See ROYAL
PLATE WINNERS for the winners in Great Britain and Ireland traced back in
the male line
See BRITISH ROYAL PLATES for the winners in
Great Britain listed chronologically
See IRISH ROYAL PLATES for the winners in Ireland
listed chronologically
The first known running of the Royal Plate at Newmarket [Apr] was on Friday, March 14, 1634
On Monday, October 16, 1665 a new course was laid out on Newmarket Heath by order of King Charles II. The new Round Course was specifically designed for the King's new Twelve-Stone Plate, which was to be run every year on the second Thursday in October. See ORIGINAL ARTICLES and NEWMARKET TOWN PLATE
The first Twelve-Stone Plate was scheduled to be run at Newmarket on Thursday, October 11, 1666. The Twelve-Stone Plate came to be known as the King's Plate, and consequently the Round Course came to be known as the King's Plate Course. The Round Course is also known as the Summer Course and the July Course
The first recorded winner of a Royal Plate was King Charles II's Horse at Newmarket [town] on Saturday, October 14, 1671
The Royal Plate scheduled to be run at Newmarket [Apr] in 1681 was transferred to Burford for political reasons
The earliest known reference to a Royal Plate at Downpatrick was in June 1690 when King William III granted one to be raced for annually. The first running would have been scheduled for 1691
The first known running of the Royal Plate at Newmarket [Oct] was on Saturday, October 19, 1695
The Royal Plate at the Curragh of Kildare [Sept] was first run in 1696
The Royal Plate at the Curragh of Kildare [Sept for mares] was first run in 1696
The first known running of the Royal Plate at Bramham Moor was on Tuesday, September 22, 1702
The only known running of the Royal Plate at Stapleton Leys was on Thursday, September 2, 1703
The Royal Plate at Hambleton was first run before 1705
The first known running of the Royal Plate at Newmarket [Apr for mares] was in 1706
The Royal Plate scheduled to be run at Bramham Moor in 1706 was transferred to Richmond
The first known running of a Royal Plate at Malton was on Thursday, July 24, 1707
The first known running of the Royal Plate at Datchet was on Wednesday, August 24, 1709
The only known running of the Royal Plate at Windsor was on Wednesday, August 24, 1709
The Royal Plate at York was first run on Tuesday, September 13, 1709
The Prince's Plate at Newmarket was run on Saturday, October 8, 1709. Gifted by Queen Anne in honour of her late husband George, the Prince Consort
The Royal Plate at Ascot was first run on Monday, August 13, 1711
The first known running of the Royal Plate at Nottingham was in 1713
It would appear from the evidence that two Royal Plates were run at Newmarket in April 1713. The Royal Plate at Newmarket [Apr extra] run on Wednesday, April 1, 1713 and the Royal Plate at Newmarket [Apr] run on Thursday, April 9, 1713
There was no official winner of the Royal Plate at York on Wednesday, July 28, 1714 and it was decided by a court of law that the four horses that were not distanced had an equal right to the prize. The race was rerun in 1719. See NOTE 52
The Royal Plate at Ascot was advertised to be run on Friday, August 13, 1714 but was cancelled following the death of Queen Anne on Sunday, August 1, 1714
The first known running of the Royal Plate at Guildford took place before 1716
The first known running of the Royal Plate at Lincoln was in 1716
The first known running of the Royal Plate at Newmarket [Oct for mares] was in 1717
The only known running of the Royal Plate at Wimbleton was in June, 1718
The rerun of the 1714 Royal Plate at York was on Sunday, July 19, 1719
It would appear from the evidence that the Royal Plate at Newmarket [Oct for mares] was discontinued and from 1719 two Royal Plates at Newmarket [Oct] and [Oct extra] for horses, mares and geldings were run. This extra race was discontinued by 1727
It would appear from the evidence that from 1720, as well as the Royal Plate at Newmarket [Apr for mares], two Royal Plates at Newmarket [Apr] and [Apr extra] for horses, mares and geldings were run. This extra race was discontinued by 1727
The first known running of the Royal Plate at Lewes was in 1720
The first known running of the Royal Plate at Winchester was on Tuesday, August 21, 1722
The first known running of the Royal Plate at Ipswich was in May, 1723
The Royal Plate scheduled to be run at Hambleton in 1725 was transferred to Richmond
There were only eleven Royal Plates run in England in 1727, namely those at Newmarket [Apr], Newmarket [Apr for mares], Guildford, Ipswich, Nottingham, Hambleton, York, Lewes, Winchester, Lincoln and Newmarket [Oct]
The Royal Plate at Salisbury was first run on Tuesday, June 4, 1728
The first known running of the Royal Plate at Edinburgh was in 1728
The Royal Plate at Canterbury was first run on Thursday, August 28, 1729
There were only two Royal Plates run in Ireland in 1741, namely those at the Curragh of Kildare [Sept] and the Curragh of Kildare [Sept for mares]
The first known running of the Royal Plate at the Curragh of Kildare [Apr] was on Wednesday, April 1, 1747
The Royal Plate scheduled to be run at Hambleton in 1747 was transferred to Malton
The Royal Plate at Lichfield was first run on Tuesday, September 6, 1748
The Royal Plate at Maze [alternate with Downpatrick] was first run on Tuesday, July 9, 1751
The Royal Plate at Downpatrick [alternate with Maze] was first run on Wednesday, July 8, 1752
The Royal Plate at Newcastle was first run on Monday, June 25, 1753
The Royal Plate at Burford was first run on Tuesday, July 8, 1755
The Royal Plate at the Curragh of Kildare [Apr for mares] was first run on Friday, April 16, 1756
The Royal Plate at the Curragh of Kildare [Apr for 5 yrs] was first run on Saturday, April 17, 1756
The Royal Plate at Edinburgh was divided in 1756, 1757, 1758 and 1760. The first part was for horses that never won and the second part was for hunters
The Royal Plate at the Curragh of Kildare [June for 4yrs] was first run on Tuesday, June 13, 1758
The Royal Plate at the Curragh of Kildare [June for 5yrs] was first run on Friday, June 12, 1761
