Bay Bridge
Bay Bridge was an outsider, returned at decimal odds of 15.2. The winning margin over Adayar was half a length. The field numbered 9 runners. The horse is by New Bay out of Hayyona. The winning time was 2m 9.46s.
Great Britain
Ascot · 15.10.22
Watch the raceChampion Stakes
3rdMy Prospero3yo by Iffraaj × My Titania£139,880
Full result →JockeyRichard Kingscote
TrainerSir Michael Stoute
Purse£1,300,000
Distance2004 metres
Winning time2m 9.46s
SurfaceTurf
Conditions3-year-olds and up
Stories of this Result
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Racing TV · English commentaryResult
9 runners · prize money to 6th placePosHorseJockey · TrainerMarginPrize
7thHelvic Dream5yo gelding by Power × RachevieOisin OrrNoel Meade8 ½
8thMac Swiney4yo colt by New Approach × Halla Na SaoireKevin ManningJim Bolger8
Pedigree of the winner
As of race day 15.10.22Bay Bridge
New BaySire
HayyonaDamby Multiplex
DamHayyona
Bay Bridge is out of Hayyona (Multiplex), whose seven foals include three runners, two of them winners; he was the fourth foal. His half-sister Nataleena (Nathaniel) has won five races. Hayyona is a half-sister to Shimraan (Rainbow Quest), winner of the Gr.2 Prix Eugene Adam.
Second damShemriyna
Second dam Shemriyna (King Of Kings) was a winner. Her half-siblings include Shamkiyr (Sea The Stars), second in the Gr.1 Prix du Jockey Club, Shendaya (Danehill Dancer), placed in the Listed Prix Casimir Delamarre and grandam of Like A Charm, placed in the Gr.2 Prix de Sandringham, and of the Listed-placed Shenoya, and Pecking Order (Fastnet Rock), second in the Listed Prix des Tourelles.
Third damShemaya
Third dam Shemaya (Darshaan) was a stakes winner, taking the Listed Prix Casimir Delamarre, and bred Shamkiyr. She is a daughter of Shemaka (Nishapour), winner of the Gr.1 Prix de Diane, and is related to Shemima (Dalakhani), winner of the Gr.3 Prix Allez France and dam of Cormorant (Kingman), winner of the Gr.3 Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial.
Wider family
Another relative is Shemala (Danehill), winner of the Listed Prix Madame Jean Couturie and also a daughter of Shemaka. Descendants of Shemala include Shakeel (Dalakhani), winner of the Gr.1 Grand Prix de Paris.
Next generation
Hayyona has the unraced 2-year-old filly Stormy Sea (Territories), plus a yearling colt by Time Test.
Connections
JockeyRichard Kingscote
TrainerSir Michael Stoute
Bay Bridge in 2022
1 placeTrainer / Jockey / Track
Prince of Wales's Stakes2004 metres · £1,057,5002ndSir Michael StouteRyan Moore15.06.2022AscotPrize money €264,226Race detailsWatch
All winners since 2020
History since 2001
Champion Stakes22Editions since 2001
2Multiple winnersTwice Over, Cracksman
9%Won by fillies or mares2 of 22 · 2 of the last 20
2:00.13Fastest winning timeNew Approach · 2008
Record holders
Most wins since 20011Tom QueallyJockey · 2009, 2010, 20123 wins
2Sir Henry CecilTrainer · 2009, 2010, 20123 wins
3JuddmonteOwner · 2009, 2010, 2012, 20144 wins
4GalileoSire · 2008, 2012, 2014, 20194 wins
5JuddmonteBreeder · 2009, 2010, 2012, 20144 wins
6PivotalDamsire · 2017, 2018, 20193 wins
Multiple winners
Won this race more than once1Twice Over2009, 20102 wins
2Cracksman2017, 20182 wins
Biggest upsets
Longest-priced winners1David Junior2005 · Jamie Spencer26.00
2Twice Over2009 · Tom Queally15.00
3Haafhd2004 · Richard Hills13.00
4Cirrus des Aigles2011 · Christophe Soumillon13.00
All 22 winners since 2001
| Year | Winner | Trainer / Jockey | Owner / Breeder | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Bay Bridge New Bay | Sir Michael Stoute Richard Kingscote | James Wigan & Ballylinch Stud London Thoroughbred Services | 11.00 |
| 2021 | Sealiway Galiway | Cedric Rossi Mickael Barzalona | Le Haras De La Gousserie Guy Pariente | 13.00 |
| 2020 | Addeybb Pivotal | William Haggas Tom Marquand | Sheikh Ahmed al Maktoum Rabbah Bloodstock | 10.00 |
| 2019 | Magical Galileo | Aidan O'Brien Donnacha O'Brien | Coolmore Group Orpendale, Chelston & Wynatt | 2.00 |
| 2018 | Cracksman Frankel | John Gosden Frankie Dettori | Anthony Oppenheimer Hascombe and Valiant Studs | 1.83 |
| 2017 | Cracksman Frankel | John Gosden Frankie Dettori | Anthony Oppenheimer Hascombe and Valiant Studs | 2.62 |
| 2016 | Almanzor Wootton Bassett | Jean-Claude Rouget Christophe Soumillon | Ecurie Antonio Caro Haras d'Étreham | 2.38 |
| 2015 | Fascinating Rock Fastnet Rock | Dermot Weld Pat Smullen | Newtown Anner Stud Farm Newtown Anner Stud | 11.00 |
| 2014 | Noble Mission Galileo | Jane Cecil James Doyle | Juddmonte Juddmonte | 8.00 |
| 2013 | Farhh Pivotal | Saeed bin Suroor Silvestre de Sousa | Godolphin Darley Stud | 3.75 |
| 2012 | Frankel Galileo | Sir Henry Cecil Tom Queally | Juddmonte Juddmonte | 1.18 |
| 2011 | Cirrus des Aigles Even Top | Corine Barande-Barbe Christophe Soumillon | Jean-Claude Dupouy Yvon Lelimouzin & Benoit Deschamps | 13.00 |
| 2010 | Twice Over Observatory | Sir Henry Cecil Tom Queally | Juddmonte Juddmonte | 4.50 |
| 2009 | Twice Over Observatory | Sir Henry Cecil Tom Queally | Juddmonte Juddmonte | 15.00 |
| 2008 | New Approach Galileo | Jim Bolger Kevin Manning | Princess Haya of Jordan Lodge Park Stud | 2.20 |
| 2007 | Literato Kendor | Jean-Claude Rouget Christophe Lemaire | Hervé Morin B S H of Administrativa | 4.50 |
| 2006 | Pride Peintre Celebre | Alain de Royer-Dupré Christophe Lemaire | N P Bloodstock Ltd N P Bloodstock Ltd | 4.50 |
| 2005 | David Junior Pleasant Tap | Brian Meehan Jamie Spencer | Roldvale Ltd Arthur I. Appleton | 26.00 |
| 2004 | Haafhd Alhaarth | Barry Hills Richard Hills | Hamdan Al Maktoum Shadwell Stud | 13.00 |
| 2003 | Rakti Polish Precedent | Michael Jarvis Philip Robinson | Gary Tanaka Azienda Agricola Rosati Colarieti | 12.00 |
| 2002 | Storming Home Machiavellian | Barry Hills Michael Hills | Maktoum Al Maktoum Gainsborough Stud | 9.00 |
| 2001 | Nayef Gulch | Marcus Tregoning Richard Hills | Hamdan Al Maktoum Shadwell Stud | 4.00 |
Source: G1Stars meeting database – winners, connections, times and starting prices as recorded. Group 1 grading began in 1971.
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