Staged at Ascot racecourse, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes is run over a distance of 1m4f and is generally regarded as Britain’s most prestigious all-aged flat horse race.
With over £600,000 up for grabs for the winner the it goes without saying the race always attracts horses from the best yards around the country with Sir Michael Stoute and Saeed Bin Suroor, who have won the King George six and five times, are the trainers with the best recent record in the contest.
While the powerful Aidan O’Brien yard have won the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes four times. Don’t forget the John Gosden yard either – they’ve won the race 3 times in the last 10 years.
Last year we saw the French-trained Calandagan win the race - giving trainer Francis-Henri Graffard his second win after Goliath won in 2024.
Here at GeeGeez, we take a look back at the recent winners of the race and gives you the key trends to look out for ahead of the 2026 renewal – this year run on Saturday 26th July.
Recent King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes Winners
2025 - Calandagan (11/10 fav)
2024 - Goliath (25/1)
2023 - Hukum (13/2)
2022 – Pyledriver (18/1)
2021 - Adayar (9/4)
2020 – Enable (4/9 fav)
2019 – Enable (8/15 fav)
2018 – Poet’s Word (7/4)
2017 – Enable (5/4 fav)
2016 – Highland Reel (13/8 fav)
2015 – Postponed (6/1)
2014 – Taghrooda (7/2)
2013 – Novellist (13/2)
2012 – Danedream (9/1)
2011 – Nathaniel (11/2)
2010 – Harbinger (4/1)
2009 – Conduit (13/8 fav)
2008 – Duke of Marmalade (4/6 fav)
2007 – Dylan Thomas (5/4 fav)
2006 – Hurricane Run (5/6 fav)
2005 – Azamour (5/2 fav)
2004 – Doyen (11/10 fav)
2003 – Alamshar (13/2)
2002 – Golan (11/2)
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes Trends
23/24 – Previous Group 1 or 2 winners
22/24 – Had won over 1m4f before
21/24 – Placed last time out
20/24 – Had 2 or more runs already that season
19/24 – Returned 13/2 or shorter in the betting
19/24 – Previous Group 1 winner
19/24 – Aged 3 or 4 years-old
15/24 – Had run Ascot before
14/24 – Won their previous race
14/24 – Aged 4 years-old
11/24 – Favourites that won
11/24 – Won at Ascot before
9/24 – Ran at Royal Ascot last time out
5/24 – Trained by John Gosden
3/24 – Trained by Aidan O’Brien
8 of the last 14 winners from stalls 3 or 4
4 of the last 5 winners from stall 4
No winner aged 7+ ever (since race first run 1951)
No winner from stall 1 since 1999 (Daylami)
Just three 6+ year-old winners since 1951
2 of the last 11 winners were that season’s Epsom Oaks winner
Just 2 French-trained winners since 2007 (Goliath 2024, Calandagan 2025)
Adayar (2021) and Galileo (2001) were the last horses to do the Derby/King George double in the same season
Trainer John Gosden won the race in 2011, 2014, 2017, 2019 & 2020
Trainer Saeed Bin Suroor won the race in 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999 & 2004
Trainer Aidan O’Brien won the race in 2001, 2007, 2008 & 2016
The average winning SP in the last 10 runnings is 13/2
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