The Royal Plate at the Curragh of Kildare [June for aged] was first run on Saturday, June 13, 1761
The Royal Plate at Carlisle was first run on Tuesday, July 26, 1763
The Lord Lieutenant's Plate at the Curragh of Kildare [lieu] was first run on Saturday, September 17, 1763
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NO
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FIRST RUN
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LAST RUN
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COURSES
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RACES
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UW
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RW
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1
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1634 Mar 14* | Thru 1765 | Newmarket [Apr]. 1681 Run at Burford |
3
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57
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2
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1666 Oct 11 | 1674 Oct 8* | Newmarket [town] |
1
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2
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3
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1691 |
-
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Downpatrick |
1
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0
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4
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1695 Oct 19* | Thru 1765 | Newmarket [Oct] |
5
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56
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5
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1696 | Thru 1765 | Curragh [Sept] |
4
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30
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6
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1696 | Thru 1765 | Curragh [Sept for mares] |
2
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27
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7
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1702 Sept 22* | 1708 July 29* | Bramham Moor. 1706 Run at Richmond |
0
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4
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8
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1703 Sept 2* |
-
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Stapleton Leys |
1
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0
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9
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Before 1705 | Thru 1765 | Hambleton. 1725 Run at Richmond. 1747 Run at Malton |
3
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54
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10
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1706* | Thru 1765 | Newmarket [Apr for mares] |
1
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52
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11
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1707 July 24* |
-
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Malton |
1
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0
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12
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1709 Aug 24* |
1712 August 27*
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Datchet |
1
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1
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13
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1709 Aug 24* |
-
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Windsor |
0
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1
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14
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1709 Sep 13 | Thru 1765 | York |
1
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57
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15
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1709 Oct 8 |
-
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Newmarket [Prince] |
0
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1
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16
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1711 Aug 13 | 1713 August 12 | Ascot |
2
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1
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17
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1713* | Thru 1765 | Nottingham |
1
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41
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18
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1713 Apr 1* | 1722 Apr* | Newmarket [Apr extra] |
1
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2
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19
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Before 1716* | Thru 1765 | Guildford |
1
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44
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20
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1716* | Thru 1765 | Lincoln |
0
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45
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21
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1717* | 1718 Oct 3* | Newmarket [Oct for mares] |
1
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1
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22
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1718 June* |
-
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Wimbleton |
0
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1
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23
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1719 Oct* | 1721 Oct* | Newmarket [Oct extra] |
0
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2
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24
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1720* | Thru 1765 | Lewes |
0
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43
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25
