Sussex Stakes 2026 Result
The Sussex Stakes is a Group One showdown over a mile, with Bow Echo looking like a tough nut to crack. George Boughey trains a runner who has clocked up a couple of notable victories this term, although there are some other hardy competitors in the field. Gstaad has also produced a high level of performance and could fare well for Aidan O’Brien.
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Opera Ballo is the Charlie Appleby-trained runner that we really like and there have been some solid performances from the four-year-old this term. There are plenty of each-way chances that could hit the frame and that includes Godolphin charge Notable Speech, with Zeus Olympios having been in the winners’ enclosure last time out.
2026 Sussex Stakes Result
12 finishers- 1 Bow Echo Billy Loughnane -110F
- 2 Gstaad Ryan Moore +400
- 3 Opera Ballo William Buick +450
- 4 Ten Bob Tony Kieran Shoemark +1600
- 5 Zavateri Charles Bishop +2500
- 6 Never So Brave P J McDonald +8000
- 7 Lake Forest Cieren Fallon +850
- 8 Docklands James Doyle +8000
- 9 Qirat Colin Keane +5000
- 10 Seagulls Eleven Oisin Murphy +5000
- 11 Puerto Rico Christophe Soumillon +4000
- 12 Dorset Wayne Lordan +20000
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Opera Ballo looks a brilliant prospect in the Sussex Stakes, with Charlie Appleby saddling a runner who was able to start a winning run at Meydan back in December. The Godolphin horse was then able to return to the same track in January to oblige with another victory, this time in the Group One Jebel Hatta over a mile and a furlong.
More recently, there was a success at Sandown Park where the 4/1 shot was able to claim a three-length victory in the Group 2 bet365 Mile. The winning run came to an end when finishing third at Royal Ascot. In the Queen Anne Stakes, Opera Ballo actually led in this encounter before being narrowly touched off in the final stages.
Bow Echo has been a serial winner and looks to be a worthy favourite here, with George Boughey’s horse having won at Royal Ascot when scoring in the St James’s Palace Stakes. A short head victory came after a Newmarket 2,000 Guineas win where a winning distance of nearly three lengths was registered.
On both of the above occasions, Gstaad was the runner-up and the Aidan O’Brien-trained runner may be able to frank the form here. At The Curragh at the end of May, the horse was sent off as the odds-on favourite when obliging in the Irish 2,000 Guineas. We should also note that the horse won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf back in November.
Past Winners
2025 — Sussex Stakes
- 1 Qirat R Kingscote +15000
- 2 Rosallion S M Levey +550
- 3 Henri Matisse R L Moore +550
2024 — Sussex Stakes
- 1 Notable Speech W Buick +300
- 2 Maljoom Tom Marquand +550
- 3 Facteur Cheval M Guyon +500