Which horse was the longest-priced winner of the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes at Ascot?

Not to be confused with the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, or ‘QEII’ – which is, in fact, the most prestigious and valuable mile race in Europe – the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes is likewise a Group 1 race run at Ascot, but over six furlongs on the fifth and final day of Royal Ascot in June each year. The race was inaugurated, as the All-Aged Stakes, in 1868 and, since being promoted to Group 1 status in 2002, has been run under various titles in commemoration of the Golden, Diamond and Platinum Jubilee of the late Queen Elizabeth II. In 2023, the iconic sprint was renamed to its current title to honour Her Late Majesty in perpetuity.

The Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes was restricted to horses aged four years and upwards in 2015, following the introduction of the Commonwealth Cup to the Royal Ascot programme, but remains a ‘level-weights’ contest, in which colts and geldings carry 9st 3lb and fillies and mares receive a 3lb ‘weight-for-sex’ allowance. As such, the race represents a test of class, but since 2015 just two favourites, Blue Point in 2019 and Dream Of Dreams in 2021, have been successful.

Indeed, in the past decade, the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes has thrown up winners at 14/1 (twice), 33/1 and 80/1. The record 80/1 starting price belongs to Khaadem, trained by Charles Hills, who, in 2023, as a seven-year-old, led inside the final hundred yards win by a neck. Just for good measure, the son of Dark Angel won the race again in 2024, at 14/1, thereby becoming the first horse since Right Boy, in 1969, to win back-to-back renewals.