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1722 Aug 21* | Thru 1765 | Winchester |
1
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40
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26
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1723 May* | Thru 1765 | Ipswich |
0
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41
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27
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1728 June 4 | Thru 1765 | Salisbury |
0
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38
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|
28
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1728* | Thru 1765 | Edinburgh |
0
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33
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|
29
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1729 Aug 28 | Thru 1765 | Canterbury |
0
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37
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30
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1747 Apr 1* | 1753 April 6* | Curragh [Apr] |
1
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1
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31
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1748 Sept 6 | Thru 1765 | Lichfield |
0
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18
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32
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1751 July 9 | Thru 1765 | Down Corporation [alt]. Run alternately at Maze and Downpatrick |
0
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14
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33
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1753 June 25 | Thru 1765 | Newcastle |
0
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13
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34
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1755 July 8 | Thru 1765 | Burford |
0
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11
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35
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1756 Apr 16 | Thru 1765 | Curragh [Apr for mares] |
0
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10
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36
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1756 Apr 17 | Thru 1765 | Curragh [Apr for 5yrs] |
0
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10
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37
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1758 June 13 | Thru 1764 | Curragh [June for 4yrs] |
0
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7
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38
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1761 June 12 | Thru 1764 | Curragh [June for 5yrs] |
0
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4
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39
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1761 June 13 | Thru 1764 | Curragh [June for aged] |
0
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4
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40
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1763 July 26 | Thru 1765 | Carlisle |
0
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3
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41
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1763 Sept 17 | Thru 1764 | Curragh [lieu] |
0
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2
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TOTAL NUMBER OF RACES
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32
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808
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The identities of the 5 Royal Plates won by FOXHUNTER (1 race), Miss Wyndham (1 race) and Wharton Mare (3 races) are unknown |
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DATE
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COURSE
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NOTES
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| 1634 Mar 14 | Newmarket |
Hore's History of Newmarket, volume II, page 23, says
- 'On the 7th of March [1633 -] 1634, the king, queen, the Prince of
Wales, all the court officials, and some of the ministers of state -
"and almost all the town with them" - were once more located
at Newmarket, where the spring meeting was the great attraction'. Page
24, says - 'On the 13th [March], one of those quaint Newmarket proclamations
(now rare) was issued, restricting the abusive vending of tobacco, by
virtue of which all persons were forbidden to sell the same, until they
obtained licence, upon pain of censure in the Court of the Star Chamber.
From tobacco we get to saltpetre, Lord Petre, Irish affairs, the races,
the gold cup, the approaching close of the meeting ; the king in perfect
health, "and at present at tennis ;" the queen also well,
"though she had taken a little cold ;" the return journey
and arrival in London (March 20), where the Earl of Southampton failed
to pay his bets, "and has gone in all haste to France." ' |
| 1666 Oct 11 | Newmarket | The Round Course at Newmarket was set out on the Monday after the second Thursday in October, 1665. The original articles for the King's Twelve-Stone Plate specified that it was to be run for yearly on the second Thursday in October, which means that the first running of this Royal Plate was scheduled for Thursday, October 11, 1666. See ORIGINAL ARTICLES and NEWMARKET TOWN PLATE |
| 1680 Mar 17 | Newmarket | Muir's Ye Olde New-Markitt Calendar, page
22, under Results of Newmarket Matches, says - '1680. Mar. 17. The
Plate. 4 miles. 6 yr. old Horses. His Majesty's (Charles II.) Tankot.
