Group 1
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winners
Kalpana won the 2026 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, ridden by Colin Keane for Andrew Balding. Below: every winner back to 1951.
- Ascot
- Late July
Roll of honour
76 runnings| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Kalpana | Colin Keane | Andrew Balding |
| 2025 | Calandagan | Mickael Barzalona | Francis-Henri Graffard |
| 2024 | Goliath | Christophe Soumillon | Francis-Henri Graffard |
| 2023 | Hukum | Jim Crowley | Owen Burrows |
| 2022 | Pyledriver | P. J. McDonald | William Muir & Chris Grassick |
| 2021 | Adayar | William Buick | Charlie Appleby |
| 2020 | Enable | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden |
| 2019 | Enable | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden |
| 2018 | Poet's Word | James Doyle | Sir Michael Stoute |
| 2017 | Enable | Frankie Dettori | John Gosden |
| 2016 | Highland Reel | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien |
| 2015 | Postponed | Andrea Atzeni | Luca Cumani |
| 2014 | Taghrooda | Paul Hanagan | John Gosden |
| 2013 | Novellist | Johnny Murtagh | Andreas Wohler |
| 2012 | Danedream | Andrasch Starke | Peter Schiergen |
| 2011 | Nathaniel | William Buick | John Gosden |
| 2010 | Harbinger | Olivier Peslier | Sir Michael Stoute |
| 2009 | Conduit | Ryan Moore | Sir Michael Stoute |
| 2008 | Duke of Marmalade | Johnny Murtagh | Aidan O'Brien |
| 2007 | Dylan Thomas | Johnny Murtagh | Aidan O'Brien |
| 2006 | Hurricane Run | Christophe Soumillon | André Fabre |
| 2005 | Azamour | Michael Kinane | John Oxx |
| 2004 | Doyen | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor |
| 2003 | Alamshar | Johnny Murtagh | John Oxx |
| 2002 | Golan | Kieren Fallon | Sir Michael Stoute |
| 2001 | Galileo | Michael Kinane | Aidan O'Brien |
| 2000 | Montjeu | Michael Kinane | John Hammond |
| 1999 | Daylami | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor |
| 1998 | Swain | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor |
| 1997 | Swain | John Reid | Saeed bin Suroor |
| 1996 | Pentire | Michael Hills | Geoff Wragg |
| 1995 | Lammtarra | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor |
| 1994 | King's Theatre | Michael Kinane | Henry Cecil |
| 1993 | Opera House | Michael Roberts | Michael Stoute |
| 1992 | St Jovite | Stephen Craine | Jim Bolger |
| 1991 | Generous | Alan Munro | Paul Cole |
| 1990 | Belmez | Michael Kinane | Henry Cecil |
| 1989 | Nashwan | Willie Carson | Dick Hern |
| 1988 | Mtoto | Michael Roberts | Alec Stewart |
| 1987 | Reference Point | Steve Cauthen | Henry Cecil |
| 1986 | Dancing Brave | Pat Eddery | Guy Harwood |
| 1985 | Petoski | Willie Carson | Dick Hern |
| 1984 | Teenoso | Lester Piggott | Geoff Wragg |
| 1983 | Time Charter | Joe Mercer | Henry Candy |
| 1982 | Kalaglow | Greville Starkey | Guy Harwood |
| 1981 | Shergar | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute |
| 1980 | Ela-Mana-Mou | Willie Carson | Dick Hern |
| 1979 | Troy | Willie Carson | Dick Hern |
| 1978 | Ile de Bourbon | John Reid | Fulke Johnson Houghton |
| 1977 | The Minstrel | Lester Piggott | Vincent O'Brien |
| 1976 | Pawneese | Yves Saint-Martin | Angel Penna Sr. |
| 1975 | Grundy | Pat Eddery | Peter Walwyn |
| 1974 | Dahlia | Lester Piggott | Maurice Zilber |
| 1973 | Dahlia | Bill Pyers | Maurice Zilber |
| 1972 | Brigadier Gerard | Joe Mercer | Dick Hern |
| 1971 | Mill Reef | Geoff Lewis | Ian Balding |
| 1970 | Nijinsky | Lester Piggott | Vincent O'Brien |
| 1969 | Park Top | Lester Piggott | Bernard van Cutsem |
| 1968 | Royal Palace | Sandy Barclay | Noel Murless |
| 1967 | Busted | George Moore | Noel Murless |
| 1966 | Aunt Edith | Lester Piggott | Noel Murless |
| 1965 | Meadow Court | Lester Piggott | Paddy Prendergast |
| 1964 | Nasram | Bill Pyers | Ernie Fellows |
| 1963 | Ragusa | Garnie Bougoure | Paddy Prendergast |
| 1962 | Match | Yves Saint-Martin | François Mathet |
| 1961 | Right Royal | Roger Poincelet | Etienne Pollet |
| 1960 | Aggressor | Jimmy Lindley | Towser Gosden |
| 1959 | Alcide | Harry Carr | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort |
| 1958 | Ballymoss | Scobie Breasley | Vincent O'Brien |
| 1957 | Montaval | Freddie Palmer | Georges Bridgland |
| 1956 | Ribot | Enrico Camici | Ugo Penco |
| 1955 | Vimy | Roger Poincelet | Alec Head |
| 1954 | Aureole | Eph Smith | Cecil Boyd-Rochfort |
| 1953 | Pinza | Sir Gordon Richards | Norman Bertie |
| 1952 | Tulyar | Charlie Smirke | Marcus Marsh |
| 1951 | Supreme Court | Charlie Elliott | Evan Williams |
Winners from Wikipedia, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes questions
Who won the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in 2026?
Kalpana, ridden by Colin Keane and trained by Andrew Balding.
When is the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes?
The King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes is run at Ascot: Late July.
Which jockey has won the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes most?
Frankie Dettori, with 7 wins in the list above.