Michael Stoute

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 England.^[1] 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.^[2]

He was knighted in 1998 for services to tourism in Barbados.^[1] He was the only trainer in the 20th century to win an English Classic in five successive seasons^[3] and has been Champion Trainer ten times (1981, 1986, 1989, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2009).^[1][4] 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.^[5]

In 2009, three horses trained by Stoute—Conduit, Tartan Bearer and Ask—pulled off a rare feat when the trio 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.^[6] Those wins helped him regain his Champion Trainer title in 2009, winning a total of £3,372,287 in prize money.^[7]

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

Stoute currently trains horses at Freemason Lodge Stables and at Beech Hurst Stables, both on the Bury Road in Newmarket.^[1]

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 – (5) – Royal Heroine (1983), Sonic Lady (1986 & 1987), Lovers Knot (1998), Integral (2014)
• Fillies' Mile – (2) – Untold (1985), Red Bloom (2003)
• Diamond 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 – (4) – Triple First (1977), Kartajana (1990), Peeress (2005), Integral (2014)
• 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)

Canada

• Canadian International Stakes – (3) – Singspiel (1996), Hillstar (2014), Cannock Chase (2015)
• E.P. Taylor Stakes – (1) – Ivor's Image (1986)

France

• Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud – (3) – Gamut (2004), Mountain High (2007), Spanish Moon (2009)
• Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – (1) – Workforce (2010)
• Prix du Moulin de Longchamp – (1) – Sonic Lady (1986)
• Prix de l'Opéra – (4) – Royal Heroine (1983), Bella Colora (1985), Petrushka (2000), Zee Zee Top (2003)
• Prix Royal-Oak – (2) – Allegretto (2007), Ask (2009)

Germany

• Bayerisches Zuchtrennen – (2) – Greek Dance (2000), Linngari (2008)
• Grosser Preis von Baden – (1) – Pilsudski (1996)

Hong Kong

• Hong Kong Bowl – (1) – Soviet Line (1994)
• Hong Kong Vase – (1) – Daliapour (2000)

Ireland

• Irish 1,000 Guineas – (1) – Sonic Lady (1986)
• Irish 2,000 Guineas – (1) – Shaadi (1989)
• Irish Champion Stakes – (2) – Cézanne (1994), Pilsudski (1997)
• Irish Derby – (3) – Shergar (1981), Shareef Dancer (1983), Shahrastani (1986)
• Irish Oaks – (6) – Fair Salinia (1978), Colorspin (1986), Unite (1987), Melodist (1988, dead heat), Pure Grain (1995), Petrushka (2000)
• Matron Stakes – (2) – Favourable Terms (2003), Echelon (2007)
• Pretty Polly Stakes – (1) – Promising Lead (2008)
• Tattersalls Gold Cup – (2) – Opera House (1992), Notnowcato (2007)

Italy

• Gran Criterium - (1) - Northern Tempest (1983)
• Oaks d'Italia – (2) – Ivor's Image (1986), Melodist (1988)

Japan

• Japan Cup – (2) – Singspiel (1996), Pilsudski (1997)

United Arab Emirates

• Dubai Sheema Classic – (1) – Fantastic Light (2000)
• Dubai World Cup – (1) – Singspiel (1997)

United States

• Beverly D. Stakes - (1) - Dank (2013)
• Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf – (3) – Islington (2003), Dank (2013), Queen's Trust (2016)
• Breeders' Cup Turf – (4) – Pilsudski (1996), Kalanisi (2000), Conduit (2008, 2009)

References

1. 1 2 3 4 Sir Michael Stoute: NTRA Profile, ntra.com, accessed 20 February 2010.
2. ↑ Sir Michael Stoute: Profile, epsom-derby.net, accessed 20 February 2010.
3. ↑ BBC website article about Sir Michael Stoute
4. ↑ Sporting Chronicle list of British Champion Trainers
5. ↑ The truth about Shergar racehorse kidnapping, telegraph.co.uk, 27 January 2008, accessed 20 February 2010.
6. ↑ Michael Stoute makes clean sweep in King George Stakes, theaustralian.news.com.au, 27 July 2009, accessed 6 August 2009.
7. ↑ Sir Michael Stoute: Go Racing Profile, britishhorseracing.com, accessed 20 February 2010.

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