Mr. May's Dragon. Duke of Monmouth's Spot. Red Rose. The result unknown' Hore's History of Newmarket, volume II, page 369, quoting The True Domestick Intelligence, Nos 72-76, says - 'Notice was likewise given, that upon Wednesday, the 17 instant, [March 1680], the six year old Horse-Plate is to be run for' Hore's History of Newmarket, volume II, page 373, quoting Banks's Currant Intelligence: or, An Impartial Account of Transactions both Forreign and Domestick, Nos 1-4, says - 'Newmarket, Wednesday March 17, [1680], the Plate Race was run by the Kings Horse Tankot, Mr. Mayes Horse Dragon, the Duke of Monmouth's Horse Spot, and the Topping Horse of Newmarket, Red Rose, the 4 miles course; but who had the best on't, We cannot yet give you an exact account' |
| 1691 | Downpatrick | In June 1690, on his way to the Battle of the Boyne, William III sent an autographed letter to Christopher Carleton, the Collector of Customs in Belfast, granting £100 for a Royal Plate to be raced for annually. The first running of this Royal Plate would have been scheduled for 1691 |
| 1696 | Curragh | An essay entitled The Curragh: Its History and Traditions by Lord Walter Fitzgerald, in the Journal of the Kildare Archaelogical Society, volume 3, 1902, page 10, says - 'Horse-racing on the Curragh appears to have been of long standing; but it was not until the year 1696 that the Government encouraged horse-breeding in Ireland by giving two Plates of £100 each to be run for annually at the Curragh Races. In the Record Office there are many manuscript volumes containing "the Receit and Payments of the Receiver-General of his Majesties Revenue in Ireland;" in which, among other items, the names of owners of the winners of the Government Plates, run for at the Curragh Races, are given yearly from 1696 to 1820'. One of these Plates, normally run for in September, was for horses, mares and geldings. |
| 1696 | Curragh | An essay entitled The Curragh: Its History and Traditions by Lord Walter Fitzgerald, in the Journal of the Kildare Archaelogical Society, volume 3, 1902, page 10, says - 'Horse-racing on the Curragh appears to have been of long standing; but it was not until the year 1696 that the Government encouraged horse-breeding in Ireland by giving two Plates of £100 each to be run for annually at the Curragh Races. In the Record Office there are many manuscript volumes containing "the Receit and Payments of the Receiver-General of his Majesties Revenue in Ireland;" in which, among other items, the names of owners of the winners of the Government Plates, run for at the Curragh Races, are given yearly from 1696 to 1820'. One of these Plates, normally run for in September, was for mares only. |
| 1697 Sept 16 | Curragh | An essay entitled The Curragh: Its History and Traditions by Lord Walter Fitzgerald, in the Journal of the Kildare Archaelogical Society, volume 3, 1902, page 10, says - 'Paid to John Philips for a Piece of Plate run for on ye Curragh of Kildare the 16th inst., and of his Majesties bounty, given yearely for encouragement to breed horses, as by warrant dated the 13th of September, 1697, and acquittance appears...£103-16-0'. John Philips was a silversmith in Dublin. |
| 1698 Oct 6 | Newmarket | Prior's The Royal Studs of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, page 206, quotes from the diary of John Hervey, later Earl of Bristol, where an entry for Thursday, October 6, 1698, which refers to racing at Newmarket, reads - ' I rode Cobler in the King's Plate' |
| 1699 Sept 21 | Curragh | Hore's History of Newmarket, volume III, page 341, quoting The Flying Post, September 21-23, 1699, No 682, says - 'Dublin, Sept. 16. On the 21st Instant, A Plate of £100 given by His Majesty is to be run for on the Currough of Kildere' |
| 1703 Sept 2 | Stapleton Leys | According to Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne taken from Original Sources, by John Ashton, a Queen's Plate of £100 was run at Stapleton Leys, Yorkshire on 2nd September, 1703 |
| 1707 July 24 | Malton | According to Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne taken from Original Sources, by John Ashton, a Queen's Plate was run at Langton Wold, near Malton, on 24th July, 1707 |
| 1709 July 26 | Hambleton | According to Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne taken from Original Sources, by John Ashton, a Queen's Plate was run at Black Hambleton on 26th July, 1709 |
| 1709 Aug 24 | Curragh | An advertisement in the Dublin Gazette, August 6-9, 1709, says - 'These are to give notice, that the Plates given by Her Majesty, which were appointed to be run for on the Curragh of Kildare, on the 17th and 19th of August Instant, are put of to the 24th and 26th Instant'. One of these Plates was for horses, mares and geldings, and the other was for mares only. |
| 1709 Aug 26 | Curragh | An advertisement in the Dublin Gazette, August 6-9, 1709, says - 'These are to give notice, that the Plates given by Her Majesty, which were appointed to be run for on the Curragh of Kildare, on the 17th and 19th of August Instant, are put of to the 24th and 26th Instant'. One of these Plates was for horses, mares and geldings, and the other was for mares only. |
| 1709 Oct 6 | Newmarket | Muir's Ye Olde New-Markitt Calendar, page 35, under A list of horse matches to be run at Newmarket in 1709, says - 'The Queen's Plate of £100 value is run for on 6th October (3 heats)' |
| 1710 Oct | Newmarket | Muir's W. T. Frampton and the "Dragon", page 30, says - 'In the Audit Office Declared Accounts of the Duke of Somerset, from November 1708 to February 1711, preserved in the Public Record Office, we find Mr. Richard Marshall, Stud Groom to the Queen, purchased a Bay Mare from Mr. John Croft (including a guinea to his groom), £130, 1s. 6d.; as also two Breeding Mares, bought of Mr. Leedes (including £11, 13s. 6d. for charges of bringing them out of Yorkshire), £226, 13s. 6d. More to him (Mr. R. Marshall) for so much paid to Lord Ryalton for a Match at Newmarket, £215, run by her late Majesty's (Queen Anne's) order. The accounts were not declared till 1731. More to him for so much paid in lieu of Her Majesty's Plate, run for at Newmarket in October 1710, £107, 10s.' |
| 1711 Aug 13 | Ascot | According to Ascot: The History, by Sean Magee, page
18, the first Queen's Plate at Ascot was run on Monday, August 13, 1711.
