Aidan O'Brien
With this win, Aidan O'Brien leads the 2025 trainers' table on 14 Group 1 wins. The stable had come close here before: Circus Maximus was third in 2020 and Order Of Australia was third in 2021.
With this win, Aidan O'Brien leads the 2025 trainers' table on 14 Group 1 wins. The stable had come close here before: Circus Maximus was third in 2020 and Order Of Australia was third in 2021.

Frankel had already sired winners of this race: Inspiral (2022) and Inspiral (2023). With this win, the stallion leads the 2025 sires' table on 6 Group 1 wins. Those wins came from 5 different horses.
Diego Velazquez is out of Sweepstake (Acclamation) and is the latest of her seven winners. The mare was a stakes winner who took the Listed National Stakes at Sandown and was group-placed in England and the US, where she was second in a Grade 3 race. She is also the dam of Broome (Australia), a Group 1 winner in France in the Gr.1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud, a multiple group winner and Group 1-placed in Ireland, a group winner in England and the UAE and Grade 1-placed in the US, and of Point Lonsdale (Australia), a dual Group 2 winner and multiple Group 1-placed. Sweepstake is a half-sister to Dustymour (Azamour), a black-type-placed winner in the US, and to Luxuria (Kheleyf), a winner at two in Britain and grandam of Elite Status, winner of the Gr.3 Prix de Cabourg, and of Soldier's Heart, a Listed winner at two in Britain.
Second dam Dust Flicker (Suave Dancer) was a maiden and produced seven winners. She is a full sister to Dust Dancer, a Group 3 winner in France, dam of Spotlight, a Grade 2 winner in the US, and grandam of the sire Zoffany (Dansili), winner of the Gr.1 Phoenix Stakes.
Third dam Galaxie Dust (Blushing Groom), a winner, produced seven winners, among them Bulaxie (Bustino), winner of the Gr.3 Fred Darling Stakes and dam of Claxon, a Group 2 winner in Italy, and Zimzalabim (Damister), a Listed winner who was Group 1-placed.
Other members of the family include Rostropovich (Frankel), second in the Gr.1 Irish Derby, and Berkshire Rocco (Sir Percy), second in the Gr.1 St Leger.
Sweepstake has a colt foal by St Mark's Basilica.
| Year | Winner | Trainer / Jockey | Owner / Breeder | Video | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | CharynDark Angel × Futoon | Roger VarianSilvestre De Sousa | Nurlan BizakovGrangemore Stud | ||
| 2023 | InspiralFrankel × Starscope | John & Thady GosdenFrankie Dettori | Cheveley Park StudCheveley Park Stud Limited | ||
| 2022 | InspiralFrankel × Starscope | John & Thady GosdenFrankie Dettori | Cheveley Park StudCheveley Park Stud Limited | ||
| 2021 | Palace PierKingman × Beach Frolic | John & Thady GosdenFrankie Dettori | Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al MaktoumHighclere Stud And Floors Farming | ||
| 2020 | Palace PierKingman × Beach Frolic | John & Thady GosdenFrankie Dettori | Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al MaktoumHighclere Stud And Floors Farming |