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Group 3 race
Brigadier Gerard Stakes
Location	Sandown Park Esher, England
Inaugurated	1953
Race type	Flat / Thoroughbred
Sponsor	Blue Square
Website	Sandown Park
Race information
Distance	1m 2f 7y (2,018 m)
Track	Turf, right-handed
Qualification	Four-years-old and up
Weight	9 st 0 lb 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 * * since August 31 last year
Purse	£65,000 (2009) 1st: £36,900

The Brigadier Gerard Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain which is open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run at Sandown Park over a distance of 1 mile, 2 furlongs and 7 yards (2,018 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late May or early June.

The race was established in 1953, and it was originally called the Coronation Stakes. This was to commemorate that year's coronation of a new British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. The event was given its present title in 1973, in honour of Brigadier Gerard, a recently-retired champion racehorse. Brigadier Gerard won all but one of his eighteen races, and two of his victories, the Westbury Stakes and the Eclipse Stakes, were at Sandown Park.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

• Chamier – 1954, 1955
• Tacitus – 1963, 1964
• Jellaby – 1977, 1979

Leading jockey (6 wins):

• Lester Piggott – Arctic Explorer (1958), Petite Etoile (1961), Anne's Pretender (1976), Gregorian (1980), Adonijah (1984), Commanche Run (1985)

Leading trainer (6 wins):

• Noel Murless – Arctic Explorer (1958), Petite Etoile (1961), Busted (1967), Royal Palace (1968), Connaught (1969), Pembroke Castle (1971)

Winners since 1977

¹  The 1981 running was abandoned because of a waterlogged course.

Earlier winners

References

• Racing Post:
  • 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
  • 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
  • 2008, 2009

• galopp-sieger.de – Brigadier Gerard Stakes (ex Coronation Stakes).
• horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Brigadier Gerard Stakes (2009).
• pedigreequery.com – Brigadier Gerard Stakes – Sandown Park.
• The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. 1993. p. 48. ISBN 1-873626-15-0.  

See also

• Horseracing in Great Britain
• List of British flat horse races
• Recurring events established in 1953 – the Brigadier Gerard Stakes is included under its original title, Coronation Stakes.