The four runners were Lord Raylton's Brown Bay, Lord Craven's Grey Horse,
Sir William Goring's Brown Bay and Mr Orme's Bay Horse The London Gazette had previously announced in July 1711 that 'Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas will be run for round the new heat on Ascott Common, near Windsor, on Tuesday August 7th next'. However, on Friday, August 10, Dean Swift, who was staying at Windsor and who was out riding with Dr Arbuthnot, the Queen's physician, noted - 'We saw a place they have made for a famous horse-race tomorrow, where the Queen will come'. This was thought to have referred to the Queen's Plate but actually meant the first race ever held at Ascot on Saturday, August 11, 1711, which was a plate of 50gs with seven runners |
| 1711 Oct 4 | Newmarket | According to the Newcastle Courant, 26 - 29 September, 1711, Number 26, the Queen's Plate at Newmarket was scheduled to be run on the first Thursday in October |
| 1712 July 26 | Hambleton |
According to Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne
taken from Original Sources, by John Ashton, a Queen's Plate was run
at Black Hambleton on 26th July, 1712 |
| 1712 Aug 27 | Datchett | The Newcastle Courant, 30 August - 1 September, 1712, Number 171, says - 'London, Aug. 26 This Day a great Number of Nobility and Gentry went for Windsor, the Queen's Plate of 100 l being to be Run for to Morrow on Dotchet Common, at which Her Majesty will be present. On Saturday the Gentlemens Plate of 50 l is to be run for, and on Monday the Town Plate of 20 l. After which there will be a Match of Cudgel Play for 20 l' |
| 1713 | Nottingham | Prior's Early Records of the Thoroughbred Horse, page 133, says - 'Letter, endorsed "The Town of Nottingham's thanks about their Plate," sent to Margaret Duchess of Newcastle (widow of John Holles, Duke of Newcastle) [which begins] :- June 1st, 1713. May it please yor Grace, Madm Dand has Informed us by Order from yor Grace that tho' ye Queen Plates were promis'd for this prsent year yet yor Grace has been so very kind as to give us a Plate of one Hundred Guineas to be run for this year, for wch great Favour we hold our selves highly Obliged to yor Grace's Goodness' |
| 1713 Apr 1 | Newmarket | Muir's W. T. Frampton and the "Dragon", page 30, says - 'In the accounts of the Honble. Conyers Darcy and George Fielding, Esq., Commissioners for Executing the Office of Master of the Horse, in the Public Record Officer payment is made to Mr. Richard Marshall, Stud Master, for Her Majesty's Free Plate, run for at Newmarkitt, ist day of April 1713, £107, 10s. More to him for the like run for at Newmarkitt in September l713. £107, 10s. These amounts represent Her Majesty's 100 gs., the guinea being valued at 21s. 6d.' |
| 1713 Aug 1 | Hambleton | According to Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne taken from Original Sources, by John Ashton, a Queen's Plate was run at Hambleton on 1st August, 1713 |
| 1713 Aug 12 | Ascot | According to Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne taken from Original Sources, by John Ashton, a Queen's Plate was run at Ascot Heath on 12th August, 1713. According to Ascot: The History, by Sean Magee, page 20, this was the third Queen's Plate to be run at Ascot |
| 1713 Sept | Newmarket | Muir's W. T. Frampton and the "Dragon", page 30, says - 'In the accounts of the Honble. Conyers Darcy and George Fielding, Esq., Commissioners for Executing the Office of Master of the Horse, in the Public Record Officer payment is made to Mr. Richard Marshall, Stud Master, for Her Majesty's Free Plate, run for at Newmarkitt, ist day of April 1713, £107, 10s. More to him for the like run for at Newmarkitt in September l713. £107, 10s. These amounts represent Her Majesty's 100 gs., the guinea being valued at 21s. 6d.' |
| 1714 July 28 | York | There was no official winner of the Royal Plate at York on Wednesday, July 28, 1714 and it was decided by a court of law that the four horses that were not distanced had an equal right to the prize. The race was rerun in 1719. See NOTE 52 |
