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1stDiego Velazquez4yo by Frankel × Sweepstake€571,400
2ndNotable Speech4yo by Dubawi × Swift Rose€228,600
3rdDancing Gemini4yo by Camelot × Lady Adelaide€114,300
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Diego Velazquez
Purse€1,000,000
Distance1600 metres
Winning time1m 34.23s
SurfaceTurf
Conditions3-year-olds and up

Stories of this Result

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.

Frankel

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.

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Result

10 runners · prize money to 5th place
PosHorseJockey · TrainerMarginPrize
1stDiego Velazquez4yo colt by Frankel × SweepstakeChristophe SoumillonAidan O'Brien€571,400
2ndNotable Speech4yo colt by Dubawi × Swift RoseWilliam BuickCharlie ApplebyHead€228,600
3rdDancing Gemini4yo colt by Camelot × Lady AdelaideRossa RyanRoger Teal¾€114,300
4thDocklands5yo colt by Massaat × Icky WooTom MarquandHarry EustaceNeck€57,100
5thGo To First5yo colt by Rulership × Title PartMirai IwataKoichi Shintani2€28,600
6thAscoli Piceno4yo filly by Daiwa Major × AscoltiChristophe LemaireYoichi KuroiwaNeck
7thZabiari4yo colt by Wootton Bassett × ZaridiyaMickael BarzalonaFrancis-Henri GraffardNeck
8thRidari3yo colt by Churchill × RidasiynaCristian DemuroMikel DelzanglesNeck
9thKing Gold8yo colt by Anodin × Miss GandeliaStephane PasquierN Caullery1 ¾
10thThe Lion In Winter3yo colt by Sea The Stars × What A HomeRyan MooreAidan O'Brien4 ½

Pedigree of the winner

As of race day 17.08.25
Diego Velazquez
SweepstakeDamby Acclamation
DamSweepstake

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 damDust Flicker

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 damGalaxie Dust

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.

Wider family

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.

Next generation

Sweepstake has a colt foal by St Mark's Basilica.

Connections

All winners since 2020

YearWinnerTrainer / JockeyOwner / BreederVideo
2024CharynDark Angel × FutoonRoger VarianSilvestre De SousaNurlan BizakovGrangemore Stud
2023InspiralFrankel × StarscopeJohn & Thady GosdenFrankie DettoriCheveley Park StudCheveley Park Stud Limited
2022InspiralFrankel × StarscopeJohn & Thady GosdenFrankie DettoriCheveley Park StudCheveley Park Stud Limited
2021Palace PierKingman × Beach FrolicJohn & Thady GosdenFrankie DettoriSheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al MaktoumHighclere Stud And Floors Farming
2020Palace PierKingman × Beach FrolicJohn & Thady GosdenFrankie DettoriSheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al MaktoumHighclere Stud And Floors Farming

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