Coventry Stakes

Coventry Stakes

Group 2 race
Chief Singer, painted by Bob Demuyser oil on canvas
Location	Ascot Racecourse Ascot, England
Inaugurated	1890
Race type	Flat / Thoroughbred
Website	Ascot
Race information
Distance	6f (1,207 metres)
Surface	Turf
Track	Straight
Qualification	Two-year-olds
Weight	9 st 1 lb Allowances 3 lb for fillies
Purse	£150,000 (2016) 1st: £85,065

The Coventry Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old horses. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June.

The event was established in 1890, and it was named after the 9th Earl of Coventry, who served as the Master of the Buckhounds at that time.

The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and for a period the Coventry Stakes was classed at Group 3 level. It was promoted to Group 2 status in 2004. It is usually contested on the opening day of the Royal Ascot meeting.

Leading jockey (9 wins):

Leading trainer (8 wins):

^a The 2005 running took place at York.

* The race was run at Newmarket during the wartime periods of 1915–18 and 1941–44.