| 1716 Whitsun | Guildford | The Newcastle Courant, Monday, March 26, to Wednesday, March 28, 1716, Number 729, page 12, says -'A rich Saddle and Accouterments are making for his Majesty, he designing to be present at Guilford in Whitson Week, when his Plate is to be Run for, of 100 l Value' |
| 1717 Apr 4 | Newmarket | Muir's Ye Olde New-Markitt Calendar, page 46, under Horse matches to be run at Newmarket, April 1717, says - 'April 4. The King's Plate, £100, for horses' |
| 1717 Oct | Newmarket | Muir's Ye Olde New-Markitt Calendar, page 49, under List of matches to be run at Newmarket in the month of October 1717, says - 'Oct. ?. King's Plate for Mares. "Won by Brocklesby Betty".' Brocklesby Betty must have won the King's Plate for six year old horses run on October 3 as Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 5, says - 'In October following [1717], She [Betty] beat four Horses for the Royal Cup at Newmarket' |
| 1718 Apr 2 | Newmarket | Muir's Ye Olde New-Markitt Calendar, page 50, under A list of horse matches to be run at this place in March and April next, says - '1718. April 2. The King's Plate, 100 gs., for Mares. Won by Mr. C. Pelham's Brocklesby Betty'. In April 1718 Brocklesby Betty was six years old and ineligible to run for the King's Plate for mares, which was for five year olds. It is evident that Brocklesby Betty won the King's Plate for six year old horses on April 3 as Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 5, says - 'In April, 1718, Betty beat six Horses for the Royal Cup at Newmarket' |
| 1722 Aug 21 | Winchester | The Newcastle Courant, Saturday, July 21, 1722, Number 109, page 8, says - 'His Majesty has given a Plate of 100 Guineas to be run for at Winchester, on Tuesday the 21st of August' |
| 1747 Apr 1 | Curragh | Faulkner's Dublin Journal, March 31-April 4, 1747, says - 'Last Wednesday, His Majesty's 100 l. Plate was run for at the Curragh, by the Horses mentioned in last Saturday's Journal. The first Heat was won by Mr Aspill's Mare; the second by Mr Keatinge's Horse; and the third by Sir Marmaduke Wyvill's Gelding. The three last ran a fourth Heat; but it is not yet determined who won it, no certain Judgment being yet given, whether Sir Marmaduke's or Mr Aspill's came in the first'. |
YEAR ENG SCOT IRE TOTAL
7 - - 7
1671 1 - - 1
1674 1 - - 1
1675 1 - - 1
1681 1 - - 1
1695 1 - - 1
1698 1 - 1 2
1699 1 - - 1
1702 1 - - 1
1704 1 - - 1
1705 3 - - 3
1706 3 - - 3
1707 1 - - 1
1708 1 - - 1
1709 4 - - 4
1710 1 - 1 2
1711 2 - - 2
1712 4 - - 4
1713 2 - - 2
1714 1 - - 1
1715 5 - - 5
1716 7 - - 7
1717 4 - - 4
1718 9 - 1 10
1719 8 - - 8
1720 7 - - 7
1721 8 - - 8
1722 7 - - 7
1723 8 - - 8
1724 8 - - 8
1725 8 - - 8
1726 5 - - 5
1727 11 [11] - - 11
1728 12 [12] 1 [1] - 13
1729 13 [13] 1 [1] - 14
1730 13 [13] - - 13
1731 13 [13] 1 [1] - 14
1732 13 [13] 1 [1] - 14
1733 13 [13] 1 [1] - 14
1734 13 [13] 1 [1] 1 15
1735 13 [13] 1 [1] - 14
1736 13 [13] 1 [1] - 14
1737 13 [13] - - 13
1738 13 [13] 1 [1] - 14
1739 13 [13] 1 [1] 2 16
1740 13 [13] 1 [1] 1 15
1741 13 [13] - 2 [2] 15
1742 13 [13] - 2 15
1743 13 [13] - 2 15
1744 13 [13] - 2 15
1745 13 [13] - 2 15
1746 13 [13] - 2 15
1747 13 [13] 1 [1] 2 16
1748 14 [14] - 2 16
1749 14 [14] 1 [1] 2 17
1750 14 [14] 1 [1] 2 17
1751 14 [14] 1 [1] 3 18
1752 14 [14] 1 [1] 3 18
1753 15 [15] 1 [1] 4 20
1754 15 [15] 1 [1] 3 [3] 19 [19]
1755 16 [16] 1 [1] 3 [3] 20 [20]
1756 16 [16] 2 [2] 5 [5] 23 [23]
1757 16 [16] 2 [2] 4 [5] 22 [23]
1758 16 [16] 2 [2] 6 [6] 24 [24]
1759 16 [16] 1 [1] 6 [6] 23 [23]
1760 16 [16] 2 [2] 6 [6] 24 [24]
1761 16 [16] 1 [1] 8 [8] 25 [25]
1762 16 [16] 1 [1] 8 [8] 25 [25]
1763 17 [17] 1 [1] 9 [9] 27 [27]
1764 17 [17] 1 [1] 9 [9] 27 [27]
1765 17 [17] 1 [1] 5 [9] 23 [27]
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671 33 109 813
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|
SOVEREIGN |
RECORDED WINNERS
|
UNRECORDED WINNERS
|
TOTAL
RACES |
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|
ENG
|
SCOT
|
IRE
|
ENG
|
SCOT
|
IRE
|
||
| CHARLES I (1625 - 1649) |
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
| CHARLES II (1660 - 1685) |
4
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
