Coral Eclipse...

interesting little race . but the eclipse should be more than that , king george will probably go likewise . time for a revamp .

What a poor response for this once great race.

1968    Royal Palace    4    Sandy Barclay    Noel Murless    Jim Joel    2:07.50
1969    Wolver Hollow    5    Lester Piggott    Henry Cecil    Hope Goddard Iselin    2:11.80
1970    Connaught    5    Sandy Barclay    Noel Murless    Jim Joel    2:06.00
1971    Mill Reef    3    Geoff Lewis    Ian Balding    Paul Mellon    2:05.40
1972    Brigadier Gerard    4    Joe Mercer    Dick Hern    Jean Hislop    2:20.20
1973    Scottish Rifle [a]    4    Ron Hutchinson    John Dunlop    Sandy Struthers    2:12.39
1974    Coup de Feu    5    Pat Eddery    Duncan Sasse    Tim Sasse    2:08.86
1975    Star Appeal    5    Greville Starkey    Theo Grieper    Waldemar Zeitelhack    2:06.10
1976    Wollow [b]    3    Gianfranco Dettori    Henry Cecil    Carlo d'Alessio    2:05.42
1977    Artaius    3    Lester Piggott    Vincent O'Brien    Mrs George Getty II    2:05.30
1978    Gunner B    5    Joe Mercer    Henry Cecil    Pauline Barratt    2:05.05
1979    Dickens Hill    3    Tony Murray    Mick O'Toole    Mrs Jean-Pierre Binet    2:06.17
1980    Ela-Mana-Mou    4    Willie Carson    Dick Hern    Simon Weinstock    2:10.20
1981    Master Willie    4    Philip Waldron    Henry Candy    Robert Barnett    2:07.44
1982    Kalaglow    4    Greville Starkey    Guy Harwood    Tony Ward    2:08.83
1983    Solford    3    Pat Eddery    Vincent O'Brien    Robert Sangster    2:06.36
1984    Sadler's Wells    3    Pat Eddery    Vincent O'Brien    Robert Sangster    2:04.53
1985    Pebbles    4    Steve Cauthen    Clive Brittain    Sheikh Mohammed    2:07.33
1986    Dancing Brave    3    Greville Starkey    Guy Harwood    Khalid Abdullah    2:06.18
1987    Mtoto    4    Michael Roberts    Alec Stewart    Ahmed Al Maktoum    2:04.33
1988    Mtoto    5    Michael Roberts    Alec Stewart    Ahmed Al Maktoum    2:06.14
1989    Nashwan    3    Willie Carson    Dick Hern    Hamdan Al Maktoum    2:07.38
1990    Elmaamul    3    Willie Carson    Dick Hern    Hamdan Al Maktoum    2:04.63
1991    Environment Friend    3    George Duffield    James Fanshawe    Bill Gredley    2:07.61
1992    Kooyonga    4    Warren O'Connor    Michael Kauntze    Mitsuo Haga    2:10.83
1993    Opera House    5    Michael Kinane    Michael Stoute    Sheikh Mohammed    2:06.25
1994    Ezzoud    5    Walter Swinburn    Michael Stoute    Maktoum Al Maktoum    2:04.70
1995    Halling    4    Walter Swinburn    Saeed bin Suroor    Godolphin    2:05.32
1996    Halling    5    John Reid    Saeed bin Suroor    Godolphin    2:08.05
1997    Pilsudski    5    Michael Kinane    Michael Stoute    Lord Weinstock    2:12.51
1998    Daylami    4    Frankie Dettori    Saeed bin Suroor    Godolphin    2:06.82

Certainly is, windsor.

1.Dancing Brave
2.Nashwan
3.Pebbles

For a G1 3yo and older horses race, the prize money is not great. It wouldn't surprise me if over the years it has lost ground to G1's it is competing with. Often used to go to this meeting but Sandown just lost its appeal, prefer the jump meetings there nowadays.

Thought Paddington's St James's Palace Stakes win  makes him the bet and trusting O'Brien wouldn't bother if any doubts.

Great horse Mtoto, a real turn of foot. Also won the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth, after trainer     Alec Stewart had originally said he wasn't going to run! Should have won 88 Arc, scuppered by a big field/poor draw and and Michael Roberts; finished so fast but Tony Bin, who he easily beat in previous races had got first run.

Who would have thought in a 3 yo maiden on a haydock night meeting we would have seen a horse go on to win 2 eclipses and a king George beating very very good horses as well.

Trepan was it 1976?I was glad he was not thrown out on the day.Was Pebbles the 1st ever filly/mare to win it?

https://youtu.be/f0hXunBuVPk

pebbles wot a hoss

Pat Eddery looking round for non-existent Derby winners etc

That’s him penzance

You could get 33/1 on the day Bob Back in a 4 hourse race.

Kooyonga was the 2 nd FILLY to win the eclipse penzance

Funny I don’t remember that race penzance and I would have been there.

The smart cookies in here are the Crisfords. £40,000 for having to do no more than finish. £80k if

manage to beat one home!

Since the beginning of this century and much more recently more and more good horses are going to fewer trainers. These trainers then select which of their horses will run in these races. In the last ten years the winners has overwhelmingly been from one of the very few top yards. It works well for them but not for racing in general.