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Michael Stoute : biography

22 October 1945 –

Sir Michael Ronald Stoute (born 22 October 1945 in Barbados) is a Barbadian British thoroughbred horse trainer in flat racing. Stoute, whose father was the Chief of police for Barbados, left the island in 1964 at the age of 19 to become an assistant to trainer Pat Rohan and began training horses on his own in 1972. His first win as a trainer came on 28 April 1972 when Sandal, a horse owned by Stoute’s father, won at Newmarket Racecourse in Suffolk, England., ntra.com, accessed 20 February 2010. Since then, he has gone on to win races all over the globe, including victories in the Dubai World Cup, the Breeders Cup, the Japan Cup and the Hong Kong Vase., epsom-derby.net, accessed 20 February 2010.

He was knighted in 1998 for services to tourism in Barbados. He was the only trainer in the 20th century to win an English Classic in five successive seasons and has been Champion Trainer ten times (1981, 1986, 1989, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2009). He was the trainer for Kribensis, who is the only horse to have won the Triple Crown of Hurdling, doing so in the 1989/90 racing season. Stoute also trained Shergar, arguably his most famous horse, who won the 1981 Epsom Derby and was later stolen, presumably by the IRA., telegraph.co.uk, 27 January 2008, accessed 20 February 2010.

In 2009, three horses trained by Stoute, Conduit, Tartan Bearer and Ask, pulled off a rare feat when the trio of horses made a clean sweep of the placings at the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. In all, the horses took home $1,787,000 of the $2,008,945 prizemoney in Britain’s richest horserace., theaustralian.news.com.au, 27 July 2009, accessed 6 August 2009. Those wins helped him regain his Champion Trainer title in 2009, winning a total of £3,372,287 in prize money., britishhorseracing.com, accessed 20 February 2010.

In 2013 he trained the Queen’s horse Estimate to Gold Cup victory.

Stoute currently resides and trains horses at the Freemason Lodge Stables in Newmarket, England.

Major wins

Great Britain 
  • 1,000 Guineas – (2) – Musical Bliss (1989), Russian Rhythm (2003)
  • 2,000 Guineas – (5) – Shadeed (1985), Doyoun (1988), Entrepreneur (1997), King’s Best (2000), Golan (2001)
  • Ascot Gold Cup – (2) – Shangamuzo (1978), Estimate (2013)
  • Champion Hurdle – (1) – Kribensis (1990)
  • Champion Stakes – (2) – Pilsudski (1997), Kalanisi (2000)
  • Cheveley Park Stakes – (3) – Marwell (1980), Gay Gallanta (1994), Regal Rose (2000)
  • Coronation Cup – (5) – Saddlers’ Hall (1992), Opera House (1993), Singspiel (1997), Daliapour (2000), Ask (2009)
  • Coronation Stakes – (4) – Sonic Lady (1986), Milligram (1987), Exclusive (1998), Russian Rhythm (2003)
  • Derby – (5) – Shergar (1981), Shahrastani (1986), Kris Kin (2003), North Light (2004), Workforce (2010)
  • Dewhurst Stakes – (1) – Ajdal (1986)
  • Eclipse Stakes – (5) – Opera House (1993), Ezzoud (1994), Pilsudski (1997), Medicean (2001), Notnowcato (2007)
  • Falmouth Stakes – (4) – Royal Heroine (1983), Sonic Lady (1986 & 1987), Lovers Knot (1998)
  • Fillies’ Mile – (2) – Untold (1985), Red Bloom (2003)
  • Golden Jubilee Stakes – (1) – Dafayna (1985)
  • Haydock Sprint Cup – (2) – Green Desert (1986), Ajdal (1987)
  • International Stakes – (5) – Shardari (1986), Ezzoud (1993 & 1994), Singspiel (1997), Notnowcato (2006)
  • July Cup – (3) – Marwell (1981), Green Desert (1986), Ajdal (1987)
  • King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes – (5) – Shergar (1981), Opera House (1993), Golan (2002), Conduit (2009), Harbinger (2010)
  • King’s Stand Stakes – (1) – Marwell (1981)
  • Lockinge Stakes – (7) – Scottish Reel (1986), Safawan (1990), Soviet Line (1995 & 1996), Medicean (2001), Russian Rhythm (2004), Peeress (2006)
  • Nassau Stakes – (7) – Triple First (1977), Optimistic Lass (1984), Kartajana (1990), Hawajiss (1994), Islington (2002), Russian Rhythm (2003), Favourable Terms (2004)
  • Nunthorpe Stakes – (2) – Blue Cashmere (1974), Ajdal (1987)
  • Oaks – (2) – Fair Salinia (1978), Unite (1987)
  • Prince of Wales’s Stakes – (2) – Hard Fought (1981), Stagecraft (1991)
  • Queen Anne Stakes – (3) – Kalanisi (2000), Medicean (2001), No Excuse Needed (2002)
  • Queen Elizabeth II Stakes – (3) – Shadeed (1985), Milligram (1987), Zilzal (1989)
  • Racing Post Trophy – (1) – Dilshaan (2000)
  • St. James’s Palace Stakes – (1) – Shaadi (1989)
  • St. Leger Stakes – (1) – Conduit (2008)
  • Sun Chariot Stakes – (3) – Triple First (1977), Kartajana (1990), Peeress (2005)
  • Sussex Stakes – (3) – Sonic Lady (1986), Zilzal (1989), Among Men (1998)
  • Yorkshire Oaks – (9) – Fair Salinia (1978), Sally Brown (1985), Untold (1986), Hellenic (1990), Pure Grain (1995), Petrushka (2000), Islington (2002 & 2003), Quiff (2004)