| JAMES II (1685 - 1688. Ireland 1685 - 1690) |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| WILLIAM III and MARY II (1689 - 1694) |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
| WILLIAM III alone (1694 - 1702) |
4
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
10
|
| ANNE (1702 - 1714) |
28
|
0
|
1
|
15
|
0
|
2
|
46
|
| GEORGE I (1714 - 1727) |
90
|
0
|
1
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
96
|
| GEORGE II (1727 - 1760) |
462
|
28
|
67
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
558
|
| GEORGE III (1760 - 1820) |
83
|
5
|
39
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
127
|
| TOTAL RACES |
671
|
33
|
109
|
24
|
0
|
8
|
845
|
|
The dates of 7 Royal Plates are unknown, so for the purpose of this table the following has been assumed - SYPHAX won 1 race in the reign of William III alone, PEDLAR won 1 race in the reign of Anne, Wharton Mare won 3 races in the reign of Anne, FOXHUNTER won 1 race in the reign of George I and Miss Wyndham won 1 race in the reign of George I The rerun of the 1714 Royal Plate at York which occurred in the reign of George I in 1719 has been included in the figures for Anne |
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COURSE
|
NOTES
|
RACES
|
|
|
UW
|
RW
|
||
| As = Ascot, Berkshire |
In 1711 Queen Anne purchased an area of land near the village of East Cote and ordered it to be prepared for racing. Royal Plates were run in 1711, 1712 and 1713. A fourth was advertised to be run on August 13, 1714 but was cancelled following the death of Queen Anne on August 1, 1714 |
2
|
1
|
| Bm = Bramham Moor, Yorkshire | First recorded 1702. Run at Richmond 1706 |
0
|
3
|
| Bu = Burford, Oxfordshire | Venue for 1681 Newmarket [Apr] Royal Plate |
0
|
1
|
| First run 1755 |
0
|
11
|
|
| Ca = Canterbury, Kent | First run 1729 |
0
|
37
|
| Ce = Carlisle, Cumberland | First run 1763 |
0
|
3
|
| Cu = Curragh of Kildare, Ireland | [Apr] First recorded 1747. According to Pick's Turf Register, volume 1, page 525, the first Royal Plate run at the Curragh in April was the King's Plate for mares in 1756. According to Faulkner's Dublin Journal a King's Plate was run in April 1747. According to Baily's Racing Register, volume 1, page 20, and Heber's Racing Calendar, volume III, 1753, page 97, Skewball won a Queen's Plate at the Curragh in April 1753 |
1
|
1
|
| [Apr for 5yrs] First run 1756 |
0
|
10
|
|
| [Apr for mares] First run 1756 |
0
|
10
|
|
| [June for 4yrs] First run 1758 |
0
|
7
|
|
| [June for 5yrs] First run 1761 |
0
|
4
|
|
| [June for aged] First run 1761 |
0
|
4
|
|
| [Sept] First run 1696 |
4
|
30
|
|
| [Sept for mares] First run 1696. The 1752 race was called the Queen's Plate |
2
|
27
|
|
| [lieu] First run 1763. The Lord Lieutenant's Plate. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, also known as Viceroy, literally Deputy King, was the King's representative in Ireland |
0
|
2
|
|
| Da = Datchet, Berkshire | First recorded 1709 |
1
|
1
|
| Dp = Downpatrick, Ireland | First mentioned 1690. First run 1691 |
1
|
0
|
| [alt] First run 1752. Run in alternate years with Maze |
0
|
7
|
|
| Ed = Edinburgh, Scotland | First recorded 1728. In 1756, 1757, 1758 and 1760 divided into two races of 50gs each. The first part, listed as [a], was weight for age for horses that never won, and the second part, listed as [b], was for hunters carrying 11st. The results of this Royal Plate were not regularly included in the Racing Calendars as very few horses of any note ran at Leith |
0
|
33
|
| Gu = Guildford, Surrey | First run before 1716. From 1752 run over the New Course on Merrow Downs, twice round for a heat |
1
|
44
|
| Ha = Hambleton, Yorkshire | First run before 1705. Run at Richmond 1725. Run at Malton 1747. Originally free for horses, mares or geldings, in the reign of Queen Anne the conditions were altered for it to be run for by mares only. There were two courses at Hambleton, the Long Course or Over Hambleton, and the Mare's Course or Round Hambleton, over which the Royal Plate was always run |
3
|
52
|
