2024	Makarova	5	Hector Crouch	Ed Walker	1:02.87

See also

• Horse racing in Great Britain
• List of British flat horse races

References

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• galopp-sieger.de – Sandown Sprint Stakes.
• horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Sprint Stakes (2018).
• pedigreequery.com – Sprint Stakes – Sandown Park.