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St. James’s Palace Stakes Race Guide
The St. James Palace stakes is the first of the Group One races run at the Royal Ascot meeting. Named after the royal family’s Tudor residence, the St. James’s Palace Stakes was first run as part of the Royal Ascot meeting in 1834.
The St. James’s Palace Stakes is open only to 3-year old thoroughbred colts. The race is run over the distance of 1 mile, and first attained Group One status in 1988. The race is recognised as one of the most challenging stayer’s races on the flat racing calendar and boasts a purse of £250,000.
St. James’s Palace Stakes Betting
The St. James’s Palace Stakes is the betting highlight of the first day of the Royal Ascot meeting. As a feature race, the St. James’s Palace Stakes offers some good ante-post betting opportunities, as well as some big, active betting markets for punters interested in pool betting.
The ante-post odds for the St. James’s Palace stakes are a useful guideline for punters placing bets on this race, however, the accuracy of the betting markets tends to diminish as the more casual racing fans begin putting money into race.
The busy St. James’s Palace Stakes betting markets frequently translate into good betting special offers from some of the United Kingdom’s most reputable bookmakers. Punters will almost always benefit from looking out for bookmakers offering payout on extra places in each way betting.
| 14 June 2011 - Ascot St James's Palace Stakes (Group 1) (Class 1) Flat [15:45] | |||||||||||
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| Frankel | 4/11 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 4/11 | 1/3 | 4/11 | 7/20 | 1/3 | 4/11 | ||
| Excelebration | 9 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 15/2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Dream Ahead | 14 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 12 | ||
| Wootton Bassett | 14 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 16 | ||
| Dubawi Gold | 14 | 16 | 24 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 14 | ||
| Grand Prix Boss | 20 | 20 | 28 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 20 | 18 | ||
| Zoffany | 22 | 25 | 35 | 20 | 28 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 20 | ||
| Neebras | 100 | 100 | 135 | 66 | 66 | 100 | 80 | 66 | 100 | ||
| Rerouted | 150 | 200 | 264 | 100 | 80 | 200 | 180 | 150 | 150 | ||
St. James’s Palace Stakes Winners
It is rarely prudent to back a particular trainer in flat racing, but the St. James’s Palace Stakes may be the exception to this rule. Since the turn of the millennium Aidan O’Brien has trained one in two St. James’s Palace Stakes winners.
Amongst the racehorses to have won the St. James’s Palace Stakes, Aidan O’Brien’s Giant’s Causeway deserves special mention. Giant’s Causeway took his St. James’s Palace Stakes winner’s title in 2000 onto five consecutive Group One race victories.
Also deserving of a mention is 2002 European Horse of the year Rock of Gibraltar, who notched up a win in the St. James’s Palace Stakes in the same year that he picked up an impressive double in the 2,000 Guineas and the Irish 2,000 Guineas.
St James’ Palace Stakes Race
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