St James's Palace Stakes
16:25 Royal Ascot
2024-06-18
Winner: £390,093.91
Runners: 11
Going: Good To Firm
Distance: 0m7f213yy
The St James's Palace Stakes is a Group 1 contest run over a mile. It takes place at 16:25 on Tuesday 18th June, which is the first day of Royal Ascot 2024. View the runners here, and also make sure to check out the odds and tips on offer for this race.
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Verdict
Past 10 Winners
| Year | Horse [Draw] | Age | Weight | SP | Trainer | Jockey |
| 2023 | Paddington [8] | 3 | 9-2 | 11/5 | A P O’Brien | Ryan Moore |
| 2022 | Coroebus [2] | 3 | 9-2 | 10/11 | William Buick | Charlie Appleby |
| 2021 | Poetic Flair [7] | 3 | 9-0 | 7/2F | J S Bolger | Kevin Manning |
| 2020 | Palace Pier [6] | 3 | 9-0 | 4/1 | John Gosden | Frankie Dettori |
| 2019 | Circus Maximus [1] | 3 | 9-0 | 10/1 | A P O’Brien | Ryan Moore |
| 2018 | Without Parole [2] | 3 | 9-0 | 9/4F | John Gosden | Frankie Dettori |
| 2017 | Barney Roy [4] | 3 | 9-0 | 5/2 | Richard Hannon | James Doyle |
| 2016 | Galileo Gold [7] | 3 | 9-0 | 6/1 | Hugo Palmer | Frankie Dettori |
| 2015 | Gleneagles [5] | 3 | 9-0 | 8/15F | A P O’Brien | Ryan Moore |
| 2014 | Kingman [7] | 3 | 9-0 | 8/11F | John Gosden | James Doyle |
Key race stats 2024
Key trends
- From the first three in the market, 9/10
- Rated within 7lb of RPR top rated, 8/10 (six were top-rated)
- Had won or placed in a Group 1, 7/10
- Adjusted RPR of at least 132, 7/10
- Had finished in the first three in a 2,000 Guineas, 7/10
Other factors
Winners who had run in a Guineas finished 211211 at Newmarket and 11221 at the Curragh. The 2021 winner Poetic Flare also ran in the French Guineas (sixth) – the first since Excellent Art in 2007 (fourth).
Four winners had run in the British and Irish Guineas, with all making the frame in both.
Without Parole in 2018 and Palace Pier in 2020 (both trained by John Gosden) are the only two winners not to have run in a Group 1 that season since Shavian in 1990.
Aidan O’Brien has won nine of the last 24 runnings.
What happened in the St. James's Palace Stakes last year?
A clash of the English and Irish Guineas winners, and in a race in which they went a good early gallop but few got involved. PADDINGTON won despite racing three wide on the bend, while runner-up Chaldean hugged the rail in front, and the way he picked up to close him down and draw clear was impressive. Charyn, held up towards the back, stayed on down the outside to take third. He went one place better than in the Irish Guineas.