| Class: | Listed |
| Horse Race: | King Richard III Stakes |
| Location: | Leicester Racecourse Oadby, England |
| Race Type: | Flat / Thoroughbred |
| Sponsor: | Elusive Bloodstock / EBF Stallions |
| Website: | Leicester |
| Distance: | 7f (1,408 metres) |
| Surface: | Turf |
| Track: | Straight |
| Qualification: | Four-years-old and up no G1 / G2 win since 31 August last year |
| Weight: | 9 st 2 lb Allowances 5 lb for fillies and mares Penalties 5 lb for Group 3 winners * 3 lb for Listed winners * * since 31 August last year |
| Purse: | £35,588 (2022) 1st: £22,684 |
|}The King Richard III Stakes was a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It was run over a distance of 7 furlongs (1540yd) at Leicester in April.
During the late 1970s and early 1980s, the event was known as the Philip Cornes Trophy Stakes.[1] It was renamed the Leicestershire Stakes in 1983.[2]
Holsten Brewery started to sponsor the race in 1984, and from this point it was called the Holsten Pils Trophy.[3] It reverted to its previous title in 1988.
For a period the Leicestershire Stakes held Listed status. It was promoted to Group 3 level in 1999, and relegated back to Listed class in 2004.
The race was renamed in 2013 after King Richard III, whose skeleton was discovered in Leicester and identified earlier that year.
From 2023, the race did not take place, with the King Richard III Cup (a 1m handicap) replacing it.[4]
Most successful horse since 1978 (3 wins):
Leading jockey since 1978 (3 wins):
Leading trainer since 1978 (3 wins):
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| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time | |||
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| 1978 | width=150px | Hillandale | 6 | width=160px | Geoff Baxter | width=170px | Paul Cole | |
| 1979 | Roland Gardens | 4 | Greville Starkey | Duncan Sasse | ||||
| 1980 | Foveros | 4 | Kipper Lynch | Clive Brittain | ||||
| 1981 | Belmont Bay | 4 | John Reid | Henry Cecil | ||||
| 1982 | Noalto | 4 | Paul Cook | Frankie Durr | ||||
| 1983 | Valiyar | 4 | Nigel Day | Henry Cecil | ||||
| 1984 | Harlow | 4 | George Duffield | Sir Mark Prescott | ||||
| 1985 | Neeyef | 4 | Joe Mercer | Peter Walwyn | ||||
| 1986 | Bollin Knight | 4 | Mark Birch | Peter Easterby | ||||
| 1987 | Flower Bowl | 4 | Billy Newnes | John Dunlop | 1:23.50 | |||
| 1988 | Sharp Reminder | 4 | Tyrone Williams | Ray Laing | 1:24.80 | |||
| 1989 | Beau Sher | 6 | Bruce Raymond | Ben Hanbury | 1:27.40 | |||
| 1990 | Monsagem | 4 | Steve Cauthen | Henry Cecil | 1:24.40 | |||
| 1991 | Rami | 4 | Ray Cochrane | Peter Walwyn | 1:25.90 | |||
| 1992 | Shalford | 4 | Brian Rouse | Richard Hannon Sr. | 1:24.80 | |||
| 1993 | Swing Low | 4 | Brian Rouse | Richard Hannon Sr. | 1:26.10 | |||
| 1994 | Pollen Count | 5 | John Carroll | John Gosden | 1:32.80 | |||
| 1995 | Young Ern | 5 | Richard Quinn | Simon Dow | 1:21.50 | |||
| 1996 | Young Ern | 6 | Brent Thomson | Simon Dow | 1:24.50 | |||
| 1997 | Wizard King | 6 | George Duffield | Sir Mark Prescott | 1:24.80 | |||
| 1998 | no race | |||||||
| 1999 | Warningford | 5 | Ray Cochrane | James Fanshawe | 1:30.30 | |||
| 2000 | Sugarfoot | 6 | Ray Cochrane | Nigel Tinkler | 1:28.60 | |||
| 2001 | Warningford | 7 | Kieren Fallon | James Fanshawe | 1:26.24 | |||
| 2002 | Warningford | 8 | Oscar Urbina | James Fanshawe | 1:23.00 | |||
| 2003 | Tillerman | 7 | Richard Hughes | Amanda Perrett | 1:22.72 | |||
| 2004 | Tout Seul | 4 | Stephen Carson | Fulke Johnson Houghton | 1:26.31 | |||
| 2005 | Le Vie dei Colori | 5 | Darryll Holland | Luca Cumani | 1:25.15 | |||
| 2006 | Etlaala | 4 | Richard Hills | Barry Hills | 1:26.45 | |||
| 2007 | New Seeker | 7 | Ted Durcan | Paul Cole | 1:24.22 | |||
| 2008 | Captain Marvelous | 4 | Michael Hills | Barry Hills | 1:24.03 | |||
| 2009 | Asset | 6 | Ted Durcan | Saeed bin Suroor | 1:22.01 | |||
| 2010 | Spirit of Sharjah | 5 | Frankie Dettori | Julia Feilden | 1:22.99 | |||
| 2011 | Flambeau | 4 | Dane O'Neill | Henry Candy | 1:21.92 | |||
| 2012 | no race | |||||||
| 2013 | Producer | 4 | Richard Hughes | Richard Hannon Sr. | 1:25.29 | |||
| 2014 | Eton Forever | 7 | Andrea Atzeni | Roger Varian | 1:23.96 | |||
| 2015 | Coulsty | 4 | Richard Hughes | Richard Hannon Jr. | 1:22.57 | |||
| 2016 | Home Of The Brave | 4 | William Buick | Hugo Palmer | 1:24.60 | |||
| 2017 | Home Of The Brave | 5 | James Doyle | Hugo Palmer | 1:22.24 | |||
| 2018 | Emmaus | 4 | Andrea Atzeni | Roger Varian | 1:33.54 | |||
| 2019 | Hey Gaman | 4 | Frankie Dettori | James Tate | 1:22.27 | |||
| data-sort-value="2020" | no race 2020 | |||||||
| 2021 | Pogo | 5 | Kieran Shoemark | Charles Hills | 1:24.08 | |||
| 2022 | Happy Power | 6 | David Probert | Andrew Balding | 1:25.03 |
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