Gala Stakes Explained

|}The Gala Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years and over.It is run at Sandown Park over a distance of 1 mile 1 furlongs and 209 yards (2,002 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in July.^[1] The race was first run in 2002.

Records

Leading jockey since 2002 (3 wins):

• Richard Hills – Izdiham (2002), Ikhtyar (2003), David Junior (2005)

Leading trainer since 2002 (4 wins):

• Saeed bin Suroor – Kirklees (2009), Windhoek (2014), Tha'ir (2015), Passion and Glory (2022)

Winners

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Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2002	Izdiham	3	Richard Hills	Marcus Tregoning	2:13.40
2003	Ikhtyar	3	Richard Hills	John Gosden	2:06.35
2004	Crocodile Dundee	3	John Egan	Jamie Poulton	2:10.99
2005	David Junior	3	Richard Hills	Brian Meehan	2:08.22
2006	Kandidate	4	Seb Sanders	Clive Brittain	2:08.28
2007	Harland	3	Neil Callan	Michael Jarvis	2:16.55
2008	Many Volumes	4	Ted Durcan	Henry Cecil	2:06.72
2009	Kirklees	5	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	2:07.60
2010	Stotsfold	7	Adam Kirby	Walter Swinburn	2:05.14
2011	Class Is Class	5	Ryan Moore	Michael Stoute	2:06.95
2012	Afsare	5	Kieren Fallon	Luca Cumani	2:12.42
2013	Mandour	4	Christophe Lemaire	Alain de Royer-Dupré	2:07.29
2014	Windhoek	4	Kieren Fallon	Saeed bin Suroor	2:05.86
2015	Tha'ir	5	James Doyle	Saeed bin Suroor	2:05.28
2016	Ayrad	5	Andrea Atzeni	Roger Charlton	2:14.60
2017	Spark Plug	6	Ryan Moore	Brian Meehan	2:05.74
2018	Mustashry	5	Jim Crowley	Michael Stoute	2:07.71
2019	Elarqam	4	Jim Crowley	Mark Johnston	2:07.11
2020	Magny Cours	5	William Buick	André Fabre	2:05.83
2021	Euchen Glen	8	Paul Mulrennan	Jim Goldie	2:08.97
2022	Passion and Glory	6	Hollie Doyle	Saeed bin Suroor	2:06.79
2023	Savvy Victory	4	Tom Marquand	Sean Woods	2:08.01
2024	Al Mubhir	5	Tom Marquand	William Haggas	2:09.30

See also

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

References

• Racing Post

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Notes and References

1. Web site: British Flat Pattern and Listed Races 2014. britishhorseracing.com. 93. 7 July 2015. pdf.