| Ip = Ipswich, Suffolk | First recorded 1723. From 1744 run over two miles and one quarter, except for 1745 and 1750, which were run over two miles. The 1757 race, according to Pond's Sporting Kalendar for 1757, page 50, was run over three miles. From 1750 altered to be run for by four year olds carrying 9st |
0
|
41
|
| Le = Lewes, Sussex | First recorded 1720 |
0
|
43
|
| Ld = Lichfield, Staffordshire | First run 1748 |
0
|
18
|
| Li = Lincoln, Lincolnshire | First recorded 1716 |
0
|
45
|
| Ma = Malton, Yorkshire | Venue for 1747 Hambleton Royal Plate |
0
|
1
|
| First mentioned 1707 |
1
|
0
|
|
| Mz = Maze, Ireland | [alt] First run 1751. Run in alternate years with Downpatrick |
0
|
7
|
| Nc = Newcastle, Northumberland | First run 1753 |
0
|
13
|
| Ne = Newmarket, Cambridgeshire | [Apr] First mentioned 1634. First recorded 1675. Run at Burford 1681. It would appear from the evidence that from 1720 two Royal Plates for horses, mares or geldings were run, as well as the Royal Plate for mares. Winners of these races which are not shown in Baily's Racing Register are listed as [Apr extra]. It would also appear that in 1713 two Royal Plates for horses, mares or geldings were run. The winner of the first race is unrecorded and this has been listed as [Apr extra] |
3
|
56
|
| [Apr extra] 1713, 1720 and 1722 |
1
|
2
|
|
| [Apr for mares] First recorded 1706 |
1
|
52
|
|
| [town] Instituted 1665. First run 1666. First recorded 1671. See NEWMARKET TOWN PLATE. |
1
|
2
|
|
| [Oct] First recorded 1695. The 1719 race won by Brown Betty was for horses, mares or geldings. Muir's Ye Olde New-Markitt Calendar lists two King's Plates in October 1719, won by Brown Betty and Buckhunter, and the author has added [For mares] and [For horses] to the titles, which is incorrect. It would appear from the evidence that the October Royal Plate for mares was discontinued and from 1719 two Royal Plates for horses, mares or geldings were run. Winners of these races which are not shown in Baily's Racing Register are listed as [Oct extra] |
5
|
56
|
|
| [Oct extra] 1719 and 1721 |
0
|
2
|
|
| [Prince] Run in 1709. Gifted by Queen Anne in honour of her late husband George, the Prince Consort |
0
|
1
|
|
| [Oct for mares] Run in 1717 and 1718 |
1
|
1
|
|
| No = Nottingham, Nottinghamshire | First mentioned 1713. First recorded 1716 |
1
|
41
|
| Ri = Richmond, Yorkshire | Venue for 1706 Bramham Moor Royal Plate. Venue for 1725 Hambleton Royal Plate |
0
|
2
|
| Sy = Salisbury, Wiltshire | First run 1728 |
0
|
38
|
| Stapleton Leys, Yorkshire | First mentioned 1703 |
1
|
0
|
| Wm = Wimbleton, Surrey | First recorded 1718 |
0
|
1
|
| Wi = Winchester, Hampshire | First recorded 1722 |
1
|
40
|
| Wn = Windsor, Berkshire | First recorded 1709 |
0
|
1
|
| Yo = York, Yorkshire | First run 1709. According to Pick's Turf Register, vol 1, page 456, this Royal Plate was first run in 1711 and the winner was Hall's Sampson, but according to pages 4 and 471 this was the second running and the £60 gold cup won by Bay Bolton in 1710 was Queen Anne's Gold Cup. However, on page 464, the Royal Plate won by Farmer in 1712 was said to be the second running, and on page 300, the Royal Plate won by Graeme's Champion in 1713 was said to be the third running. The £50 gold cup won by Wart in 1709 has been included because the conditions were identical to the 1710 race. In 1730 the old course at Clifton and Rawcliffe Ings was abandoned and from 1731 the new course at Knavesmire was used |
1
|
57
|
| Unknown venues |
0
|
5
|
|
|
TOTAL NUMBER OF RACES
|
32
|
813
|
|
|
According to Baily's Racing Register, volume 1, page 164, the Royal Plate at the Curragh of Kildare [Sept for mares] in 1757 was 'The Mares Plate of 100gs, for five yrs. old, 10st'. This race was, however, open to mares of all ages and the winner in 1757 was seven years old. The conditions have been ammended to read 'The Mares Plate of 100gs, 10st' According to Baily's Racing Register, volume 1, page 238, the Royal Plate at the Curragh of Kildare [lieu] in 1763 was 'The King's 100gs, four-mile heats'. This race, however, was not run in heats and the conditions have been amended to read 'The King's 100gs, four miles' |