2012 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes information
62nd King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
Danedream
Nathaniel
St Nicholas Abbey
Location
Ascot Racecourse
Date
21 July 2012
Winning horse
Danedream (GER)
Jockey
Andrasch Starke
Trainer
Peter Schiergen (GER)
Owner
Gestut Burg Eberstein & Teruya Yoshida
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The 2012 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes was a horse race held at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday 21 July 2012. It was the 62nd King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
The winner was Gestut Burg Eberstein & Teruya Yoshida's Danedream, a four-year-old bay filly trained in Germany by Peter Schiergen and ridden by Andrasch Starke. Danedream's victory was the first for his jockey, trainer and owner and the first by a German-trained horse. Danedream was the first female to win the race since Time Charter in 1983.
Danedream was the European Champion Three-year-old Filly of 2011 when her win included the Oaks d'Italia, Grosser Preis von Berlin, Grosser Preis von Baden and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. After winning on her debut as a four-year-old she had failed to show her best form when finishing fourth in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud in June. In the 2012 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Danedream started the 9/1 fifth choice in the betting behind Sea Moon, Nathaniel (the previous year's winner), St Nicholas Abbey and the Melbourne Cup winner Dunaden. Danedream produced a sustained run in the straight to catch Nathaniel 75 yards from the finish and won by a nose, with St Nicholas Abbey one and a half lengths back in third.[1]
This was the last running of the race (until at least 2017) to be shown on the BBC, who had televised every running since the race's inception in 1951.
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