| Class: | Group 1 |
| Horse Race: | Eclipse Stakes |
| Location: | Sandown Park Esher, England |
| Inaugurated: | 1886 |
| Race Type: | Flat / Thoroughbred |
| Sponsor: | Coral |
| Website: | Sandown Park |
| Distance: | 1m 1f 209y (2,002 m) |
| Surface: | Turf |
| Track: | Right-handed |
| Qualification: | Three-years-old and up |
| Weight: | 8 st 13 lb (3yo); 9 st 9 lb (4yo+) Allowances 3 lb for fillies and mares |
| Purse: | £750,000 (2023) 1st: £425,325 |
|}The Eclipse Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three 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 early July.
The event is named after Eclipse, a celebrated 18th-century racehorse. It was established in 1886, and the inaugural running was won by Bendigo. At that time, it was Britain's richest ever race.[1] The prize fund of £10,000 was donated by Leopold de Rothschild at the request of General Owen Williams, a co-founder of Sandown Park.
The Eclipse Stakes was contested by high-quality fields from its inception. It was won by Ayrshire, the previous year's Derby winner, in 1889. The first three finishers in 1903– Ard Patrick, Sceptre and Rock Sand — had won seven Classics between them.
The race has been sponsored by Coral since 1976, and it is now familiarly known as the "Coral-Eclipse". The most recent Classic winner to achieve victory was Paddington, the Irish 2,000 Guineas winner, in 2023.
Most successful horse (2 wins):
Leading jockey (7 wins):
Leading trainer (8 wins):
Leading owner (8 wins): (includes part ownership)
The race was not run from 1915-1918 because of World War I and from 1940-1945 because of World War II.
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